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Illustrations for Glorious Dawn Chapter 25, descriptions in alt text

www.alternatehistory.com/forum/thread...

( no AI used !! )
August 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
We are in the 2nd ELLRA Conference!
June 4, 2026 at 1:35 PM
📢 John Benjamins will be present at the 2nd International ELLRA Conference hosted by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 3-5 June!

📚 Please feel welcome to browse our exhibit. Also, check out our promotional material and discount order form here:
👉 benjamins.com/conferences/...

#ellra2026
May 11, 2026 at 7:21 AM
📚 Congratulations to Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow & Melanie Ellis on their new edited volume on global challenges in early language teaching.

Many chapters were written by members of the Early Language Learning Research Association community 🌍

#ELLRA #EarlyLanguageLearning
Routledge - Publisher of Professional & Academic Books
Routledge is a leading book publisher that fosters human progress through knowledge for scholars, instructors and professionals
www.routledge.com
May 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
📣 ELLRA Webinar, 5 May, 13:00 CET

✍️ Writing in EFL (WiPS study)
🎙 Stefanie Frisch

Explore young learners’ writing development & classroom insights.

🔐 Members-only
🔗 ellra.org/membership-t...

#ELLRA #Webinar #EFL
Membership options • ELLRA • Early Language Learning
ELLRA offers two membership types: individuals with reduced and honorary membership options and institutional with three membership packages.
ellra.org
April 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
what about ellra...
April 12, 2026 at 9:11 AM
🔁 ELLRA Memory Lane

Revisit Veronika Timpe-Laughlin’s session on researching with children.

📖 Open-access article:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#ELLRA #EarlyLanguageLearning
Moments That Matter: Reflections on Researching Language Awareness With Young Children
Over the past decade, research on additional language (AL) learning in pre-primary education has increased considerably. For instance, a recent review by Nikolov and Mihaljević Djigunović (2023) exam...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
📢🌍 Why attend ELLRA 2026?

Join researchers and practitioners in Barcelona (3–5 June) to discuss multilingualism and diversity in early language learning.

⏳ Early Bird closes 31 March.

🔗 ellra.org/membership-t...

#ELLRA2026 #EarlyLanguageLearning
Membership options • ELLRA • Early Language Learning
ELLRA offers two membership types: individuals with reduced and honorary membership options and institutional with three membership packages.
ellra.org
March 27, 2026 at 4:44 PM
⏳ Early Bird for ELLRA 2026 closes 31 March!
Join us in Barcelona (3–5 June) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Explore multilingualism & diversity in early language learning. Keynote speakers: Sabine Little, Sharon Unsworth & Mario López Gopar.

🔗 ellra.org/membership-t...

#ELLRA2026
Membership options • ELLRA • Early Language Learning
ELLRA offers two membership types: individuals with reduced and honorary membership options and institutional with three membership packages.
ellra.org
March 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
📢 ELLRA 2026 programme is live!

See the provisional programme organised by the team at UAB:
webs.uab.cat/ellra-confer...

⏳ Early Bird registration closes 31 March.
(Conference attendance is for ELLRA members.)

#ELLRA2026 #EarlyLanguageLearning
Programme – 2nd ELLRA Conference
webs.uab.cat
March 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM
📅 ELLRA webinar reminder – 3 March, 14:30 CET

🎙 Raúl Azpilicueta-Martínez on whether CLIL time pays off (Spanish context)

Details & registration:
ellra.org/event/14th-e...

#ELLRA #CLIL #Webinar
14th ELLRA Webinar for Members by Members
3 March 2026-Does CLIL Time Pay Off? Young CLIL Learners’ Oral Proficiency in the Spanish Context
ellra.org
February 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🌍 ELLRA Memory Lane

Revisit Magne Dypedahl’s 1st Anniversary Web Festival talk on systemic intercultural learning for young learners.

📄 Related study on intercultural competence:
doi.org/10.1080/0031...

Members can access the recording via the portal.

#ELLRA #InterculturalCompetence
Developing intercultural competence in English foreign language learning: focus on communication differences
This study used a pre- and post-test intervention design, supplied with post-test interviews, to investigate to what extent an English foreign language lesson plan focusing on communication (in)dir...
doi.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
🤝 ELLRA Memory Lane
Sunny Man Chu Lau’s talk (1st Anniversary Web Festival, cross-curricular collaboration of English & French teachers)
📄 Open-access paper on transversal competences:
doi.org/10.18192/olb...
ELLRA members can access the recording in the members’ area.
#ELLRA #TeacherCollaboration
Critical Framing of Transversal Competences: Promoting Intercultural Responsibility through Cross-language and Cross-curricular Teacher Collaborations | OLBI Journal
doi.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
📖ELLRA Memory Lane
ELLRA members can revisit past webinars via the members’ area.
🎙Spotlight on Dr He Sun (NIE, NTU Singapore) and her work on digital tools for young language learners.
📄Open-access paper:
scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/ded034...

#ELLRA #EarlyLanguageLearning #DigitalLiteracy
Language proficiency over nonverbal sound effects in children's eBook incidental word learning
While multimodal glossing is supported by theories like Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, its effectiveness remains debated due to potential cognitive demands. This study examined how r...
scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
February 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
💡 Mid-week inspiration for ELLRA members:

Revisit past webinar & WebFestival recordings in the members’ area.

Today’s pick: Anders Myrset’s 2025 WebFestival talk on L2 pragmatic instruction from learners’ perspectives.

#ELLRA #Pragmatics #LanguageLearning
February 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
📖 Webinar warm-up | ELLRA

Ahead of our 3 March webinar, check this open-access paper by Raúl Azpilicueta-Martínez on CLIL exposure & young learners’ grammatical complexity.

👉 doi.org/10.1177/1362...

#ELLRA #CLIL
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
doi.org
January 31, 2026 at 7:08 PM
📅 ELLRA webinar | 3 March, 14:30 CET

Raúl Azpilicueta-Martínez explores whether CLIL time really pays off, based on research in the Spanish context.

Members-only event.
#ELLRA #CLIL #earlylanguagelearning
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
🏅 ELLRA members — reminder to submit nominations for honorary (lifetime) ELLRA membership.

Recognising exceptional contributions to early language learning & ELLRA.

🗓 Deadline: 30 Jan 2026

📩 info@ellra.org

#ELLRA #earlylanguagelearning
January 21, 2026 at 7:06 PM
📊 Conference spotlight | ELLRA 2026

Carmen Muñoz examines age-related effects in language learning, drawing on long-term research (open access).

👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#ELLRA #earlylanguagelearning
Using LLAMA_B as a predictor of L2 vocabulary learning by young learners
Studies of language learning aptitude with young learners are scarce. This study aims to contribute to this area by examining the role of aptitude in …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:50 PM
🌎 Keynote spotlight | ELLRA 2026

Mario López-Gopar & Darita Isabel Pérez Nava explore critical and decolonial perspectives in language education (open access).

👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#ELLRA #languageeducation
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
🌍 Keynote spotlight | ELLRA 2026

Sharon Unsworth examines how exposure, context & language similarity affect bilingual children’s proficiency (open access).

👉 doi.org/10.1075/lab....

#ELLRA #bilingualism
The role of linguistic context and language similarity in the relationship between language exposure and language proficiency in bilingual children
Abstract Amount of exposure has consistently been shown to influence language development in bilingual children. To date, it has been treated as a variable that affects language development in the sam...
doi.org
January 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
📖 Keynote spotlight | ELLRA 2026

Sabine Little explores multilingual picturebooks through language, content & poetic intention (open access).

👉 doi.org/10.1080/0143...

#ELLRA #multilingualism
Multilingual picture books – an analysis of language, content and poetic intention
In the past decades, the publishing industry has begun to recognise what Adichie calls ‘The Danger of a Single Story’. Since then, while picturebooks featuring children from a more diverse range of...
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
📚 Keynote spotlight | ELLRA 2026

Paloma Delgado-Garza & María del Pilar García Mayo examine the role of metalinguistic explanations for young EFL learners (open access).

👉 doi.org/10.1080/0965...

#ELLRA #earlylanguagelearning
Setting them up for (grammatical) success: on the impact of metalinguistic explanations on young learners’ metalinguistic awareness and language learning aptitude
The overlapping constructs of metalinguistic awareness and language learning aptitude act as predictors of attainment in instructional settings. Given the scarce input that young learners of Englis...
doi.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
🎄
✨ Season’s greetings from ELLRA ✨
🎄
Wishing our community a joyful holiday season and a wonderful New Year.
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Thank you for being part of our international research network!
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#ELLRA #earlylanguagelearning #happyholidays
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📬 ELLRA members, check your inboxes!

The new ELLRA newsletter is out, full of news, projects and achievements from across our community.

Not a member yet? Consider it for your New Year’s resolutions! ✨

#ELLRA #earlylanguagelearning #research
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM