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Second call for EuroSLA Distinguished Scholar Award Nominations by 12 February 2017

Dear EuroSLA members, Since 2014, the EuroSLA Executive Committee have been proud to present the membership-nominated EuroSLA Distinguished Scholarship Award at our Annual Conference. The inaugural award went to Professor Vivian Cook in 2014, then Professor David Singleton in 2015, and to Professor Carmen Munoz most recently in 2016. See more here: http://www.eurosla.org/distinguished-scholar-award/ We would … Continue reading Second call for EuroSLA Distinguished Scholar Award Nominations by 12 February 2017

Call for papers: Bi-/Multilingualism and the Declining Brain: Current evidence and future directions

University of Reading, June 21st This event will look into contemporary suggestions about the neuroprotective effects of bi-/multilingualism against brain decline in clinical populations. It will bring together early career and established researchers in the fields of second language acquisition and cognitive/clinical neuroscience, and will comprise a state-of-the-art snapshot in the field, as well as … Continue reading Call for papers: Bi-/Multilingualism and the Declining Brain: Current evidence and future directions

Bilingual Education: Opportunities and Challenges Panel Athens Greece

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), a world association of academics and researchers based in Athens, organizes A Panel on Bilingual Education: Opportunities and Challenges, 15-16 May 2017, Athens, Greece as part of the 19th Annual International Conference on Education, 15-16 May 2017, Athens, Greece. You are more than welcome to submit a … Continue reading Bilingual Education: Opportunities and Challenges Panel Athens Greece

Call for Papers: Special Issue of TESL Canada Journal, ‘Formulaic Language in English language acquisition and teaching’

Guest Editor: David Wood, PhD Formulaic language is a linguistic phenomenon which is basic to human communication. The term refers to multiword units, which may be continuous or not, which have a single meaning or function in communication, and which are probably prefabricated or stored and retrieved mentally as if a single word . Learners … Continue reading Call for Papers: Special Issue of TESL Canada Journal, ‘Formulaic Language in English language acquisition and teaching’

JESLA Award

Continuing the tradition of the EuroSLA Yearbook Prize, we are delighted to announce that there will be an award for the best paper submitted to the new Journal of the European Second Language Association (JESLA). The prize consists of a EuroSLA conference fee and dinner waiver (which can be redeemed against one conference in the … Continue reading JESLA Award