37.2291, Summer Schools: 3rd Truly Global /L+/ Summer/Winter School on Language Acquisition (Online)

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Date: 07-Jul-2026
From: Leticia Schiavon Kolberg [leticia.kolberg at gmail.com]
Subject: 3rd Truly Global /L+/ Summer/Winter School on Language Acquisition


3rd Truly Global /L+/ Summer/Winter School on Language Acquisition

Host Institution: This is a fully virtual event, organised by
academics worldwide
Website: https://www.lplusschool.org/home

Dates: 24-Aug-2026 - 28-Aug-2026

Minimum Education Level: All levels
Special Qualifications: The school is aimed at students and
researchers who are interested in expanding their knowledge on child
language development, in monolingual or multilingual contexts.
Students at all levels (BA – PhD) and early career researchers from
all regions, but particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast
Asia, and South and Central America, are encouraged to participate.
There are no prerequisites in terms of specific knowledge or skills.

Focus: List of topics for the school:
Practical sessions:
1) Conducting field research - Confirmed lecturers: Camilla Scaff
(University of Zürich, Switzerland); Paul Omane (University of Paris,
France);
2) Research methods (naturalistic and experimental) - Confirmed
lecturers: Jekaterina Mazara (University of Zürich, Switzerland);
Eon-Suk Ko (Chosun University, South Korea);
3) Data collection (naturalistic and experimental; free tools for
programming an experiment (PsychoPy)) - Confirmed lecturers: Martin
Zettersten (University of California, USA);
4) Data processing and preprocessing - Confirmed lecturers: Joseph
Coffey (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, France); Jens Roeser
(Nottingham Trent University, UK); Shanley Allen (University of
Kaiserslautern, Germany);
5) Statistical data analysis - Confirmed lecturers: tbd.
Lectures:
1) Behavioral /quantitative methods on language acquisition -
Confirmed lecturers: Marisa Casillas (University of Chicago, USA);
Katherine Twomey (University of Manchester, UK);
2) Multilingualism - Confirmed lecturers: Virginia Marchman (Stanford
University, USA));
3) Cross-linguistic studies (Confirmed lecturers: Sabine Stoll
(University of Zürich, Switzerland); Thierry Nazzi (University of
Paris, France);
4) Atypical development - Confirmed lecturers: Frenette Southwood
(Stellenbosch University, South Africa);
5) Multimodality - Confirmed lecturers: Aylin Küntay (Koç University,
Turkey).
Description:
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.
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.
On each day of the school, we will have one practical session of 2
hours per time zone. The two practical sessions will be different from
each other, and students are welcome to attend both. Lectures and
networking sessions will be scheduled around practical sessions in
both time zones (stay tuned for the final schedule!). Each lecture
will be followed by live discussion sessions with experts in the
field.
The activities will develop in an online format; lectures and
practical sessions will be taught live through video conference.
Tuition: Free of charge

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

Registration Open until 13-Jul-2026

                Email: language1.summerschool.dpss at unipd.it

Apply on the web: https://www.lplusschool.org/registration




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