37.1746, Confs: 15th Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (Sweden)

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Date: 11-May-2026
From: Arianna Masciolini [arianna.masciolini at gu.se]
Subject: 15th Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Computer-Assisted Language Learning


15th Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Computer-Assisted
Language Learning
Short Title: NLP4CALL 2026

Date: 19-Nov-2026 - 20-Nov-2026
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Contact: Arianna Masciolini
Contact Email: arianna.masciolini at gu.se
Meeting URL:
https://spraakbanken.gu.se/forskning/teman/icall/nlp4call-workshop-series/nlp4call2026

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Language Acquisition

Submission Deadline: 24-Sep-2026

We are happy to announce the 15th edition of the NLP4CALL workshop on
Natural Language Processing for Computer-Assisted Language Learning.
This year, NLP4CALL will be a two-day in-person event that will take
place in Gothenburg, Sweden on November 19-20, 2026.
The workshop series on Natural Language Processing (NLP) for
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (NLP4CALL) is a meeting place for
researchers working on integrating Natural Language Processing and
Speech Technologies in CALL systems and exploring the theoretical and
methodological issues arising in this connection. The latter includes,
among others, the integration of insights from Second Language
Acquisition (SLA) research, and the promotion of “Computational SLA”
through setting up Second Language research infrastructures.
The intersection of Natural Language Processing (or Language
Technology/ Computational Linguistics) and Speech Technology with
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) brings “understanding” of
language to CALL tools, thus making CALL intelligent. This fact has
given the name for this area of research — Intelligent CALL, or short,
ICALL. As the definition suggests, apart from having excellent
knowledge of Natural Language Processing and/or Speech Technology,
ICALL researchers need good insights into second language acquisition
theories and practices, as well as knowledge of second language
pedagogy and didactics. This workshop therefore invites a wide range
of ICALL-relevant research, including studies where NLP-enriched tools
are used for testing SLA and pedagogical theories, and vice versa,
where SLA theories, pedagogical practices or empirical data and
modeled in ICALL tools. The NLP4CALL workshop series is aimed at
bringing together competences from these areas for sharing experiences
and brainstorming around the future of the field.
We welcome papers:
- that describe research directly aimed at ICALL;
- that describe the ongoing development of resources and tools with
potential usage in ICALL, either directly in interactive applications,
or indirectly in materials, application, or curriculum development,
e.g. learning material generation, assessment of learner texts and
responses, individualized learning solutions, provision of feedback;
- that discuss challenges and/or research agenda for ICALL;
- that describe empirical studies on language learner data.
Important Dates:
- paper submission deadline: September 24, 2026
- notification of acceptance: October 15, 2026
- camera-ready deadline: October 29, 2026
- workshop: November 19-20, 2026
All deadlines are AoE.
Organizers:
- Arianna Masciolini, Språkbanken Text, University of Gothenburg,
Sweden
- David Alfter, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital
Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Herbert Lange, Språkbanken Text, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Ricardo Muñoz Sánchez, Språkbanken Text, University of Gothenburg,
Sweden
- Ildikó Pilán, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway
- Elena Volodina, Språkbanken Text, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Contact:
For more information about the workshop, you are welcome to reach out
to arianna.masciolini at gu.se.
Funding:
This workshop is jointly supported by:
- Språkbanken – jointly funded by its 10 partner institutions and the
Swedish Research Council (2025–2028; project id 2023-00161);
- Huminfra;
- the Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology;
- the IncluEdS project.



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