37.2067, Confs: 2nd PGR Conference on Language Education, Acquisition & Policy (United Kingdom)

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Date: 12-Jun-2026
From: Robert McColl Millar [r.millar at abdn.ac.uk]
Subject: 2nd PGR Conference on Language Education, Acquisition & Policy


2nd PGR Conference on Language Education, Acquisition & Policy
Short Title: LEAP

Date: 24-Jun-2026 - 26-Jun-2026
Location: Aberdeen (hybrid), United Kingdom
Contact: Centre for Training and Research in Linguistics, Aberdeen
Contact Email: ctrl at abdn.ac.uk
Meeting URL: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/llmvc/research/ctrl/leap/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

LEAP Postgraduate Conference, 24-26 June 2026, University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen’s second International PGR conference on Language Education,
Acquisition & Policy 2026
Keynote Speakers:
Dr Elsa Petit, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Sultan Turkan, Queen’s University Belfast
Each year, hundreds of students across the globe start their PhD
journey to help shape the conversations on language education,
acquisition, and policy through their doctoral research. Some of their
contributions will directly impact the ways languages are taught and
learned in their home countries; other contributions will go far
beyond and affect the international community. To facilitate knowledge
exchange and networking among PhD students working in these areas, the
Centre of Training and Research in Linguistics is inviting PGRs
(Postgraduate Research students) from across the United Kingdom and
beyond to join us for a three-day hybrid conference at the University
of Aberdeen. LEAP 2026 will serve to connect emerging scholars and
help them in the planning of their next career move, with keynote
talks from Dr Elsa Petit and Dr Sultan Turkan, as well as career
workshops led by staff at Language & Linguistics in Aberdeen. A
preliminary programme can be found on the next page.
Attendance Certificate:
All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance.
Publication Opportunity:
Proceedings from the previous LEAP conference were published in:
Granite Vol. 10, Issue 2 — Special Issue: Advancing Research in
Language Education, Acquisition, and Policy (2026). Granite is the
University of Aberdeen’s postgraduate open-access interdisciplinary
journal. You can read the previous conference proceedings at:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/pgrc/development/journal/
In-person Attendance:
The conference will take place at College Bounds CB009, King’s
College, University of Aberdeen
Online Attendance:
Participants attending online will be emailed a Microsoft Teams
meeting link before the conference.
Contact Information:
For enquiries, please contact the Centre for Training and Research in
Linguistics at: ctrl at abdn.ac.uk
Registration and Payment:
Participants can register and complete payment through the University
of Aberdeen online store:
https://www.store.abdn.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/events/school-of-language-and-literature
(Online attendance: £20, In-person attendance: £40)
Preliminary Conference Program:
Language Education:
 - Beyond the classroom: folk approaches to learning through
intergenerational knowledge transmission in the context of Bangladesh
(Md. Bakebillah, University of Aberdeen)
 - Lingua Franca or Linguistic Empire? Rethinking Global English
through Critical Pedagogy (Sachin Wanniarachchi, University of Ottawa)
 - The Predictive Power of Grit, Academic Buoyancy, and Motivational
Self-Guides in Perceived L2 Proficiency (Gülay Şahin, Muğla Sıtkı
Koçman University and Filiz Rızaoğlu, Pamukkale University )
 - Translanguaging Practices in Multilingual EFL Classrooms: A
Sociolinguistic Study of Learner Engagement and Classroom Interaction
(Zakrea Salek, University of Delhi)
 - Teaching Without Fear: Using AI Speaking Tools to Reduce Anxiety
and Build Confidence Among Language Teachers (Anar H. AlRuwaie,
University of Aberdeen)
 - Exploring a Chinese model of promoting creativity in EFL classrooms
(Zhewei Zha, U of Aberdeen)
 - Developing awareness of native-speakerism: A duoethnographic
exploration of ‘non-native’ English teachers’ identity and emotions.
(Zhewei Zha, U of Aberdeen and Paolo Delogu, U of Glasgow)
 - English Language Teachers’ Professional Identity and Possible
Selves (Gülay Şahin, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, and Turan Paker,
Pamukkale University)
 - The Impact of Contextual Noise and Psycho-Physical States on
Semantic Clarity in Higher Education: A Linguistic Study of
Professor-Student Interaction (Manal Muneef, University of Aberdeen)
 - Artificial Intelligence and Oral Production in SLA: Effects of the
ImmerseMe Platform on Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency among Saudi
EFL University Students (Abdulrahman Almurayyi, U of Aberdeen)
 - The perception of Technology Mediated Task Based Language Teaching
in higher education institutions across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
by English Module Lecturers (Bestun Khidhir, U of Aberdeen)
Language Acquisition:
 - First Language Attrition: The Case of Dutch Posture Verbs (Wieteke
Windrich,
 - Research design of the relationship between language socialisation
and translanguaging among mature Immigrants from China to Britain
(IFCB) women (Ziqi Cao, University of Leeds)
 - Dynamic Development of Complexity in L2 Oral Proficiency: A
Longitudinal Case Study from a CDST Perspective, University of
Aberdeen)
 - Lessons from place names, personal names, and substrate Brittonic
words in Old Gaelic for Pictish phonology
Language Policy:
 - Diachronic Shifts in the Representation of Women’s Empowerment in
Saudi Arabic and English Newspaper Discourse Pre- and Post-Vision
2030: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study (Kholoud Alzhrani, University
of Aberdeen)
 - Béarnais and the Heritage Paradox: Symbolic Value and Everyday Use
(Hajna McGrath, Maynooth University)
 - Who Decides the Home Language? Children’s Agency in Family Language
Policy among Mixed-Heritage Interlingual Families (Yujun Wu,
University of Auckland)
 - Visibility Is Not Equity: Gendered Career Scripts in Chinese EFL
Textbooks and a Critical Language Awareness Response (Lexiao Li,
University of Exeter)
 - Navigating Language Policy in Kuwait’s Higher Education: A
Delphi-Based Approach to Context-Sensitive EMI Scenarios (Rana Khan,
Canadian College Kuwait, University of Bath)



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