Call for Contributions

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Language World is the annual conference and CPD event of the Association for Language Learning. It is a highlight of the year for languages education and attracts hundreds of participants a day from across all educational sectors, with a large number coming from primary and secondary schools.

The theme of Language World 2025 is Weaving a rich tapestry: our languages, our world(s)

The Language World Submission Portal is NOW CLOSED!

2025 Contribution Guidelines

Key Dates

Submission deadline: 23:59 on Tuesday 5 November 2024
Notification of outcome: week commencing 16 December 2024

Contributions

We invite teachers, teacher educators, and researchers to join us in sharing ideas and best practice. Whatever your teaching experience, please do consider submitting a proposal. Submissions are welcome from educators who are starting out on their career to those with many years of experience.

Focus for the workshops and oral presentations

We are specifically interested in submissions of new and topical presentations which focus on the following areas:

Promoting and celebrating the rich tapestry of all our languages: motivation and engagement – engaging all our multilingual learners – increasing uptake at secondary and university – supporting transition and transfer
Weaving threads together in our curriculum design and development: developing a cohesive, engaging and well-sequenced pattern
Weaving threads of theory and practice together: putting theory into practice, action research, evidence-informed classroom practice
Weaving skills together
Weaving the threads of assessment together: assessment of and for learning, the new GCSE
Weaving culture into learning inside and outside the classroom: promoting trips and educational visits – developing international links and intercultural understanding
Threads of our languages community: weaving school and home and the wider community together; strengthening the threads between compulsory and supplementary schools
Integrating threads of technology into our classroom: using technology e.g. AI and online learning
Weaving the threads as leaders in languages: management – supporting the team of teachers – mentoring – training – writing – career progression in own school and beyond – ALL – other initiatives
The threads of specific sectors: primary, secondary, FE, HE, ITE, transition and transfer

We would also welcome other creative ideas which address the theme.

2025 Contribution Guidelines

Presentation Formats

30-minute presentation
15-minute presentation - In this format, two similar topic presentations will be delivered in the same 30-minute session

Speakers can choose how they allow for interaction with participants, whether within or at the end of the allocated slot. This could include a Q & A.

Speaker Bookings and Attendance

Once the review process is complete, all accepted speakers will need to book to attend the conference. We are able to offer the following reduced rates for one speaker for each accepted presentation:

Speaking day attendance only; £66 (inc vat)
Two days Conference attendance £150 (inc vat)

Both registration types exclude accommodation and dinner.

Any additional speakers will need to register and pay as Language World delegates at the relevant delegate attendance rate. Unfortunately, our funds do not permit us to cover any expenses for speakers.

Please note that we are not planning to offer virtual presentations. The event will take place in person at the Chesford Grange, Kenilworth.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Key Dates