Plurilingual Wellbeing in Context: Understanding Ourselves to Understand Others
Plurilingual Wellbeing in Context: Understanding Ourselves to Understand Others
School of Education
Date: Monday 23 September 2024
Time: 14:00
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery Lecture Theatre
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Dr Caterina Sugranyes
Website: www.ticketsource.co.uk/university-of-glasgow-education/plurilingual-wellbeing-in-context-understanding-ourselves-to-understand-others/2024-09-23/14:00/t-zzajprp
Are teachers plurilingual? Should they be? Are they aware of their plurilingual status? Do teachers call upon their own language resources to teach plurilingually? Do teachers really believe in plurilingualism? What relationship do teachers have with their own languages? Is this important? How can we help teachers step out of their comfort zone?
Hosted by Dr Caterina Sugranyes (FPCEE Blanquerna, Universitat Ramon Llull), this workshop addresses these issues by referring to teachers' plurilingual wellbeing. This concept is defined as the result of becoming aware of and valuing the potential of one’s own language repertoire and feeling comfortable with using it in a variety of personal and professional contexts. Rooted in research and experiences on the beliefs of teachers with regards to plurilingual education and also in the field of positive psychology and wellbeing, studies point to how fostering plurilingual wellbeing among teachers will greatly benefit their teaching practices and ultimately their students’ learning.
The workshop will also look at the ECML project ‘Fostering the plurilingual wellbeing of language teachers’ which works with teachers for teachers by designing plurilingual wellbeing oriented tools and brings together teachers from all over Europe.
Finally, we shall also explore ways in which teachers can experiment with languages by referring to COIL as a pedagogical tool which may encourage plurilingual wellbeing