ASLA Conference
Accessible and inclusive practices in instructed Second Language Acquisition
The ASLA Conference aims to explore inclusive and accessible practices within the area of instructed second language acquisition.
Generally speaking, accessible education may be defined as the process of designing and delivering courses to encounter the comprehensive needs of all learners: people from a range of different backgrounds, with different capabilities, cognitive characteristics, learning times, styles, and motivations (Harmer 2015; Pomarolli 2021; Smith 2021). In short, this means ensuring a “high-quality educational response for all students” (Moriña 2017: 3). Accessible education, furthermore, cuts across all aspects of education: physical and technological infrastructures, instructional modes, teaching strategies, learning materials, and assessment; additionally, the successful implementation of a consistent inclusion system requires instructors to be equipped with the appropriate knowledge, training and experience so that they can meet the varying needs of a range of learners (Malinina 2022).
This conference explores inclusive practices in L2 teaching and learning as applied in both school contexts and higher education. Aspects such as the performance gain resulting from specific learning designs that cater for inclusive and accessible teaching and learning are of particular interest, as are instructional approaches, for instance, task-based and universal design for learning, also in blended delivery contexts. Contributions focusing on how inclusive practices may effectively be integrated within language assessment and testing are also welcome. Further topics include teacher training and continuous professional development.
The ASLA Conference will take place on the 15th and 16th December 2022
at Verona University - Polo Santa Maria (S.06)
Via Cantarane 24 - Verona
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