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The joint CU.mil and MOBILLE conference for language teachers 2025.

Dates: 29-31 January 2025

Place: UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Maison des Langues

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Chaire "International Francqui Professor"
 

La Chaire « International Francqui Professor », introduite dès les débuts de la Fondation, est l’une de ses activités les plus illustres. Cette prestigieuse Chaire permet de renforcer la coopération interuniversitaire scientifique avec les pays étrangers et d’élargir les horizons de notre personnel universitaire. L’invité(e) contribue non seulement à la recherche en cours, mais il/elle est aussi une source d’inspiration pour les étudiants et le corps enseignant.

En invitant d’éminents experts du monde entier à s’engager auprès de la communauté universitaire locale, la Fondation rehausse le niveau dans l’enseignement supérieur et cathalyse les rencontres entre personnalités éminentes dans le domaine de la recherche.

Le Professeur Steven Thorne de l’Université de Californie, Berkley, USA, a obtenu cette année la « Chaire International Francqui Professor » et l’ILC UCLouvain a l’immense honneur de l’accueillir.

Le Professeur Steven Thorne présentera la leçon inaugurale intitulée : “Amplifying affordances for language learning: Rewilding and desire lines as vectors for innovation”.  Abstract ci-dessous.

Cet événement aura lieu le 14/11/2024 à 16h00.

> Lieu: Halles Universitaires, Place de l'Université, Louvain-la-Neuve

• Leçon inaugurale: Salle Oleffe, 4ème étage (A-438)
• Réception: Salle de la Tapisseries, 2ème étage

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Abstract:
Language use, second-language development, and technology mediated human activity are complex processes situated in, and in some cases demonstrably interwoven with and catalyzed by, specific material and social contexts. Due to this complexity, world language (L2) education has long-attempted to simulate real-world settings in order to address the sense of artificiality this is endemic to many instructional contexts. In recent decades, there has been growing research and innovation relating to the use of digital technologies and pedagogies that interface formal L2 education with opportunities for interaction and learning that occur primarily or fully outside of classroom contexts (Reinders et al., 2022; Thorne et al., 2009, 2021), with the goal of increasing the ecological validity of both the content and interactional processes of language learning. This presentation describes a 20-year trajectory of research-informed pedagogical innovation using the metaphor of “rewilding.” Similar in some respects to other extramural and language learning beyond the classroom projects, “rewilding” language education (Thorne, Hellermann, & Jakonen, 2021) involves reverse engineering from studies of learning in the wild (Hutchins, 1995; Thorne, 2008, 2010, 2012).

CU.mil Summer school 2024

This exceptional gathering will be held both in person at the Université Saint-Louis/UCLouvain in Brussels, Belgium, and virtually.

The Altissia Chair brings together a network of experts in the field of digital humanities within the Faculty of Philosophy, Arts, and Letters at UCLouvain (FIAL).

Its aim is to study the impact of digital technology on the humanities in a cross-cutting manner, addressing opportunities, paradigm shifts, and challenges.

Here is the agenda for this event:

• 10h: Introduction by Nicolas-Louis Boël (CEO of Altissia) and Prof. Ferran Suñer (Language Didactics at UCLouvain, Belgium), Room: Auditorium 100


• 10h15: Prof. Glenn Stockwell (Waseda University), "Going Beyond the Hype - Living and Learning with AI in Language Education" Room: Auditorium 100


• 11h15: Panel discussion, Room: Auditorium 100:
  • Prof. Glenn Stockwell (Director of TESOL Studies, Waseda University, Japon)
  • Arnaud Vincent (Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, Collège Cardinal Mercier, Belgium),
  • Lucie Niclaes (Student, UCLouvain, Belgium),
  • Moderation: Prof. Ferran Suñer (Language Didactics at UCLouvain, Belgium)


• 12h15: Lunch


• 14h: Workshops (session 1):
  • Room P02: Leveraging AI for Effective Lesson Plan Design, Prof. Fanny Meunier (English Linguistics and Didactics, UCLouvain) and Rémy Decorte (English Didactics, UCLouvain);
  • Room P61: The Use of Chatbots to Enhance Students' Speaking Ability, Prof. Serge Bibauw (French Didactics, UCLouvain, Belgium),


• 16h: Workshops (session 2): Same workshops

On-site participation is free of charge but participants are required to register by March 17.

While the event will primarily be conducted in English, we welcome questions and interactions in other languages. So, feel free to bring your multilingual charm with you! We look forward to connecting with you.