The PacSLRF organization was first established at the University of Sydney in 1991, primarily through efforts by Manfred Pienemann. PacSLRF conferences aim to provide a forum for dissemination of SLA (Second Language Acquisition) research in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference was patterned after the North American SLRF (Second Language Research Forum) to feature data-based studies or theoretical innovations in any area of SLA research. With its special emphasis on SLA work in the Asia-Pacific region, it was expected that PacSLRF would provide a needed complement to SLRF and EuroSLA. Since then, PacSLRF has been held at the following institutions:

• PacSLRF 1996 at the Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
• PacSLRF 1998 at Aoyama Gakuin University (Japan)
• PacSLRF 2001 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (United States)
• PacSLRF 2006 at the University of Queensland (Australia)
• PacSLRF 2008 at Beijing University of Foreign Studies (China)
• PacSLRF 2016 at Chuo University (Japan)
• PacSLRF 2021 at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia) was planned but cancelled due to COVID-19.
• PacSLRF 2023 at Thammasat University (Thailand)
• PacSLRF 2025 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)

Chinese website (会议中文官网): https://sfl.sjtu.edu.cn/Data/List/PacSRLF-2025