LoCALL at the international conference “Multilingual Linguistic Landscapes: Perspectives on Franco-Creole and German-speaking cases”, in Vienna.

Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer & Lisa Marie Brinkmann present a communication on German teachers’ beliefs about the integration of LL in the foreign language classroom. The talk is called “‘In everyday teaching life it means you have to make time for it’:teachers’ beliefs on the use of Linguistic Landscapes as pedagogical tools” and aims at reflecting onContinue reading “LoCALL at the international conference “Multilingual Linguistic Landscapes: Perspectives on Franco-Creole and German-speaking cases”, in Vienna.”

LoCALL wins second prize of the European Language Label

The European Language Label (ELL) Award is coordinated by the European Commission and rewards innovative projects in language teaching, learning and promotion, while bringing these initiatives to the attention of the public along with professionals in the languages field. The Label aims to advance language education by rewarding creative and original initiatives to promote languageContinue reading “LoCALL wins second prize of the European Language Label”

LoCALL presented by Anastasia Gkaintartzi at Volos (Greece)

Anastasia Gkaintartzi, from the University of Thessaly, and Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer, from the University of Hamburg, collaborate to present a talk on “Linguistic Landscapes for language awareness, social justice and equity in education: The LoCALL project”. They will be presenting the LoCALL App and the work done with it at the university level in the ConferenceContinue reading “LoCALL presented by Anastasia Gkaintartzi at Volos (Greece)”

Cristina Gonçalves, professora colaboradora do projeto LoCALL, fala da sua participação no projeto

Cristina Gonçalves, professora do Agrupamento de Escolas de Ílhavo (Portugal), conversa com Ana Raquel Simões, da Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal), acerca da sua participação no projeto LoCALL e da forma como o projeto articulou investigação, formação e comunidade. Cristina Gonçalves fala do potencial das paisagens linguísticas na realização de aprendizagens significativas nas diferentes áreas curricularesContinue reading “Cristina Gonçalves, professora colaboradora do projeto LoCALL, fala da sua participação no projeto”

Faire bouger la classe : A la recherche du paysage linguistique auf dem VdF-Bundeskongress

By Lisa Marie Binkmann & Julia von Rosen Fais bouger le Français! war das Motto des diesjährigen Bundeskongresses der Vereinigung für deutsche Französischlehrerinnen und -lehrer am 23. und 24.09.2022. Dr. Julia von Rosen und Lisa Marie Brinkmann haben einen Atelier über ihre Zusammenarbeit des Einsatzes von Linguistic Landscapes (LL) in den Fremdsprachenunterricht, auch mit Prof.Continue reading Faire bouger la classe : A la recherche du paysage linguistique auf dem VdF-Bundeskongress

Հայաստան[1]: Cultural richness in semiotic landscapes

By Sarah McMonagle and Lisa Marie Brinkmann Even the most blasé observer will be struck by Armenia’s linguistic landscapes. Written Armenian applies the Armenian alphabet – a unique writing system developed some 1600 years ago. To assist those not au fait with this script, street and informational signage is often rendered in the Latin alphabet.Continue reading “Հայաստան[1]: Cultural richness in semiotic landscapes”

LoCALL presented at IAM L3 in Zagreb (September 2022)

Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer and Larissa Aronin will give a talk on “The use of visual methods to envision multilingualism: epistemological, historical and methodological perspectives”, integrated in the thematic symposium “Visualizations of Multilingualism”, at the IAM L3 in Zagreb. Linguistic Landscapes, alongside Visual Narratives, Dominant Language Constellations and the Material Culture of Multilingualism will be presented andContinue reading “LoCALL presented at IAM L3 in Zagreb (September 2022)”

GREIP PhD candidate awarded mobility grant with LoCALL PI

PhD student Klaudia Kruszynska will be hosted at Universiät Hamburg (Germany) and will be working with our colleague, Dr. Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer. Klaudia is doing her research on the pedagogical application of linguistic landscapes (LL) for raising students’ critical thinking and higher order thinking skills and her stay will certainly be beneficial for advancing her work.Continue reading “GREIP PhD candidate awarded mobility grant with LoCALL PI”

Multiplier event, 7 de julio de 2022 Online 16-20h (Barcelona) 14-18h UTC

Catalan: Aquest esdeveniment és d’interès per a professorat en actiu i en formació,responsables polítics i investigadors interessats en estratègies, materials i eines quepromoguin l’exploració de l’entorn lingúïstic local i interessats en tenir idees percrear activitats que desenvolupin les competències lingüístiques vinculades a lesúltimes directrius curriculars. Programa. Spanish: Este evento es de interés para profesorado enContinue reading “Multiplier event, 7 de julio de 2022 Online 16-20h (Barcelona) 14-18h UTC”

Multiplier event organised by the Universität Hamburg (Deutsch & English): 17th June 2022

Linguistic Landscapes in der Bildung / Linguistic Landscapes in education, with internationally acclaimed keynote speakers Camilla Badstübener-Kizik and Edina Krompàk and the LoCALL team! 17. Juni 2022, 10:00-16:00 online (European central Time) Link zur Anmeldung: https://forms.gle/1kTJ6BVsrHrRX8JGA