Events

Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh is delighted to host the 34th International Conference of ASELE (the association for the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language), and the 10th conference of ELEUK (UK association for the teaching of Spanish in higher and adult education) from 16 to 20 July 2024. 

Guests of honour: 

• Rosa Montero (journalist and writer, Premio Nacional de las Letras)
• Miguel Falomir (Director of the Prado Museum)
• Luis García Montero (Director of the Cervantes Institute, the international network of Spanish cultural centres) 

Keynote speakers:

• Asunción Gómez-Pérez (Spanish Royal Academy)
• Aris Moreno Clemons (University of Tennessee)
• Francisco Moreno-Fernández (Global Observatory of Spanish Language)

There will be a round table dedicated to perspectives on Spanish as a heritage language in Europe and a symposium on Spanish language teaching in Latin America, with invited speakers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. During the conference, 136 papers, 35 workshops and 6 posters will be presented. Brazil is the country of honour of the conference, with two plenaries, a large number of delegates, and a jazz concert.

Presentations from participants will cover themes such as the analysis of Artificial Intelligence, inclusion and social justice, linguistic diversity, transmedia literacies and genres, or interdisciplinary perspectives around the integration of cultural, literary and artistic contents in the classroom.

This conference will bring together approximately 300 Spanish teachers from 35 countries and will be a milestone for the Spanish teaching community in the UK.

Spanish language education colleagues from all sectors, secondary, FE and HE are welcome to attend.

Visit the website for the programme and registration details (in Spanish only). 

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Durham

CercleS – the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education – is pleased to invite you to the XVIII CercleS International Conference 2024, “Multilingualism & the Anglosphere” between 12-14 September 2024. The event will be hosted by AULC at Durham University.

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the CercleS 2024 conference. We are presently reviewing abstracts and hope to notify authors by mid April, with a draft final programme available from late April 2024.

The CercleS conference is an excellent opportunity for those involved in languages education to come together every two years and to share ongoing activities, and to discuss ongoing challenges and opportunities, at an international level. 

Visit the website for more information and to register for the event.

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Online

Joe Dale invites Principals, Secondary Teachers, Middle Management and Newly Qualified Teachers to join him at this free webinar to explore the innovative ways ChatGPT can revolutionise language teaching strategies.

Discover how this cutting-edge AI model can help you craft engaging learning materials with ease, from generating texts and activities to designing assessments and facilitating interactive conversations.

Visit the website to book online and a joining link will be emailed to you on the morning of the webinar.

For any queries regarding your booking, please contact [email protected]

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Glasgow

This year's Scottish Association for Language Teaching (SALT) conference will take place entirely in person on 2 November at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

We are delighted to let you know that the proposals form for this year's conference is now open!

We invite teachers and practitioners from all backgrounds to submit workshop proposals for the conference. This year's event will have a focus of the things we are all doing to put languages back on the map in our settings. We would love to hear from anyone - primary, secondary or further/higher education - who is developing strategies to help languages thrive where they are. Workshops can last either 50 minutes or 25 minutes and can be as simple as sharing a few ideas with colleagues about what works for you.

Please submit your workshop proposal by Friday 6 September 2024.

If you have any questions about the conference, or if you would like to know more about running a session before filling in the form, please get in touch with the SALT Chair, Andrew McCulloch, at [email protected].