Forthcoming events
The MATSDA/UAEH Conference
The Value of Texts as L2 Language Learning Materials
Wednesday June 3rd - Thursday June 4th, 2026
Business Centre, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico
Plenary Speakers will include:
Rod Ellis Claudia Feradas Hitomi Masuhara
Brian Tomlinson
Conference Focus
The Conference will focus on the use of written, spoken, interactive, multi-modal, mental, visual and audio-visual texts for facilitating the acquisition of a second or foreign language. It will welcome academic and practitioner research reports, position papers, materials suggestions and workshop discussions, as well as workshop evaluation, adaptation and development of learning materials.
Parallel and poster presentations
To submit an abstract for a forty-minute presentation or workshop, or for a poster presentation please send a 100-150 word summary of the proposed presentation to Brian Tomlinson at brianjohntomlinson@gmail.com.
Conference fees
MATSDA and TMAC members, students, UAEH staff: 209 US dollars
Other participants: 240 US dollars
Includes welcome drinks and pastes (local savoury pastries), coffees and teas
Enrolment and payment for the conference
Please contact UAEH at cel_recursosdidacticos@uaeh.edu.mx.
Hotels
For details of local hotels, please CLICK HERE.
MATSDA Membership
To enrol for MATSDA institutional or individual membership please contact Jensen Zheung at membership@matsda.org. Membership entitles you to conference discounts, a free copy of Folio each year and access to previous copies of Folio.
