plenary Speakers

Opening Plenary: Teacher agency to foster learner agency: opportunities and challenges 

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Thursday, June 19, 2025 from 14.15 - 15.00 (Central European Summer Time)

Dr. Enrica Piccardo is a Full Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto and the Head of the Centre for Educational research in Languages and Literacies. A collaborator with the Council of Europe (CoE), co-author of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Companion Volume (2020), and member of the CEFR expert group, she has coordinated various international research projects both in Canada and in Europe. Her research spans language teaching approaches and curricula, multi/plurilingualism, creativity and complexity in language education, and assessment.

Closing Plenary: A human trait throughout history; a necessity for today's Europe

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Friday, June 20, 2025 from 12.15 - 13.00 (Central European Summer Time)

Monica Barni is Professor of Educational Linguistics at the Sapienza Università di Roma. Her research focuses on the teaching, learning and assessment of languages, with a special interest in Italian as an additional language in Italy, as a heritage and foreign language around the world. She is concerned with theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues in language testing and assessment and in mapping immigrant languages in Italian society and schools. She is also interested on the impact of national and European language policies. She has coordinated and participated in numerous regional, national, and European funded research projects on the above issues.