36.3720, Confs: 33rd ICC-Languages Conference: Multilingualism and Migrant Integration in Adult Language Education - Practices, Challenges and Opportunities (Switzerland)

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Date: 02-Dec-2025
From: ICC-Languages Team [info at icc-languages.eu]
Subject: 33rd ICC-Languages Conference: Multilingualism and Migrant Integration in Adult Language Education - Practices, Challenges and Opportunities

33rd ICC-Languages Conference: Multilingualism and Migrant Integration
in Adult Language Education - Practices, Challenges and Opportunities
Theme: Multilingualism and Migrant Integration in Adult Language
Education - Practices, Challenges and Opportunities

Date: 08-May-2026 - 10-May-2026
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Contact: ICC-Languages Team
Contact Email: info at icc-languages.eu
Meeting URL:
https://icc-languages.eu/conferences/2026-conference-switzerland/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition;
Translation

Submission Deadline: 27-Feb-2026

The 33rd annual conference of ICC–the International Language
Association – will take place in Zürich, Switzerland, from 8 to 10 May
2026.
The conference serves as a platform for the exchange of innovative
ideas, the dissemination of research findings and discussions on the
challenges and opportunities in language education. Scholars and
practitioners will gather to explore the conference theme, fostering
discourse on language teaching and learning.
Multilingualism and Migrant Integration in Adult Language Education:
Practices, Challenges and Opportunities
Building on UNESCO’s Languages Matter: Global Guidance on Multilingual
Education (2025), the conference will examine how multilingualism
shapes adult language learning and lifelong education, addressing
classroom practice, workplace learning, teacher development and
innovation. These educational dimensions are closely connected to
broader social and economic realities: across Europe, persistent
labour shortages and the growing demand for upskilling have made the
integration of migrants and refugees into the workforce a priority. In
this context, language proficiency is often the decisive step that
allows individuals to access further training and employment
opportunities. Switzerland’s multilingual environment, with German,
French, Italian and Romansh, provides a particularly relevant setting
in which to examine how inclusive approaches to adult language
education can support participation, integration and employability.
Thematic Areas for Discussion:
 - Classroom practices and strategies
 - Literacy and lifelong learning opportunities
 - Linguistic and cultural practices in heritage language contexts
 - Workplace language learning and professional communication
Inclusion, Integration and Participation:
 - Language education and professional integration for migrants and
refugees
 - Practical cases and lessons learned from integration programmes
 - Barriers and limits in multilingual provision and professional
integration
 - Pedagogies fostering belonging and participation
Innovation, Teacher Development and Policy:
 - AI and digital tools for multilingual education
 - Teacher training, professional development and practitioner
perspectives
 - Assessment in multilingual adult education
 - Comparative and international policy frameworks
 - Labour market trends and their impact on language teaching
 - Recognition of prior, non-formal and informal learning
Intercultural Communication and Mediation:
 - Developing intercultural competence in language learners
 - Challenges and opportunities in cross-cultural communication
 - Mediation as a tool for fostering inclusion in multilingual and
multicultural settings
 - Technology-supported mediation practices in professional and
educational contexts
Adult Learning in Multilingual Contexts:
 - Developing intercultural competence in language learners
 - Challenges and opportunities in cross-cultural communication
 - Mediation as a tool for fostering inclusion in multilingual and
multicultural settings
 - Technology-supported mediation practices in professional and
educational contexts
Keynote Speaker:
Terry Lamb, Professor of Languages and Interdisciplinary Pedagogy,
University of Westminster, UK
Further details, including the abstract submission form, guidelines,
and updates, are available on the conference webpage.

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