Conferences
2025
TALC (Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Conference) 8: Linguistic Innovations in a Globally Interconnected World), the University of Białystok, Poland - Developing pre-service teachers’ instruction-giving through collaborative action research: Evidence from primary CLIL classrooms
JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching) International Conference, Tokyo -Teachers implementing input-based tasks with young learners in Japanese elementary schools (with Yuki Otsuki & Wie-Tung Wang).
International Joint Conference of APLX, ETA34, and TESPA: Re-imagining Human Empowerment in ELT for a Changing World, Taipei - The impact of a peer-mediated learning intervention on reading comprehension in secondary EFL classrooms in Germany.
Challenges of Foreign Language Teaching XI: The Changing Landscape of ELT, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic - Presentations:
- The impact of learner proficiency in peer interactions: What can L2 pedagogy learn from research?
- Tapping into the challenge of pre-service teacher training in CLIL through project-based learning.
TBLT Conference: Task-Based Leveraging of Technology, Groningen - Enhancing young learners’ collaborative learning through tasks: What can language pedagogy learn from research?
Symposium “TBLT in Research and Practice: Possibilities, Perspectives, Parameters”, University of Stockholm – Teaching young learners through tasks
2024
Teaching (With) Picturebooks: Context, Competences, Criticism, University of Rostock - Exploring the use of picturebooks as a resource in pre-service teacher training in CLIL.
Second Language Teacher Education (SLTED): Inspiring Creativity, Cultivating Excellence, Brno - Mixed-age primary classroom foreign language teaching: Implications for teacher education.
21st International LASLAB Conference, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) - Enhancing pre-service teacher training in CLIL through project-based learning.
GReLA International Seminar: Examining Language Learning, Policy and Use – Methods and Insights, Keynote speaker, October 2024 - “And now, let’s read it together!” A peer-mediated learning intervention in secondary EFL classrooms in Germany.
Netzwerktagung Fremdsprachenforschung und Fremdsprachendidaktik in Deutschland und Brasilien, Humboldt University of Berlin - Didaktik der englischen Sprache und Literatur / Didática do inglês como língua estrangeira.
Language Education in Multicultural Europe: Geopolitical Changes, Identity Configurations and Didactic Priorities, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin – Doing CLIL through project-based learning.
Inaugural International ELLRA Conference, University of the National Education Commission (UKEN), Kraków - Young EFL learners collaboratively writing a dialogue during a regular classroom lesson.
2023
Psychological Perspectives on Second/Foreign Language Learning and Teaching, Szczyrk, Poland - An inquiry into peer support among young learners during common EFL classroom lessons.
Language, Literature, and Media Conference, Belgrade - “Kamishibai”: Diving into the culture of the rising sun.
6th International Conference on Research in Education, Vienna - Keynote speaker: Peer collaborative learning among young learners in foreign language classrooms: What does the research say?
2022
Fremdsprachendidaktisches Kolloquium, Freie Universität Berlin - Teaching young learners how to work together: Pedagogical ideas for language teachers.
Storytelling in Primary CLIL, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg - (workshop) Kamishibai: Diving into the culture of the rising sun.
2021
IRAAL Conference, Ireland - Exploring the links between age differences, interaction patterns, and second language development among young EFL learners.
32nd International Conference on Foreign/Second Language Acquisition, Szczyrk, Poland - Presentations:
- Pedagogical challenges of foreign language teaching in mixed-age primary school classrooms and implications for teacher education.
- Exploring young learners’ L2 development and perceptions of mixed-age vs. same-age peer interactions in EFL classrooms in Germany.
H-INET International Spring Conference: “Winds of Change: Evolving Pedagogies and Practices” - L2 development and perceptions of mixed- vs. same-age peer interactions.
2020
International Online Conference: Teachers and Teacher Educators – Education and Professional Development for Early Language Learning - Mixed-age primary classroom foreign language teaching: Implications for teacher education
Okinawa JALT “Virtual Trends in Language Teaching” Conference - Pedagogical challenges of mixed-age primary classroom FL teaching: Implications for teacher education.
2018
Oral–Written Connection in L2 Learning Conference, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain - What exactly is mutuality? An analysis of mixed-age peer interactions in secondary school classrooms in Germany.
2017
EUROSLA Conference, University of Reading, UK - Peer relations and peer assistance in mixed-age foreign language classrooms (Colloquium contribution).
2016
Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) Conference, Leuven, Belgium – Task-based mixed-age peer interactions in EFL secondary school classrooms.
2015
Lancaster University Postgraduate Research Conference, UK - Peer interactions in mixed-age EFL secondary school classrooms (Pilot study presentation).