EFL Events

Call for Workshops

International Conference
Iasi, Romania, November 8 - 12, 2023

We are pleased to invite you to engage in a constructive dialogue about the current trends and challenges of interconnected learning in an international conference that aims to create a productive network of teachers of different foreign languages, representatives of various public and private educational institutions, and representatives of the labor market. In order to make this extensive and interconnected dialogue truly relevant, we aim at three categories of audience with specific activities:
Workshops for students and entry-level teachers. This section aims to promote the teaching profession among foreign language students in Romania, and provide some professional tips to young teachers who could benefit from our workshops at the beginning of their career.
Workshops for experienced teachers of foreign languages in universities, public or private schools. The workshops are meant to provide specific practical teaching tips and further perspectives for the future of the teaching profession.
Workshops for university teachers who deliver highly specialized knowledge and skills to foreign language students (training in teaching foreign languages, literary studies etc.). This section aims to develop teaching skills required in university contexts (adult learners, highly specialized content).
In the light of the latest technological and multimedia developments, as well as the post-pandemic context, educators have opened to new forms of intercultural communication, knowledge transfer, data illustration and data storage. The accelerated development of the digital media, as well as the labor
market, influences the general framework for the transfer of knowledge and skills in the didactics of foreign languages, which entails a demand for interconnectedness in the expansion of intercultural skills in the foreign language classrooms.

We look forward to workshop proposals in the following categories:

Language and culture: Cross-cultural communication, Teaching cultural aspects, Linguistic landscapes
Learner psychology: Motivation, Internal differentiation, Learner autonomy, Motivation, Hard and soft skills training
Media and technology in the foreign language course: Adapted learning, Online / offline resources, Augmented and virtual realities, Gamification as part of the course, Blended learning
Learning environment: Learning design, Informal learning, Alternative learning environments LSP didactics: Knowledge vs. competence, Interactive teaching methods, Multimedia approaches, Informal studying, Inter-, and transdisciplinary approaches
Assessment strategies: Testing and assessment, Standard tests and national examinations, Selfassessment, Knowledge vs. competence
The workshops can be designed either for teachers of certain foreign languages, focusing on the specific features of those languages, or for foreign language teachers in general, in which case English is the preferred language of communication.