First Steps to Multilingualism: The Greek Programme of English for Young Learners-14-16 June 2013
Eden Beach Resort Hotel, Anavyssos
The Faculty of English Language and Literature of the University of Athens organised the 1st Conference on Early Language Learning at the Eden Beach Resort Hotel in Anavyssos.
After the launch of the ‘English for Young Learners’ project, in 2010, major developments have taken place in the area of Early Language Learning (ELL) in Greece.
The purpose of this conference was, therefore, to share experience, to disseminate to a local and international audience EYL project results, to discuss in view of acquired expertise issues connected with multilingualism, with teaching and assessing young learners, as well as to propose innovative ways of teacher training and professional development.
Anastasia Spyropoulou-(anastasia@eltnews.gr)
Themes of the Conference
• English in primary school as a resource for social practice
• Learning through English in the early years of primary school
• Age as a factor in ‘foreign’ language learning and teaching
• Social and individual differences as factors for language education policy and practice
• Learning English as a third or additional language
• ELL and intercultural understanding
Invited Speakers
Invited speakers included:
• Prof. Marianne Nikolov, Head of the Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pécs, Hungary
• Carmen Muñoz, Professor of English Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the University of Barcelona, Spain
• Angelika Kubanek, Professor of English Language Teaching Methodology at Eichstaett University in Bavaria, Germany
• Cor van der Meer, Researcher at the Frisian Academy of Letters and Director of the Mercator Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
• Lucilla Lopriore, Lecturer at the Department of Linguistics at ROMA TRE University
