3rd Research Conference: Learning and teaching languages in the 21st-century Southern Hemisphere and the ‘Developing World’: Diversity, Inclusion and Interculturality
Ten years ago, the University of Chile announced the implementation of its Equity and Inclusion policy for Students1; as part of the Department of Linguistics, today we should review what has been achieved and what is still missing from a linguistic and pedagogical perspective. The 3rd Research Conference: Learning and teaching languages in the 21st-century Southern Hemisphere and the ‘Developing World’ offers researchers, teachers, and students an opportunity to meet and explore how teaching, learning, and using languages is done in the Southern Hemisphere and countries labeled as ‘developing’, focusing on three dimensions: Diversity, Inclusion and Interculturality. For this edition, we will have two keynote speakers from Colombia who will share their experiences in teaching for diversity and inclusion, as well as teaching Spanish as a foreign language. We would like to hold presentations and thematic roundtables on the different realities experienced in the Global South.
Keynote Speakers
PhD in Social Sciences, Childhood and Youth, professor at the Center for Advanced Studies in Childhood and Youth of Cinde and the University of Manizales (Colombia), and Senior Lecturer at the Social and Human Sciences Faculty at the University of Manizales.
Program Coordinator of the MA in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign and Second Language, Head of Research at the Instituto Caro y Cuervo (Colombia), Academic Editor of ELE/2 series at the ICC, and Director of the Colombian Spanish Lexical Corpus– CorlexCo.
Doctoral student at the Translation Studies, Professional and Audiovisual Translation program at the University of Alicante (Spain)
viviana.nieto@caroycuervo.gov.co
Abstract Submission
Speakers can choose to present in English, Spanish or Portuguese; their abstracts will have to be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese as well.
Papers consist of a standard 20-minute presentation, plus 5 minutes Q&A.
Presenters will be allowed to present only two times if they submit more than one paper.
Abstract for general submission:
- 250-300 words plus one extra page for main references (title, author(s) and references are not counted)
- References must be cited following APA format.
- Formats for proposals: .doc o .docx
- Font: Times New Roman size 12
- Line spacing: 1.5
- Submission deadline: 23 de junio de 2025
Send submissions to languageconference@uchile.cl
Topics
- These include but are not limited to:
- Critical Discourse Analysis and Language ideology
- Pedagogical Methodologies
- Pragmatics and Intercultural Communication in the 21st century
- Special Needs and Inclusive Language Education
- Multilingualism and Language Diversity
- Language Policy and Educational Equity
- New language research labels: LX, FL, Translanguaging and linguistic repertoires
- Digital and Technological Innovations in Language Learning
- Linguistic Landscapes and Language Identity
We welcome proposals for thematic roundtables on the topics listed here.
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11 This includes self-funded scholarships, social and academic support for students, a new quota-based access policy for students coming from public schools, the creation of an internal Equity Office, and support programs for talented students who have not received high quality school education. Source: Política de equidad e inclusión estudiantil en la Universidad de Chile