Conférenciers pléniers

Keynote speakers

Patrice Baldwin is Chair of the UK’s Council for Subject Associations and an internationally renowned expert in using Drama as a medium for teaching and learning. She has worked with teachers worldwide and published several books, the most recent being, Process Drama for Second Language Teaching and Learning, (co-written with Alicja Galazka).   She was Chair of National Drama (UK) from 2004- 2015 and President of the International Drama Theatre and Education Association (IDEA) from 2010-13.  She created and directed, Drama for Learning and Creativity (D4LC), which became a nationally recognised school improvement initiative.   She was a primary headteacher, Arts Education and School Improvement Adviser, school inspector and a national curriculum editorial expert for Primary Drama.  She has also worked as a BBC Education scriptwriter and series consultant for Drama and during the pandemic, was Oak National Academy’s subject leader for Primary Drama.  

Jean-Paul Narcy-Combes est Professeur Émérite en didactique des langues à l’université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle où il a enseigné de 2004 à 2014. Il a été directeur du DILTEC EA2288 de 2010 à 2014. Il a été le fondateur de l’ARDAA (Association pour la Recherche en Didactique de l’Anglais) en 2009. Il a publié de nombreux ouvrages sur la recherche en didactique des langues.

 Luke Plonsky (PhD, Michigan State) is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University, where he teaches courses in second language acquisition and research methods. His work in these and other areas has resulted in over 100 articles, book chapters, and books. Luke is Editor of Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Managing Editor of Foreign Language Annals, Co-Editor of De Gruyter Mouton's Series on Language Acquisition, and Co-Director of the IRIS Database (iris-database.org). In addition to prior appointments at Georgetown and University College London and a Fulbright Scholar award at Universidad de Murcia in 2021, Luke has lectured in China, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Puerto Rico.

Dr. María Luisa Pérez Cañado is Full Professor at the Department of English Philology of the University of Jaén, Spain, where she is also Rector’s Delegate for European Universities and Language Policy. Her research interests are in Applied Linguistics, bilingual education, and new technologies in language teaching. Her work has appeared in over 120 scholarly journals and edited volumes published by Elsevier, Peter Lang, Cambridge University Press, Multilingual Matters, Wiley-Blackwell, Routledge, DeGruyter, or Springer, among others. She is also author or editor of 11 books on the interface of second language acquisition and second language teaching, and editor or member of the editorial board of 18 international journals. María Luisa has given more than 170 lectures and talks in Belgium, Poland, Germany, Portugal, Ireland, England, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, China, The United States, Japan, Australia, and all over Spain. She is currently coordinating the first intercollegiate MA degree on bilingual education and CLIL in Spain, as well as four European, national, and regional projects on attention to diversity in CLIL. She has also been granted the Ben Massey Award for the quality of her scholarly contributions regarding issues that make a difference in higher education and three awards for pedagogical innovation and best teaching practices (2010, 2020, and 2022). She has equally been a finalist in the Premios Educa Abanca a Mejor Docente de España and is included in the Top 2% of the world’s most cited scientists according to the Ranking of World Scientists drawn up by Stanford University (2021 and 2022).

 Professor Richard Smith lectures at the University of Warwick (GB) and his research interests and projects/publications relate to the following areas: History of language learning and teaching (HoLLT) and History of applied linguistics (HoAL); Textbook research; Teaching English in Large Classes and otherwise 'difficult' circumstances; learner autonomy; and practitioner research/teacher development. In 2018, he co-edited The History of Language Learning and Teaching, 3 volumes (Vol. I: 16th-18th Century Europe Vol. II: 19th-20th Century Europe; Vol. III: Across Cultures). (edited with N. McLelland). Oxford: Legenda (Modern Humanities Research Association). Introduction: 'Establishing HoLLT: the History of Language Learning and Teaching, Vol. 1: 1–19.