Efkes foarstelle: haadsprekker Caterina Sugranyes (CFH2025)

Op tongersdei 13 novimber is Dr. Caterina Sugranyes útnûge as haadsprekker. Sugranyes is heechlearaar Language Didactics and Education op de Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sport Sciences Blanquerna fan de Ramon Llull University yn Barcelona en de haadûndersiker fan de ûndersyksgroep GREDA_Languages. Hja studearre Frânske filology en taalwittenskip oan de University of Barcelona en de University of Ghent yn België. 

Lêzing

De titel fan Sugranyes' lêzing is ‘Embracing a positive approach to promote effective plurilingual teaching through plurilingual wellbeing’.

Embracing a positive approach to promote effective plurilingual teaching through plurilingual wellbeing

Are teachers plurilingual? Should they be? Are they aware of their plurilingual status? Do teachers call upon their own language resources to teach plurilingually? Do teachers really believe in plurilingualism? What relationship do teachers have with their own languages? Is this important? How can we help teachers to linguistically step out of their comfort zone?

This presentation explores the relationship between teachers’ views of language, their language repertoires, and how they teach and handle plurilingualism in the classroom. It does so by addressing the concept of plurilingual wellbeing (Sugranyes et al., 2024), which is defined as being aware and valuing one’s own language repertoire and feeling comfortable with using it in a variety of contexts.

Plurilingual wellbeing embraces a positive approach to teaching (Mercer, 2021) which stems from research on teacher wellbeing, language awareness and plurilingual identity and it understands how teachers navigate their own plurilingualism and that of learners.

The exploratory study presented examines the plurilingual wellbeing of 22 teachers from 9 European countries during the school year 2024-25. Data analysis focuses on understanding what hinders and fosters plurilingual wellbeing. The results highlight how the teacher’s context and experiences they have with languages and language learning are key factors in developing their plurilingual wellbeing.

Much research in the field tends to focus on language learners’ needs, this presentation instead sheds light on how teachers' plurilingual wellbeing can play a crucial role in fostering plurilingualism.

Mear oer Sugranyes en de lêzing is te finen op har sprekkerspagina op de kongreswebsite.

Yn it koart

Wat: Conference on Frisian Humanities 
Wêr: Oranje Hotel, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden
Wannear: 12-14 novimber 2025
Organisaasje: Fryske Akademy, Mercator Europeesk Kennissintrum foar Meartaligens en Taallearen, it Lektoraat Meartaligens en Geletterdheid fan de NHL Stenden Hegeskoalle, de ôfdieling Frisian Studies fan de Universiteit Grins en de ôfdieling Language, Technology and Culture fan UG/Campus Fryslân.
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