Membership options • ELLRA • Early Language Learning ELLRA offers two membership types: individuals with reduced and honorary membership options and institutional with three membership packages.

📢🌍 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.

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Programme – 2nd ELLRA Conference

📢 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.)

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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...

📖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

📅 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.
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🏅 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

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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 …

📊 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...

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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...

📚 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...

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✨ Season’s greetings from ELLRA ✨
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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 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! ✨

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🌱 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

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

2nd ELLRA Conference - CALL FOR PAPERS!

For more information:
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Submit your proposal:
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Studies show that kids between ages 2–8 are at the best stage to naturally absorb new languages.
Learning English early supports both language and cognitive development!
#EarlyLanguageLearning #FirstStepEnglish #PlayTimeEnglish