Organization of ELLRA
The image shows the ELLRA governing committees, how they nest within the membership, and their interdependency.
1. General Assembly of Members
ELLRA members in good standing represent this committee.
2. Executive Committee
This committee includes three members elect: the Chair, Treasurer and Events Coordinator. They oversee the Association with five co-opted members: the Vice-Chair, Membership Officer, Communications Director, Secretary and Community Outreach Coordinator.
3. Finance Committee
This commitee provides oversight of ELLRA’s finances and is supported by the Treasurer and a certified accountant.
4. Committee of the General Assembly
This committee presides over the General Assembly and coordinates the electoral process every three years.
ELLRA Governing Committees
(2023 - 2026)
Executive Committee
Executive Committee Elect
Nayr Ibrahim
Nayr Ibrahim (PhD) is an Associate Professor of English Subject Pedagogy at Nord University, Norway. Her research interests include early language learning, learning to learn, bi/multilingualism, multiple literacies, language and identity, children’s literature, children’s language rights.
Caroyln Leslie
Carolyn Leslie (PhD) is an Assistant Professor in Foreign Language Didactics at the Modern Languages, Cultures and Literatures Department, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal. Her research interests include spoken interaction in early foreign language learning, language assessment and teacher education.
Co-Opted Members
Joanna Rokita Jaśkow
Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow (PhD) is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Institute of English Studies, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland. Her research interests include early foreign language learning, language teacher education and development, multilingualism at school environment.
Melanie Ellis
Melanie Ellis (PhD, postdoctoral habilitation) is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland. Her research interests include early reading in foreign language English, education of teachers of primary EFL learners and design of materials for teacher learning.
David Valente
Eva Jakupčević
Committee of the General Assembly
Sue Garton
Sue Garton is Professor of Applied Linguistics (TESOL) at Aston University, UK. Her research interests include teaching young learners, language teacher education, primary language policy and classroom discourse.
Danijela Prošić-Santovac
Danijela Prošić-Santovac (PhD) is Head of the Centre for Languages in the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. Her research interests include teaching English as a foreign language at pre-school and early primary school and using children's literature in teaching, with a focus on fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
Serdar Tekin
Serdar Tekin (PhD) is an Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Department of Foreign Language Teaching, Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, Türkiye. His research interests include teaching English to young learners, translanguaging, technology-enhanced language learning, and teacher education.
Finance Committee
Nils Jaekel
Karen Glaser
Karen Glaser (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Teaching English in Primary School at Leipzig University, Germany. Her research interests include early language learning in institutional contexts, L2 pragmatics, classroom interaction research, and teacher professionalization.
María del Pilar García Mayo
María del Pilar García Mayo is Full Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country, Spain. Her interests include the study of English morphosyntax (generative perspective) and the role of interaction and attention to form in L2 learning (cognitive-interactionist approach).