Feb. 15, 2024 - Feb. 17, 2024
http://uzrt.ffzg.unizg.hr/?page_id=240
International Conference
UZRT 2024 Early language learning in formal contexts (February 16-17, 2024)
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Pre-conference event: Early language learning in Croatia: 20 years later (February 15, 2024)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
We invite scholars and practitioners teaching and researching early language learning in formal contexts to submit symposium or single paper proposals that focus on:
• Language development at an early age
• Literacy development at an early age
• Young learner individual differences (motivation, anxiety, attitude, autonomy, emotion, etc.)
• Research methodology in research on/with young language learners
• Teachers of young learners
• Language teacher education
• Technology in early language teaching and learning
• Early learning materials development
• Assessment in early language education
• Methods and approaches in early language learning
• Innovative practices in early language education
• Language and literacy development for children with language impairment and other disabilities
• Early language learning policy
• Plurilingual approaches to early language teaching
• Language immersion, heritage, and minority education at an early age
• Multilingual classroom, translanguaging, and plurilingualism
• Early language curriculum development and assessment
• Teaching 2nd, 3rd and additional languages at an early age
• Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) at an early age
Submission instructions:
The conference will be organized in the form of symposia and individual papers:
Single paper abstracts for the conference event:
Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words, specifying the title of the presentation, purpose of study, methodology, summary of findings/results, conclusion, significance/contributions of study, and references (if applicable). Abstracts written in languages other than English should also include an abstract in English (in the same file). All abstracts should be written in MS Word format (DOC or DOCX), using Times New Roman 12pt.
When submitting the abstract to Easy Abs please enter the following abstract category into the "Comments" section: CONFERENCE EVENT: Single paper
Symposium for the conference event:
When applying for a symposium, the Convenor of the symposium is responsible for submitting an abstract (maximum 500 words) describing the theme of the symposium and its relevance within the framework of the conference. Individual abstracts (maximum 300 words) for each of the papers included in the proposed symposium should be submitted in the same file. The individual abstracts should specify the title of the presentation, purpose of study, methodology, summary of findings/results, conclusion, significance/contributions of study, and references (if applicable). All abstracts should be written in MS Word format (DOC or DOCX), using Times New Roman 12pt.
When submitting the abstract to Easy Abs please enter the following abstract category into the "Comments" section: CONFERENCE EVENT: Symposium
Single paper abstracts for the Pre-conference event
We invite researchers and practitioners (teachers of different languages in Croatia) to share their experiences and examples of good practice (aimed at practitioner audiences).
Please submit an abstract with no more than 300 words, specifying the title of the presentation, aims, description, conclusions or lessons learned, and relevance for practitioners. Abstracts should be written in Croatian and submitted in MS Word format (DOC or DOCX) using Times New Roman 12pt. When submitting your abstract please enter the following abstract category into the "Comments" section: PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT: Single paper
Submissions open: July 10, 2023 - Oct. 30, 2023
Abstract review period: Oct. 15, 2023 - Nov. 15, 2023