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Language Attrition

  • What is language attrition?
  • What does language attrition look like…
    • … among adults?
    • … among children?
    • … among adoptees?
    • … among the elderly?
    • … among the cognitively impaired?
    • … among refugees?
  • What can I do to prevent attrition?
    • Use it or lose it?
    • Speak only the second language?
    • What language should I speak with my children?
  • Stories and responses
    • Celebrity attriters
    • Fictional attriters
    • Real life attriters
    • Blogs and other internet accounts
  • Media coverage
  • Projects, studies, and findings
    • First language attrition among German-Jewish refugees
    • Bilingual linguistic knowledge
  • Resources for researchers
    • Conferences
      • International Conferences on Language Attrition ICLA)
        • 3rd international conference on Language Attrition (ICLA 3)
          • Abstracts
          • Accommodation
          • Conference program and presentation slides
          • Plenary Speakers
          • Venue and travel
        • 4th International Conference on Language Attrition
          • Plenary Speakers
          • Travel
          • Venue
          • Call for Papers
          • Conference Schedule
          • Registration
          • Contact Info
          • Accommodation
        • Fifth International Conference on Language Attrition and Bilingualism (ICLA 5)
      • Language Attrition Seminar Series (ESRC-funded)
        • Forgetting your native language: consequences to career prospects (London, 9. Nov. 2018)
          • Practitioner Day – Programme
        • The Importance of the Native Language – Practitioner Day (Birkbeck College, London, Nov. 10th)
          • Programme and slides
    • Materials
      • Sociolinguistic questionnaires
      • Attitude and motivational questionnaires
      • C-Test
      • CanDo scales
    • Tools
      • Coding the Sociolinguistic Data
      • Calculating compound factors
      • Coding the C-Test
    • Publications
    • Dissertations
  • Language Attrition Network
  • BILDEV
    • Project Team
  • About myself
  • Contact
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International Conference on Language Attrition (ICLA) series

ICLA 1 – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2002

ICLA 2 – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2005

ICLA 3 – University of Essex, 2016

ICLA 4 – University of Southern Connecticut, 2022

ICLA 5 – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 7.-9.10.2026

ICLA 6 – Minho University, Braga, Portugal, 2028

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