<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-left">Learner Corpus Research
Conference 2026 – LCR 2026</h2>
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8th Learner Corpus Research Conference<br></strong>to be held in
<strong>Prague </strong>16–19 September, 2026<br></span></h4>
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Call for Papers opens on 16 November 2025</span></strong></h5>
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Tomáš Gráf, Barbora Bulantová, Kryštof Buchal, Alexandr Rosen, Radek
Skarnitzl, Lanfen Huang, Kristián Centek, Daniela Marková</span></p>
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site:</strong> <a
href="https://lcr2026.ff.cuni.cz";>https://lcr2026.ff.cuni.cz</a></span>
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dates:<br>Submission deadline: </span></strong><span lang="cs"
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January 2026</span><strong><span lang="cs"
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of acceptance: </span></strong><span lang="cs"
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March 2026<br><strong>Conference dates: </strong>17–19 September
2026<br><strong>Pre-conference workshops and PhD programme:</strong> 16
September 2026</span><strong><span lang="cs"
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Learner Corpus Research Conference 2026 (LCR 2026) will be held in the
beautiful and historically rich city of </span><span lang="cs"
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September 2026</span><span lang="cs"
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Organized biennially under the auspices of the Learner Corpus Association,
the upcoming conference is hosted by the Department of Linguistics at the
Faculty of Arts, Charles University. The event is co-organized by two of its
constituent units: the Department of English Language and ELT Methodology
and the Czech National Corpus.</span></p>
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conference, titled </span><span lang="cs"
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cs; mso-ligatures: none;">Forging
the Future of Learner Corpus Research</span><span lang="cs"
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reflects a dual awareness: of the field’s substantial legacy and of the
pressing need to embrace emerging technological and methodological
innovations. It also highlights the importance of identifying new directions
and developing fresh perspectives in learner corpus studies.</span></p>
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conference theme resonates with the extensive experience and pioneering
contributions of the Czech National Corpus, which has been shaping standards
in corpus linguistics for over three decades. Moreover, the Faculty of Arts
and its linguistics departments are deeply rooted in the tradition of the
Prague Linguistic Circle, and they previously hosted the 38th ICAME
conference in 2017.</span></p>
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warmly encourage all participants to contribute actively to discussions and
to share their insights. We aim to foster a collegial and collaborative
environment conducive to the advancement of learner corpus research. We look
forward to welcoming you to Prague for a stimulating and inspiring gathering
of researchers in the field.</span></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-left">Call description </h2>
<p>We welcome all contributions related to learner corpus research and strongly
encourage authors to explore new directions, challenge existing paradigms, or
apply innovative approaches to learner corpus data. Areas of interest include,
but are not limited to:</p>
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<li>Language for Academic and Specific Purposes</li>
<li>Language Teaching, Assessment, and Testing</li>
<li>Learner Corpus-Based SLA Studies</li>
<li>Corpora as Pedagogical Resources</li>
<li>Multimodal Learner Corpora</li>
<li>Software Tools for Learner Corpus Analysis</li>
<li>Corpus-Based Translation Studies</li>
<li>English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI)</li>
<li>English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)</li>
<li>Data Mining and Exploratory Methods</li>
<li>Statistical and Quantitative Approaches</li>
<li>Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics</li>
<li>NLP Applications in Learner Corpus Research</li>
<li>Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency (CAF) Measures</li>
</ul>
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<p>We invite submissions for the following formats:</p>
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<li><strong>Full paper</strong> (20 minutes + 10 minutes discussion)</li>
<li><strong>Work in progress (WIP)</strong> report (10 minutes + 5 minutes
discussion)</li>
<li><strong>Corpus/Software demonstration</strong></li>
<li><strong>Poster presentation</strong></li>
<li><strong>Insight session </strong>(Insight sessions are intended primarily
for PhD students and/or early-career researchers. The format allows for a
10-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute expert feedback follow-up. )
</li>
</ul>
<p>The WIP reports and posters are intended to present research still at a
preliminary stage and on which researchers would like to get feedback.</p>
<p><strong>The language of the conference is English.</strong></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Abstract submission</h2>
<p>We invite submissions of abstracts in the range of 500 words (excluding
references) for presentations in one of the categories listed above.</p>
<p>Please indicate the category of your submission (Full paper / WiP Report /
Corpus / software demonstration / Poster presentation) at the beginning of
your abstract.</p>
<p>Abstracts should include:</p>
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<li>A <strong>clearly articulated research question</strong> and an
explanation of its relevance to learner corpus research</li>
<li>A brief overview of the <strong>research
approach</strong>, <strong>data</strong>,
and <strong>methods</strong> used</li>
<li>A summary of the <strong>main results</strong> and their interpretation
</li>
</ul>
<p>Submissions must be made via <a
href="https://openreview.net/group?id=learnercorpusassociation.org/LCR/2026/Conference&referrer=%5BHomepage%5D(%2F)#tab-your-consoles">OpenReview</a>
(registration
necessary).</p>
<p>The working language of the conference is English. Please do not include
author names or institutional affiliations in the submitted abstract.</p>
<p>For co-authored submissions, one author should register and upload the
abstract, but each co-author must register individually for the conference.
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