37.2977, Confs: 6th International Conference Thinking Doing Learning (Netherlands)

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Subject: 37.2977, Confs: 6th International Conference Thinking Doing Learning (Netherlands)

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Date: 16-Sep-2026
From: Rasmus Steinkrauss [r.g.a.steinkrauss at rug.nl]
Subject: 6th International Conference Thinking Doing Learning


6th International Conference Thinking Doing Learning
Short Title: TDL6
Theme: Usage-Based Perspectives on Second Language Learning

Date: 14-Oct-2026 - 15-Oct-2026
Location: Groningen, Netherlands

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language
Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics

After the successful 5th edition in Kolding in 2024, the 6th
international conference Thinking, Doing, Learning: Usage-Based
Perspectives on Second Language Learning (TDL6) will take place at the
University of Groningen, the Netherlands, on 14–16 October 2026.
TDL6 brings together researchers exploring second language learning
through usage-based, empirical, and theoretically grounded approaches.
These perspectives view language as an embodied, semiotic, and
interactional system, and understand language use as the primary
condition for language learning.
The conference addresses questions spanning cognition, context,
interaction, multimodality, and multilingualism: How do L2 users and
multilinguals accomplish actions in moment-to-moment sense-making
activities? How do environments of language use sediment as learned
linguistic constructions? How do speakers learn to “rethink for
speaking” in a new language, and what roles do different modalities
play? What is cognition - individual or socially distributed? And what
are the implications for L2 teaching?
Registration is now open at www.rug.nl/let/tdl6, and we are looking
forward to welcoming you to an exciting program.
Our keynote speakers are:
- Karin Madlener-Charpentier (Giessen): Complex constructions and
constructional complexity in L2 motion event descriptions - Usage
patterns and challenges
- Taiane Malabarba (Potsdam): What can longitudinal conversation
analysis tell us about language learning?
- Sible Andringa (Amsterdam): Doing learning by thinking - A literacy
perspective on second language learning
In addition to regular presentations, we are excited to host two
invited symposia:
- Minna Suni (convenor): Accessing a new community through second
language learning: struggles and success
- Simona Pekarek Doehler and Mélissa Juillet (convenors): Construction
learning in and for L2 interactions – or: the development of an L2
grammar-for-interaction
Please see the TLD6 website at www.rug.nl/let/tdl6 for the book of
abstracts, and for registration.
Early-bird registration fees are:
- €180 (regular fee)
- €115 (for students and PhD candidates)
The fee covers access to all sessions, conference materials, coffee
breaks, lunches, and the welcome reception. You may optionally
register for the conference dinner (+€60 for three courses including
drinks).
Early-bird registration closes on August 24, 2026. Registration closes
on September 27, 2026.
The conference takes place in Groningen, the largest city in the north
of the Netherlands. With 250.000 inhabitants and a large student
population, it's a lively city with interesting museums, a host of
good restaurants, and a vibrant art and music scene. The city center,
where everything is in walking distance, is surrounded by a canal
enclosing beautiful historical architecture and fascinating modern
buildings. Groningen sits in between heathlands and woodlands to the
south and the flat green landscape with its large skies to the north,
perfect for hiking and biking, and the coast with the UNESCO world
heritage area of the Wadden Sea and the Frisian islands is only 30
minutes away.



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