Special Interest Group
Supporting the development of languages and literacies in a multilingual world
This SIG aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in a range of areas related to the development of languages and literacies. We take a broad view of both terms which encompasses various dimensions of languages education (e.g. first language(s), additional language(s), modern language(s) etc.) and literacies education (e.g. print, visual, digital, cultural etc.). We aim to explore key issues around supporting the development of languages and literacies among learners at all levels. By bringing together researchers from these various perspectives we aim to contribute to key discussions in research, practice and policy.
Researcher at Technical University of Munich
Harper Staples is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Education at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. She has a Doctorate in Educational Sciences from the University of Cambridge, where her research focused on adolescent multilingual learner...
Teacher of English at The King Edmund School
My name is Katherine Davis-Wright and I’m one of the new conveners for our Languages and Literacies SIG. I am at the end of my Doctorate in Education, preparing for my viva at the end of December, and I also currently work full-time as a...
Join us for our first SIG forum! We warmly invite you to our first Literacy and Language SIG forum where we’ll introduce our plans for the coming year and begin shaping our collective...
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