We invite contributions that thoroughly explore constructionist approaches to teaching first, second, foreign, or third languages, with a focus on, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Teaching a language via its constructions
  • Constructionist language resources for language pedagogy
  • ConstructiCons and constructicography
  • Construction-based exercises
  • Use of AI for building constructiCon resources
  • Use of AI for identifying and describing constructions
  • Use of AI for designing construction-based exercises
  • Construction-based design of language proficiency tests
  • Identification of constructions specific to professional jargon
  • Representation of dialectal constructions in language teaching
  • Contrastive studies of constructions and their use in language instruction
  • Constructional rivalry
  • Constructions in heritage language
  • Acquisition of constructions

The working language of the conference is English. The oral presentations will be 20 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words, excluding references, clearly indicating the research question, data, methods, and major contributions of the study.

The deadline for abstract submission is October 1, 2025, at 24:00 CET. All abstracts should be submitted electronically via CMT at (URL). We especially encourage the submission of abstracts by early career researchers.

A downloadable file with CFP can be found at the bottom of this page.

We look forward to welcoming you to Tromsø and having a productive and enriching conference.

Sincerely,

The Organizing Committee.

Acknowledgment:

The Microsoft CMT service is used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.




Attachments:

1:    CFP CALP5 Norway