Accents

Accents 2025

ŁÓDŹ, 11 - 13 DEC 2025

18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE ACCENTS OF ENGLISH

Accent variation and change

'Accents' is an annual conference organized by the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at University of Lodz, Poland. It brings together researchers and teachers interested in native and non-native accents of English, approached from a variety of theoretical and/or practical perspectives. The key issues discussed each year include individual accent characteristics, the dynamism of accent usage, accent teaching and learning, and the methods and tools for accent studies. The leitmotif of Accents 2025 revolves around phonological variation and change in English accents across diverse contexts, regions, countries and continents.

Plenary speakers (in alphabetical order):

Prof. Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Prof. Talia Isaacs, University College London, United Kingdom

Prof. Radek Skarnitzl, Charles University, Czechia

Prof. Jane Stuart-Smith, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Call for papers

We invite proposals for papers, workshops and posters referring to the main theme ‘Accent variation and change’ as well as other issues related to native and non-native accents of English, including, but not limited to the ones mentioned below:
accents in natural environment: World Englishes, immigrant context, sojourners, etc.
accents in varied educational contexts: ESL, EFL, ELF, ESOL, EAP, EMI, etc.
phonological variation across time and space
bilingualism and multilingualism
ASR, CAPT, HVPT
modern technology use in pronunciation learning/teaching
native and non-native verbal interactions
the role of pronunciation in oral communication
pronunciation in discourse
suprasegmentals/prosody/fluency
intelligibility/ comprehensibility/ acceptability
segmental features and accuracy
speech perception and/or speech production
pronunciation teaching, pronunciation instruction and instructed learning
classroom-based research
laboratory-based investigations
pronunciation assessment
pronunciation teacher training

Deadline for abstract submissions has been extended till September 21st, 2025. Please send an abstract of up to 400 words in word document NOT pdf (excluding references) to accents@uni.lodz.pl with the intended format, Author name(s) and affiliation written under the title. The proposals will go through the process of peer review, after which notifications of acceptance will be sent out by September 30th, 2025.
Information on our previous conferences can be found at filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents under Abstracts. Please send all conference related questions to accents@uni.lodz.pl
All information regarding the registration fee, conference venue and recommended conference hotel will be available in early autumn.

Venue and accommodation

CONFERENCE VENUE

The conference is planned for three full days, December 11-13, 2025. The conference will be held at the Faculty of Philology and the University Conference Centre (Kopcińskiego 16/18) of the University of Lodz.

ACCOMMODATION

We recommend the University Conference Centre - please go to Registration Form (available below) to book a room.

Registration

The fee, which covers organization costs, conference materials, lunches, refreshments and conference dinner, is 1000 PLN for participants working at Polish institutions (750 PLN for students) and 275 Euro for participants from other countries (210 Euro for students). The deadline for registration and bank payments is October 18th, 2025. We will be able to refund 50% of the fee (in case of resignation) before November 6th, 2025 and after that date no refunds will be possible. The fee should be transferred to the Accents UŁ bank account (bank transfer charges are the responsibility of the payer).

The link to the REGISTRATION FORM is available here where you also find all the necessary information related to the accommodation in the University Conference Center. If you decide to choose other hotels in Łódź, please make the booking on your own and complete only the registration form.

The payments:
Please make payments to the university bank account: (NOTE: please remember to specify your name and the name of the conference – Accents 2025 – as well as accommodation choices with the payment).
Account holder:

UNIWERSYTET ŁÓDZKI
KF25 18TH INTERNAT. CONF. ON NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE ACCENTS OF ENG. ACCENTS 2025
IBAN: PL 64 1240 3028 1111 0011 5748 2334
BIC/Swift: PKOPPLPW

Bank:
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., II Oddział w Łodzi
Piotrkowska 270, 90-361 Łódź

Participants from Poland make payments in PLN

For participants from Poland – additional financial information
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