The International Conference on Teaching of Hindi in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts is organised by the Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa (CLUL) and by the Centro de Estudos Indianos (CEI), in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (FLUL), the Embassy of India in Lisbon, Portugal and with the Fondation Luso-American for the Development with a focus on studies applied to the teaching and learning of Hindi as a second or foreign language. This conference responds primarily to the ongoing expansion of the network of Hindi-language centres in Europe and beyond and wishes to reflect on the challenges of teaching Hindi in linguistically diverse settings. In addition, research on the acquisition of Hindi as a second language is also encouraged.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

– Second language acquisition
– Foreign language acquisition
– Hindi grammar applied to language teaching
– Teaching methodologies
– Comparative linguistic studies
– Translation studies
– Language policies
– Web-based resources (apps, dictionaries, corpora,…)
– Digital tools and technology
– Hindi in the virtual space — effective practices for hybrid and online teaching.
– Bilingualism and diglossia
– Teaching of language and culture
– Literature in the Hindi language classroom

For more information, please check the website