This international conference is part of a multidisciplinary approach to languages and cultures in applied linguistics (didactique des langues), drawing in particular on language sciences, sociolinguistics, education sciences, political sciences and info-com.

Taking place from 28th to 30th November 2024 in Bordeaux, participants are invited to (re)think about language teaching/learning, whether formal or informal, as an objective of intercultural communication. The plurilingual and pluricultural perspective calls for a fundamental reconsideration of the language and culture curriculum. In a changing world where vital challenges such as climate change, social and cultural inequalities, the digitisation of societies and their democratic challenges need to be addressed, we need to consider a radical change in the way we think about language education.

Anthony J Liddicoat & Angela Scarino

Curriculum as policy - towards a plurilingual and intercultural orientation/ Le curriculum en tant que politique - vers une orientation plurilingue et interculturelle”.

Robert O'Dowd & Ana Cristina Biondo Salomão

Challenges facing Virtual Exchange in the new global educational landscape

Régis Malet & Lijuan Wang

From policy to practice, children's language learning in multicultural context

Beatriz Peña Dix & José Aldemar Álvarez Valencia

 Decolonial Gestures and Agency in Indigenous Research: Reshaping Research and Redefining Intercultural Dialogue

Prue Holmes

Closing Conference : Plurilingualism and the ethical researcher

University of Bordeaux

35 avenue Abadie, 33 100 Bordeaux

Tram A : station - Jardin Botanique