Special Interest Group
Supporting the development of languages and literacies in a multilingual world
This SIG aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in a range of areas related to the development of languages and literacies. We take a broad view of both terms which encompasses various dimensions of languages education (e.g. first language(s), additional language(s), modern language(s) etc.) and literacies education (e.g. print, visual, digital, cultural etc.). We aim to explore key issues around supporting the development of languages and literacies among learners at all levels. By bringing together researchers from these various perspectives we aim to contribute to key discussions in research, practice and policy.
Researcher at Technical University of Munich
Harper Staples is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Education at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. She has a Doctorate in Educational Sciences from the University of Cambridge, where her research focused on adolescent multilingual learner...
EdD student at University of Sheffield
Katherine Davis-Wright is a final-year EdD student at the University of Sheffield, novelist and teacher of English at a state secondary school in the UK. Her doctoral research looks at the tensions between how secondary students experience...
This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.
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