At the end of 2021, Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis, Milica Savic, Anders Myrset and I had our first conversations about editing a book on second language pragmatics and young language learners in primary schools. Four years later, the book has just been published. In our blog entry we explain why we felt that this edited volume was needed: https://channelviewpublications.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/young-language-learners-and-second-language-pragmatics/

I am delighted that our edited volume "Second Language #Pragmatics and Young Language Learners - #EFL #Primary #School Contexts in #Europe" is now available https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/second-language-pragmatics-and-young-language-learners/?SF1=work_id&ST1=CVIEW-67d2c2f691716. We are very gratetful to our contributors who accompanied us on this journey!

Just came across Bloomsbury's open access ebook collection which at the time of writing includes 695 books from a variety of subjects (e.g., education, history, linguistics, etc.). The link below goes to the linguistics section. https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/search-results?any=&acc=oa&sort=desc&field=date&su=A42893

UNESCO's "Languages matter: global guidance on multilingual education" (2025) is now available. It also contains a helpful overview of key acronyms and terms on pages 12-14. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000392477

Wir freuen uns sehr Frau Prof. Dr. Petra Knorr, die neue Inhaberin der Professur für Englischdidaktik mit Schwerpunkt Sprachlehr- und -lernforschung, im Team begrüßen zu dürfen. Herzlich willkommen!
https://www.uni-erfurt.de/philosophische-fakultaet/seminare-professuren/sprachwissenschaft/professuren/englischdidaktik-mit-schwerpunkt-sprachlehr-und-lernforschung/prof-dr-petra-knorr

Circumstances in many places all over the world have been challenging in 2024. I wish all of us a peaceful, happy and healthy 2025, and hope that we will experience a renewed appreciation for democratic processes, kindness, and living in harmony with each other & nature in the new year.

If you are interested in second language (#L2) #pragmatics & young language learners (#YLL), I highly recommend "Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners: Beneath the Linguistic Surface" by M. Savic, A. Mryset, M. Economidou-Kogetsidis, https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?k=9781800412712

Over the years, I have frequently referred to "Let's talk and talk about it" by Willis Edmondson & Juliane House (1981), which had been out of print for some time. I was delighted to come across "Expressions, Speech Acts & Discourse" by Edmondson, House & Kadar published in 2023 by CUP.

I would like to thank the University of Erfurt and the Open Access Fund of the State of Thuringia for supporting the #OpenAccess publication of my monograph.

Schauer, G.A. (2024). #Intercultural competence and #pragmatics. Palgrave.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-44472-2

#InterculturalCompetence , #ModernForeignLanguages , #MFL , #HigherEducation , #languagelearning , #LanguageTeaching

#Stellenausschreibung: Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in (w/m/d) an der Professur für #Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt #Englisch ( (bevorzugt: Projekte zur #Sprechaktforschung im Bereich interlanguage /
second language #pragmatics), 50% Stelle, #befristet, mit Ziel der Promotion im Fachgebiet, Deadline: 28.12.2023, Link: https://jobs.uni-erfurt.de/jobposting/e2058a5db357d2cb7727c4fab3348f0148f4e5ca0

#Stellenausschreibung: #Professur für Professur für #Englischdidaktik mit Schwerpunkt Sprachlehr- und -lernforschung (W2 mit Career Track auf W3) (w/m/d). Neue Deadline: 21. September 2023. Link: https://www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-universitaet/stellenausschreibungen/35-2023-professur-fuer-englischdidaktik-mit-schwerpunkt-sprachlehr-und-lernforschung-w2-mit-career-track-auf-w3-w-m-d

#Stellenausschreibung: Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in (w/m/d) an der Professur für #Angewandte #Sprachwissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Englisch, 50 % #Stelle , #befristet, mit Ziel der Promotion im Fachgebiet (bevorzugt: Projekte zur Sprechaktforschung im Bereich interlanguage / second language #pragmatics), deadline: 04.08.2023 , https://jobs.uni-erfurt.de/jobposting/50edc564b2a10a189a6bcac03fcf19c2d49480d00

I was just made aware of the "Key data on teaching languages at school in Europe – 2023 edition" via the ELLRA mailing list. This is a highly interesting document that provides detailed information on a variety of aspects relevant to #LanguageLearning and #LanguageTeaching in Europe. Link: https://eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu/publications/key-data-teaching-languages-school-europe-2023-edition ,#AppliedLinguistics , #L2 , #ModernForeignLanguages

If you are interested in early #L2 / #Lx language learning of children aged from 2 to 12 in formal educational contexts, then you may wish to join the new Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA). https://ellra.org/ #LanguageLearning , #EarlyLanguageLearning, #AppliedLinguistics, #InstructedSLA

I would like to thank Amos Paran & Sandra Stadler-Heer, the organizers of the "Researching #Literature in #Language #Learning and Beyond" symposium at the 20th #AILA conference, for all their hard work. I enjoyed the symposium immensely and was very impressed by the wide range of different approaches to the topic. More information on the research network connected to this symposium is available here https://lilltresearch.net/

Prof. Schauer (https://mastodon.social/@gilaschauer) gave a presentation at the 20th AILA World Congress (https://aila2023.fr/) with the title "Addressing #diversity issues with graphic novels in the secondary #EFL classroom: focus on #health and #bullying" , #AppliedLinguistics , #ELT

#Stellenausschreibung: #Professur für Professur für #Englischdidaktik mit Schwerpunkt Sprachlehr- und -lernforschung (W2 mit Career Track auf W3) (w/m/d) Link: https://www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-universitaet/stellenausschreibungen/35-2023-professur-fuer-englischdidaktik-mit-schwerpunkt-sprachlehr-und-lernforschung-w2-mit-career-track-auf-w3-w-m-d

Hi everyone. I am currently researching publications on L2 pragmatics in various languages other than English. As I don't speak French finding out what is available on #French #L2 #pragmatics in French is a bit difficult. Would any of you happen to know if there is a strong research tradition? I found some general academic books on the topic, e.g., Introduction à la pragmatique by N. Garric (2007) but not much in the area of L2 French in French. Might be my search terms though?

Prof. Schauer gave a presentation with the title "Exploring the potential of 4 graphic novels for teaching L2 #pragmatics to young #EFL learners in primary school" at the University of Oxford today. #L2Pragmatics, #GraphicNovels , #YoungLearners

Prof.in Gila Schauer hielt heute einen Vortrag im ESDL Forschungskolloquium @unileipzig mit dem Titel "#Pragmatik im #Fremdsprachenunterricht der #Sekundarschule - Fokus auf Materialien". #Fremdspracherwerb, #Englisch .