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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 on…

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 Conference…

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 curriculares…

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.…

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 and…

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.…

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 en…

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

Conférence du Jardin des Sciences: « Découvrons ensemble le paysage linguistique de Molsheim », par Sonia Cadi

Sous l’œil attentif des habitués et de quelques curieux, Latisha Mary, Andrea Young, Maria Siemushyna de L’INSPÉ de (Institut national supérieur du professorat et de l’éducation) et Sonia Cadi (professeur de lettres) accompagnée d’élèves de 3ème 2 du collège Henri Meck de Molsheim, ont présenté jeudi 28 avril salle de la Monnaie un travail mené dans…

Keynote speakers confirmed for the on-line LoCALL training week (June 6-10, 2022)

Keynotes Durk Gorter: “Multilingual education and the linguistic landscape studies” Lukas Eibensteiner: “Gamifying Virtual Linguistic Landscapes: Educational Escape Rooms as a Pedagogical Tool to Raise Language Awareness”. Mariana Ribeiro Clemente: “Linguistic landscape in education – displaying the playfulness, designing the poetry of the sociolinguistics of writing”. Sarah McMonagle: “Virtual Linguistic Landscapes: Where do we even…

Save the date: LoCALL training week organised by the University of Hamburg between the 6th and the 10th of June 2022!

LoCALL researchers participate in INTED 2022

On March 7 and 8, 2022, Margarida M. Marques presented at the 16th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, a communication co-authored with Lúcia Pombo. The communication, entitled “Mobile learning supporting linguistic landscapes exploration: Students and teachers as game creators”, presents a study of mixed methods on a project-based learning initiative that integrates mobile…

5th Online Training Week Ends Successfully

The online training week for the LoCALL project, hosted by the UAB team was completed last week (from the 21st to the 25th February). The training week focus was on interdisciplinary perspective on Linguistic Landscapes, with 42 registered participants from many countries around the world. The first day began with a general presentation of the…

5th LoCALL training week is organised by Barcelona: save the date (February 21-25 2022)

Dissemination event: Educating for 21st century challenges – sustainability and linguistic and cultural diversity

(16-18 February 2022 / Online) The first decades of the 21st century have been marked by a series of social, environmental, political and economic crises that have affected communities and individuals around the world, particularly the most vulnerable. More than ever, humanity is called upon to collectively change the trajectory of a civilizational journey that…

Call for Papers: The 13th Linguistic Landscape Workshop

The annual Linguistic Landscape Workshop is the leading international meeting for interdisciplinary research on language in public space. Previous editions have been held in Gothenburg (online 2021), Bangkok (2019), Bern (2018), Liverpool (2017), Luxembourg (2016), Berkeley (2015), and elsewhere. The 13th Linguistic Landscape Workshop (LL13) will take place on 7–9 September 2022 at Universität Hamburg,…

LoCALL in Talks for Ideas 2021/2022

“IDEAS para fomentar la diversidad lingüística en el aprendizaje de una lenguaextranjera” (18.11.2021, 4.30 PM CET)Jun.-Prof. Dr. Lukas Eibensteiner, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena En la comunicación “IDEAS para fomentar la diversidad lingüística en el aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera” analizaremos el potencial de los medios digitales para fomentar la diversidad lingüística (tanto en lenguas de herencia, como…

LoCALL fait la fête… de la science!

Avec des sessions en-ligne et en présentiel, l’équipe LoCALL de Strasbourg et l’enseignante du Collège Henri Meck de Molsheim, Sonia Cadi, présentent le projet LoCALL dans la fête de la science, le 1er octobre 2021! Les sessions, intitulées “A la découverte des paysages linguistiques avec le projet Erasmus+ LoCALL”, visent à présenter le travail de…

August 2021: LoCALL is the project of the month in the Faculty of Education (Universität Hamburg)

As part of the strategy of communication and dissemination of science produced at the Faculty of Education of the University of Hamburg, the “project of the month” initiative aims to give visibility to the projects developed at the institution. In August 2021, LoCALL got the nomination… Read more under: https://www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/forschung/forschungsprojekt-des-monats/20-fpdm-august.html

LoCALL présenté au congrès EDILIC

Le projet LoCALL sera représenté lors du 9ème Congrès International de l’Association EDILIC, entre le 6 et le 9 Juillet 2021, sur le thème « Approches plurielles, compétences plurilingues, appropriations langagières : l’apprenant.e au centre des réalités éducatives ». Le 6 Juillet, membres des équipes d’Aveiro et de Strasbourg dynamisent deux ateliers sur l’App LoCALL (« Exploring Linguistic…

LoCALL App available on Google Play and App Store

The LoCALL App, one of the intellectual outputs of the LoCALL project, under the responsibility of the University of Aveiro, is already available free of charge in the main application stores for mobile devices. The LoCALL App is an educational resource that invites students, teachers and the community to “read” and explore LL, while playing…

LoCALL Webinars in the 3rd training week (31st May – 2nd June 2021)

The 3rd LoCALL training week will welcome four specialists on linguistic landscapes in education: Hélot, Ch. (2021). Linguistic Landscapes in Educational Contexts: Recent research. 31st May 2021.Bagna, C. &  Bellinzona, M. (2021). Italian schoolscapes in the 21st century: languages and functions of school spaces. 1st June 2021.Hancock, A. (2021). Using Linguistic Landscapes as an interdisciplinary…

Linguistic Landscapes in English Language Teaching Project: book release

“Linguistic Landscapes in English Language Teaching” (LLinELT) project was carried out in 2019-2020 in a multitude of English language teaching and learning contexts in both face-to-face and online spaces. It was coordinated by Dicle University (Turkey) and Texas Christian University (United States) and supported through a grant by US Embassy Turkey. The project emerged from…

Registrations open for the 3rd LoCALL training week

The training week will take place between the 31st May and the 4th June, organised by the University of Strasbourg. Latisha Mary, Maria Siemushyna and Andrea Young prepared a rich program encompassing webinars, practical workshops and e-visits to schools working with LL (check document for full program). Stay tuned and register to participate. Registration form…

Third LoCALL training week – save the date

The third LOCALL training week will be organised by the University of Strasbourg, between the 31st May and the 4th June. More information soon!

Conference: Shifting Linguistic Landscapes

A new terrain for multilingual and transcultural pedagogies The University of Calgary organises an on-line conference on linguistic landscapes and equitable pedagogies on the 26th April. Registration is free but mandatory. https://werklund.ucalgary.ca/shifting-linguistic-landscapes/conference-agenda The LoCALL project will be presented by S. Melo-Pfeifer, who is giving the talk “Linguistic landscapes in the foreign language classroom: A pathway…

A retrospective: 2nd Online Training Week of the project LoCALL

Between the 18th and 22nd of January 2021, an online training week took place, within the Erasmus+ LoCALL project – Locall Linguistic Landscapes for Global Language Education in the School Context. The training week consisted of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, using Google Classroom and other platforms and tools (Padlet, Perusall, zoom,…). Among the activities developed,…

Was kann man auf der Straße über Sprachen lernen? LoCALL goes to school

In der Woche vom 18.-22.01.2021 stellen Lisa Marie Brinkmann und Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer Linguistic Landscapes im Rahmen von LoCALL bei der Veranstaltung “Wir wollen’s wissen” vor. Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Schulen, die den Kontakt zur Wissenschaft suchen. In unserem Fall werden wir Linguistic Landscapes in drei verschiedenen Klassen (Philosophie, Spanisch und Deutsch) vorstellen und mit…

LoCALL Webinar: January 18th 2021 (9-12 GMT)

LoCALL: Online training week (18 – 22 January, 2021). Full program available now

18-22 January 2021| Google Classroom and Zoom Between the 18th and 22nd January 2021, the second online training week of the LoCALL project will take place. Registration is free but mandatory through this link until the 10th January 2021. Check the full program and recommendations here.