The foundation of AILA was agreed upon at the International Colloquium of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nancy, France (hence AILA's French name), 1964. This decision was a result of two years preparatory work and discussion, with the financial support of the Council of Europe. At that time, the clientele to be served by this new international association was restricted mainly to linguists and language teachers in Europe. The first president of AILA was Bernard Pottier, supported in organizational and administrative matters by Max Gorosch. The founding congress of AILA in Nancy was almost exclusively run in French, and the main strands into which the contributions were organized were automatic translation, language teaching and research cooperation in Europe.
Bernhard Pottier had no direct successor until 1969, when at the Second International Congress of Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge (in fact the first one with this title) AILA was virtually refounded and Pit Corder was elected President and Bertil Malmberg became Secretary General. It was from then on that AILA got a constant organizational structure and that AILA Congresses were held on a triennial basis. Also from then on, English became the de facto lingua franca in AILA, although the Association was officially French / English bilingual from its beginning and still is today. This congress also became prototypical for all following AILA Congresses in that its strands represented the key issues in Applied Linguistics of the respective time - in that case, the psychology of second language learning, sociolinguistics, and contrastive linguistics.
Originally a European initiative, AILA has become truly gobal over the past 40 years, including now affiliates from Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America.
AILA aims to extend participation in Applied Linguistics across geographical areas not currently well represented in our association by offering a limited number of Solidarity Awards to scholars in Applied Linguistics who might be unable to participate in the World Congress without financial support. This is made possible by the generous donation of individuals, businesses, and organizations to the Solidarity Fund.
The selection criteria for Solidarity Awards are academic merit or promise, together with a financially disadvantaged situation, and acceptance of an abstract for presentation by the Congress organisers.
There are both 'full' awards, covering reasonable travel costs, accommodation and congress fees, and 'travel' awards, covering reasonable travel costs and congress fees.
For application procedure details, see Application for Grants.
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Centre for Research in Translation
Middlesex University, UK
e-mail:
Ms. Adelina Hild
Position:
Research Associate
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Translation
State University of New York at Binghamton, USA
e-mail:
Description
ReN in Translation and Interpreting was convened as a meeting place for scholars conducting research on translation and interpreting informed by the methods, frameworks and paradigms of Linguistics. Functioning as a forum for intra-disciplinary exchange, its primary goal is to encourage applied research and generate the potential for future collaborative projects, which would help define the subsequent activities of the ReN . Furthermore, it aims to build upon the uniquely broad academic network that AILA provides to activate to promote cross-disciplinary co-operation and to achieve a greater visibility for the research done in our own field.
Publications
(n/a)
Tri-Annual Report
The ReN in Translation and Interpreting has so far been engaged in an outreach effort which will lead up to the publication of a volume mirroring the state of applied research in Translation Studies.
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The aims of the network are to promote research, development and exchange of knowledge and information as well as collaboration in the field of Standard Language Education/Mother Tongue Education. The field deals with the teaching and/or learning within an educational system of the so-called mother tongue, be it a standard language of a nation state that statutorily accepts it as such, the language of education or the language of primary socialisation (a child's first own and/or home language). It is concerned with learners' curricular enculturation to language, literature and culture, and focuses on the disciplinary teaching and/or learning of signs, texts, utterances and their contexts, in particular reading, speaking, writing and listening. Although research may tend to foreground language, the interdisciplinary and complex character of the field opens for collaboration across disciplines.
Publications
Wolfgang Herrlitz, Sigmund Ongstad and Piet-Hein van de Ven (Eds.): Research on MTE in a Comparative International Perspective. Theoretical and methodological issues. Amsterdam/New York, N.Y. (Utrecht Studies in Language and Communication). Forthcoming 2007.
Contributions by StLE members in: Towards a common European framework of reference for language(s) of school education. Proceeding of an international conference organised by the Council of Europe and the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, April 27-29.2006. Forthcoming 2007.
Tri-Annual Report
Several network members took part in a Nordic one day conference in Växjö, Sweden, November 9, 2005, arranged by the network for Swedish with a Didactic Direction (SmDI). The theme of the conference was the different profiles of the Nordic mother tongue disciplines, and the goal was to establish a platform for future work in the fields of Nordic mother tongue education and research. At the conference members of StLE, Prof. Jon Smidt, Norway, and Associate prof. Ellen Krogh, Denmark, gave presentations.
In 2006 initiatives have been taken towards forming a common nordic research network on StLE/mother tongue education in the nordic countries. This will contribute to strengthening the StLE field of research.
In April 2006 the European Council, Language Policy Division, Strasbourg, France, and the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland organised the international conference "Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for Languages of School Education" in Kraków, Poland. The conference was part of a project aiming at examining the feasibility of producing a common European framework of reference for languages of school education. The convenors of StLE both presented papers at the conference, and an invitation to become members of the network was distributed. Several participants at the Kraków conference have later announced their intentions to take part in the StLE ReN activities in Essen 2008.
IMEN, The International Mother Tongue Education Network, a network the StLE network cooperates with, hosted two sessions at the Kraków conference. In February 2007 a think tank seminar was held at Randsvangen Hotel near Oslo at which several research groups were formed, some of these focusing on research projects in connection with the European Council research programme. At the seminar the ReN plans for Essen 2008 were presented. There is some overlap between IMEN and StLE: the leader of the IMEN board is former MTE convener, prof. Sigmund Ongstad, Norway, and one of the present StLE convenors, Dr. Ellen Krogh, is member of the IMEN board. This means that IMEN activities reach into StLE and to a high degree will point forward to AILA’s "Essen" conference in 2008.
The AILA Research Network (ReN) on Lay Theories and Folk Beliefs about Language(s), Language Learning and Communication invites all interested researchers to join them in the open part of their first workshop on December 5, 2009 in Salzburg at the conference of verbal (Austrian Association of Applied Linguistics; see http://www.uni-salzburg.at/spr/tagungen). The workshop is scheduled from 14.00-18.00h and will start with a brief presentation by each ReN member about their respective research area within the topic of the ReN. After this, guests are welcome to present their research/interests/views on the topic in a small paper and/or join us in the discussion afterwards. If you would like to come, please contact Martin Stegu at .
ReN Outline
This research network comprises applied linguists who address various aspects of folk beliefs or lay theories as applied linguistic issues in their research. In general, the focus lies on beliefs on language and language learning and their relevance for decisions in people’s everyday and working lives, in particular in a language teaching context.
Well established in the study of second language acquisition, the quantitative as well as qualitative investigation of learner’s attitudes and beliefs provides insight into the motivational sources of language learning. Thus, knowing about folk beliefs can significantly improve the understanding of and the influence on teacher behaviour, teacher training, and the design of curricula and teaching materials.
More generally, the beliefs and decisions of the layperson have become more important and relevant for scientists of quite a number of disciplines mainly for two reasons: On the one hand the non-expert, lay person is flooded with a vast amount of information on any subject, and quite often this is scientific information diluted by didactic or journalistic procedures. The growing demand for information is reflected in the popularity of guide books, ‘docutainment’ programmes on television, presentations for the public on scientific topics as well as the introduction of systematic teaching of knowledge in early education. In addition, the internet makes information available on a large scale and of varying quality and detail. On the other hand, the growing trend of bringing one’s private opinion to public attention forces researchers to take more notice of such opinions and their relevance for people’s decision making processes. Chat shows and blogs are prime examples of settings in which lay people voice their opinions and theories.
These developments are becoming increasingly relevant for applied linguists especially in linguistically diverse regions. With the investigation of folk beliefs in areas that are relevant to the individual the linguist can gain insight into the formation processes, the manifestation in various forms of discourse and the relevance of such beliefs for people’s decisions and actions. Furthermore, the investigation of lay beliefs on the nature of translation and interpreting, language acquisition, multilingualism, language policy, intercultural and any other kind of communication problems etc. might raise the linguists’ awareness of people’s need for information on linguistic issues and might ultimately help to bring Applied Linguistics (and its researchers) to public attention.
Programme for Activities
The members of this ReN are currently engaging in the following activities:
providing an overview of and bringing together the field of lay theories and folk beliefs about language(s), language learning, and communication as a distinct research area within Applied Linguistics;
exchanging information with each other about the various aspects and findings in the field;
document joint reseach activities in joint publications;
fostering the multinational and multilingual potentials of the network;
encouraging more new researchers to work on the topic of lay theories by promoting and supporting PhD studies and similar projects;
preparing and holding two small conferences within the next three years prior to AILA 2011;
providing information on activities and news publications on this webspace;
preparing a slot reserved for AILA Research Networks with a symposium at AILA 2011;
bringing together the work of the three years in a joint anthology on the important aspects of this emerging topic to establish it as a relevant area in Applied Linguistics.
Current members
Prof. Dr. Martin Stegu (Convener)
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Dr. Antje Wilton (Convener)
University of Erfurt, Germany
Prof. Dr. Karol Janicki
University of Bergen, Norway
Dr. Michael Pasquale
Cornerstone University, USA
Dr. Holger Wochele
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Prof. Dr. Jarmo Lainio
Märdalen University, Sweden
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Dietmar Osthus
Germany
Prof. Dr. Paveau, Marie-Anne
University of Paris, France
Prof. Dr. Achard-Bayle, Guy
University of Paul-Verlaine-Metz, France
Dr. Alessia Cogo
University of Surrey, Great Britain
Department of Languages and Cultural Studies University of Limerick Limerick
Ireland
Phone:
+353 61 202797
Fax:
+353 61 202556
E-mail:
Jeffrey Kallen
Israel
Israel Association of Applied Linguistics (ILASH)
http://www.tau.ac.il/~ilash/
Edna Lauden
Hebrew Studies Unit Tel-Aviv University Ramat Aviv 69978
Israel
Phone:
+972 3 6408947
Fax:
+972 3 6407426
E-mail:
Italy
Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata (AItLA)
http://www.aitla.unimo.it/
Augusto Carli
Dipartimento di Scienze del Linguaggio e della Cultura Largo S. Eufemia 19 41100 Modena
Italy
Japan
Japan Association of Applied Linguistics (JAAL)
http://www.jalt.org/
Prof. Yasukata Yano
Department of English Language and Linguistics School of Education Waseda University Tokyo
Japan
Phone:
+81 3 5286-1549
Fax:
+81 3 3203-7395
E-mail:
Korea (South)
Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (ALAK)
http://www.alak.or.kr/
Youngkyu Kim
Department of Korean Studies Graduate School of International Studies Ewha Womans University 11-1 Daehyeon-dong, Seodaemun-gu Seoul, 120-750
Korea (South)
Phone:
+82 2 3277-4641
Fax:
+82 2 3277-2899
E-mail:
Mexico
Asociacion Mexicana de Lingüistica Aplicada (AMLA)
Dr. María Eugenia Herrera Lima
Centro de Lingüstica Hispánica Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Mario de la Cueva Cáudad Universitaria México, DF, CP 04510
Mexico
Phone:
+52 5 5954666
Fax:
+52 5 5954666
E-mail:
Netherlands
Association Néerlandaise de Linguistique Appliquée (ANéLA)
University of Zululand Private Bag X1001 Kwadlangezwa 3886 KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Phone:
+27 35 93911
Fax:
+27 35 93420
E-mail:
Spain
Asociacion Espanola de Lingüistica Aplicada (AEsLA)
http://www.aesla.uji.es/
Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza
Dpto. Filologias Modernas Universidad De La Rioja 26004 Logrono
Spain
Phone:
+34 941 299430
Fax:
+34 941 299419
E-mail:
Dr. Rosa Maria Manchón Ruiz
Dpto. de Filologia Inglesa Facultad de Letras Universidad de Murcia
Spain
Phone:
+34 968 363187
Fax:
+34 968 363185
E-mail:
Sweden
Association Suédoise de Linguistique Appliquée (ASLA)
http://www.nordiska.su.se/asla/
Jarmo Lainio
School of Education, Culture and Communication Märdalen University
Sweden
E-mail:
Switzerland
Association Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée (VALS/ASLA)
http://www.vals-asla.ch/
Prof. Dr. Daniel Perrin
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences School of Applied Linguistics IAM Institute of Applied Media Studies P.O. Box Theaterstrasse 15 CH-8401 Winterthur
Switzerland
Phone:
+41 58 934 60 60
E-mail:
United Kingdom
British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
http://www.baal.org.uk/
Guy Cook
E-mail:
Paul Thompson
E-mail:
United States
American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
http://www.aaal.org/
Linda Harklau
Department of Language and Literacy Education 125 Aderhold University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602
This ReN aims at providing much needed applied linguistic (empirical and methodological) insights into the interactional processes of classrooms where the teaching and learning of curricular content happens in and through foreign or second languages. Such programmes are known by various labels: CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning; Marsh and Marsland (eds.) 1999), foreign language immersion education (Snow 1998) or, in case the medium of instruction is a second language, CBI (Content-based Instruction, Snow and Brinton 1997). We have chosen ‘CLIL’ because it gives equal weight to the two components that define this educational model: content and language.
CLIL is a very topical matter as this educational practice enjoys widespread and increasing popularity in many parts of the world (e.g. Davies 2003, Crawford 2001; Ammon 2002; Marsh, Ontero & Shikongo 2002) and at all levels of education (primary, secondary and tertiary).
The focus of the ReN is envisaged as complementary to already available research in this area which has mainly been concerned with language learning outcomes on the one hand (Swain and Lapkin 1998; Wode 1995) and content subject pedagogy on the other (e.g. Wells 1999, Wildhage & Otten 2003). What has received little attention so far (e.g. Duff 1995) are descriptions of what actually happens when students and teachers communicate on curricular topics in a language which is not their L1 (but see Duff 1995). The ReN will provide new information on this ‘missing link’. The findings will be highly relevant in two ways: first they will examine ongoing language learning processes; second they will explore the complex yet crucial role/s language plays in collaborative knowledge construction, which is mirrored in the range of disciplinary affiliations among the ReN participants (see 5.ii).
The ReN participants do not only span the breadth of disciplines necessary for the research topic (educational, applied linguistic and classroom-based discourse analysis of various types), they have also already carried out empirical research focused on naturalistic classroom data on a range of educational, social and cultural contexts world-wide. As the individual investigations have delivered interesting results with a large potential for exchange and cross-fertilization, a research forum like the proposed ReN will provide the necessary basis for a fruitful interdisciplinary coordination of research endeavours, insightful exchange of findings and dissemination of results.
Convener(s)
Ms. Ute Smit
Position:
senior lecturer
Affiliation:
University of Vienna
e-mail:
Ms. Christiane Dalton-Puffer
Position:
assoc. prof.
Affiliation:
University of Vienna
e-mail:
Ms. Tarja Nikula
Position:
research fellow
Affiliation:
Academy of Finland & University of Jyväskylä
e-mail:
Publications
C. Dalton-Puffer and T. Nikula (eds.) 2006. Current research on CLIL. Special issue of VIEWS (Vienna English Working Papers), to be downloaded from: http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/ang_new/online_papers/views/current.htm
C. Dalton-Puffer and U. Smit (eds.) 2007. Empirical perspectives on CLIL classroom discourse. Frankfurt etc.: Peter Lang.
There are various types of membership in AILA. Individuals can be a member of AILA by membership in a national or regional Association of Applied Linguistics affiliated to AILA or by becoming an individual member of AILA.
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ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences School of Applied Linguistics IAM Institute of Applied Media Studies Director of the Institute Theaterstrasse 15 P.O. Box CH-8401 Winterthur
Switzerland
Phone:
+41 (0)58 934 60 60
E-mail:
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AILA is the acronym for Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée or International Association of Applied Linguistics.
AILA is the international federation of national or regional associations of Applied Linguistics. Through its member associations, AILA currently has a membership of more than 8.000 individuals worldwide who as researchers, policy makers or practitioners are active in the field of Applied Linguistics.
Applied Linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of research and practice dealing with practical problems of language and communication that can be identified, analysed or solved by applying available theories, methods and results of Linguistics or by developing new theoretical and methodological frameworks in Linguistics to work on these problems. Applied Linguistics differs from Linguistics in general mainly with respect to its explicit orientation towards practical, everyday problems related to language and communication.
The problems Applied Linguistics deals with range from aspects of the linguistic and communicative competence of the individual such as first or second language acquisition, literacy, language disorders, etc. to language and communication related problems in and between societies such as e.g. language variation and linguistic discrimination, multilingualism, language conflict, language policy and language planning.
AILA is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) having FCR (Formal Consultative Relations) with UNESCO.
The AILA Newsletter (AILA News) was discontinued in 2004 with the establishment of the AILA website. Past issues can be accessed here.
AILA Review
AILA Review is a scholarly journal of AILA. Its first issue appeared in 1984, and from 1989, all Volumes are guest-edited and thematically oriented. Up to Volume 16, the journal was published by AILA itself. From Volume 16 onwards, AILA Review is published by John Benjamins.
AILA Applied Linguistics Series (AALS)
AILA Applied Linguistics Series (AALS) is a book series published under the editorial responsibility of AILA at John Benjamins, Amsterdam.
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To this end it publishes articles in fields as diverse as:cross-cultural differences in linguistic politeness
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The need for more regional cooperation among Applied Linguists is obvious in Europe in particular, where there always has been a vast amount and a wide variety of work in Applied Linguistics, but where cross-border cooperation so far takes place only on a smaller scale.
At a meeting hosted by the Free University of Bolzano, Italy, September 2006, to increase intra-European cooperation, a group of European AILA affiliates agreed with the then AILA Secretary General, Karlfried Knapp, to set up a Network of European Applied Linguists (AILA-Europe).
AILA-Europe has as its objectives to improve communication and cooperation among European Applied Linguists and for this purpose intends
to inform on a website about latest publications, projects and congresses of the individual national AILA affiliates,
to organize joint conferences or similar events that make it easier geographically for Applied Linguists from Europe to meet and to exchange ideas,
to edit a European Journal of Applied Linguistics which focuses on European topics and research done by European scholars in particular and which publishes contributions in several European languages,
to promote young researches by organizing an annual conference exclusively for junior researchers of Applied Linguistics from all over Europe where they can present their research findings,
to conduct an annual meeting of representatives from European AILA affiliates where new issues of European concern, in particular with respect to multilingualism will be identified and where priorities for future cooperation will be set,
to initiate and carry out joint projects to such Europe-related topics.
to achieve consultative status with the EU and the Council of Europe, given the amount of competence on language policy related issues in Europe available among the European associations of Applied Linguistics.
The organization of AILA-Europe is intended to be as lean as possible and is mainly restricted to an AILA-Europe Coordinator.
At present, the national associations of Applied Linguistics from the following countries have joined AILA-Europe:
Austria Verband für Angewandte Linguistik (VERBAL) Belgium Association Belge de Linguistique Appliquée (ABLA) Estonia Estonian Association of Applied Linguistics (EAAL) Finland Association Finlandaise de Linguistique Appliquée (AFinLA) France Association Française de Linguistique Appliquée (AFLA) Germany Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (GAL) Greece Greek Applied Linguistics Association (GALA) Italy Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata (AItLA) Ireland Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL) Netherlands Association Néerlandaise de Linguistique Appliquée (ANéLA) Russian Federation National Association of Applied Linguistics (NAAL) Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslav Association for Applied Linguistics (YALA)Slovenia Slovene Association of Applied Linguistics (SALA) Switzerland Association Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée (VALS/ASLA) Spain Asociación Española de Lingústica Aplicada (AEsLA) Sweden Association Suédoise de Linguistique Appliquée (ASLA) United Kingdom British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
Current activities of AILA-Europe
In January 2007, the first 'European Junior Researchers Congress of Applied Linguistics' took place at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. The next one will be held in Münster, Germany, 2009.
In June 2007, the Second AILA-Europe Meeting took place at the University of Erfurt, Germany, where members of special interest groups formed at the First AILA-Europe Meeting in Bolzano made presentations on the problems of language testing for citizenship in EU member states, on multilingual literacy, and on the impact of lay theories of language and language acquisition on language policies.
AILA-Europe was represented with a string of Europe related symposia at the 15th AILA World Congress in Essen, Germany, 2008.
Mouton-de Gruyter Publishers, Berlin, is currently negotiating with the AILA Secretary General the founding of the European Journal of Applied Linguistics.
The 3rd AILA-Europe meeting took place at the 15th AILA World Congress in Essen 2008, the 4th AILA-Europe meeting will be organized by the Irish affiliate in June 2009.
With the help of a questionnaire sent to all individual members of the European AILA Affiliates in spring 2008, AILA-Europe has conducted a survey of the fields of interest and preferred areas as well as ways of cross-border cooperation among European Applied Linguists. The results of this survey will be published in due course.
