European Second Language Association
AbbreviationEuroSLA
Formation1989 (1989)
Founded atColchester, United Kingdom
Legal statusAssociation
Region
Europe
FieldsSecond language and second language acquisition
Official language
English
President
Danijela Trenkić
Main organ
Journal of the European Second Language Association
Websitewww.eurosla.org

The European Second Language Association (EuroSLA) is a learned society for researchers with an interest in second language and second language acquisition.

History

EuroSLA was established in Colchester, the United Kingdom, in 1989 and the first president of the society was Vivian Cook. The 2018 president is Danijela Trenkić (University of York).

Publications

The Journal of the European Second Language Association (ISSN 2399-9101) is published after the annual conferences.[1] The EUROSLA Yearbook has been published annually by the John Benjamins Publishing Company since 2000.[2]

Grants and awards

Distinguished scholar award

The association presents a yearly "best article prize" and a career award "for outstanding scholarship and contribution to the field". Previous winners of the latter award have been:[3]

  • 2014 - Vivian Cook
  • 2015 - David Singleton
  • 2016 - Carmen Muñoz
  • 2017 - Michael Sharwood Smith
  • 2018 - Jan Hulstijn
  • 2019 - Marianne Gullberg
  • 2021 - Florence Myles and Rosamond Mitchell
  • 2022 - Jean-Marc Dewaele
  • 2023 - Paul Meara

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Journal of the European Second Language Association". European Second Language Association. 30 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "EUROSLA Yearbook". Benjamins.com. 9 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Distinguished scholar award". EuroSLA. European Second Language Association. Retrieved 4 April 2019.


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