The Institute of Linguistics, School of English at the University of Silesia in Katowice is pleased to announce the 36th International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition (ICFSLA). The leading theme of this year’s edition is the use of Artificial Intelligence in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching (FLL/T). Note, however, that submission of other topics is also welcome, as long as they are SLA or FLL/T-related.


Traditionally held in Szczyrk, ICFSLA is a conference with a 40-year tradition. The conference is held annually, each time with a different leading theme. It is one of the most important events of its kind in Europe. The output of this conference has included many books, projects and journal articles. Thanks to ICFSLA, TAPSLA was established as a publishing forum.









Shuttle bus transfer

The Participants are welcome to use our university shuttle bus on Wednesday, 17th May 2023 (Katowice-Szczyrk) and/or on Saturday, 20th May 2023 (Szczyrk-Katowice). The exact departure time as well as the pickup spot will be announced later. The bus will take the participants from Katowice city centre (near the railway station) directly to the conference site in Szczyrk (Wednesday) and/or back (Saturday).

If you want to reserve a place on the bus, please do so by writing to the organisers at szczyrkconference2023@gmail.com by 10th April 2023 at the latest. We regret to inform that reservations made after that date will not guarantee a seat on the shuttle bus.

Registration to ICFSLA 2025


Abstracts for presentations should be sent by 31st January 2025 to our e-mail address. You will be notified about acceptance by 1st March 2025. Details concerning the conference fee will be announced in the Second Circular in February 2025.


The Registration Form (including abstract of max. 250 words) and an Excel document should be sent as an attachment to your e-mail. Both documents are attached to this email. They can also be downloaded from our webpage at www.icfsla.us.edu.pl



The Organizing Committee


Adam Wojtaszek

Katarzyna Papaja

Aleksandra Szymańska-Tworek


Looking forward to seeing you all in Szczyrk!


The venue


Traditionally, the event is held in Szczyrk, a well-known (to many of you) resort town in the Beskidy Mountains of Southern Poland. The conference venue will be the Hotel META. All conference participants can be accommodated there, but if for any reason you prefer to choose different accommodation or don't require any at all, please inform the organisers about it as soon as possible.


The Szczyrk Conference's past venues are presented here.


Contact


Instytut Językoznawstwa

Uniwersytet Śląski

Katowice, ul. Uniwersytecka 4

Sosnowiec, ul. Grota-Roweckiego 5


e-mail: ij-k.wh@us.edu.pl; ij-s.wh@us.edu.pl

tel.: 32 200 95 15; 32 364 08 81; 32 364 08 57

 

ICFSLA is organized by the University of Silesia's Institute of Linguistics

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