WebMaster

Melissa Baralt, Florida International University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Roger Gilabert, University of Barcelona, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Marije Michel, Lancaster University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Andrea Révész, University College London, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The goal of this ReN is to promote consistency in the way in which task-based research operationalizes independent and dependent variables.

Research on how task-related factors affects language use and language learning has been a productive strand in instructed second language acquisition (SLA) research in recent years. However, while there have been considerable advances in our understanding of task variables, the field still has a scattered research agenda. Extant research involves diverse ways of operationalizing task-related factors and encompasses variables such as task type, task complexity, task sequencing, and planning time. Dependent measures of task performance and second language learning have also varied greatly. With a paucity of replication studies, a proliferation of task variables, and performance measures, it is almost impossible to compare and evaluate the existing work and to come to a synthesized understanding of how task factors relate to second language use and SLA.

The activities planned in conjunction with this ReN aim to bring to light these issues and foster collaboration in strengthening what we know about the way in which task factors, language production, and language learning are linked.

Our first planned activity is a colloquium at the upcoming Task-Based Language Teaching conference in Leuven, organized by Drs. John Norris (Georgetown University) and Mike Long (University of Maryland). The topic addresses the following:

Narrative reviews and a recent research synthesis have found results from over 250 studies of task complexity to date hard to interpret because researchers employ so many different definitions of terms, research designs, variables, and measures. As in other disciplines, a collaborative research network (CRN) could improve the quality and yield of future research on this and other problems in SLA, applied linguistics, and TBLT. Voluntary membership in a network of established researchers could speed up progress through pooling ideas, facilities, expertise, research participants, data and funding sources, by facilitating replication studies, and generally making the international research effort cumulative.

For more information on this colloquium as well as details of the papers to be presented, please visit http://www.tblt.org/conferences/2015/colloquia/

Our ReN will meet at the EuroSLA 2016 and AILA 2017 conferences. These meetings (and planned research) are for the purpose of developing a common research agenda for task-based scholarship.

At present, the ReN’s members are:

From Belgium:

Bram Bulté, Free University Brussels

Koen van Gorp, University of Leuven

Alex Housen, Free University Brussels

Elke Peters, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

From Italy:

Gabriele Pallotti, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

From Japan:

Peter Robinson, Aoyama Gakuin University

Daniel O. Jackson, Kanda University of International Studies

From The Netherlands:

Marrit van de Guchte, University of Amsterdam

Nel de Jong, Free University of Amsterdam

Ineke Vedder, University of Amsterdam

From New Zealand:

Rosemary Erlam, University of Auckland

From Spain:

Roger Gilabert Guerrero, University of Barcelona

Mayya Levkina, University of Barcelona

Aleksandra Malicka, University of Barcelona

Lena Vasylets, University of Barcelona

From the United Kingdom:

Jookyoung Jung, University College London

Judit Kormos, Lancaster University

Nektaria Kourtali, University College London

Marije Michel, Lancaster University

Jenefer Philp, Lancaster University

Andrea Révész, University College London

Parvaneh Tavakoli, University of Reading

Clare Wright, University of Reading

From the United States of America:

Melissa Baralt, Florida International University

Minyoung Cho, University of Hawai`i, Manoa

Marta Gonzalez Lloret, University of Hawai`i

Laura Gurzynski-Weiss, Indiana University

Jake Guyton, Florida International University

YouJin Kim, Georgia State University

Shawn Loewen, Michigan State University

Michael H Long, University of Maryland

José Morcillo Gómez, Florida International University

John Norris, Georgetown University

Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University

Rebecca Sachs, Virginia International University

Digital Gaming

Our Research Network aims to address to specific questions for the next AILA Symposium:

• what impact does digital gaming have on input and interaction in out-of-class settings?
• what role can digital games play in SLA research?

Specific activities planned/underway for our community include:

• Identifying current practice in the use of games for collecting language data, and to develop an inventory of tools that can be used for this purpose
• Compiling a list of research projects in digital games with information about opportunities for collaboration
• Facilitating discussion forums and disseminating our work through special issues and a book publication on ‘Innovation in Research Methods’ in the ‘New Language Learning and Teaching Environments’ series of Palgrave Macmillan, with a strong focus on the use of digital games.

Our community of nearly 1,000 members can be found here: http://goo.gl/kpgD46

Content & Language Integrated Learning & Immersion Classrooms

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) refers to educational approaches that allow for improved foreign language learning in combination with content learning in a variety of (non-language) subjects, e.g. Geography, History, Sports, Maths. CLIL strongly relates to other contextualized language teaching approaches such as immersion education or content-based language teaching.

The Research Network on CLIL and Immersion Classrooms has been active since 2006, joining over 200 members worldwide. Main research topics of the ReN have been:

• to assess language learning outcomes as revealed in student language proficiency and use;
• to investigate actual classroom discourse of students and teachers communicating on curricular topics in a language other than their L1;
• to examine content and language integrated learning and teaching in terms of ongoing processes in the classroom;
• to analyse CLIL policy development and implementation within and across diverse contexts.

For the 2015-2017 ReN term, the CLIL ReN will make connections to other research and education contexts that focus on the role of language in subject teaching and learning:

• content: subject-specific perspectives on CLIL. We will involve experts in subject-specific pedagogies, such as Science and Social Science;
• integrated teaching and learning: CLIL pedagogy from educational perspectives (e.g. social constructivism, task-based teaching), including collaboration between subject and language teachers;
• language: making connections between the roles of language in CLIL classrooms and in non-CLIL multilingual and monolingual classrooms.

So far, the CLIL ReN has mainly focused on secondary (and, to some extent, tertiary) education, as a consequence of common European educational practice. However, CLIL in primary education is a growing development in many countries as well, which will be taken into account in the next ReN term.

During the 2015-2017 term, the CLIL ReN will organize annual symposia in several parts of the world, including Belgium, Bosnia and Hesegovina, New Zealand and Australia. 

For a full account of ReN activities please visit the ReN website: www.clil-ren.org

Complexity and Second Language Learning (COSELL)

Complexity figures prominently in current science (Mitchell 2009), including the language sciences where it has received much attention from linguists working within functional and typological frameworks (Miestamo et al 2008).  Also in SLA research the notion of complexity has played an important role ever since the 1970s. In current SLA research, two strands of complexity research can be distinguished (Housen & Kuiken 2009). In the first strand, complexity figures as an independent variable, i.e., as a factor whose influence on some aspects of L2 performance or proficiency is investigated. Examples include studies of how the complexity of tasks affects L2 performance and development (Robinson 2011), or how the complexity of the target structure affects the effectiveness of instruction (e.g. Spada & Tomita 2010). In the second strand, complexity is investigated as a dependent variable, typically alongside fluency and accuracy, as a basic descriptor of L2 performance and proficiency. Here, the complexity of L2 learners’ performance is measured to demonstrate the effect of other variables, such as the effects of learner factors (e.g. age, aptitude) or of different types of instruction or of learning contexts (e.g. Kormos & Trebits in press; Norris & Ortega 2000). However, a review of the L2 literature shows that there is no consistency in terms of how complexity is defined, operationalised and measured in L2 research, which at least partly explains the inconsistency of complexity findings both across and within studies (Housen & Kuiken 2009; Housen, Kuiken & Vedder 2012).

The goals aimed at the Ailla REN COSELL are the following:

• investigate the various strands of L2 research on complexity;
• critically approach the definition and operationalisation of the complexity construct;
• standardisation and validation of measures of complexity;
• investigate the link between L2 complexity and other constructs in SLA and testing (e.g. developmental stages, learnability, ultimate attainment);
• cross-linguistic approaches and perspectives on complexity;
• pedagogical implications (e.g. complexity as skill or typical behaviour, complexity in L2 production and perception, task sequencing)

ReN conveners and contact

Folkert Kuiken, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam

website: http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/f.kuiken

Ineke Vedder, Amsterdam

website : http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/s.c.vedder

Current members 

AAAL (USA)

1. Melissa Baralt, Florida International University, Miami
2. Philip Choong, Columbia University, New York
3. Daniel Jackson, University of Hawai’i  at Manoa, Honolulu
4. Shawn Loewen, Michigan State University, Michigan
5. John Norris, University of Hawai’i  at Manoa, Honolulu
6. Lourdes Ortega, University of Hawai’i  at Manoa, Honolulu
7. Sholo Sasayama, University of Hawai’i  at Manoa, Honolulu
8. Mary Lou Vercellotti, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

 ABLA (Belgium)

1. Bram Bulté, Free University Brussels, Brussels
2. Alex Housen, VUB, Brussels
3. Elke Peters, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven

 AESLA (Spain)

1. Roger Gilabert Guerrero, University of Barcelona, Barcelona

AFinLA (Finland)

1. Raili Hilden, Helsinki University, Helsinki
2. Lea Nieminen, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä
3. Nina Reiman, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä
4. Gabriele Pallotti, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia
5. Stefania Ferrari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia

AITLA (Italy)

ALAK (South Korea)

1. Jay Kim, Korean National University of Education.  
   

ALANZ (New Zealand)

1. Rebecca Adams, University of Auckland, Auckland

ANéLA (the Netherlands)

1. Nel de Jong, Free University, Amsterdam
2. Folkert Kuiken, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
3. Rob Schoonen, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
4. Ineke Vedder, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
5. Nivja de Jong, University of Utrecht, Utrecht
   

ASLA (Sweden)

1. Inge Bartning, Stockholm University, Stockholm
2. Victorine Hancock, Stockholm University, Stockholm
3. Rakel Österberg, Stockholm University, Stockholm
4. Jonas Granfeldt, Lund University, Lund
5. Marie Kallkvist, Lund University, Lund
6. Petra Bernardini, Lund University, Lund
7. Malin Ågren, Lund University, Lund

BAAL/IATEFL (UK)

1. Judit Kormos, University of Lancaster
2. Andrea Revesz, University of Lancaster
3. Anna Trebits, Eötvös University, Budapest

EAAL (Estonia)

1. Annekatrin Kaivapalu, Tallinn University, Tallinn

GAL (Germany)

JAAL (Japan)

1. Tomohito Ishikawa, Soka Women's College, Tokyo.
2. Peter Robinson, Ayoama Gakuin University, Tokyo.

Activities (2011-2014) 

Conferences and events (2011)  

• Bartning, I. & Hancock, V. took the initiative to set up a discussion group on Complexity in L2 at EuroSLA 21, Stockholm. September 9, 2011
• Housen, A., Kuiken, F. & Vedder, I. Complexity in L2 performance. Definition, measurement and research. Colloquium at Eurosla 21, Stockholm. September 8, 2011
• TBLT 2011. 4th Biennial Conference on Task Based Language Teaching. University of Auckland. November 18-20, 2011

Upcoming events

• Workshops on Complexity and Idiomaticity in L2, June 8-9 2012, organizers: Fanny Forsberg & Victorine Hancock, Stockholm University, Stockholm
• Eurosla 2012, Poznan, Poland, 5-8 September 2012
• AILA 2014: organization of a symposium on complexity; special focus, design and participants of the colloquium still to be decided

Publications

• Robinson (ed.) (2011). Second language task complexity: Researching the Cognition Hypothesis of language learning and performance. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
• Housen, A., Kuiken, F. & Vedder, I. (eds) (2012, forthcoming) Dimensions of L2 performance and proficiency. Investigating complexity, accuracy and fluency in SLA. Amsterdam: John Benjamin

Academic Writing in English as a Foreign Language

Writing academically becomes a major challenge in the new European Higher Education Area, where undergraduates are being required to write their essays and exams in English. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the L2 writing field, each ReN member has focused on a specific area within academic writing: students’ attitudes towards L2 writing, grammatical features, translation issues and interferences between L1-L2, pedagogical implications and formal evaluation and assessment. Ongoing research stages in our ReN are related to the measurement of students’ awareness of their own L2 academic production as well as to a qualitative analysis of their attitudes towards writing.

Dear Colleagues,

At the end of the 2017 AILA World Congress in Rio de Janeiro, Claire Kramsch handed the baton of the AILA presidency over to me. I am happy to take up this baton – and very honored to do so. There are three reasons for me to feel this way: First, it is the baton of AILA, a unique organization in the academic landscape; second, it is a hand-over from a proven team to a promising one; and third, exciting challenges are awaiting us. Please let me briefly elaborate on these three points, as an invitation to the next three years of AILA collaboration.

Read more...

Instructed Second Language Acquisition is a peer-reviewed journal that, twice a year, publishes research with a number of implications for language instruction. To view the table of contents and to subscribe please visit the journal home page: https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/ISLA/index

Register Studies, a new journal from John Benjamins, is now accepting submissions. Register Studies is highly interdisciplinary, welcoming scholarship on register from areas such as corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, Systemic Functional Linguistics, language teaching, and computational linguistics. Research on English-language registers, analyses of registers in languages other than English, and cross-linguistic comparisons of registers are welcome.

Register Studies regularly publishes reviews of books, corpora, and research tools focused on register research. All contributions undergo double-blind peer review. We welcome the submission of manuscripts from any of the aforementioned areas.

The first issue of Register Studies is scheduled for publication in Spring 2019. For more information about this journal, including Editorial Board, manuscript submission guidelines, and subscription, please visit the website at: https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/rs/main

General Editors

Jesse Egbert, Northern Arizona University

Bethany Gray, Iowa State University

Consulting Editor

Douglas Biber, Northern Arizona University

The 36th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Applied Linguistics (AESLA 2018), “Applied Linguistics and knowledge transfer: employability, internationalization and social challenges”, will be held at the University of Cadiz (SPAIN), 19-21 APRIL 2018.

URL: http://aesla2018.tucongreso.es/en/presentacion

Updates and additional information: https://www.researchgate.net/project/36th-International-Conference--AESLA-2018

AESLA 2018 is organised by scholars and researchers from the Department of French and English Philology and the Research Institute of Applied Linguistics at the University of Cadiz. The Conference will be held next April 19-21, 2018 at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, located in the heart of the city centre. This year’s focus will be the ways in which Applied Linguistics, a well-established area of study and research, can contribute to enhance economic growth and societal wellbeing by integrating employability, internationalization and knowledge transfer issues across higher education. In this way, AESLA 2018 aims to raise awareness of the significant contribution of Applied Linguistics to these three key issues and explore the social challenges which scholars, researchers and students need to address when trying to build successful and sustainable collaboration between universities, business and the public sector in national, transnational and international contexts.

AESLA 2018 invites scholars to submit their papers, posters, and round table proposals in any of the two official languages of the conference: Spanish or English. Submissions may be related to the conference main theme or fall within the scope of any of the following thematic panels:

• Language acquisition
• Language teaching
• Language for specific purposes
• Language psychology, child language and psycholinguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Pragmatics
• Discourse analysis
• Corpus linguistics, computational linguistics and linguistic engineering
• Lexicology and lexicography
• Translation and interpreting

RELEVANT DATES

Abstract submission: from September 10 to November 10, 2017 -- Please, upload your submission via the conference website

Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2018

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Conference website: http://aesla2018.tucongreso.es/en/presentacion

Updates and additional information: https://www.researchgate.net/project/36th-International-Conference--AESLA-2018

48TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS

BAAL 2015 will be held at Aston University in the heart of Birmingham. It is organised by CfL (Centre for Forensic Linguistics), CLERA (Centre for Language Education Research at Aston) and InterLanD (Interdisciplinary Research into Language and Diversity) and hosted by the School of Languages and Social Sciences.

Plenary Speakers:

Professor Adrian Blackledge (University of Birmingham, UK);

Professor Angela Creese(University of Birmingham, UK);

Professor Penelope Eckert (Stanford University, US);

Professor Rick Iedema (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

Local Organising Committee:

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Dr Fiona Copland (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Dr Erika Darics (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Professor Tim Grant (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

For further information, see the conference webpage www.aston.ac.uk/baal2015 which will be regularly updated.

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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics	$A 37.50

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International Journal of Translation	30%
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Modern Language Journal	20%
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English Today	20% or more
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The Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (ALAK) cordially invites you to the 2017 ALAK International Conference, “Broadening the Scope of Language Learning and Teaching”,  to be held on September 9 at Seoul National University of Education. This year's conference presents 9 invited and 77 concurrent talks, and 18 poster presentations.

Plenary Speakers:   

Dr. Ronald P. Leow, Georgetown University

Language learning in the L2 classroom: How implicit or how explicit should it be? Theoretical, empirical, and curricular/pedagogical issues  

Dr. Ana Lado, Marymount University

What makes a literature-based English program not only effective but also more efficient?  

Dr. Yo-An Lee, Sogang University

Tracing longitudinal development of connected discourse: The case for Korean speakers of English    

Featured Speakers:

Jaruda Rajani Na Ayuthaya, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Lindsay Herron, Gwangju National University of Education, Korea

Chiaki Iwai, Hiroshima City University, Japan

Larissa V. Koulchitskaya, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia

Boyoung Lee, Ewha Womans University, Korea

Pragasit Sitthitikul, Thammasat University, Thailand

Swandi Swandi, University of PGRI Semarang, Indonesia    

Visit www.alak.or.kr or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for questions. 

AILA Review, Volume 13

English in a changning world · L'Anglais dans un monde changeant, Edited by David Graddol and Ulrike H. Meinhof, 1993

Download Issue 13 in PDF format (~830kB)

Introduction David Graddol and Ulrike H. Meinhof	1-2
English around the world David Graddol, Tom McArthur, David Flack, Julian Amey	3-18
Englishisation: one dimension of globalisation Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas	19-36
Linguistic imperialism, globalism, and the English language Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew	37-47
English and Japanese society: reactions and directions Bates L. Hoffer and Nobuyuki Honna	48-56
The decline of the native speaker David Graddol	57-68
European literature in translation: a price to pay Gunilla Anderman	69-78
The impact of globalisation on English in Chinese universities Huang Zhenhua	110-121

AILA Review

AILA Review is the official scholarly journal of AILA. Its first issue appeared in 1984, and from 1989, all volumes are guest-edited and thematically oriented. They include original unpublished contributions dealing with topics relevant to the scope of Applied Linguistics.

Up to Volume 16, the journal was published by AILA itself. From Volume 16 onwards, AILA Review is published by John Benjamins.

The most recent digital issues of the AILA Review can be accessed online at the John Benjamins website.

The CALL FOR PAPERS for the 18th World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics is now open. Proposals for posters, papers and symposia can be submitted from January 18th to March 31st 2016 through the conference website – aila2017.com.br. 

The conference will gather scholars from all over the world who share interests in discursive practices in and across diverse social domains. The theme “Innovation and Epistemological Challenges in Applied Linguistics” aims at fostering discussions about innovative research agendas to address social practices and how they challenge the way we comprehend, produce and transform knowledge in the area. We look forward to meeting you in Rio in 2017.

Languages for Life: Educational, Professional and Social Contexts

WU Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

July 19-22, 2016, www.wu.ac.at/ala2016

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WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) is calling for proposals for papers and posters for the conference ALA 2016. The submission deadline for both is 15 November 2015.

We welcome abstracts that address any aspects of research on language awareness. In accordance with the conference theme, submissions are encouraged to focus on the state of the art, on challenges and future avenues of research related to the following fields: 

A. Language Awareness in Language Learning and Language Teaching

B. Language Awareness in the Workplace and Business

C. Language Awareness and Awareness of (New/Social) Media and Literacies

D. Language Awareness, Intercultural Awareness, Communication Awareness

E. Critical Language Awareness

F. Awareness and Attitudes concerning Languages and Varieties

Please visit our website (www.wu.ac.at/ala2016) for more information. 

For further inquiries you can contact us by email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). 

Confirmed plenary speakers

Veronika Koller (Lancaster University)

Almut Köster (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

Aneta Pavlenko (Temple University)

Dennis Preston (Oklahoma State University) (Eric Hawkins Lecture)

Submission guidelines

Abstracts must be submitted at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ala2016 and may not exceed 300 words (excluding references). Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts if at least one of these is co-authored. The abstracts will be reviewed anonymously and notification of acceptance will be sent at the beginning of 2016. General registration will open in December 2015.

The language of the conference is predominantly English, but contributions in other languages will also be considered. In such cases, PowerPoints or other visual materials should be in English or bilingual. Please choose the language which best suits your needs as well as those of the audience. All abstracts must be submitted in English, even if this will not be the language of the presentation. The title should be provided in the original language with an English translation in brackets, if applicable.

Academic programme

The conference will consist of 

- full paper presentations (20 minutes, 10 minutes Q&A)

- an invited colloquium: “ALA meets Verbal” (Austrian Association of Applied Linguistics)

- a poster slam / poster presentations (A0, portrait format) 

- a workshop for PhD students / young scholars

Conference venue

ALA 2016 will be held at the WU, one of the major business universities of Europe (www.wu.ac.at/en). The new campus of the WU, completed in 2013, sets new standards with regard to the construction of universities (www.wu.ac.at/campus/architecture/en). It lies at the heart of Vienna and is easily accessible by public transport. The campus’ modern architecture and numerous convenient facilities make this an attractive area to explore, while the ‘Prater’-Park adjacent to the campus affords the opportunity to relax and unwind. Further information about the venue, travel arrangements and accommodation is available on our website: www.wu.ac.at/ala2016. 

ALA membership 

If you are not yet a member of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA), we strongly recommend that you join now. ALA members will be charged a lower conference fee and will receive the official journal Language Awareness (four issues per year). 

More information with respect to membership can be found on ALA’s website: www.languageawareness.org.

Scholarships 

PhD students and early career researchers are encouraged to send in abstracts as they may qualify for an ALA conference scholarship. More information will be made available in the second circular. 

The conference will be organised by members of the Department of Foreign Language Business Communication (Institutes for English, Romance and Slavic Languages):

Martin Stegu (Head of Committee)

Herbert Angermeyer 

Angelika Hechtl

Susanne Kopf

Vera Carla Poschauko 

Tom S. Rankin

Brigitte Seidler-Lunzer 

Johanna Woydack

48TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS

BAAL 2015 will be held at Aston University in the heart of Birmingham. It is organised by CfL (Centre for Forensic Linguistics), CLERA (Centre for Language Education Research at Aston) and InterLanD (Interdisciplinary Research into Language and Diversity) and hosted by the School of Languages and Social Sciences.

Plenary Speakers:

Professor Adrian Blackledge (University of Birmingham, UK);

Professor Angela Creese(University of Birmingham, UK);

Professor Penelope Eckert (Stanford University, US);

Professor Rick Iedema (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

Local Organising Committee:

Any BAAL conference queries: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dr Fiona Copland (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Dr Erika Darics (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Professor Tim Grant (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

For further information, see the conference webpage www.aston.ac.uk/baal2015 which will be regularly updated.

The AILA World Congress 2017 will now start in three days in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  

For those who, for any reason, won't be able to be here in Rio with us, we are happy to announce that the Opening Ceremony and the six plenary addresses will be broadcast through our website.  

Access www.aila2017.com.br to follow the program below:  

23/07 from 4:00 p.m. on  - Opening Ceremony and plenary address by  Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes  

24/07 at 09:00 a.m. - Plenary address by Lorenza Mondada  

25/07 at 09:00 a.m. - Plenary address by Mary  Bucholtz  

26/07 at 09:00 a.m. - Plenary address by Tommaso Milani  

27/07 at 09:00 a.m. - Plenary address by Ben Rampton  

28/07 at 05:00 p.m. - Plenary address by Marilda Cavalcanti   

More details about the conference program can be accessed through our website and/or the App AILA 2017, available for download at Google Play and App Store.      

Warm regards, AILA World Congress Rio 2017 Local Organizing Committee 

The Institute of English of the University of Silesia in Katowice and International Association of Multilingualism are happy to announce the 3rd Silesian Meeting of Young Scholars and 2nd Young Researchers’ International Symposium on Multilingualism that is to take place in Szczyrk, November 16th-18th, 2017.

For more information check the conference website: http://www.smys.yrism.us.edu.pl/

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The Applied Linguistics Conference (ALANZ / ALAA / ALTAANZ)

Applied Linguistics in the New Millennium: Multiple Theories, Pathways, and Practices

27 - 29 Nov, 2017

http://www.alanz2017.org/

Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Auckland, New Zealand

Welcome to the 5th combined conference for the Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand (ALANZ), Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) and Association of Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ), jointly supported by The University of Auckland, University of Waikato, and venue host, Auckland University of Technology.

The call for papers is now open. Submit your abstract below.

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