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
The Executive Committee includes three statutory officers – the Chair, Treasurer and Secretary – who are responsible for the legal and administrative oversight of the Association.
They work alongside four additional members – the Vice-Chair, Membership Officer, Events Coordinator and Communications Director – who support the work of the committee and contribute to the development and running of the Association.
3. Finance Committee
The Finance Committee consists of three elected members who oversee ELLRA’s financial management and reporting. The committee works in coordination with the Treasurer and, where appropriate, a certified accountant.
4. Committee of the General Assembly
The Committee of the General Assembly consists of three elected members who preside over the General Assembly and coordinate the electoral process.
ELLRA Governing Committees
(2023 - 2026)
Executive Committee
Executive Committee Elect
Sandie Mourão
Sandie Mourão (PhD) is an Assistant Professor of Education at CETAPS, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal. Her research interests include foreign languages in early childhood education and care, intercultural learning, picturebooks in language education and classroom-based assessment.
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.
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).