36.1090, Confs: Children and Languages Today (Croatia)

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Subject: 36.1090, Confs: Children and Languages Today (Croatia)

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Date: 28-Mar-2025
From: Ivana Trtanj [dijeteijezik at gmail.com]
Subject: Children and Languages Today


Children and Languages Today
Short Title: ChiLa
Theme: From Listening and Speaking to Reading and Writing

Date: 28-Nov-2025 - 29-Nov-2025
Location: Osijek, Croatia
Contact: Ivana Trtanj
Meeting URL: https://chila.eu/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Ling &
Literature; Linguistic Theories
Subject Language(s): Croatian (hrv)
                     English (eng)

Submission Deadline: 01-Sep-2025

Language development is fundamental to successful and effective
education as it enables the comprehension and mastery of academic
content. Moreover, the development of language skills is closely tied
to the growth of communicative competence - one of the key skills for
lifelong learning. Since language acquisition and learning are deeply
intertwined with cognitive, emotional, and social development,
studying children’s speech, reading, and writing provides valuable
insights into the cognitive, affective, and social mechanisms involved
in learning, thinking, and problem-solving. Understanding these
processes helps us deepen our insight into the dynamic nature of
knowledge and skill development throughout childhood. We invite
researchers to explore the topic of language skills in the context of
contemporary trends in theoretical and applied linguistics and
literature. We encourage contributions that will expand existing
knowledge on children’s communicative competence. The topic is both
challenging and thought-provoking, inviting diverse research and
scientific approaches.
We encourage  participants to explore linguistic activities within the
suggested subtopics:
1. Language skills and communicative competence
2. Language skills and different aspects of linguistic knowledge
3. Language skills and individual differences in children
4. Language skills in various social contexts:
 a) wider social and cultural environment (traditional and digital
media, children’s literature, multimodality,
language policy in education, linguistic landscapes, etc.)
 b) educational environment (teaching methods and approaches,
assessment of student achievements in
formal education)
 c) family environment (parental education, socio-economic status,
attitudes toward language learning,
academic socialization, etc.)
 5. Interplay of language skills and cross-linguistic influences
REGISTRATION
Please submit your registration, an abstract of up to 300 words, and
up to five keywords in both Croatian and English by September 1, 2025,
to dijeteijezik at gmail.com.
Notification of abstract acceptance will be sent by September 20,
2025.
The official languages of the conference are Croatian and English.
REGISTRATION FEE
Participants are required to pay a registration fee of 120 EUR by
October 1, 2025, to the account of the Faculty of Education. After
this deadline, the fee will be 150 EUR.
For students and postgraduate students, the registration fee is 60
EUR, or 90 EUR after the deadline.
Payment details available on our website
Conference updates will be available on our website https://chila.eu/
and our Facebook and Instagram pages.
For any inquiries, please contact us at dijeteijezik at gmail.com.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Osijek!
Chair of the Organising Committee
Vedrana Živković Zebec, Assistant Professor
Chair of the Programme Committee
Ivana Trtanj, Associate Professor



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