Spring Research Conference

Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts

9th Spring Research Conference - Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts

22 March 2024. UIC Barcelona - Sant Cugat Campus

The GRAM Research Group at the UIC Barcelona’s Institute for Multilingualism is proud to announce its 9th Spring Research Conference: Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts.

This year’s plenary speakers are Dr Judit Kormos from Lancaster University and Dr Darío Luis Banegas from the University of Edinburgh. Both researchers have pushed the boundaries of second language learning, promising to shed light on the most relevant concerns for researchers and educators in our increasingly globalised world.

Along with our plenary speakers, we would like to encourage specialists in bilingualism and multilingualism research from different methodological perspectives to join us in this anticipated day of learning, collaboration, and networking as we contemplate the trajectory of language learning research.

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract or register as an attendee for our 9th Annual Spring Research Conference. Save the date to join us on 22 March 2024, either online or on our beautiful UIC Sant Cugat Campus from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

We look forward to seeing you in Sant Cugat!

Registration

The registration period opens in December 2023. To register for the conference, please fill out the registration form and choose your corresponding fee:

  • €30 Student (onsite)*
  • €18 Student (online)*
  • €60 Standard (onsite)
  • €36 Standard (online)

*Applicable to undergraduate and postgraduate (including PhD) programmes. A proof of student status in 2023-2024 academic year must be send to us at springresearchconference@uic.cat. (e.g., a copy of enrolment sheet, an official letter from the programme board).

Registration is open until the 19th of March.

If you have any further questions, please contact us at springresearchconference@uic.cat

About the Spring Research Conference

Since the 2014-2015 academic year, the Institute for Multilingualism has hosted the Spring Research Conference (SRC), an annual on-site research event held at UIC Barcelona. What initially started as a modest seminar has since evolved into an international gathering of scholars and experts growing in both quality and size with each passing year.

The SRC aims to provide academics with a platform for the exchange of innovative research in the realms of language teaching, acquisition and multilingualism. Our objective is to create a forum where researchers from various disciplines including linguistics, applied linguistics, cognitive science and psycholinguistics can gather and share their latest research and discuss developments in their respective fields of expertise. We seek to provide SRC attendees with an enriching experience fuelled by plenary speakers that never fail to amaze and the unique insights that only interdisciplinary discussions can provide.

The main lines of research conducted by the Institute for Multilingualism and the GRAM Research Group revolve around the analysis of different foreign language learning contexts and the influence of individual differences in the acquisition of second languages. Our research strives to further our understanding of the progression of multilingualism through naturalistic, immersion, and formal language acquisition approaches.

You can see the programmes from past editions of the SRC below.