Linguistic spaces around the world are increasingly complex. This presents challenges for practitioners working with immigrants learning a new language who speak two or more languages.

‘With all the resources I have’. Learning new languages in migrant contexts is a new six-week course offered by Mari D’Agostino, Celia Farina and Egle Mocciaro this spring. The course will run from May to July 2026, with registrations now open.

Visit the registration page on the LESLLA website here.

Read our terms and conditions for the Learning new languages in migrant contexts course:

Terms and Conditions Learning New Languages in Migrant Contexts 2026.

Undocumented mobility among young people and adults is not a new phenomenon anywhere in the world. What is new are the forms of multilingualism and the sociolinguistic competences that characterise these people in movement. Understanding the resources of these speaker/learner profiles is an urgent challenge today for those working in the field of language education who feel the need for new tools to navigate an increasingly complex reality. This course was born from this need. It is the fruit of years of encounters and shared practices in the field with newly arrived young people who have crossed the Central Mediterranean, and it is designed for teachers, educators and practitioners working with multilingual speakers in any context. 

It takes on ideas and assumptions about language learning and teaching and provides the chance to explore a new tool for language teaching in multi-lingual migration contexts: the CEFR Companion Volume, which while it emerged from the Council of Europe (2020) is highly relevant to countries worldwide.

The course then moves on to audio and video material from teaching workshops held in Palermo, Italy and introduces a multilingual approach for course participants to try out.

Personalised certificates are provided (on request) to participants who have completed the module.

For more information please email us at info@eu-speak.net

Syllabus - EN
‘With all the resources I have’. Learning new languages in migrant contexts

1. Transnational migration. Profiles of speakers: rights, needs and resources
2. Knowing oneself and knowing: models of linguistic autobiography
3. Multilingual speakers with limited education
4. New Literacies: Texts, Practices, and Contexts Beyond School
5. Literacy and multilingualism: a teaching proposal
6. Learning an additional language: challenges, perspectives and tools from acquisitional and applied linguistics

Syllabus - IT
«Con tutte le risorse che ho» - L'apprendimento delle lingue straniere nei contesti migratori

1. Migrazioni transnazionali. Profili di parlanti fra diritti, bisogni e risorse
2. Conoscersi e conoscere: modelli di autobiografia linguistica
3. Parlanti plurilingui con istruzione limitata
4. Nuove literacies: testi, pratiche e contesti al di là della scuola
5. Alfabetizzazione e plurilinguismo: una proposta didattica
6. Apprendere una nuova lingua: sfide, prospettive e strumenti per la linguistica acquisizionale e applicata

Syllabus - FR
« Avec toutes les ressources que j'ai » - L'apprentissage des langues étrangères dans les contextes migratoires

1. Migration transnationale. Profils des locuteurs : droits, besoins et ressources
2. Se connaître et connaître : modèles d'autobiographie linguistique
3. Locuteurs multilingues ayant un niveau d'éducation limité
4. Nouvelles literacies : textes, pratiques et contextes au-delà de l'école
5. Alphabétisation et multilinguisme : une proposition pédagogique
6. L'apprentissage d'une langue étrangère : défis, perspectives et outils issus de la linguistique acquisitionnelle et appliquée

Syllabus - ES
«Con todos los recursos que tengo» - El aprendizaje de nuevas lenguas en contextos migratorios

1. Migración transnacional. Perfiles de hablantes: derechos, necesidades y recursos
2. Conocerse y conocer: modelos de autobiografía lingüística
3. Hablantes multilingües con nivel limitado de instrucción formal
4. Nuevas alfabetizaciones: textos, prácticas y contextos más allá de la escuela
5. Alfabetización y plurilingüismo: una propuesta didáctica
6. Aprender una lengua adicional: desafíos, perspectivas y herramientas desde la lingüística de adquisición de lenguas y la lingüística aplicada