H-LRF 2026 Conference

September 19-20, 2026

2026 H-LRF Conference

The 2026 H-LRF Conference will be held online on Saturday, September 19th and Sunday, September 20th. In order to accommodate presenters from different time zones, the conference will run from 2:15 pm to 7:00 pm (JST) on Saturday and from 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm (JST) on Sunday. Below is a list of the presenters and presentations for this conference. All times are JST. Each talk is 25 minutes, followed by a 5-minute changeover.

Each talk is 25 minutes; the time shown beside each talk is its start time (JST). Click a title to read the abstract.

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JSTSaturday, September 19thJSTSunday, September 20th
Session 5
13:30Perceived Narrator Effects on Incidental Vocabulary Learning and Eye MovementsAlexandre Gaspar Mendes Alves, Barry Lee Reynolds, Brian V. Rusk
14:00Diminished Mnemonic Advantage of Alliterative Phrases in Silent ReadingYinhui Gao, Barry Lee Reynolds, Brian V. Rusk
14:15–14:30Conference opening
Session 1Session 6
14:30Research-based Lexical Targets in Education and Teaching MaterialsBatia Laufer14:30Locus of Translation Priming Effect: Shared Concept or Form-Level Association?Yoan Linon & Mariko Nakayama
15:00Pairs vs. Quizlet: Vocabulary Gains Across Aspects of Word KnowledgeThomas Stones, Jon Clenton, Tatsuya Nakata15:00Do Chinese-English Bilinguals Activate Phonology in Early L2 Visual Word-Processing?Liying Yang, Irina Elgort, Sasha Calhoun
15:25–15:35Break (10 minutes)15:25–15:35Break (10 minutes)
Session 2Session 7
15:35Learner Autonomy and Vocabulary Choice on an Online PlatformMarshall Kiyoshi Higa15:35The Semitic Paradigm: Vocabulary Depth Hierarchies in L2 HebrewEihab Abu-Rabiah
16:05Evaluating the Efficacy of Data-Driven Learning and Input Enhancement Approaches on Grammatical Collocations in Saudi EFL LearnersAbeer Alenezi16:05Development and Initial Validation of COLLAT: A Collocation Awareness InstrumentChi Cuong Chau & Barry Lee Reynolds
16:30–16:45Break (15 minutes)16:30–16:45Break (15 minutes)
Session 3Session 8
16:45Effects of Enhanced Bilingual Subtitles on Comprehension and Vocabulary LearningJiaqi Wu, Takumi Hayabusa, Kazuki Shintome, Akifumi Yanagisawa16:45Measuring Spoken Vocabulary Knowledge: Word-Level Accentedness and ComprehensibilitySoma Sekiguchi, Ryuya Komuro, Yui Suzukida, Takumi Uchihara
17:15Vocabulary Support on Learner Engagement During Viewing and Vocabulary LearningMisaki Hatakeyama, Gaia Oikawa, Takumi Uchihara17:15Listener Background and the Evaluation of Spoken L2 English LexisPhilip Head
17:40–17:55Break (15 minutes)17:40–17:55Break (15 minutes)
Session 4Session 9
17:55How Effective Is L2 Incidental Collocation Learning? A Multilevel Meta-AnalysisMuhang Li & Takumi Uchihara17:55Mapping Discipline-Relevant Vocabulary in Introductory Agronomy and Applied Linguistics TextbooksWakako Takinami, Jon Clenton, Gavin Brooks, Simon Fraser, Takeshi Fukao
18:25Beyond Monologues: Predicting L2 Fluency in Academic MultiloguesChristopher J. Hollis, Jon Clenton, Gavin Brooks, Jen Jordan, Daniel Hougham18:25Rhetorical Structure and Lexical Features of Abstracts and Full TextsMotoko Asano, Kaori Sakakibara, Miho Fujieda, Tomoko Wakasa, Yoshinori Miyazaki
18:50–19:00Day 1 closing18:50–19:00Conference closing

About the conference

The conference schedule can be found here:

HLRF 2026 Schedule

The book of abstracts can be found here:

HLRF 2026 Book of Abstracts

The conference will take place via Zoom. If you have questions about the conference you can get in touch with us here.