The three plenary lectures at LiP2027 refer to the conference theme Language is Plural: Celebrating Multilingualism in Language Education and provide key impulses for the thematic orientation of the conference. They address current questions of multilingualism, language education, social participation and language policy, bringing together different academic and educational perspectives.
The plenary lectures combine several thematic areas of the section concept and thus highlight the diversity and plurality of language education.
Further information on the lecture titles and abstracts will follow.
University of Westminster / United Kingdom
Terry Lamb is Professor of Languages and Interdisciplinary Pedagogy at the University of Westminster in London. He has published in areas such as pedagogy for autonomy, teacher education, motivation, multilingual and plurilingual education, multilingual cities, language teacher associations, and activist research that challenges social, cultural and linguistic injustices. His projects have included several at the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, e.g. Supporting Multilingual Classrooms. Terry has worked closely on languages strategy and curriculum with the UK and other Governments and is currently a consultant on the Council of Europe’s Language Policy Experts Group. Terry is President of FIPLV, the International Federation of Language Teacher Associations, an NGO of UNESCO and the Council of Europe. He is also the cofounder and editor of the international journal, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. In recognition of his services to languages and culture, he has been awarded the honour of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Plenary Talk: Titel to be announced
University of the Western Cape / South Africa
Rajendra Chetty is Professor of Language Education and served as Research Chair of Critical Pedagogy and Literacy at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His trans-disciplinary research draws from critical theory and social movement scholarship. He has written extensively on the intersectionality of race, class and inequality in schooling. He was Fulbright professor at the City University of New York (Queens College). His alliance with civil society groups has seen him work with activists within a participatory paradigm, drawing consistently from critical race theories.
Plenary Talk: Titel to be announced
University of Wuppertal / Germany
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Schindler studied history, Romance studies and economics at the universities of Bielefeld, Rouen and Cologne. After completing her doctorate in linguistics at Bielefeld University, she went on to complete her habilitation in the didactics of the German language at the University of Cologne. Following academic positions at the universities of Bielefeld, Bayreuth, Aachen, Cologne and Paderborn, she has been working at the University of Wuppertal since 2022. Her research focuses on questions of text production with regard to different learners, languages, domains and media. In addition to her research focus on AI-supported writing and reading, she is also interested in possible ways of implementing gender-inclusive German language teaching.
Plenary Talk: Titel to be announced
The three plenary lectures at LiP2027 refer to the conference theme Language is Plural: Celebrating Multilingualism in Language Education and provide key impulses for the thematic orientation of the conference. They address current questions of multilingualism, language education, social participation and language policy, bringing together different academic and educational perspectives.
The plenary lectures combine several thematic areas of the section concept and thus highlight the diversity and plurality of language education.
Further information on the lecture titles and abstracts will follow.
University of Westminster / United Kingdom
Terry Lamb is Professor of Languages and Interdisciplinary Pedagogy at the University of Westminster in London. He has published in areas such as pedagogy for autonomy, teacher education, motivation, multilingual and plurilingual education, multilingual cities, language teacher associations, and activist research that challenges social, cultural and linguistic injustices. His projects have included several at the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, e.g. Supporting Multilingual Classrooms. Terry has worked closely on languages strategy and curriculum with the UK and other Governments and is currently a consultant on the Council of Europe’s Language Policy Experts Group. Terry is President of FIPLV, the International Federation of Language Teacher Associations, an NGO of UNESCO and the Council of Europe. He is also the cofounder and editor of the international journal, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. In recognition of his services to languages and culture, he has been awarded the honour of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Plenary Talk: Titel to be announced
University of the Western Cape / South Africa
Rajendra Chetty is Professor of Language Education and served as Research Chair of Critical Pedagogy and Literacy at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His trans-disciplinary research draws from critical theory and social movement scholarship. He has written extensively on the intersectionality of race, class and inequality in schooling. He was Fulbright professor at the City University of New York (Queens College). His alliance with civil society groups has seen him work with activists within a participatory paradigm, drawing consistently from critical race theories.
Plenary Talk: Titel to be announced
University of Wuppertal / Germany
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Schindler studied history, Romance studies and economics at the universities of Bielefeld, Rouen and Cologne. After completing her doctorate in linguistics at Bielefeld University, she went on to complete her habilitation in the didactics of the German language at the University of Cologne. Following academic positions at the universities of Bielefeld, Bayreuth, Aachen, Cologne and Paderborn, she has been working at the University of Wuppertal since 2022. Her research focuses on questions of text production with regard to different learners, languages, domains and media. In addition to her research focus on AI-supported writing and reading, she is also interested in possible ways of implementing gender-inclusive German language teaching.
Plenary Talk: Titel to be announced