[Ads-l] Announcement: Truly Global /L+/ summer/winter school on language acquisition

[Jesse Sheidlower]

I've been asked to post this; while it's rather outside the range of the ADS (and even further outside the typical range of ADS-L), electrons are cheap, so feel free to ignore. (The full version of the announcement is much longer, but you can get what you need at the linked website.)

Jesse Sheidlower

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Dear all,

We are thrilled to announce the third edition of the Truly Global /L+/ summer/winter school on language acquisition.

WHEN: 24-28  August 2026 (Online) at two different time zones:
1. Asia/Africa/Europe-friendly, 2. Africa/Europe/The Americas-friendly.
Participants from all time zones are welcome to join the session that best fits their schedule.  

WEBSITE: https://www.lplusschool.org/home
LINK FOR REGISTRATION: https://www.lplusschool.org/registration
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: You can apply for participation with a brief motivation statement (100 words) by July 3rd 2026.

AIM: The Third truly Global /L+/ summer/winter school on language acquisition aims to promote knowledge about language acquisition and establish a global network of collaboration between researchers and students. Students will have the opportunity to learn about basic experimental and analytical methods to implement in their research studies, and discuss current theories and controversies in first language acquisition.

MOTIVATION: Although the ability to use language is universal in human cultures, there is a
long-standing debate as to whether language develops in similar ways or whether it varies across
populations and, if so, why. This debate would benefit from more studies including a variety of 
languages. However, to this date, articles published in top language acquisition journals only  
cover around 1.5% of the world’s languages (Kidd & Garcia, 2022). This gap is exacerbated by the
fact that many talented students, teachers and researchers in underrepresented areas do not have
access to specialist literature, research equipment, or international collaborative networks.   
The online /L+/ school on language acquisition aims at contributing to reducing this gap.

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