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EuroSLA Distinguished Scholar Award 2026: Nick Ellis

The EuroSLA Executive Committee is delighted to announce that this year’s recipients of Distinguished Scholar Award is Professor Nick Ellis. The award celebrates Professor Nick Ellis as one of the undisputed champions and pioneers of usage-based approaches to language learning. A bridge-builder in our field, he has inspired generations, from emergentists to formalists alike, to … Continue reading EuroSLA Distinguished Scholar Award 2026: Nick Ellis

JESLA Prize

We are delighted to announce the winner of the Best JESLA Paper Prize for 2025, awarded to the most outstanding article published in the Journal of the European Second Language Association (JESLA) in 2025. The prize goes to: Brasolin, P., & Bienati, A. (2025). Phraseology meets information theory: Going beyond the bag-of-words approach in complexity … Continue reading JESLA Prize

New JESLA article: Márquez & Michel (2026)

Márquez, D., & Michel, M. (2026). Assessment of Task Based Pragmatic Performance: Measuring Pragmatic Complexity and Accuracy. Journal of the European Second Language Association, 10(1), 48–62. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22599/jesla.157 Abstract Assessing pragmatic performance is crucial in second language (L2) pedagogy, and it has recently gained attention within task-based research. Current studies commonly employ holistic or analytic rating scales … Continue reading New JESLA article: Márquez & Michel (2026)

CfP: ISB16 Symposia

Call for Symposia — ISB 16 (International Symposium on Bilingualism) April 8 – June 30, 2026 The International Symposium on Bilingualism 2027 (ISB 16) invites symposia submissions. The conference will take place June 14–18, 2027, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The symposia abstracts submission deadline is June 30, 2026. Symposia are 120-minute sessions with a thematically … Continue reading CfP: ISB16 Symposia

Registration for EuroSLA 35 (Lisbon, 24-27 June 2026) is now open

The local organising committee of the Eurosla 35 Conference is pleased to let you know that the registration for the conference is now open: https://eurosla35.fcsh.unl.pt/registration/ Accepted presenters must register by Friday, March 20, 2026, to secure their place in the programme. CONFERENCE FEES: Early-bird: Regular – 275 € Reduced – 175 € Full-price: Regular – … Continue reading Registration for EuroSLA 35 (Lisbon, 24-27 June 2026) is now open

Call for Papers: Studying the Language of Young Learners

Studying the Language of Young Learners: Methodological Advances and Challenges 16–17 July 2026 Workshop at the University of Bonn, Germany, organized by Robert Fuchs (University of Bonn), Valentin Werner (University of Bamberg) & Anna Rosen (University of Freiburg) as part of the project Young German Learner English (funded by the German Research Foundation). https://www.iaak.uni-bonn.de/bael/en/uploads/yglew2_cfp.pdf Research on young second language (L2) … Continue reading Call for Papers: Studying the Language of Young Learners

New JESLA article: Zingaretti, Spelorzi, Sohanpaul & Sorace (2026)

Zingaretti, M., Spelorzi, R., Sohanpaul, T. K., & Sorace, A. (2026). The Linguistic and Cognitive Effects of a One-Week Online Italian Language Course: A Pilot Study. Journal of the European Second Language Association, 10(1), 32–47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22599/jesla.152 Abstract This pilot study examined whether one week of intensive online Italian instruction could yield significant changes in bilinguals’ verbal … Continue reading New JESLA article: Zingaretti, Spelorzi, Sohanpaul & Sorace (2026)