Conference 2027 - Regional Language Centre %

Shaping the Futures of Language Education: Inspirations, Innovations, and Impacts

Language education has entered an era of unprecedented transitions and will continue to undergo more significant transformations in the years ahead. To prepare for these future transformations, we must critically examine our current beliefs and approaches. Only by understanding where we stand can we purposefully chart our future directions and re-imagine and shape more just, sustainable, and humane futures for language education. Centered on the theme “Shaping the Futures of Language Education: Inspirations, Innovations, and Impacts,” the 61st RELC International Conference highlights the need to draw inspiration from evidence and experience, to design innovations with intentionality, and to create lasting impacts. Together, we will explore how the knowledge we choose to impart, the voices we amplify, the discourses we engage in, the tools we adopt, and the collaborations we foster actively construct the possible and “alternative” futures of language education. This conference brings together language education leaders, academics, classroom teachers, and practitioners to chart the future of language education with inspiring narratives, innovative ideas and practices, and impactful research. It empowers participants with the mindsets, skillsets, and toolsets needed to lead with agency, creativity, and responsibility in this dynamic landscape.

The 61st RELC International Conference aims to: • Provide a platform for scholars and practitioners to disseminate inspiring discoveries and innovations that will define the next generation of language education • Advance scholarly dialogue on the multiple possible futures of language education • Showcase best practices and emerging technologies that are transforming language teaching, learning, assessment, and research • Promote intercultural understanding and professional networking among policymakers, scholars, and practitioners from around the world