DIPROling Congress 2018

Distance / proximity and representations about language learning: facilities, obstacles, motivation and intercomprehension

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Faculdade de Letras

Belo Horizonte, Brazil – October 3rd to 5th, 2018

Abstract submission deadline has been extended to May 7

The main question addressed by this congress is: to which extent the representations in five levels about distances and proximities (that is: linguistic, spatial, sociocultural, interactional, transactional), verified at the beginning, during and at the end of a pedagogical formation / action, besides its observation and description, can influence the development of competencies, the conception of alterity, motivation and the sense of efficiency of students, teachers and trainer?

This Congress is organized by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG – Belo Horizonte, Brazil) with the support of its French and Brazilian partners* of the DIPROlinguas project (CAPES-COFECUB program) and the French Teachers Association of Minas Gerais (APFMG)°.

* The DIPROlinguas project (2018-2021) counts on the partnership of nine universities**: Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, coord.), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil), Federal University of Paraná (UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA, France), Université Lumière Lyon 2 (ULL2, France), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN, Natal, Brazil), University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil), Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP, Brazil), Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU, Brazil).

° This congress is organized with the support of CAPES, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - Brazil, under the CAPES / Cofecub Program.

** since 21/12/2018, there is one more partner: the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB, Brasil).