Congreso, coloquio o simposio

The main theme of the conference will be The Pragmatics of Written Communication. This year we especially welcome contributions that address pragmatic phenomena in written communication, including but not limited to storybooks or narrative materials that foreground pragmatic features, online communications (e-mails, forums, social media), AI-mediated discourse, corpora of written interaction, and innovative pedagogical or analytical approaches to pragmatics in written genres. Submissions should situate research within the broad field of teaching pragmatics and contribute to advancing understanding of pragmatic competence in written contexts.

The presentations and workshops may include the following topics, but other topics related to the conference’s theme will be welcome:

• Research on the implementation and/or effects of different written resources for the teaching of L2 pragmatics.
• Analyses of written texts (e.g. story books, AI generated texts, film or TV series scripts) for the teaching of L2 pragmatics.
• Adaptations of already-existing written materials for the teaching of L2 pragmatics.
• Design (and implementation) of teacher-created texts for the teaching of L2 pragmatics.
• Teaching practices (See Workshops above) that focus on the implementation of written materials for the teaching of L2 pragmatics.
• Teaching and assessment of written L2 pragmatic competence.

Important dates:

• Proposal submission deadline: March 2nd, 2026.
• Notification of acceptance: March 26th, 2026.
• Registration: From March 26th to May 3rd, 2026.

Registration fees:*

Presenter (in person/online): 30€/15€.

Attendee (in person/online): 20€/free.

*Participants from countries listed in the DAC list of ODA recipients will be eligible for a fee waiver.

For further information and abstract submission please visit the conference website. 

Keynote speakers:

Andrew D. Cohen (Emeritus professor, University of Minnesota)

Inekke Vedder and Folkert Kuiken (University of Amsterdam)

Wei Ren (Beihang University)

ITAP Board Members