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Date: Friday, 23/May/2025
8:45am - 9:45am	Keynote 6 David Kroik, Nord University Chair: Edina Krompák Teaching, learning and revitalisation of Indigenous languages: A Saami perspective
9:45am - 10:00am	Coffee break
10:00am - 10:30am	026A: Minority Languages and Virtual Spaces Location: Dischma Chair: Enikő Biró F. Scetti The Facebook page of Valoc’. Mixing languages on Social Networks as a mirror of common oral practices	027A: Minority Languages, language ideologies and social justice Location: Flüela Chair: Stephan Meyer B. Tasdemir & S. McCrocklin Language Ideologies and Ethnolinguistic Discrimination: Evaluating Kurdish-Accented Turkish in a Standardized Language Context	028A: Linguistic Attitudes Location: Sertig Chair: Filippo Pecorari E. Manca Sardi in Svizzera: atteggiamenti e usi linguistici	029A: Multilingualism and Didactic Approaches Location: Schwarzhorn Chair: Alexandra Schiesser C. Staquet CLIL , enseignement bilingue, immersion et così via. Perspectives critiques sur la création et le flou terminologique des approches didactiques plurilingues	030A: Multilingualism and AI Location: Seehorn Chair: Elke Schlote I. R. de Andrade Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) for Minority Languages: What Can Change with AI-Powered Tools?
10:30am - 11:00am	026B: Minority Languages and Virtual Spaces Location: Dischma Chair: Enikő Biró I. Moshnikov & E. Rykova The language on the border: the current situation of Karelian and its usage in virtual space	027B: Minority Languages, language ideologies and social justice Location: Flüela Chair: Stephan Meyer N. Kamwangamalu Indigenous Languages and Linguistic Inequalities in Education in Africa	028B: Linguistic Attitudes Location: Sertig Chair: Filippo Pecorari E. Derhemi Speakers’ linguistic attitudes vs. institutional attitudes: the cases of Arbëresh and Arvanitika	029B: Multilingualism and Didactic Approaches Location: Schwarzhorn Chair: Alexandra Schiesser V. Platzgummer & Weckenmann & N. Thoma & K. Savic „Wir sind keine Sprachschule“. Mehrsprachigkeit aus der Perspektive von Elementarpädagog:innen in Südtirol und Kärnten	030B: Multilingualism and AI Location: Seehorn Chair: Elke Schlote M. Gonçalves & S. Melo & C. Flores Promoting multilingualism through AI: a trans/lational-languaging project within Portuguese Heritage Language Teaching in Switzerland
11:00am - 11:30am	026C: Minority Languages and Virtual Spaces Location: Dischma Chair: Enikő Biró U. Kanoongo Sustaining Lingua-Cultures through Digital Heteroglossia: The Translocal socialization of Marwaris of Western India	027C: X Location: Flüela	028C: Linguistic Attitudes Location: Sertig Chair: Filippo Pecorari L. Pepin Language Attitudes of Cross-border Commuters in Multilingual Luxembourg	029C: Multilingualism and Didactic Approaches Location: Schwarzhorn Chair: Alexandra Schiesser B. Giblak & W. Kunicki Konzept eines integrierten Unterrichts: Regionalität und Kultur
11:30am - 12:25pm	Literary conversation with Usama Al Shahmani
12:25pm - 1:30pm	Lunch break
1:30pm - 2:00pm	031A: Multilingualism and Diaspora Location: Dischma Chair: Jutta Wolfrum E. L. Olsen & E. G. Wilson Language Preservation in Multilingual Diaspora Community	032A: Multilingualism: the case of Florence Location: Sertig Chair: Ines Honegger Wiedenmayer L. Cambi Multilinguismo locale e turistico in un mercato della “monolingue” Firenze	033A: Multilingualism in plurilingual Children Location: Seehorn Chair: Melike Ünal Gezer M. Egli Cuenat & B. Trommer «Français pour les bilingues» à Bâle: herausfordernder Brückenschlag zwischen Atelier- und Regelunterricht	034A: Language Education and Heritage Speakers Location: Flüela Chair: Irene Zingg D. J. E. Flavelle & J. F. Lachler Training for the Realities and Responsibilities of New Speakerhood in Indigenous North America	035A: Italian in Switzerland Location: Schwarzhorn Chair: Victoria Wasner S. Christopher & M. Casoni Un indice di vitalità differenziato come strumento di monitoraggio e pianificazione per lingue minoritarie ‘di lusso’: applicazione al caso dell’italiano in Svizzera
2:00pm - 2:30pm	031B: Multilingualism and Diaspora Location: Dischma Chair: Jutta Wolfrum E. Benmamoun & A. Albirini Arabic as a Minority and Diasporic Language in the United States	032B: Multilingualism: the case of Florence Location: Sertig Chair: Ines Honegger Wiedenmayer N. Binazzi Un’irriguardosa identità: le scelte dialettali dei muri di Firenze	033B: Multilingualism in plurilingual Children Location: Seehorn Chair: Melike Ünal Gezer D. E. Cortés Velásquez & M. Lamonaca & D. Zini Percezioni, pratiche didattiche e lingue di minoranza: primi dati dal progetto PEP	034B: Language Education and Heritage Speakers Location: Flüela Chair: Irene Zingg A. Wehrli In search of more socially responsible (language) education for Heritage Speakers	035B: Italian in Switzerland Location: Schwarzhorn Chair: Victoria Wasner L. Lala & F. Pecorari L’italiano istituzionale svizzero, con particolare attenzione a Berna e a Coira
2:30pm - 2:45pm	Coffee break
2:45pm - 3:45pm	Keynote 7 Bernard Cathomas, Dominique Caglia (PHGR) Chair: Claudio Spescha Rumantsch grischun ier, oz e damaun: Zur Schaffung und Implementierung einer überregionalen rätoromanischen Schriftsprache / Ruschun Grimantsch an terapia
3:45pm - 4:00pm	Concluding remarks
4:00pm	End of the conference

Congress «Multilingualism and minority languages
in a global context» 2025

21 - 23 May 2025 | Davos Congress Center

Conference Agenda