Please click this link to access the abstracts for keynotes and lectures.
Monday, July 23, 2018 (Location: Alte Aula)
9.00 to 10.30 Marije Michel: Trends and issues in task-based language teaching (TBLT)
10.30 to 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 to 12.30 Jason Rothman: Heritage Language Theory
12.30 to 14.00 Lunch break (not included in registration)
14.00 to 15.30 Nicole Ziegler: Language learning and technology
15.30 to 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 to 17.30 Ulrich Trautwein: Motivational science: Useful for research on L2 acquisition?
17.30 to 19.00 Reception
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 (Location: Alte Aula)
9.00 to 10.30 Jan Hulstijn: An individual-differences framework for comparing non-native with native speakers: Perspectives from BLC Theory
10.30 to 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 to 12.30 Ana Lúcia Santos: Heritage speakers: Empirical findings, problems and open questions
12.30 to 14.00 Lunch break (not included in registration)
14.00 to 15.30 Detmar Meurers: Computational linguistics and second language research
15.30 to 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 to 17.30 Tineke Brunfaut: Language testing and SLA
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 (Location: Alte Aula)
9.00 to 10.30 John Williams: Implicit and explicit learning: interactions and synergies
10.30 to 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 to 12.30 Cristina Flores: The particular case of returned heritage speakers
12.30 to 14.30 Lunch break and poster session (lunch included). Please click here to see poster abstracts.
14.30 onwards Bebenhausen excursion. Prior registration required.
19.00 onwards Conference dinner at the Neckarmüller restaurant. Prior registration required.
Thursday, July 26, 2018 (Location: Pflegehofsaal)
9.00 to 10.30 Rosemarie Tracy: How steady is the steady state?
10.30 to 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 to 12.30 Katharina Wendebourg: Cognitive foundations of language learning and teaching I
12.30 to 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 to 15.30 Akira Murakami: Analysis of learner corpora for L2 research
15.30 to 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 to 17.30 Benjamin Nagengast: Randomized Controlled Field Trials – A paradigm for L2 research?
19.00 onwards Stocherkahn tour. Prior registration required.
Friday, July 27, 2018 (Location: Pflegehofsaal)
9.00 to 10.30 Robert DeKeyser: Second language learning aptitude: not just important for learners
10.30 to 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 to 12.30 Aline Godfroid: Cognitive foundations of language learning and teaching II
12.30 to 13.30 Lunch break (not included) – Note: Shorter lunch break than usual
13.30 to 15.00 Vaclav Brezina and Dana Gablasova: Corpora and SLA: Key conceptual and methodological issues
15.00 to 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 to 17.00 Antonella Sorace: Second language learning and first language attrition: Seeing both the forest and the trees
17:00 to 18.30 Launch of Bilingualism Matters Tuebingen (Alte Aula). We will walk to the launch together after closing statements.