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Plenary Session: Stephen Hughes, Lecturer and Researcher, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

It’s Not Just the Language: Training Needs in Plurilingual Education

Stephen Hughes, Lecturer and Researcher, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

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Dr. Stephen Hughes is a full time lecturer and researcher at the University of Granada, Spain, specializing in Foreign Language Teacher Education and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Stephen has been involved in English language teaching for over 25 years, many of which have been spent in the secondary education sector. During this time, he has acted as a language teacher, school quality coordinator, and bilingual coordinator, and has provided training in numerous teacher courses in Andalusian Teacher Centres for language and non-language teachers interested in L2 and CLIL methodology and classroom practices. In addition to this teaching role, Stephen has been involved in research into quality indicators in language teaching and learning, bilingual education, and in good practices in CLIL. This research has included participation in initiatives such as the ECML QualiTraining Project as well as national R&D, Ministry of Education, and British Council projects in the teaching of content areas through the medium of another language.

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