Talks & Workshops

Learning is fun, but so is sharing the knowledge we acquire. Here are a few talks, workshops, and seminars I've held to help others learn and grow in their roles.

  • October 27, 2023. Smuda Đurić, M. "Professional identity (online workshops). KoHo Pedagogy. Jastrebarsko. Croatia.
  • October 25 and 27, 2022. Smuda Đurić, M. "How to Educate Parents: Workshops for Educators 1 & 2" (online workshops). KoHo Pedagogy. Jastrebarsko. Croatia.
  • February 22, 2022. Smuda Đurić, M. "Raising Little Multilinguals" (online seminar for parents and teachers). Zentrum für kindliche Mehrsprachigkeit e.V. München, Germany.
  • October 2, 2021. Smuda Đurić, M. “Unlocking the Child’s Potential. Education on Early Development” (online seminar for educators). KoHo Pedagogy. Jastrebarsko. Croatia.
  • November 27, 2021. Smuda Đurić, M. “Successful Learning. Education on Learning Strategies” (online workshop for parents and educators). KoHo Pedagogy. Jastrebarsko, Croatia.
  • August 16, 2021. Šamo, R. & Smuda Đurić, M. "EFL reading strategies in the Croatian teaching context" (online talk). AILA 2020. ReN: Symposium on Early Language Learning. Groningen.
  • June 16 - 18, 2021. Smuda Đurić, M. "Mehrsprachiges Aufwachsen in einer digitalen Welt". 109. Deutscher Bibliothekartag 2021. Bremen.
  • January 27, 2021. Smuda Đurić, M. "Raising Children With More Than One Language" (online seminar for parents and educators). Evangelisches Migrationszentrum. München.
  • December 15, 2019. Smuda Đurić, M. & Wünsch, A. „Importance of input language in language preference during role- play: a case study of multilingual twins”. Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices. Charles University, Faculty of Arts. Prague.
  • September 2019. Smuda Đurić, M. & Šamo. R. “EFL reading in young learners: The teacher’s perspective”. 2nd international conference Child Foreign/Second Language Learning (CFSLL): Facing heterogeneity in the young learner classroom. Institute of Foreign Languages, Pedagogical University of Cracow. Cracow, Poland.
  • June 2019. Smuda Đurić, M. „Beyond reading - Workshops zum Thema frühkindliche Bildung und Leseförderung”. Mehrsprachigkeit in Wissenschaft und Praxis: Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte und Inspirationen für mehrsprachige Erziehung & Bildung. IFM, LMU, Munich.
  • June 2019. Smuda Đurić, M. „Multilingual education and upbringing- seminar for parents”. Mehrsprachigkeit in Wissenschaft und Praxis: Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte und Inspirationen für mehrsprachige Erziehung & Bildung. IFM, LMU, Munich.
  • November 2012. Smuda Đurić, M. “eTwinning in theory and practice”. Professional EFL teacher council. Matija Gubec, elementary school. Zagreb, Croatia.
  • November 13 and 14, 2008. Smuda, M. “Types of Reading Tasks in Materials for Early Foreign Language Learning”. 2nd Scientific research symposium: Pedagogy and the Knowledge Society. Zadar, Croatia.