A FWF funded project at University of Vienna (Project V-975) 2022 – 2026

Publications & Talks

Here you can find publications as well as talks and posters regarding the project and multilingualism.

Udele Publications

Erling, E., & Weidl, M. (2025). Researching English language education in linguistically diverse urban middle schools: Developing context-responsive methodologies for teacher education. Second Language Teacher Education. University of Toronto Press.

Erling, E. J., & Weidl, M. (2025). Enhancing the research–praxis nexus: Critical moments implementing translanguaging pedagogies in English language education at an Austrian middle school. System, 133, 103762.

Weidl, M. & Erling, E. J. (2025). (Eds.). Fostering Educational Equity through Linguistically and Culturally Responsive Education, Special Issue in Educational Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).

Weidl, M. & Erling, E. J. (2025). Exploring Multilingualism to Inform Linguistically and Culturally Responsive English Language Education. Education Sciences, 15(6), 763. 

Erling, E.J. & Weidl, M. (2024). English language learning in linguistically diverse, urban schools in Austria: Seeking possibility amongst constraints. English as a Foreign Language International Journal.

Weidl, M. & Erling, E.J. (2023). Kultursensible Bildung, Mehrsprachigkeit und Englischlernen: Einblicke in einen Udele-Workshop an der Universität Wien. Schulheft, 191.

Erling, E.J., Yildiz, G. & Weidl, M. (2023). Teaching the Time Using Translanguaging Pedagogies in Austrian ELT: A Transformational Action Research Collaboration. In Müzeyyen Nazlı Güngör (Ed.), Action Research in English Language Teaching: Voices from Diverse Contexts (Word of ELT). Black Swan Publishing.

Udele Posters

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Elizabeth J. Erling
Publications about multilingual learning in Austrian ELT

Erling, E. J., Brummer, M., & Foltz, A. (2023). Pockets of Possibility: Students of English in Diverse, Multilingual Secondary Schools in Austria. Applied Linguistics, 44(1), 72–102. 

Erling, E. J., Foltz, A., Siwik, F., & Brummer, M. (2022). Teaching English to Linguistically Diverse Students from Migration Backgrounds: From Deficit Perspectives to Pockets of Possibility. Languages, 7(3), 186. 

Erling, E.J. & Moore, E. (2021). Socially just plurilingual education in Europe: Shifting subjectivities and practices through research and action. Introduction to Special Issue. International Journal of Multilingualism, 18(4), 523-533. 

Erling, E. J., Foltz, A., & Wiener, M. (2021). Differences in English teachers’ beliefs and practices and inequity in Austrian English language education: Could plurilingual pedagogies help close the gap? International Journal of Multilingualism, 18(4), 570–585. 

Erling, E. J., Radinger, S., & Foltz, A. (2023). Understanding low outcomes in English language education in Austrian middle schools: The role of teachers’ beliefs and practices. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 44(5), 412–428. 

Video Abstract for the article
Miriam Weidl
Publications on Multilingualism and Translanguaging

Weidl, M. (forthcoming). The Role of Wolof in Multilingual Conversations in the Casamance: Fluidity of Linguistic Repertoires. Leiden: Brill (Studies in Language Contact and the Dynamics of Language).

Weidl, M., Seidlhofer, B., Busch, B., Lehner, S., Nguyen, K., & Hassemer, J. (Eds.). (forthcoming 2026). Language analysis and assessment (LAA) in European border regimes: Current trends and controversies [Special issue]. European Journal of Applied Linguistics.

Weidl, M. & Schweiger, H. ( 2025). Selbstermächtigung durch Mehrsprachigkeit. Erste Einblicke in ein Forschungsprojekt zum mehrsprachigen Redewettbewerb SAG‘S MULTI. Erziehung und Unterricht. Österreichische Pädagogische Zeitschrift: Österreichischer Bundesverlag.  

Weidl, M. & Goodchild, S. (Eds.). (forthcoming 2026). Investigating In-/Exclusion Through Linguistic Choices in Multilingual Settings: Methodological Reflections on the Multilingual Research Process. Researching Multilingually Series. Multilingual Matters. 

Weidl, M. & Goodchild, S. (2025). Multilingualism Triangulated: A Systematic Method for Analysing Multilingual Contexts. Multilingual Margins: A Journal of Multilingualism from the Periphery, 11(2).

Goodchild, S. & Weidl, M. (2024). Exploring the Complexity of Multilingual Spaces: Embracing Diverse Perspectives of Linguistic Non-Understanding. Multilingua, 44(1), 123–52. 

Weidl, M., Lüpke, F., Mané, A. N., & Sagna, J. F. (2023). LILIEMA: a sustainable educational programme promoting African languages and multilingualism according to the social realities of speakers and writers. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 44(9), 827–845. 

Weidl, M. (2022). Which multilingualism do you speak? Translanguaging as an integral part of individuals’ lives in the Casamance, Senegal. Journal of the British Academy, 10(4), 41–67. 

Goodchild, S. & Weidl, M. (2018). Translanguaging Practices in the Casamance, Senegal: Similar but Different – Two Case Studies. In A. Sherris & E. Adami (Ed.), Making Signs, Translanguaging Ethnographies: Exploring Urban, Rural and Educational Spaces (pp. 133-151). Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters. 

Carvajal, A. & Weidl M. (2016). Maxime – Languaging without Boundaries. Short film. In: Voices from around the world. Special issue on multilingualism in the Global South. Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne.

Talks

Erling, E.J. & Weidl, M. (2026). Multilingual Approaches to Differentiation in English Language Teaching. Guest Lecture. Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg. 28 April.

Erling, E.J. & Ghoreshi, A. (2026). Fostering ESD through Linguistically and Culturally Responsive English Language Teaching in the Udele Project. Quer durch den Lehrplan – Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Internationales Symposium der Fachdidaktiken. 20 March.

Ghoreshi, A. (2025). Supporting the Development of Reading Identities in Austrian Middle-School Students Through Multilingual Approachs and Parent Engagement. Bridging Voices in Plurilingual Education: Policies, Research and Practices. Università degli Studi Roma Tre, 4 Oct.

Weidl, M. & Erling, E.J. (2024). Researching English language education in linguistically diverse urban middle schools: methods, findings and implications. ÖGSD: Partizipation – Mehrsprachigkeit – Digitalisierung, Salzburg, 27 Sept.

Erling, E.J. & Weidl, M. (2024). Udele: Cultivating multilingual potential for English learning in linguistically diverse urban middle schools in Austria. SLTED 2024, Masaryk University, Brno, 4 Sept.

Weidl, M. (2024). Linguistically and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in linguistically diverse, urban, middle school English classrooms in Vienna. AILA 2024, 60th Anniversary World Congress Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 15 August.

Erling, E.J. & Weidl, M. (2024). Udele: Exploring multilingualism as a resource for English learning in linguistically diverse middle schools in Austria. Invited talk ‘Arbeitskreis Mehrsprachigkeit (AKM)’, University of Vienna, Austria, 13 June. 

Erling, E.J. & Weidl, M. (2024). Udele: Empowering English Learning through Action Research and Translanguaging in Linguistically Diverse Middle Schools in Austria. ELT Research in Action (ELTRIA) Conference 2024, University of Barcelona, 11 May.

Dallinger, S. & Erling, E.J. (2024). Teachers’ beliefs about multilingual education strategies in voXmi schools. Diversity in Action – International Conference on Language Friendly Pedagogy, Pädagogische Hochschule Wien, 18-20 April.

Weidl, M. (2024). Embracing multilingualism and cultural diversity in education. Departmental Seminar, Department of Education Research and Teacher Education, University of Graz, 16 Feb.

Weidl, M. (2023). Multilingual repertoire development in institutional education: Insights from two diverse settings. 47. Österreichische Linguistiktagung 2023, University of Graz, 8-10 Dec. 

Erling, E.J. & Weidl, M. (2023). The Udele project: Using multilingualism as a resource for English language learning. One school, many languages: Bridging research and school practice through plurilingual education, EURAC research Bozen, 4-6 Dec.

Erling, E.J. (2023). Using multilingualism as a resource in your ELT classroom. Praxistag Sekundarstufe, Pädagogische Hochschule der Diözese Linz, 21 Sept. 

Erling, E.J., Weidl, M. & Yildiz, G. (2023). Understanding disparities in English language education (Udele). Eduling, Dept. of English and American Studies, University of Vienna, 26 May.