Cutting-Edge Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
An international workshop titled Cutting-Edge Research Methods in Applied Linguistics will be organized by the ELTE DiAGram Research Centre for Functional Linguistics, the Intercultural Linguistics Doctoral Programme of the Doctoral School of Linguistics at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, and the MediLing Medical Linguistic Research Group. This event is the second workshop of the successful international workshop series Cutting-Edge Research Methods in Linguistics to be held on November 26, 2025.
(More about the first workshop HERE.)
Venue: ELTE BTK, R/245 (Rákóczi út 5.)
Time: Novemeber 26, 16.00–19.40
The language of the workshop: English
Invited speakers
María del Pilar Agustín Llach, professor at the University of La Rioja, and Zsófia Demjén, associate professor at the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University College London
The invited speakers of the interactive workshop will give reflexive insight into several methodological aspects of their research areas in two panels with the active participation of PhD students. Following the first keynote, the students will present methodological issues of their own research while in the second panel the participants will have the opportunity to test a research instrument in a hands-on session.
PROGRAMME
Opening: 16:00–16:05
Bóna Judit, Vice-Dean of research and academic affairs at ELTE BTK
1st Panel: 16.05–18.00
Research Methods in L2 and L3 Acquisition
Moderator: Dr. Brigitta Dóczi
16.05–16.45
Prof. María del Pilar Agustín Llach: Keynote on Research methods in lexical studies: the example of L2 and L3 learners
16.45–17.00
Q&A
17.00–18.00
Presentations by PhD students
17.00–17.15
Teréz Mirjam Brdar: Using the Lexical Availability Task (LAT) to explore the English L2 and Spanish L3 lexicon of Hungarian students in response to academia-related concepts
17.15–17.20
Q&A
17.20–17.35
Ghaith Alturjman: Focusing on eye-tracking as the research tool in second language reading research
17.35–17.40
Q&A
17.40–17.55
Sepideh Arab: Methodological barriers in bilingual TAP research: Capturing Reading Strategies in Persian-English readers
17.55–18.00
Q&A
18.00–18.20
Coffee-break
2nd Panel: 18.20–19.35
Dr. Zsófia Demjén: Discourse-based approach to metaphor framing in illness (hands-on session)
Moderator: Dr. Ágnes Kuna
19.35–19.40
Closing: Rita Brdar-Szabó
Organized by the ELTE DiAGram Research Centre for Functional Linguistics, the Intercultural Linguistics Doctoral Programme of the Doctoral School of Linguistics at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University and by the MediLing Medical Linguistic Research Group.Student Organizers:
Nikolett Arnold, Mokhtaria Bounouara, Banafsheh Ghafel, Haiou Liu, Emese K. Molnár, Yutian Qin, Cheyma Seghiri, Xinxin Song, Yang Chen Rui Wu, Jiayou Xi
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