AAAL Workshop: Arts-based Research in Applied Linguistics

AAAL Workshop: Arts-based Research in Applied Linguistics

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The 2025 Fall Workshop will provide information and some hands-on experience with arts-based research for applied linguistics. This field is growing quickly; several sessions were held at the 2025 AAAL Conference, and this Workshop will explore the field and its practical implications further. 

Following the speaker presentations, there will be a Question & Answer session, a Breakout Session for attendees in small groups to discuss and work with the presentation information directly, and a Going Forward session to discuss the implications of arts-based research for the work of applied linguists.

The Workshop topics and speakers include the following:

First Presenters: Dr. Paula Kalaja and Dr. Silvia Melo-Pfeifer
Title: "Arts-based methodologies in applied linguistic studies: Focus on drawings."

Paula Kalaja is Professor Emerita at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her research interests include individual learner differences (IDs), multilingualism as subjectively experienced and application of arts-based research methodologies. 

Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer is a full professor at the University of Hamburg, Germany, in the field of French and Spanish teacher education. 

Second Presenter: Dr. Sofia Chaparro
Title: "Antropoesía, Found Poetry and Transcript-as-verse: Poetry in Applied Linguistics Research."

Sofia Chaparro is Assistant Professor, Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education, at the University of Colorado Denver.