Next Generation Literacies Conference 2024
2024 got off to a fantastic start with the Next Generation Literacies Network Conference, Social Participation in Linguistically Diverse Societies, taking place at the old state library in Hamburg on 11-12 January. It was truly a pleasure for so many network members to get together in person, to share their research findings in oral and poster presentations, and to exchange stimulating ideas for ongoing and future collaboration. The conference programme was enriched by keynote lectures by renowned scholars in the field: Prof. David Little, Trinity College Dublin, gave a lecture on “Learner Autonomy, Plurilingualism and Interculturality: Pedagogies for Literacy in a Democratic World”; Prof. Joseph Lo Bianco, University of Melbourne, shared his expertise in a virtual talk entitled “Dominant Language Constellations: A Perspective on Present-day Multilingualism.”
You can view the full conference programme here, Prof. Lo Bianco’s keynote here, some reflections from Prof. Ingrid Piller on the network’s legacies here, and a selection of photographs from the conference below.
Photo Gallery
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Conference programmes ready for collection
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Delegates enjoy a coffee in the “Lichthof” of the old state library in Hamburg
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Javier Moreno-Rivero (City University of New York) and Kseniia Pershina (Universität Hamburg)
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The podium awaits two full days of presentations
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Prof. Ingrid Gogolin from Universität Hamburg (centre) greets delegates from the
podium. She is joined by Prof. Yongyan Zheng (Fudan University) and
Dr Sarah McMonagle (Universität Hamburg). On screen are Prof. Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer (Universität Hamburg) and Prof. Ingrid Piller (Macquarie University)
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Prof. Claus Krieger, Vice Dean for Research, Graduate Education and Internationalisation at the Faculty of Education at Universität Hamburg, greets delegates
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Courtney Peltzer-Hönicke, Head of Internationalisation at Universität Hamburg,
addresses delegates
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Prof. Ingrid Gogolin presents Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS), a research centre at the Faculty of Education, Universität Hamburg
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Prof. Barbara Hänel-Faulhaber and Viktor Werner, Universität Hamburg, take
questions from the audience following their presentation on the acquisition of sign-language skills
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Prof. Anke Grotlüschen, Universität Hamburg, asks a
question from the audience
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Delegates view and discuss poster presentations
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Delegates view and discuss poster presentations
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Delegates view and discuss poster presentations
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Prof. Joana Duarte, University of Groningen and NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
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Delegates view and discuss poster presentations
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Keynote speaker, Prof. David Little (Trinity College Dublin), addresses delegates from the podium
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Keynote speaker, Prof. David Little (Trinity College Dublin), presents the
seven key features of the learner-autonomy approach
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Franziska Gerwers (left) and Lisa Marie Brinkmann (right), both Universität Hamburg, discuss language education with Prof. David Little (centre)
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Lisa Marie Brinkmann, Universität Hamburg, presents on plurilingual agency in
foreign-language education
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Ning An, Fudan University, presents on pedagogical translanguaging in Arabic
lessons at a Chinese university
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Dan Henry Gonzales, Ateneo de Manila University, presents on English-language
assessment in Philippine private schools
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Sixuan Wang, Fudan University, presents her research on attitudes towards English in the Blang
community in China
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A round of applause from the audience
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Delegates view and discuss poster presentations
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Delegates view and discuss poster presentations
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Prof. Ingrid Gogolin (Universität Hamburg) and Prof. Claudine Kirsch (University of Luxembourg) smile for the camera
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Nuo Hou and Anouk Ticheloven, Universität Hamburg, smile for the camera
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Delegates enjoy a coffee break
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Delegates enjoy a coffee break
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Prof. Pia Patricia P. Tenedero, University of Santo Tomas, shares her reflections on being a member of Next Generation Literacies
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Prof. Ingrid Gogolin presents Prof. Pia Tenedero with a token of appreciation
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Prof. Yongyan Zheng receives flowers from Prof. Ingrid Gogolin (right) and Dr Sarah McMonagle (left)
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Student assistants from Universität Hamburg, Larissa Cosyns (left) and Jannik Loose (right), receive flowers
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Some delegates gather for a group photograph