The 2023 Conference: Future of Languages

8-9 June, University of Iceland, Veröld – House of Vigdís, Brynjólfsgata 1, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland.
Day 1 Thursday, 8 June

9.00-9.30 Registration – Veröld – 1st floor, Entrance

9.30-10.00 Official opening of the conference, Lecture Hall 023 (ground floor)
Dr. Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland (virtual welcome)
Dr. Terry Lamb, President of FIPLV
Ms. Sigurborg Jónsdóttir, President of NBR
Chair: Dr. Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir, President of STÍL

10.00-10.45
Plenary session, Lecture Hall 023
Guest-speaker: Ofelia García, PhD.
“Bilingualism, plurilingualism and translanguaging: Differences and consequences for teaching”

10.45-11.00 Coffee break – Veröld – Ground floor, Café area

Slot 1 Session A: Hall 023 Session B: Hall 007 Session C: Hall 008 Session D: Hall 103 Session E: Heimasvæði
Chair: Félag Chair: Félag Chair: Félag Chair: Félag German
enskukennara dönskukennara og Ísbrú spænskukennara frönskukennara Title: Session I
Chair: Félag þýzkukennara

11.00-11.30 Ene Peterson – Albena Stefanova – María del Pilar Kinga Kowalewska, Oddný G. Sverrisdóttir –
Estonian Association of University of National and Concheiro Coello – Natalia Królikiewicz and Universität Island.
Foreign Language World Economy, Sofia, University of Iceland. Olga Makarowska –
Teachers. Bulgaria. Adam Mickiewicz Deutsch als Fremdsprache in
"You teach me, I teach University, Poznań,
How to make teacher you". Story of a Island: Möglichkeiten und
Employing teacher Poland. Perspektiven
professional creativity and flexibility to Telecollaboration
development (TPD) enhance quality in ESP project between the Development of reading
effective and engaging University of Iceland skills among foreign
and the University of language students
Barcelona.

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 Katarzyna Monika Janicka – Internationaler
11.30-12.00 Puneet Kaur – IDV Samúel Lefever – Marco Berton –
Rokoszewska – Deutschlehrerinnen- und
(Internationaler University of Iceland. University of Oslo.
Jan Dlugosz University in Deutschlehrerverband (IDV) und
Deutschlehrer*innen
und Online tools for text Czestochowa, Poland. Maria- Curie-Skłodowska-
Deutschlehrerverband). analysis: what about Universität, Lublin.
Creativity in the language The average semester
classroom lexical richness and
Are you looking to learn Spanish? growth rates of syntactic Lublin.Heterogenität im
a foreign language? complexity, accuracy, fremdsprachlichen Klassenzimmer
lexical richness, and als Herausforderung
fluency in L2 English
writing at secondary
schools

Suvi Kotkavuori -
12.00-12.30 Mia Smith – University of Helsinki Mikołaj Buczak – Adam Ekaterine Horn, Miranda
Language Teachers’ Mickiewicz University in Gobiani -
Association of Sweden. Claudia Rehwagen - Poznań, Poland. Deutschlehrerinnen- und
Going Online - Digital Tampere University Deutschlehrerverband in
skills in the foreign Measuring Cultural Georgien.
language classroom Intelligence among
Exchange students as students of Dutch Studies Die MiA-Frauenkurse- ein Modell
course assistants in in Poland zur Sprache der Zukunft
language classes – using
unused potential

12.30-13.30 Lunch break – Háma at Háskólatorg (University Square).

Session A: Hall 023 Session B: Hall 007 Session C: Hall 008 Session D: Hall 103 Session E: Heimasvæði
Slot 2
German
Title: Session 2

13.30-14.00 Marina Wikman – Sigríður Sigurjónsdóttir, Christoph Hülsmann Justyna Wrona - Joanna Sobańska – Warschauer
Satakunta University of Iris Edda Nowenstein, – University of Pedagogical University of Universität, Poland.
Applied Sciences, Dagbjört Salzburg, Austria. Krakow, Poland.
Finland. Guðmundsdóttir and Förderung von sprachlich
Acquiring plurilingual The assessment of
Language and culture Þorbjörg Þorvaldsdóttir – and pluricultural listening comprehension begabten Schülern im
hand in hand University of Iceland. competences through in Polish at Ukrainian - Fremdsprachenunterricht –
intercomprehension – and Russian - speaking Schwierigkeiten und Grenzen
Predicting the future of
A course concept for children from Ukraine –
Icelandic: English digital
Romance languages in educational challenges
language input and its
adult education connected with school
effects on L1 Icelandic
texts comprehension in
Polish (acquired as a
second language)

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 Marián Arribas-Tomé Birute Klaas-Lang, Anja Pietzuch –
14.00-14.30 – University of East Kolbrún Friðriksdóttir – Margareta Strasser, Kadri Koreinik and Norwegischer
Anglia, UK. University of Iceland. Christian Ollivier – Kerttu Rozenvalde – Deutschlehrerverband
Salzburg University University of Tartu. TYSKFORUM und Hochschule
Promoting Language and Austria, Université de Østfold (HiØ).
Responding to societal Culture through Icelandic La Réunion, Spain. Transition from Russian-
challenges with Online dominant general Nachhaltige Ausbildung von
sustainable language EVAL-IC: A holistic education to an Estonian Deutschlehrern: Ideenaustausch
education approach to evaluate university: Linguistic und Innovation im
plurilingual repertoires and resilience Deutschunterricht in Dänemark,
competences Estland und Norwegen – ein
Nordplus-Projekt.
14.30-15.00 Samúel Lefever – Vilma Bijeikiene and Anna Seretny – Ana R. Calero Valera –
University of Iceland. Almantė Jagiellonian Univeristy, Universität València, Spain.
Meškauskienė – Poland.
English use and identity
shift among immigrant Vytautas Magnus Das Haus der (toten)
students in Iceland University, Lithuania. DramatikerInnen: Ein Projekt für
Teaching Polish as a den Literaturunterricht
Multifaceted approach Heritage Language –
to the development of Getting Out of the
plurilingual Tradition Trap
competences at a
university language
institute
15.00-15.30 Renata Emilsson Adriana Prizel-Kania Adriana Biedron and Josefa Contreras-Fernández –
Peskova and Friða B. and Beata Terka – Marta Gierczyńska- Polytechnische Universität
Jónsdóttir – University of Jagiellonian University, Kolas – València, Spain.
Iceland, Milan Chang – Kracow, Poland. Pomeranian University,
Icelandic Gerontological Perfomance und Mindfulness-
Plurilingual Slupsk, Poland.
Research Center, Maria Übungen zur Förderung des
Sastre and Bibiam M. competence and its Sprachenlernens und der
Means to promote the
Gonzalez Rodriguez – impact on individual’s kulturellen Kompetenz
Kashubian language and
Móðurmál Association, aptitude for learning a
culture in Poland
Iceland. new language (in the
context of Polish as a
Multiple roles of heritage foreign language) –
language schools in pilot studies
Iceland: Spaces of
Resistance, Hope,
Integration and
Professional Language
Teaching
15.30-16.00 Coffee break – Veröld – Ground floor, Café area.

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 Session A: Hall 023 Session B: Hall 007 Session C: Hall 008 Session D: Hall 103 Session E: Heimasvæði
Slot 3
German
Title: Session 3

16.00-16.30 Simone Smala – The Stéphanie Gobet – Sofiya Zahova – Anna Kübel – Silpakorn
University of laboratoire FoReLLIS, University of Iceland. University, Nakhon Pathom,
Queensland, Australia. Université de Poitiers. Thailand.
Romani language
The Future of Sophie Kern and Lucie learning materials:
Métral, Laboratoire DDL, previous experiences Umsetzung der digitalen Tools im
Languages and DaF-Unterricht an der Silipakorn-
Université Lyon 2. and future prospects in
Artificial Intelligence – Universität, Thailand
a Nordic context
making use of it for Exposure and acquisition
time-efficiency of baby sign by hearing
children in daycare.
16.30-17.00 Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson Marina Camber – Marie Boccou Felix Pülm - Silpakorn University,
and Sigríður University of Teacher Kestřánková – Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
Sigurjónsdóttir – Education Lower Austria, Charles University.
University of Iceland. Austria. Czech heritage Suchen, schreiben, posten – Das
language education: Instagram-Projekt „123-x-Deutsch
Language contact and Language lottery among in Thailand“
competition in a digital 3rd generation immigrant Systematic support by
world children in Austria the government of the
Czech Republic and
Involvement of the
Faculty of Arts,
Charles University

17.00-17.30 Adam Switala – University Matteo Santipolo – Irena Horvatić Bilić – Universität
of Iceland. Universitá degli Studi Zagreb.
di Padova, Italy.
Family Musicking as a tool
Dialects in Italy: from Sprachenpolitisches Agieren von
for fostering the identity of
overt opposition to Fremdsprachenlehrkräften als
Polish and Ukrainian
(semi)covert promotion Weg zur Förderung des
families with young
Fremdsprachenlernens
children in Iceland. What
have we learned?

17.30-19.00 Conference reception at Veröld – House of Vigdís (ground floor).

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Day 2 Friday, 9 June

9.30-10.30
Plenary session, Lecture Hall 023
Guest speaker: Dr. Sarah Breslin – ECML
“Inspiring innovation in language education; changing contexts,
evolving competences.”

10.30-11.00 Coffee break – Veröld – Ground floor, Café area.

Session A: Hall 023 Session B: Hall 007 Session C: Hall 008 Session E: Heimasvæði
Slot 4
German
Title: Session 4

11.00-11.30 Giuseppe D’Orazzi – Ildikó Tar and Mária Klaus Geyer – Süddänische
Jóhanna Björk
The University of Czellér – University of Universität, Odense.
Guðjónsdóttir and
Melbourne, Australia. Debrecen, Hungary.
Margrét Helga
Hjartardóttir – UniStart Deutsch@NBL –
The future of second Kvennaskólinn í Eine Studie zu Sprachkompetenz,
languages and Using MEMOQ, a CAT Reykjavík, Iceland. Sprachlernmotivationen und
cultures. An exploration Tool in LSP Translation Spracheinstellungen unter
of language learning Training Prononciation et Deutschstudierenden in den
and teaching dynamics projets en classe de nordischen und baltischen
through the eyes of FLE Ländern
students and teachers

11.30-12.00 Alberta Novello – Vanessa Isenmann – Universität

Branislav Bédi – Sigríður Anna
University of Padua, Island.
University of Iceland. Guðbrandsdóttir –
Italy. Menntaskólinn við
UniStart Deutsch@NBL –
Promoting heritage culture Hamrahlíð, Iceland.
Teaching languages to Lernmotivation und
and language learning
gifted students Spracheinstellungen von
through digital L‘immeuble toujours et Studierenden im Fach Deutsch als
technologies: On the encore Fremdsprache – Methode und
example of Old Norse and
Ergebnisse einer isländischen
Modern Icelandic
Fallstudie

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12.00-12.30 Hamsavahini Singh – Rósa Elín René Koglbauer –
Banasthali Vidyapith Davíðsdóttir – Universität Newcastle,
and Aditya Divya University of Iceland. Vorstandsvorsitzender von ALL
Singh - Manipal (Association for Language
Academy of Higher Le rôle des Learning).
Education. dictionnaires bilingues
dans la production Zukunft der Sprachen und die
écrite dans une langue Rolle von nationalen und
Enhancement of étrangère internationalen Sprachverbänden
Cultural Competence
and Foreign Language-
learning in a multi-
lingual classroom in
India

12.30-13.30 Lunch break at – Háma at Hásklólatorg (University Square)

Session A: Hall 023 Session B: Hall 007 Session C: Hall 008 Session E: Heimasvæði
Slot 5
German
Title: Session 5

13.30-14.00 Dorota Werbinska – Pilar Alderete – University Svetlana Ahlborn – Karsten Lorek, Silpakorn –
Pomeranian University, of Galway, Ireland. Goethe University University, Nakhon Pathom,
Poland. Frankfurt, Germany. Thailand.
Proyecto EstudiantELE Wojciech Sosnowski
Language teachers´ (#estudiantELE): A
challenges and – College of Europe, Anderwelt und thai-deutsche
Proposal for Language
strengths: A Warsaw, Poland. Sprachwelten: Zur Bedeutung der
Learning and Teaching
biographical Literaturgeschichte im
Strategies Diversity of non-
perspective Fremdsprachenunterricht am
equivalent lexical units Beispiel der Volksliteratur
in a language lesson:
observation, analysis,
and recommendations
(on material of Russian
in contrast to German
and Polish)

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14.00-14.30 Sylvia Velikova – St. Pasi Puranen – Tünde Bajzát – Anna Jaroszewska – Polnische
Cyril and St. Methodius LUT & LAB University University of Miskolc, Neuphilologische Gesellschaft.
University of Veliko Language Center, Finland. Language Teaching
Tranovo, Bulgaria. Centre, Hungary. Die Dynamik der Rollen, Aufgaben
und beruflichen Kompetenzen von
Action Research in the Online Recourses for Hungarian students’ Sprachlehrern in den neuen
Process of Language Foreign Languages in views on the Umständen der europäischen
Teacher Identity Finnish Higher Education challenges of foreign Bildung
Formation language learning

14.30-15.00 Jóna G. Judit Hidasi – Pino Valero – Universität

Anna Costantino –
Guðmundsdóttir – Budapest Business Alicante.
University of Greenwich,
University of Iceland. London, UK. School, Budapest.
Didaktische Anwendungen im
Reading Deutschunterricht der
Comprehension in Assessment for learning Challenges of teaching Interkulturellen Deutschen
Icelandic and English and as learning: An English to Japanese Literatur: Der Fall des Werkes
among 10th Graders in enquiry-led approach to learners Emine Sevgi Özdamars und Herta
Iceland: A Pilot Study language e-portfolios Müllers

15.00-15.30 Mari Linna and Minna Iitti Gabrielle Perge - Eötvös Loránd
Ourania Katsara –
– Satakunta University, Universität Budapest.
University of Piraeus,
Finland. Greece.
Zukunftsperspektiven für den
Bli Proffs! Project – institutionellen
Greek university
Developing Online Fremdsprachenunterricht
students’ intercultural
Swedish Courses with
sensitivity profile: a
Working Life Partners
case study

15.30-16.00 Coffee break – Veröld - Ground floor, Café area.

Slot 6 Session E: Heimasvæði

German
Title: Session 6

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16.00-16.30 Claudia Ullrich –
Katholische Universität Boliviens,
La Paz, Präsidentin des
Bolivianischen
DeutschlehrerInnenverbandes.

ABOLPA. Sprachenpolitik in Zeiten

der Globalisierung: Das
Spannungsfeld von Deutsch,
Englisch und Aymara im
bolivianischen Bildungswesen

Closing addresses, Hall 023

The Future of Indigenous Languages: Introducing the International Decade
of Indigenous Languages 2022 – 2032.
16.30-17.30 Dr. Sofiya D. Zahova, Director of the Vigdís International Center for Multilingualism
Mr. Johan Sandberg McGuinne, a Swedish South Saami and Scottish Gaelic
Indigenous scholar, language rights activist and teacher
Chair: Dr. Hólmfríður Garðarsdóttir, President of STÍL

17.30 … “Happy hour” – Stúdentakjallarinn (The Student Union Bar on Campus).

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Day 3 Saturday, June 10
10.00
Bus leaving from Veröld – House of Vigdís.
–
18.00 - A trip for conference guests (Max. 60 guests)
A day trip to “Golden Circle” for sight-seeing.

Furthermore:

Wednesday, 7 June
13.00 – 17.00 World Council Meeting of FIPLV, at Veröld – House of Vigdís (Open to all interested) (Room: 1st floor – Vigdísarstofa).

Thursday, 8 June
18.00 – 20.00 Board Meeting of NBR, at Veröld – House of Vigdís (Room: 2nd floor – Heimasvæði tungumála).

Friday, 9 June
11.00 – 12.30 Board of IDV (Der Internationale Deutschlehrerinnen- und Deutschlehrerverband) meets with the FIPLV ExCo (Room: 1st floor – Vigdísarstofa).

Introduction to IDT 2025 (International Conference for Teachers of German).

Ms. Charlyn Evert

Book presentations
The Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages.

Living Language Lab (Mál í mótun)

Veröld – House of Vigdís, 1st floor, exposition on the history of languages.