About PALA

PALA (Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition) is an international symposium held yearly at different universities around the world.

The symposium focuses on research and developments related to processability approaches to language acquisition, particularly second language acquisition and bilingualism/multilingualism research, empirical issues and practical applications.

PAST PALA SYMPOSIA

The International Symposium of Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition has been held every year, since 2000, at the following locations:

  • 2000 – University of Western Sydney, Australia
  • 2001 – The Australian National University, Australia
  • 2003 – University of Western Sydney, Australia
  • 2004 – University of Sassari, Italy
  • 2005 – Deakin University, Australia
  • 2006 – University of Malta
  • 2007 – University of Newcastle, UK
  • 2008 – University of Verona, Italy
  • 2009 – Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany
  • 2010 – University of Western Sydney, Australia
  • 2011 – University of Innsbruck, Austria
  • 2012 – Ghent University, Belgium
  • 2013 – University of Lund, Sweden
  • 2014 – University of Paderborn, Germany
  • 2015 – Høgskolen i Østfold, Norway
  • 2016 – Tokai University, Chuo University, Japan and Western Sydney University, Australia
  • 2017 – Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany
  • 2018 – University of Sydney, The Australian National University and Western Sydney University
  • 2019 – University of Iceland, Reykjavík
  • 2021 – University of Trento, Italy

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE


Ragnar Arntzen
(Østfold University College, Norway)


Kristof Baten
(The University of Ghent, Belgium)


Bruno Di Biase
Western Sydney University, Australia)


Anna Flyman‐Mattsson
(Lund University, Sweden)


Gisela Håkansson
(Lund University, Sweden/Østfold University College, Norway)


Louise Jansen
(The Australian National University, Australia)


Satomi Kawaguchi
(Western Sydney University, Australia)


Jörg‐U. Keßler
(Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany)


Anke Lenzing
(Paderborn University, Germany)


Marco Magnani
(University of Trento, Italy)


Manfred Pienemann
(Paderborn University, Germany)


Jacopo Saturno
(University of Bergamo, Italy)


Yumiko Yamaguchi
(Tokai University, Japan)


Howard Nicholas
(La Trobe University, Australia)

2022 ORGANISING COMMITTEE


Dr. Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh
(International Islamic University Malaysia, IIUM, Kuala Lumpur)


A/Prof Bruno Di Biase
(Western Sydney University, Australia)


Dr. Siti Afifah Hashim
(International Islamic University Malaysia, IIUM, Kuala Lumpur)


A/Prof Satomi Kawaguchi
(Western Sydney University, Australia)


A/Prof Zahariah Pilus
(International Islamic University Malaysia, IIUM, Kuala Lumpur)


A/Prof Maskanah Mohammad Lotfie
(International Islamic University Malaysia, IIUM, Kuala Lumpur)


Dr. Maimunah Abd Kadir
(International Islamic University Malaysia, IIUM, Kuala Lumpur)

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