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Conference Schedule

Find out more about our 26th annual AULC conference schedule of events.

AULC 2025 Conference programme (PDF, 0.2 MB)

Monday 7 April 2025

9am	Registration, 502, Ground floor
9:30am	Welcome - Room TBC
10am	Keynote Room TBC Affective literacy in an additional language, Professor María del Carmen Fonseca Mora, Universidad de Huelva
11am	Sanako presentation - Room TBC
11.15am	Coffee Break
11.30am	Panels
	Panel 1 Accessibility Room TBC	Panel 2 Sociolinguistics Room TBC	Panel 3 Multiliteracies Room TBC	Panel 4 Digital Room TBC
11.30am	Inclusivity, Accessibility, and Transition to Higher Education Language Learning, Theresa Federici, Nadia Nebot, Samia Zitouni, University of Cardiff.	Is that slang? Developing critical linguistic awareness in a Spanish language module, Alba del Pozo García, University of Leeds.	A multiliteracies-oriented, multimodal approach to Korean language learning in the UK Higher Education, Mihye Harker, University of Cambridge.	Digital First: A Critical Review of Blended Learning Approaches in Language Teaching at the University of Birmingham, Emilie Grinan-Coley and Regina Seiwald, University of Birmingham.
12pm	Designing for All: Implementing Universal Design for Learning in Language Teaching and Learning, Marina Micke, University of Sheffield.	Project-Based Learning and Sociolinguistic Competence, Elsa Cremades, University of the Balearic Islands.	Enhancing language awareness through linguistic landscaping in the German classroom, Sandra Reisenleutner, University of Nottingham.	Enhancing Student Engagement and Feedback Through Real-Time Digital Polling in University Language Classrooms, Éamon Ó Cofaigh, University of Galway.
12.30pm	Special Interest Group - Management - Room TBC Special Interest Group - Inclusive Pedagogies - Room TBC
1.15pm	Lunch break
	Workshops
2pm	Workshop 1 - Room TBC Leveraging Generative AI for a Decolonising Cultural Approach in Spanish as a Foreign Language, Tatiana Romero, University of Exeter Workshop 2	Workshop 2 - Room TBC Designing song-based language teaching materials, José Coelho de Souza, University of Manchester.	Workshop 3 - Room TBC The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Interpreting, Hanna Magedera and Federica Sturani, University of Liverpool.
3pm	Coffee break
3.15pm	AGM - Room TBC
4pm	Keynote Developing Global Citizens through Virtual Exchange: Opportunities and Challenge, Professor Robert O’Dowd, Universidad de León - Room TBC

Tuesday 8 April 2025

9am	Registration, 502, Ground floor
9:30am	Keynote Room TBC Multimodal learning using Generative AI, Rob Lindsay, Sam Saunders & Tünde Varga-Atkins, University of Liverpool
10.30am	Coffee Break Languages Presentation - Room TBC
11am	Panels
	Panel 5 AI and Speaking Skills Room TBC	Panel 6 Multimedia and Multimodal Room TBC	Panel 7 Language Materials and Cultural Awareness Room TBC
11am	The Impact of Virtual Reality on Reducing Speaking Anxiety and Developing Language Proficiency Among EAL Learners: An Experimental Study, Roaa Abdullah Alothman.	Using screen media for teaching Arabic as a heritage language: Pedagogical principles and challenges, Salwa Mohamed and Carmen Herrero Manchester Metropolitan University.	Developing specialist language teaching in Higher Education in the context of Italian through History of Art, Cinzia Bacilieri University of York.
11.30am	Enhancing L2 Speaking Skills with AI: Personalising Practice with Gliglish for Real-World Communication, Maria Wald, University of Birmingham.	Exploring multimodal texts to develop a pluricultural repertoire, Ana Reimao, University of Liverpool.	The Sound of Language: using songs to teach grammar, vocabulary and cultural awareness, Pol Masdeu Cañellas, University of Liverpool.
12pm	Special Interest Group Room TBC Managing Multilingual & Multi-Stakeholder Language Provisions: Trends, Innovations, and developing our Collaborative Network Special Interest Group Room TBC UNILANG: Certifying CEFR Attainments
12.45	Lunch break
1.30pm	Panels
	Panel 8 Gamification Room TBC	Panel 9 Developing Speaking Skills Room TBC	Panel 10 AI and Materials Creation Room TBC
1.30pm	Cooking and English Learning: A Serious Game Designed for Older Adults, Giovanni Tucci, University of Bari.	¿Cómo vamos?: Using a Spanish learning podcast to create, engage and empower a learning community, Maria Ana Chavana Villalobos, University of York.	Beyond the Textbook: GenAI's Impact on Language Materials Creation, Diana Mesa Torres, University of Sheffield.
2pm	Game based learning in HE, María Castillo Ahuir, University of Exeter.	Preparation for the Year Abroad: Podcasts and the LACSE project, Alberto Fajardo and Nelson Becerra University of Liverpool.	Integrating language learning and employability: a flipped curriculum using semantic waves and digital technologies, Antonio Da Silva, University of Essex.
2.30pm	Coffee break
3pm	Panels
	Panel 11 Curriculum and Management Room TBC	Panel 12 Accessibility Room TBC	Panel 13 Linguistic Policies Room TBC
3pm	The leader inside (the type of leader I wish I had), Martín Agnone, University of Leicester.	Win Win situation: Facilitating exchanges through the Language Groups Programme, Carolin Schneider and Jayne Barnes, University of Leeds.	Irish Language Learning in the UK: Examining Compulsion, Culture, and the Diaspora Experience, Pádraig O Loingsigh, University of Liverpool.
3.30pm	Implementing a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) for Non-Credit Lifelong Learning Courses, Thomas Chaurin and Jeannette Rissmann, University of Edinburgh.	The professional practice of language coaching in the workplace and co-design of a professional development Micro-Credential with stakeholders in language learning, support, planning and policy, Deirdre Ní Loingsigh and Catherine Martin, University of Limerick.	Who Is Granted Visibility in the Classroom, and Why?: A Comparative Analysis of Multilingual Education Policies in Argentina’s Urban Metropolises and its Rural Peripheries, Andraya Yearwood, Columbia University.
4pm	Closing remarks and wine reception