Schauer, Gila A.
Gila A. Schauer is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Erfurt, Germany. Her recent publications include ‘Teaching and Learning English in the Primary School: Interlanguage Pragmatics in the EFL context’ (Springer, 2019) and she is currently exploring the potential of literary works for teaching L2 pragmatics to young learners.
Economidou-Kogetsidis, Maria
Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Her research spans L2 and intercultural pragmatics, cross-cultural communication, linguistic politeness and L2 email pragmatics. She is the co-author of Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners: Beneath the Linguistic Surface (with Savic and Myrset, Multilingual Matters, 2024).
Savic, Milica
Milica Savic is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Her research focuses on L2 pragmatics, linguistic politeness and pragmatics instruction in EFL contexts. Her publications include the co-authored volume above and Email Pragmatics and Second Language Learners (co-edited with Econimidou-Kogetsidis and Halenko, John Benjamins, 2021).
Myrset, Anders
Anders Myrset is Associate Professor of ELT Methodology at the University of Stavanger, Norway. His research explores pragmatic competence and instruction, (meta)pragmatic awareness of young learners and issues related to research with children. He is an author of ELT textbooks for young language learners and co-author of Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners: Beneath the Linguistic Surface.
Gila A. Schauer is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Erfurt, Germany. Her recent publications include Teaching and Learning English in the Primary School: Interlanguage Pragmatics in the EFL context (Springer, 2019) and her research focuses on L2 pragmatics, intercultural competence, and literature in L2 teaching and learning.
Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Her research spans L2 and intercultural pragmatics, cross-cultural communication, linguistic politeness and L2 email pragmatics. She is the co-author of Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners: Beneath the Linguistic Surface (with Savic and Myrset, Multilingual Matters, 2025).
Milica Savic is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Her main research interests include L2 pragmatics, especially children’s (meta)pragmatic development, email communication and, more recently, critical visual literacy and participatory research approaches with children.
Anders Myrset is Associate Professor of ELT Methodology at the University of Stavanger, Norway. His research has mainly focused on children’s L2 (meta)pragmatic development, L2 pragmatics instruction and, more recently, aspects related to participatory research with children. He is also an author of ELT textbooks for young language learners.
