International Conference on Conversation Analysis and Language Teacher Education

(13-15 February, 2026)

The International Conference on Conversation Analysis and Language Teacher Education (icCALTE) will be held at TED University, Ankara, Türkiye on 13-15 February, 2026.

The icCALTE aims to bring together researchers broadly interested in language teacher education, professional development, classroom discourse, classroom interactional competence, L2 interactional practices and competences, and L2 learning/teaching/assessment. The conference welcomes contributions drawing on ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, interactional linguistics, discursive psychology, membership categorization analysis, or other related data-led and evidence-based approaches. 

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KEYNOTES

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INVITED PANELS

1- Fundamental CA research on L2 interaction: Lessons for applied CA research –
Organized by Simona Pekarek Doehler, Université de Neuchâtel

2- CA perspectives on Classroom Interaction in Teacher Education – State of the art and future directions
Organized by Maxi Kupetz, Leipzig University

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INVITED WORKSHOPS

1- Exploring Customized AI Teaching Assistants – by Safinaz Büyükgüzel, Aarhus University

2- Classroom Interactional Competence and Language Teaching – by Nilüfer Can Daşkın, Hacettepe University

3- An Introduction to the DigiLTE Learning Environment: Exploring Data-Informed Evidence for Language Teacher Education – by DigiLTE Project Team

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The icCALTE strands include but are not limited to:

• L2/multilingual interactional competence and its development, including professional development
• L2 classroom discourse and interaction
• L2 teacher education and development
• Technologically mediated interaction, learning and teaching
• Multilingual interaction and L2 learning in classrooms and in the wild
• Assessment of L2/multilingual interactional competence
• Multimodality and materiality in L2 interaction
• Evidence-based professional development

Contact: digilte[at]tedu.edu.tr; digilteproject[at]gmail.com or ufuk.balaman[at]tedu.edu.tr for inquiries about the conference.

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Important Dates:

March 3, 2025 – Submission system opens

October 7, 2025 – Submission deadline [EXTENDED]

October 10, 2025 – Notification of acceptance/rejection (registration opens; free of charge)

December 15, 2025  – Registration deadline

February 13-15, 2026 – Conference

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Ufuk Balaman, TED University

Semih Ekin, TED University

Arzu Kanat Mutluoğlu, TED University

Silvia Kunitz, Linköping University

Nigel Musk, Linköping University

Taiane Malabarba, University of Potsdam

Christl Langer, University of Potsdam

Natalia Evnitskaya, International University of Catalonia

Lexi Dawn, International University of Catalonia

Fatma Badem, Bartın University

Neslihan Köse, Bartın University

Betül Çimenli Olcars, Bartın University

Søren Wind Eskildsen, University of Southern Denmark

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LOCAL ORGANIZING TEAM

Ufuk Balaman, TED University, Conference Chair

Semih Ekin, TED University

Arzu Kanat Mutluoğlu, TED University

İlayda Şahin, TED University

Şükran Buse Tatar, TED University

Hasan Felat Kocahal, TED University

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