Prof. Dr. Margarita Vinagre
Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
The aim of this presentation is to introduce participants to Virtual Exchange providing definitions and examples of implementation in the classroom and discussing benefits and challenges of this innovative practice.
Language: English
Time: 9:15 - 10:00
Room: A210
Technology: If possible, bring your own tablets (for hands-on activities)
Dr. Anna Nicolaou
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
The aim of this presentation is to introduce participants to the VALIANT project, providing explanation of its aims, examples of implementation of virtual exchanges in different contexts as well as the project’s main findings.
Language: English
Time: 10:15 - 11:00
Room: A210
Technology: If possible, bring your own tablets (for hands-on activities).
Prof. Dr. Margarita Vinagre
Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
In this workshop we will learn to design tasks for virtual exchange, discuss its integration in the classroom and explore technological tools that can be used by participants.
Language: English
Time: 11:15 - 13:00
Room: A 210
Technology: If possible, bring your own tablets (for hands-on activities).
Dr. Anna Nicolaou
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
In this workshop we will learn to design tasks for virtual exchange implemented in primary and secondary education, discuss its integration in the classroom and explore technological tools that can be used by participants.
Language: English
Time: 11:15 - 13:00
Room: A001
Technology: If possible, bring your own tablets (for hands-on activities).
Enzo Boggio-López (Universitat Jaume I) and Hilal Şahin (PH Schwaebisch Gmuend)
This presentation will introduce you to the European project TEMPLATE (TEchnology-Mediated PLurilingual Activities for (language) Teacher Education) and showcase some of the teacher professional development materials that have been developed in the framework of the project.
Language: English
Time: 14:00 - 14:30
Room: HS 3 (Hörsaalgebäude)
Technology: If possible, bring your own tablets (for hands-on activities).
Prof. Dr. Angelica Galante (McGill University, Canada)
This presentation will discuss results of two research projects that examined the introduction of technology in English language teaching: the Plurilingual Shift project examined opportunities and challenges faced by pre-service ESL teachers in Canada, while the PluriDigit project facilitated EFL development and empowered learners to take pride in their diverse identities through asynchronous plurilingual projects.
Language: English
Time: 14:30 - 15:15
Room: HS 3 (Hörsaalgebäude)
Technology: If possible, bring your own tablets (for hands-on activities).
Prof. Dr. Angelica Galante (McGill University, Canada)
This workshop will introduce the main features for technology-mediated task design, centering the language learner’s voice and agency. Participants will explore the features of task design that are socially relevant and examine samples of synchronous and asynchronous plurilingual tasks used in two Canadian research projects: Plurilingual Shift and PluriDigit.
Language: English
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Room: HS 3 (Hörsaalgebäude)
Technology: If possible, bring your own tablets (for hands-on activities).
Anita Cvetkovic Kienle (PH Schwaebisch Gmuend) and Andrea Kratzer (PH Schwaebisch Gmuend)
Why bother avec des programas de intercambio mit Fokus на multilinguismo na escola?
The answer is simple: not only will you and your students get to know new cultures, languages and make real connections, you will also bring your classroom to life, literally! The aim of this workshop is to illustrate the potential of plurilingual-inspired virtual exchanges in the foreign language classroom. Join us if you want to: 1) look behind the scenes and learn the necessary know-how for your own teaching 2) explore examples of virtual exchanges on both primary and secondary level, carried out with digital tools (Padlet, TaskCards, Flip and Microsoft Teams), and 3) try out some of these digital tools and get creative yourself..
Language: English
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Room: HS 2 (Hörsaalgebäude)
Technology: If possible, bring your own tablets (for hands-on activities).