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The Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) is an international association which supports scholarly cooperation in early language learning research worldwide. 🌐 www.ellra.org 📩 Contact: info@ellra.org

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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
📚 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
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📣 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
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Membership options • ELLRA • Early Language Learning
ELLRA offers two membership types: individuals with reduced and honorary membership options and institutional with three membership packages.
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
🔁 ELLRA Memory Lane Revisit Veronika Timpe-Laughlin’s session on researching with children. 📖 Open-access article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ELLRA #EarlyLanguageLearning
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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...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📢🌍 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
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Membership options • ELLRA • Early Language Learning
ELLRA offers two membership types: individuals with reduced and honorary membership options and institutional with three membership packages.
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
⏳ 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
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Membership options • ELLRA • Early Language Learning
ELLRA offers two membership types: individuals with reduced and honorary membership options and institutional with three membership packages.
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
📢 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
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Programme – 2nd ELLRA Conference
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
📅 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
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14th ELLRA Webinar for Members by Members
3 March 2026-Does CLIL Time Pay Off? Young CLIL Learners’ Oral Proficiency in the Spanish Context
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🌍 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
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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...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🤝 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
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Critical Framing of Transversal Competences: Promoting Intercultural Responsibility through Cross-language and Cross-curricular Teacher Collaborations | OLBI Journal
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
📖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
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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...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
💡 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
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
📖 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
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
📅 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
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🏅 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
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
📊 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
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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 …
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🌎 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
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🌍 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
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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...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
📖 Keynote spotlight | ELLRA 2026 Sabine Little explores multilingual picturebooks through language, content & poetic intention (open access). 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0143... #ELLRA #multilingualism
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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...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
📚 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
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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...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
🎄 ✨ Season’s greetings from ELLRA ✨ 🎄 Wishing our community a joyful holiday season and a wonderful New Year. 🎄 Thank you for being part of our international research network! 🎄 #ELLRA #earlylanguagelearning #happyholidays
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
📬 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
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
🌟 New issue of Children’s Literature in English Language Education is out! Picturebooks, VR, creativity, anti-racism, identity + more. Open access 👉 clelejournal.org
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Current Issue - CLELE JOURNAL - children´s literature in english language education
A bi-annual, peer-reviewed journal researching children's literature as an art form, and as a framework for teaching English as a second, additional or foreign language to pre-school infants through t...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
📢 ELLRA’s 12th Webinar, by members for members, is coming up on 2 Dec at 14:30 CET. 🎙️ Efrat Marcu will discuss how teachers choose educational apps for EFL classrooms. 📬 Members, check your email for the link. ✨ Not a member yet? Join ELLRA to access our webinars and community.
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
💡 Looking for research inspiration? Claudine Kirsch’s new open-access article explores how a young learner navigates multilingual spaces across home and day care. An insightful case study with clear relevance for early-language and literacy practitioners. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Navigating multiple multilingual spaces at home and in the day care centre: a case-study in Luxembourg
Mismatches between language and literacy practices at home and in day care centres can negatively influence children’s development. This article examines a young child’s engagement in literacy acti...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
We are pleased to announce that our ELLRA Ambassador for Poland, Werona Król-Gierat, will be introducing ELLRA this Friday (28 November) at a nationwide event taking place simultaneously at 20 universities in 18 cities across Poland! Explore the programme here: nocanglistow.pl/en/uniwersyt...
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Long Anglicist Night - Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
The fifth edition of Noc Anglistów will take place on November 28, 2025
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
🌱 Final day of the #ELLRA Virtual School! Topics: Global citizenship, peace & educational technologies with Mónica Lourenço and Yuko Butler. A powerful close to a rich week of learning. #ECRs #EarlyLanguageLearning
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🎨 Creativity day! Julie McAdam explores children’s literature research; Nayr Ibrahim shares arts-based multilingual methods. #ELLRA #ArtsBasedResearch #Multilingualism #ECRs
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🌍 Day 3: Interculturality, decoloniality & pluriversal perspectives with Yecid Ortega, plus a special #ELLRA session on language maps! #VirtualSchool #LanguageLearning #ECRs
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Day 2 at the #ELLRA Virtual School! 🤝 Collaboration & plurilingual practices with Daniel Xerri (Malta) & Sunny Lau (Canada). Exploring how we learn with children, not just about them. #ResearchWithChildren #ECRs
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The #ELLRA Virtual School begins! 🎓 Subhan Zein: Interviewing Young Learners 🎓 Annamaria Pinter: Research with Children A week of creativity, collaboration & multilingual research starts today! #EarlyLanguageLearning #ECRs
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
✨ Last call! Register now for the ELLRA Virtual School for doctoral & early career researchers. 07/11 • Researching Global Citizenship & Peace in Early Language Learning • Researching Educational Technologies with Young Learners 👉 ellra.org/event/ellra-... #ELLRA #VirtualSchool #Research
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
🌍 Connect & collaborate with peers worldwide at the ELLRA Virtual School! 06/11 • Aesthetic & Pedagogical Entanglements in Children’s Literature Research • Arts-based Approaches to Multilingual Research 👉 ellra.org/event/ellra-... #Networking #ELLRA
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
🎤 Meet the experts! Gain insights from leading voices in early language learning research. 05/11 • Interculturality, Decoloniality & Pluriversal Approaches ) • Special Session: Discover ELLRA & Create Language Maps 👉 ellra.org/event/ellra-... #ELLRA #VirtualSchool
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🎓 Mentoring & research sessions for doctoral & early career scholars — join ELLRA’s Virtual School! 04/11 • Exploring the Mosaic Approach • Researching Plurilingual Practices 👉 ellra.org/event/ellra-... #ELLRA #Research
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
📢 ELLRA Virtual School for Doctoral Scholars & Early Career Researchers is coming soon! Learn, share & connect globally 🌍 👉 ellra.org/event/ellra-... 03/11: • 09:00 CET Interviewing Young Learners • 16:00 CET Research with Children: Methodological Considerations #ELLRA #VirtualSchool #Research
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🎓 11th ELLRA Webinar 📅 7 Oct 2025 | 🕟 16:30 CET Integrating Virtual Exchange Projects into Language Teacher Education Speakers from DE, SI, ES & PL ℹ️ Access link sent to members by email 👉 More info: ellra.org/event/integr... #ELLRA #Webinar
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
📣 2nd ELLRA Conference – Call for Papers! Theme: Multilingualism & Diversity in Early Language Learning 🗓️ 3–5 June 2026, Barcelona Deadline: 15 Oct 2025 More info: ellra.org/event/2nd-el... #ELLRAconference
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🌍 STAGE Research Webinar – 18 Sept, 12:00–13:30 CET Findings from the STAGE project (starting age & extramural English in Norway & Flanders) + launch of new research network. 📝 Register by 17 Sept 👉 nettskjema.no/a/507110#/pa... #ELLRA #Research
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
📣 2nd ELLRA Conference – Call for Papers! Theme: Multilingualism & Diversity in Early Language Learning 🗓️ 3–5 June 2026, Barcelona Deadline: 15 Oct 2025 More info: ellra.org/event/2nd-el... #ELLRAconference
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
📣 2nd ELLRA Conference – Call for Papers! Theme: Multilingualism & Diversity in Early Language Learning 🗓️ 3–5 June 2026, Barcelona Deadline: 15 Oct 2025 More info: ellra.org/event/2nd-el... #ELLRAconference
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
📣 2nd ELLRA Conference – Call for Papers! Theme: Multilingualism & Diversity in Early Language Learning 🗓️ 3–5 June 2026, Barcelona Deadline: 15 Oct 2025 More info: ellra.org/event/2nd-el... #ELLRAconference
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
📣 2nd ELLRA Conference – Call for Papers! Theme: Multilingualism & Diversity in Early Language Learning 🗓️ 3–5 June 2026, Barcelona Deadline: 15 Oct 2025 More info: ellra.org/event/2nd-el... #ELLRAconference
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
📣 2nd ELLRA Conference – Call for Papers! Theme: Multilingualism & Diversity in Early Language Learning 🗓️ 3–5 June 2026, Barcelona Deadline: 15 Oct 2025 More info: ellra.org/event/2nd-el... #ELLRAconference
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
📣 2nd ELLRA Conference – Call for Papers! Theme: Multilingualism & Diversity in Early Language Learning 🗓️ 3–5 June 2026, Barcelona Deadline: 15 Oct 2025 More info: ellra.org/event/2nd-el... #ELLRAconference
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
📣 2nd ELLRA Conference – Call for Papers! Theme: Multilingualism & Diversity in Early Language Learning 🗓️ 3–5 June 2026, Barcelona Deadline: 15 Oct 2025 More info: ellra.org/event/2nd-el... #ELLRAconference
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
📚 Two new resources for early language learning! 📖 Yuko Goto Butler's new book on young additional language learners – flyer with discount attached 📰 Jakupčević (2025) on teacher talk in primary EFL: doi.org/10.14746/n.2... #ELLRA #Research
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🥳 ELLRA 2nd Anniversary WebFestival is almost here! 🚀 Discover inquiries, innovations & inspirations in early language learning. 🗓️ Sat, June 28th, 10:00-21:45 CET. FREE interactive webinars with top researchers! 🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
🥳 ELLRA 2nd Anniversary WebFestival is almost here! 🚀 Discover inquiries, innovations & inspirations in early language learning. 🗓️ Sat, June 28th, 10:00-21:45 CET. FREE interactive webinars with top researchers! 🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
🥳 ELLRA 2nd Anniversary WebFestival is almost here! 🚀 Discover inquiries, innovations & inspirations in early language learning. 🗓️ Sat, June 28th, 10:00-21:45 CET. FREE interactive webinars with top researchers! 🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) @ellraofficial.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🥳 ELLRA 2nd Anniversary WebFestival is almost here! 🚀 Discover inquiries, innovations & inspirations in early language learning. 🗓️ Sat, June 28th, 10:00-21:45 CET. FREE interactive webinars with top researchers! 🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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