36.428, Confs: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Lexicography; Text/Corpus Linguistics / Germany

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Date: 01-Feb-2025
From: Elen Le Foll [elefoll at uni-koeln.de]
Subject: The Language of Foreign Language Teaching Materials and Reference Works


The Language of Foreign Language Teaching Materials and Reference
Works

Date: 07-Nov-2025 - 07-Nov-2025
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Contact: Elen Le Foll
Contact Email: elefoll at uni-koeln.de
Meeting URL:
https://elenlefoll.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025_CfP_TextbookLanguage_UOS_EN.pdf

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition;
Lexicography; Text/Corpus Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     French (fra)
                     German (deu)
                     Spanish (spa)

Foreign language teaching and reference works play a crucial role in
institutionalised foreign language teaching and are known to
constitute an important source of learners’ foreign language (e.g.
Huang, 2019). However, multiple studies suggest that the language of
these textbooks often differs considerably from the kind of language
typically used in communicative situations outside the foreign
language classroom (e.g., Barbieri & Eckhardt, 2007; Gilmore, 2004;
Römer, 2005; Rössler, 2010; Winter & Le Foll, 2022). The language of
textbooks may even be considered a distinct language variety (Le Foll,
2024a; 2024b). Reference works traditionally used in foreign language
teaching have also been shown to under- or misrepresent various
lexico-grammatical features, as seen in comparisons with recent
corpus-based reference works (e.g., Fankhauser, 2024; Siepmann &
Bürgel, 2023).
This symposium is intended to provide an opportunity to present and
discuss new descriptive, comparative, and evaluative studies on the
language of foreign language teaching materials. We look forward to
empirical examinations of textbooks, language learning apps, and other
(digital) teaching materials, as well as of reference works designed
for foreign language teaching, e.g., learner dictionaries and
(learner) pedagogical grammars. The symposium will also allow us to
discuss key concepts such as authenticity, pedagogical norms, and the
relationship between teaching materials and syllabi in foreign
language teaching.
We welcome contributions in English, German, French or Spanish in the
form of presentations (20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion) and posters
(especially for research-in-progress contributions). The symposium
will take place at Osnabrück University and will be on-site only.
Submissions from early career researchers are expressly welcome.
Following the symposium, participants will be invited to contribute to
an edited volume or special issue.
To be included in the programme, please send an abstract of your
planned contribution (300-500 words plus bibliography) to
elefoll at uni-koeln.de or anna.fankhauser at uni-osnabrueck.de by 1 March
2025. Remember to indicate whether you would like to give an oral
presentation or present a poster. We will get back to you by 1 May
2025. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at the
aforementioned e-mail addresses.



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