The world is currently witnessing profound social, cultural, and educational transformations that have intensified longstanding inequalities in access, representation, and opportunity. Across diverse contexts, language continues to function not only as a means of communication but also as a site of power, exclusion, resistance, and empowerment. Issues such as social injustice, marginalisation, forced migration, unequal access to education, and silenced voices have made it increasingly urgent to rethink the ethical and social responsibilities of language and literary practices.

The International Language-for-All Conference (LfAC) emerged from the shared commitment to critically engage with these challenges through dialogue, reflection, and collaboration. LfAC aims to create an inclusive academic space where scholars, educators, and practitioners can explore how language education, linguistics, literature, translation, and cultural studies intersect with questions of equity, voice, and social justice.

At LfAC, we seek to rediscover the transformative potential of language and literature by exchanging ideas, raising critical awareness, and fostering solidarity across disciplines and contexts. As language practices increasingly intersect with digital technologies and artificial intelligence, the conference also encourages reflective and ethical discussions on how these developments may both enable and constrain agency, participation, and fairness in teaching, learning, and knowledge production.

By bringing together diverse perspectives, LfAC aspires to contribute to more just, inclusive, and hopeful futures—where language and literature serve not as barriers, but as bridges for understanding, empowerment, and social change.