Enhancing Inclusion in Language Learning: The Case of Physical and Psychological Space

Dr David Marsh, is an internationally renowned expert on educational innovation, strategy and practice who coordinated the launch of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) through the auspices of the European Commission in the 1990s. He will present a keynote after lunch titled: Enhancing Inclusion in Language Learning: The Case of Physical and Psychological Space.

Advances in research on languages, mind and brain, alongside recent studies on the wellbeing of youngsters, is driving discussion on if and how innovative practices could play a role in further improving the learning of languages for all. This presentation describes what is being done through adapting "learning spaces and methodologies" to realise language learners’ best potential.