Picture books, films, music, and yoga can be incorporated into language acquisition to make learning more engaging and bolster language learners’ resilience and motivation. The “Happy Learning” conference aims to promote enjoyment and eagerness to learn among school students. Learning languages is an important aspect of educational success, but many people struggle when it comes to acquiring foreign language skills. Professor Michaela Sambanis from Freie Universität Berlin and visiting professor Dr. Christian Ludwig will shine a light on positive foreign language teaching methods in their keynote speech and show how language learning can be fun and used to promote resilience among students rather than being a disheartening experience.

The conference program includes forty-five events with a focus on real-world applications led by specialists from institutions of higher education, non-university institutions, primary/secondary schools, and schoolbook publishers. The conference is sure to be a source of inspiration for those seeking to promote language learning among children and teenagers. The English Didactics division at Freie Universität Berlin is organizing the conference.