Previous 2011-2017 FLTAL plenary speakers

5-8 May, 2011 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Larry Selinker - New York University, USA
  • Susan Gass - Michigan State University, USA
  • Suzanne Romaine - Oxford University, UK

4-6 May, 2012– Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Rod Ellis - University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Vivian Cook - Newcastle University, UK

3-5 May, 2013

  • Diane Larsen-Freeman - University of Michigan, USA
  • Ian Roberts - Cambridge University, UK
  • Noam Chomsky - MIT, USA (*video conference)
  • Paul Nation - University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • Rebecca Tipton - Manchester University, UK

8-11 May, 2014– Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Alison Mackey - Georgetown University, USA
  • Nick Ellis - University of Michigan, USA
  • Norbert Schmitt - Nottingham University, UK
  • Ronald Langacker - University of California-San Diego, USA
  • Steven Pinker - Harvard University, USA

7-9 May, 2015– Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Adele Eva Goldberg, Princeton University
  • Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Indiana University
  • Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University
  • Lydia White, McGill University
  • Michael Ullman, Georgetown University
  • Nina Spada, Toronto University
  • Paul Kei Matsuda, Arizona State Univesity

12-14 May, 2016– Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Claire Kramsch, The University of California, Berkeley
  • Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University
  • Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University
  • Henry Widdowson, University of London
  • Kendall King, University of Minnesota
  • Nicholas Evans, Australian National University
  • Patsy Lightbown, Concordia University
  • Richard Hudson, University College London

11-12 May, 2017– Astana, Kazakhstan

  • Ben Rampton, King’s College London
  • Harald Clahsen, Postdam Research Institute for Multilingualism
  • Paul Kei Matsuda, Arizona State University
  • Susan Gass, Michigan State University
  • Tanat Ayapova, Kazakh National Pedagogical University

10-11 May, 2018 – Almaty, Kazakhstan

  • Jeannette Littlemore, University of Birmingham
  • Guy Cook, King’s College London
  • Robert M. De Keyser, Maryland University