37.707, Calls: 2nd Workshop on Studying the Language of Young Learners (Germany)

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Subject: 37.707, Calls: 2nd Workshop on Studying the Language of Young Learners (Germany)

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Date: 19-Feb-2026
From: Bonn Applied English Linguistics [bael at uni-bonn.de]
Subject: 2nd Workshop on Studying the Language of Young Learners


Full Title: 2nd Workshop on Studying the Language of Young Learners
Short Title: YGLEw2
Theme: Studying the Language of Young Learners: Methodological
Advances and Challenges

Date: 16-Jul-2026 - 17-Jul-2026
Location: Bonn, Germany
Web Site: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/YGLEw2/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics;
Language Acquisition; Text/Corpus Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Language Family(ies): English based; German

Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2026

Call for Papers:
Research on young second language (L2) learners, as well as young
learner (inter-)language specifically, has gained increasing attention
in recent years, driven by calls for greater diversity and
representativeness in both Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and
Learner Corpus Research (LCR). Although a growing number of learner
corpora are available (Fernández & Davis, 2021), corpora representing
young learner language, broadly defined, remain comparatively rare.
While empirical findings from young learners are of exceptional
theoretical and applied importance, they also raise distinct
methodological challenges at every stage of the research process, from
study design and data elicitation to annotation, analysis, and
interpretation (Granger, 2015; Myles, 2015, 2021; Tracy-Ventura &
Paquot, 2021).
This workshop focuses explicitly on these methodological issues. It is
intended as an interdisciplinary forum for researchers working with
young learner populations, typically situated in institutional
(primary or secondary school) contexts, to exchange insights,
innovations, and best practices that advance the methodological
foundations of our field (Gilquin, 2015, 2021; Paquot & Plonsky,
2017).
The workshop will feature a keynote by
 - Prof. Emma Marsden, University of York
 - Prof. Walt Detmar Meurers, Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien,
Tübingen
The workshop will take place jointly with the Fifteenth Bonn Applied
English Linguistics Conference (BAELc15), which will focus on
corpus-based research but is open to other fields of applied
linguistics as well. While the working language of the event is
English, we welcome contributions on all learner and target languages.
The conference is planned as an in-person event in Bonn. It will start
after 12 pm on Thursday and end (at the latest) at 4 pm on Saturday,
leaving room for travel.
Please submit your abstracts (in the range of 400–500 words +
potentially a data table or figure for illustration + references;
please use APA style) before April 15th, 2026 via easyabs. You will
receive feedback on acceptance in early May 2026. We will be able to
accommodate a limited number of online presentations. Please indicate
your availability in your submission.
Submit via easyabs:
https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/YGLEw2/



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