ALTA 2026: Reimagining African Language Pedagogy In the Digital Age

The 29th Annual Conference of the African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) is hosted by Princeton University. The conference is an annual gathering of African language educators, researchers, students, and community partners to build African language pedagogy by sharing their research, experiences, and best classroom practices.

In the current digital environment, language technologies have grown exponentially, yet African languages remain underrepresented. To address this disparity, the theme for the 2026 ALTA conference is “Reimagining African Language Pedagogy in the Digital Age.” Teachers, researchers, technologists, and community educators will share their work pertaining to African language teaching in the digital environment and the connected classroom. Topics focus on research, classroom practices, tools, datasets, or community collaborations, and especially work centering on underrepresented languages, historical languages, and learner accessibility.