Call for abstracts

The shared themes for the conferences

1. Teaching language and content in bi- and multilingual education 

• early years, K–6, content-specific teaching from grade 7 onwards
• building linguistic continuity and progression between educational stages
• development of bi- and multilingual literacies 
• scaffolding for reading and writing content in bi- and multilingual education  

2. Linguistic diversity in educational contexts 

• practices for language-aware teaching and linguistically sensitive teaching
• emerging bi- and multilingualism 
• special educational needs in relation to bi- and multilingual education
• learning effects of the presence of dominant and non-dominant languages in bi- and multilingual programmes
• evaluation of language and content learning and implications for teaching strategies 

3. Preparing teachers for equity in linguistically diverse operational cultures 

• teaching with a dual focus on developing the immersion and target language(s) as well as providing access to content 
• developing teacher sensitivity towards linguistic diversity 
• pre-service and in-service education for continued professional development 

Please note the explicit focus on ages 0–6 for Multilingual Childhoods – Multidimensional perspectives on equity in multilingual ECEC contexts -conference and on content and language integrated teaching for Pushing boundaries in content and language integrated teaching -conference. 

• Abstract and proposal submissions open: 1^st October 2026 
• Abstract and proposal submission closes: 15^th November 2026 
• Notice of accepted abstracts and proposals:  8^th January 2027