International online conference “Metalinguistic awareness in additional language learning: current issues and future directions”

The team of the research project “Education for plurilingualism: Metalinguistic awareness in early instructed language learning” (MetaLearn) is pleased to invite to an international online conference exploring theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical work on metalinguistic awareness in additional language learning.  

Metalinguistic awareness is commonly understood as the capacity to direct attention to language independently of meaning and to treat language itself as an object of analysis and reflection. In the context of additional language learning, metalinguistic awareness has been identified as a key factor for language attainment, interacting with other individual and contextual factors.  

As educational contexts become increasingly diverse, revisiting the role of metalinguistic awareness is both timely and necessary. This conference invites researchers and teacher educators to discuss recent findings, ongoing research, and future directions in metalinguistic awareness across diverse learning contexts.