2nd FORTHEM Annual Conference - Connecting Worlds of Science and Society"

Session

Enhancing multilingualism and learning in schools and universities

31 Jan 2025, 10:00

ONLINE

52. Prospects of Multilingual Education Implementation: TNPU Experience

Dr Liudmyla Babii (Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University), Oksana Yarema (Ternopil National Pedagogical University)

31/01/2025, 10:00

Enhancing multilingualism and learning in schools and universities

Oral presentation

Multilingual education in Ukraine is essential due to the nation’s linguistic diversity and integration into the European Union. The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine plays a pivotal role in these reforms, aligning policies with European standards, including the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The Law on Education emphasizes foreign language instruction at all...

54. The Arousal of Cognitive Processes in Vocabulary Learning

Jobert Ngwenya (University of Jyväskylä)

31/01/2025, 10:30

Enhancing multilingualism and learning in schools and universities

Poster

This study investigates effective vocabulary learning strategies for Finnish as a foreign language. Using physiological data (electrodermal activity) and self-reports, the research examines how different word list learning strategies (Stratton, 2022; Hoshino, 2010) affect learners' engagement, self-efficacy, and cognitive load. 100 international university students will learn Finnish...

69. Transforming 21st-Century Language Learning through Generative AI Tools (Gen-AI)

Lola López Molines (University of Valencia (TALIS research group))

31/01/2025, 11:00

Enhancing multilingualism and learning in schools and universities

Oral presentation

In today’s interconnected world, education needs to prepare students with essential skills like critical thinking, communication, and adaptability to navigate complexity. Indeed, the latest language learning approaches go beyond teaching a language and aim to provide students with holistic training—mind, heart, and body—preparing them for the demands of the future society.
Generative...

77. A framework for capturing student learning in challenge-based learning

Mihaela Rotaru (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu)

31/01/2025, 11:30

Enhancing multilingualism and learning in schools and universities

Oral presentation

Background. The transformation of traditional higher education into a student-centered and community-responsive paradigm provides the foundation for tackling modern social concerns. In the framework of globalization, technological progress, and evolving community expectations promoting innovation in education has become essential. The Learn.Inc project, co-financed by the European Union under...

14. Supporting multilingual and new speakers in a Catalan primary school: An exploration of schoolscape and language practices

Ms Laura Castañe Bassa (University of Jyväskylä)

31/01/2025, 13:00

Enhancing multilingualism and learning in schools and universities

Poster

In Catalonia, embracing linguistic diversity and promoting Catalan language, a minoritised language, in education stand as a fundamental challenge. Despite its officiality, Catalan faces a low status and linguistic diversity and Spanish are seen as a threat for its maintenance. The Catalan government has implemented several actions to uphold its promotion, principally in schools, where Catalan...

27. A Co-creative Citizen Science Project on Linguistic Wellbeing at the Mankola school in 2024

Dr Mari Honko (University of Jyväskylä), Dr Maria Kautonen (University of Jyväskylä), Petteri Laihonen (University of Jyväskylä)

31/01/2025, 13:30

Enhancing multilingualism and learning in schools and universities

Oral presentation

We explore lessons learned from implementing a Co-Creative Citizen Science (CCS) project on multilingualism within the FORTHEM European University Alliance Multilingualism in School and Higher Education Lab in 2024 autumn in Jyväskylä (see [1] for developments in 2020–2023 in Jyväskylä and Opole). Since 2020, teenage pupils at Mankola School have co-created CCS projects at the Mankola school....

13. Multilingual Learning Environments: how academics and students have co-created a university course

Dr Tamás Péter Szabó (University of Jyväskylä)

31/01/2025, 14:00

Enhancing multilingualism and learning in schools and universities

Oral presentation

This contribution shares insights of the development, teaching and assessment of the Multilingual Learning Environments course co-created in the FORTHEM Multilingualism in School and Higher Education Lab. The course idea emerged in 2020 and after a FORTHEM Digital Academy funded development period, the first iteration took place in Autumn 2022. Due to co-creation among academics and students...

105. Multilingual and multicultural education

Carmen Oprișor (Universitatea „Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu)

31/01/2025, 14:30

Enhancing multilingualism and learning in schools and universities

Oral presentation

In the current context, the phenomenon of globalization requires an adaptation of the way Romanian is taught as a foreign language. Multiculturalism, interculturality and pluriculturalism are elements that we must take into account. Today, multiculturalism is understood as the coexistence of different cultures within the same society. Complementing the values of one culture with the values of...

61. Moderators

Laura Castañe Bassa (University of Jyväskylä), Dr Sergio Maruenda-Bataller (University of Valencia)