37.2051, Summer Schools: Third Truly Global /L+/ Summer School on Language Acquisition (Online)

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Subject: 37.2051, Summer Schools: Third Truly Global /L+/ Summer School on Language Acquisition (Online)

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Date: 10-Jun-2026
From: Leticia S Kolberg (on behalf of the 3rd /L+/ organisation comitee) [leticia.kolberg at gmail.com]
Subject: Third Truly Global /L+/ Summer School on Language Acquisition


Third Truly Global /L+/ Summer School on Language Acquisition

Website: https://www.lplusschool.org/

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

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
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.
TUITION: Participation in the /L+/ school is free of charge.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: 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.
TOPICS: The topics for this year’s practical sessions and lectures
are:
Practical sessions
    Conducting field research
Confirmed lecturers: Camilla Scaff (University of Zürich,
Switzerland); Paul Omane (University of Paris, France)
    Research methods (naturalistic and experimental)
Confirmed lecturers: Jekaterina Mazara (University of Zürich,
Switzerland); Eon-Suk Ko (Chosun University, South Korea)
    Data collection (naturalistic and experimental; free tools for
programming an experiment (PsychoPy))
Confirmed lecturers: Martin Zettersten (University of California, USA)
    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);
    Statistical data analysis
Confirmed lecturers: tbd
Lectures
    Behavioral /quantitative methods on language acquisition
Confirmed lecturers: Marisa Casillas (University of Chicago, USA);
Katherine Twomey (University of Manchester, UK)
    Multilingualism
Confirmed lecturers: Virginia Marchman (Stanford University, USA)
    Cross-linguistic studies
Confirmed lecturers: Sabine Stoll (University of Zürich, Switzerland);
Thierry Nazzi (University of Paris, France)
    Atypical development
Confirmed lecturers: Frenette Southwood (Stellenbosch University,
South Africa)
    Multimodality
Confirmed lecturers: Aylin Küntay (Koç University, Turkey)
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.
STRUCTURE: The activities will develop in an online format; lectures
and practical sessions will be taught live through video conference.
We are also working on providing local hubs in a few cities, where
participants can go and attend the online events together.
APPLY: You can apply for participation with a brief motivation
statement (100 words) by following this link by July 3rd 2026.
QUESTIONS?
CONTACT: language1.summerschool.dpss at unipd.it
We are looking forward to your registration!
Best wishes,
The Organization Team
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Alejandra Raisman (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM,
México)
Alejandra Sadaniowski (Universidad Católica de las Misiones,
Argentina)
Alma Luz Rodriguez Lazaro (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
(UNAM, México)
Ana Estrada
Bhuvana Narasimhan (University of Colorado Boulder)
Caroline Rowland (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The
Netherlands)
Elisa Gottardi
Eva Huber (University of Cologne, Germany)
Fei Ting Woon (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Felix Kpogo
Grace Ennim (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Ivan Bondoc (University of Toronto, Canada)
Janina Vargas (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain)
Lara Hamburger (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Lara Lanús Granada
Lawrence Mwangi Nduati (Aga Khan University, Kenya)
Leonardo Piot (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Leticia Schiavon Kolberg (University of Grenoble Alpes, France)
Line Kippe (University of Douala, Cameroon)
Magdalena Krysztofiak (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Maria Montefinese (Harrisburg University of Science and Technology,
United States; University of Padova, Italy)
Michelle White (University of Oslo, Norway; Stellenbosch University,
South Africa)
Nancy Estévez Pérez (Cuban Neurosciences Center)
Naomi Havron (University of Haifa, Israel)
Natalie Boll-Avetisyan (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Nurtimhar Shahaji (Western Mindanao State University)
Rida Ahmed (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Rodolphe Prosper Maah (University of Douala, Cameroon)
Rowena Garcia (Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS Berlin),
University of the Philippines Manila)
Silvia Benavides-Varela (University of Padova, Italy)

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

Registration Open until 03-Jul-2026

                Email: language1.summerschool.dpss at unipd.it




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