Previous speakers
Previous 2011-2024 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 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Diane Larsen-Freeman - University of Michigan, USA
Ian Roberts - Cambridge University, UK
Noam Chomsky - MIT, USA
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, USA
Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Indiana University, USA
Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University, USA
Lydia White, McGill University, Canada
Michael Ullman, Georgetown University, USA
Nina Spada, Toronto University, Canada
Paul Kei Matsuda, Arizona State Univesity, USA
12-14 May, 2016– Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Claire Kramsch, The University of California, Berkeley, USA
Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University, USA
Henry Widdowson, University of London, UK
Kendall King, University of Minnesota, USA
Nicholas Evans, Australian National University, Australia
Patsy Lightbown, Concordia University, Canada
Richard Hudson, University College London, UK
11-12 May, 2017– Astana, Kazakhstan
Ben Rampton, King’s College London, UK
Harald Clahsen, Postdam Research Institute for Multilingualism, Germany
Paul Kei Matsuda, Arizona State University, USA
Susan Gass, Michigan State University, USA
Tanat Ayapova, Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan
10-11 May, 2018 – Almaty, Kazakhstan
Jeannette Littlemore, University of Birmingham, UK
Guy Cook, King’s College London, UK
Robert M. De Keyser, Maryland University, USA
2-3, May, 2019 – Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Cynthia White, Massey University, New Zealand
Gary Barkhuizen, Auckland University, New Zealand
21-22 December, 2020 – Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Bridget Goodman, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Ekaterina Isaeva, Perm State University, Russia
Mahdieh Jahangir, Arizona State University, USA
Reima Al-Jarf, King Saud University (KSU), Saudi Arabia
Rita Brdar-Szabó, Loránd Eötvös University, Hungary
Wang Lei, Beijing International Studies University (BISU), China
11-12 December, 2021 – Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Alison Taysum – Birmingham University, UK
Alexandra Shaitan – Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Diana Zelter – Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Mayamin Altae – Qatar University, Qatar
Zhencong Liu – Beijing International Studies University, China
9-10 December, 2022 – Urganch, Uzbekistan
Ali H. Raddaoui, University of Wyoming, USA
Azamat Akbarov, FLTAL Chairperson, Uzbekistan
Christine Sabieh, Notre Dame University, Beirut, Lebanon
Daniel Xerri, University of Malta, Malta
Gary Barkhuizen, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Guli Ergasheva, Uzbekistan State World Languages University, Uzbekistan
Hasan Said Ghazala, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Jean-Marc Dewaele, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Mayamin Altae, Qatar University, Qatar
Natela P. Martyssiuk, BIP -- University of Law and Social-Information Technologies, Republic of Belarus
Reima Al-Jarf, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Saodat Saidakbarova, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan
Teodora Iordachescu, "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia, Romania
Zhang Xihua, Beijing International Studies University, China
Zokhid Jumaniyozov, Urganch State University, Uzbekistan
29-30 November, 2023 – Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
Azamat Akbarov, FLTAL Chairperson, Uzbekistan
Anora Jabbarova, Jizzakh State Pedagogical University, Uzbekistan
Chengchen Li, University College London, United Kingdom
Elouise Botes, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Guljakhan Seytniyazova, Karakalpak State University, Uzbekistan
Leslie Turpin, School for International Training, Graduate Institute, USA
Martin Lamb, University of Leeds, UK
Michelle Bedeker, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Nargiza Buriyeva, Jizzakh State Pedagogical University, Uzbekistan
Nozimjon Ataboyev, Bukhara State University, Uzbekistan
Tan Bee Tin, Auckland University, New Zealand
Temurbek Saidnazarov, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan
Ursula Lanvers, University of York, UK
Zhang Yumei, Beijing International Studies University, China
27-28 September, 2024 – Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
Azamat Akbarov, FLTAL Chairman, Uzbekistan
Gary Barkhuizen, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Heath Rose, University of Oxford, UK
Jim McKinley, University College London, UK
Mahira Huseynova, Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, Azerbaijan
Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University, USA
2-3 May, 2025 – Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
Ali Fuad Selvi – The University of Alabama, USA
Azamat Akbarov – FLTAL Chairperson, Uzbekistan
Bonny Norton – The University of British Columbia, Canada
Paul Kei Matsuda – Arizona State University, USA
Sarah Mercer – The University of Graz, Austria
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