Full Title: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities

Date: 02-Jun-2023 - 03-Jun-2023
Location: University of TORONTO (Mississauga campus) and ONLINE (remote access), Canada
Contact Person: Enrica Piccardo
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cerll/symposium-2023-new/

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 10-Apr-2023

Meeting Description:

The University of Toronto, Mississauga (UTM) and the Center for Educational Research in Languages and Literacies (CERLL) in collaboration with
The Faculty of Education at Western University;
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and the Faculty of Education at York University;
The Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies of the University of Waterloo

are happy to announce the fourth Symposium of the Southern Ontario Universities on “Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities”.

The two-day event will take place in hybrid form (in presence at the University of Toronto - Mississuaga Campus- and online) and consist of two plenary sessions as well as interactive thematic sessions that aim to engage multiple perspectives.

REGISTRATION IS FREE for all participants and presenters.

This year’s symposium aims to elicit discussion about the complementarity of theory and practice in language and literacies education. The Symposium invites reflections on experiences of scholars, practitioners, and learners navigating the ever-changing material conditions of their activities and promotes discussion about ways to decolonize both theory and practice.
New research avenues will be discussed such as, among others, bi-/multi-/trans-/plurilingualism in language education, multiliteracies and multimodalities, teachers’ and students’ agency, mobility, migration and inclusion, impact of language policies, innovation in language teaching methodologies and assessment, language acquisition and language use, technology-assisted language learning and teaching, and e-Learning and distance education.

Call for Papers:

Theme of the 2023 Symposium
Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities

Whether our work focuses more on practices or theories, or we are called to consider both dimensions at the same time, we all strive to bring coherence in our work by reflecting on how theory can inform our practice and how practice can feed back into theory. This year’s symposium aims specifically to elicit discussion about the complementarity of theory and practice in language and literacies education. The Symposium invites reflections on our collective experiences as scholars, practitioners, and learners navigating the ever-changing material conditions of our activities and promotes discussion about ways to decolonize both theory and practice.

To pursue these goals we will be guided by two plenary speakers operating in the languages and literacies field: one scholar working in the Latin American world and one Indigenous scholar. Scholars and graduate students will come together, in person or at distance, to share and discuss their recent, on-going or future research across different contexts, languages and cultures.

We invite you to submit paper presentations in which participants will discuss new research avenues such as, among others, bi-/multi-/trans-/plurilingualism in language education, multiliteracies and multimodalities, teachers’ and students’ agency, mobility, migration and inclusion, impact of language policies, innovation in language teaching methodologies and assessment, language acquisition and language use, technology-assisted language learning and teaching, and e-Learning and distance education.

The Symposium will provide a unique opportunity for scholars (faculty members and graduate students) working in languages/literacies education to learn about each other’s work, exchange ideas, and showcase or discuss their research. It will also provide a platform to establish and expand opportunities for academic networking for future collaborations.

University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) is pleased to host and facilitate the fourth Symposium supported by the Center for Educational Research on Languages and Literacies (CERLL) and strengthen the collaborative network in languages/literacies education research across Southern Ontarian Universities that the Symposium has created over the past years.

The hybrid format will ensure that the Symposium continues to reach a broader, national and international audience as was the case in the past online editions. With plenaries, panel discussions, presentations and poster sessions as well as social events, the Symposium will provide all participants, from Ontario and beyond, with a unique opportunity to become a part of the broader languages/literacies education academic community.

The Symposium will be comprised of two strands:
- Strand 1: Presentations and Plenary Sessions
This strand includes the two Plenary sessions and the presentation sessions. Three presentation sessions will be organized which will be about current themes in language and literacies education. According to the number of submissions that are received, there may be parallel sessions.
- Strand 2: Poster sessions
Poster sessions will also be featuring at the symposium as this will encourage exchange and networking. Participants will be able to put up poster displays describing their work and projects and distribute relevant information during the event. The posters can outline projects that are still in-progress. The poster sessions will allow close and personalized contact between the participants and the exhibitors.

The Symposium is now accepting proposals for paper and poster presentations based on research at any stage. Please submit your abstract through this google form by April 10, 2023. You are also welcomed to build on a previous presentation delivered elsewhere.

Please refer to the CERLL website for more information, for the complete call and the instructions to submit your proposal

https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cerll/symposium-2023-new/

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