Welcome to the LaICL ‘25 Conference, organised by the Languages Scientific Group at ESTGA-UA, the School of Technology and Management of the University of Aveiro, Portugal.

LaICL aims to provide educators and scholars with opportunities to share best practices and benefit from each other’s research and expertise, promote interdisciplinary scholarly dialogues for developing integrated approaches to language teaching and intercultural competence development, and foster intercultural sensitivity as well as involve educators, practitioners and students in discourses about communication, diversity and global cooperation towards more sustainable societies.

For the 2025 edition, the organisers have partnered with the Polytechnic of Porto to bring you an enriching programme that bridges language education and communication, heritage studies and digital humanities, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in intercultural and educational contexts.