ELE - Programme | Åbo Akademi University

Programme

11.00–13.00	Registration and coffee (2^nd floor)
12.30–13.00	Opening of the conference Song by the student choir Pedavoces (Auditorium Bruhn)
13.00–14.00	Keynote 1: Language education in Finland – current state and future visions Dr. Mikaela Björklund, Åbo Akademi University & Professor Leena Maria Heikkola, Arctic University of Norway/ Åbo Akademi University (Auditorium Bruhn)
14.00–14.30	Coffee break
14.30–16.00	Parallel sessions 1
16.15–17.45	Parallel sessions 2
19.00	City Reception The Governor’s Residence, Koulukatu (Skolhusgatan) 2

08.30–10.00	Registration and coffee
09.00–10.00	Keynote 2: Exploring engagement with languages (LX) within and beyond the language classroom Senior postdoctoral researcher and lecturer Giulia Sulis, University of Graz, Austria (Auditorium Bruhn)
10.15–11.45	Parallel sessions 3
12.00–13.30	Lunch at Restaurant Strampen Rantakatu (Strandgatan) 7
13.30–15.00	Parallel sessions 4
15.00–15.30	Coffee break
15.30–16.30	Keynote 3: Thinking and doing literacies and languages otherwise: Texts, bodies, and arts in language education University Lecturer Sofia Jusslin, Åbo Akademi University (Auditorium Bruhn)
19.00	Conference dinner at Restaurant Strampen Rantakatu (Strandgatan) 7

09.30–10.30	Parallel sessions 5
10.30–11.00	Coffee break
11.00–12.00	Keynote 4: High-stakes testing and linguistic discrimination in Europe: what is the best way forward? Professor Gessica De Angelis, NTNU, Norway (Auditorium Bruhn)
12.00–12.30	Closing of the conference (Auditorium Bruhn)
12.45	Lunch at restaurant Strampen Rantakatu (Strandgatan) 7