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Venue: The University of Auckland

Main Conference: 18th to 19th of November

(Pre-conference workshops 17th of November)

The Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ) invites you to submit an abstract for the ALTAANZ Conference to be held at The University of Auckland, New Zealand, between 17 and 19 November 2016.

Confirmed plenary speakers are:

• Matt Poehner, Pennsylvania State University
• Ute Knoch, University of Melbourne
• Peter Keegan, University of Auckland

We welcome proposals related to the conference theme "In the classroom and beyond: Assessing language ability in different contexts"

 Areas of particular interest are:

• Classroom-based assessment: issues and practice
• Assessment for learning in language classrooms
• Development and validation of diagnostic language assessment tasks
• Assessment for the learning of indigenous languages
• Language assessment of indigenous learners
• Assessing language for academic purposes
• Assessing language for professional purposes
• Second language proficiency models and implications for developing assessment tasks
• Technology and language assessment
• Expanding existing, and creating new, validity frameworks for language assessment
• Standardised tests: development, implementation and/or use by institutional stakeholders
• Language assessment policy and practice: ethics and accountability
• Research methodology for exploring language assessment

Proposals can be for papers, posters, work in progress presentations, or symposia. We welcome proposals that focus on classroom assessment practice as well as those which report on more formal research and development projects.

For more information please read the Call for Papers attached or visit the conference website http://www.altaanz.org/submit-a-proposal1.html

The CLyLT  Summer School is organized by the Faculty of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the largest university in the Balkans. The Summer School is run by experienced members of the Faculty of English who have linguistic and pedagogical expertise as well as extensive experience in foreign language education and pedagogy.  

The Summer School will take place in Chania, Crete and it will offer three separate courses:

(a) a course on CLIL methodology,

(b) another one on Technology in Education, and

(c) a third one on Early Foreign Language learning.

All courses are going to be taught in English by a team of experienced teacher trainers with expertise in the areas of teaching methodology, early language education and digital media. All training materials used in the courses have been previously implemented and tested within the classroom context.

The courses address primary and secondary school teachers who are interested in expanding their knowledge on contemporary teaching methodologies, such as CLIL, innovative approaches to the integration of Technology in Education as well as Early Foreign Language Learning.

Courses will consist of 20-40 contact hours and two to four afternoon workshops, where trainees will have the chance to put into practice the techniques and methods presented and discussed during the morning sessions. Classes will be held on weekdays whereas during the weekends and afternoons trainees will be free. A series of cultural events, trips to well known archaeological sites and museums will be organized. Trainees will also have the chance to enjoy some of the world’s most famous touristic attractions.

For more information please visit our website: http://summerclil.enl.auth.gr

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clyltsummerschoolcrete/

Wednesday, August 24 – Saturday, August 27, 2016

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/eurosla26

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 

We are inviting proposals for presentations at Eurosla 26. All areas and approaches of the study of learning second/foreign/additional languages are welcome. The theme of the conference is Looking back, looking forward: Language learning research at the crossroads. Presentations of taking stock of what we have achieved and where we are going in a particular area of study are thus especially welcome. The Language Learning Roundtable will discuss second language learning by a variety of groups in a particular situation, to bring in new views for the Eurosla community. Such new openings are also welcome for the main part of the conference.

The academic programme will consist of presentations by the participants and the invited keynote speakers, as well as the doctoral student workshop on Wednesday, August 24, with feedback from senior researchers. The submission of presentation proposals opens on February 1, 2016, and closes on February 28, 2016. The proposals are submitted by filling in an online form at https://congress.cc.jyu.fi/eurosla26/.

Types of presentations: 1) paper, 2) poster, 3) colloquium, with thematically related papers, discussion and audience participation. Also, if you have an idea for a new type of event, please get in touch with the organizers with the outline of your plan.

Length of abstracts: paper or poster (max. 300 words, including references), colloquium (max. 500 words, including titles of papers but no mention of presenters by name. If a colloquium proposal is accepted, an abstract will be requested for each paper, max 300 words.

Length of presentations in the conference:

• Paper: 20 min. and 10 min. for discussion and change of rooms
• Poster: size AO, max. Presenters will also be given the opportunity to present the main points in a 2 min. (max.) talk.
• Colloquium: 90 or 180 min.

Language policy: The working language of the conference is English but presentations are also welcome in other European languages.

Presenter policy: Each participant can appear as the first author of one presentation only. A colloquium convener can also present at the colloquium or elsewhere in the programme.

The proposals for all presentations will be evaluated anonymously by at least two members of the Eurosla Scientific committee. The criteria include the quality of the content and the clarity of the abstract, contribution to the field and thematic relevance.

Presentation acceptances will be sent out by April 25, 2016.

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The conference is organized back-to-back with Psychology of Language Learning 2: Individuals in Contexts, Monday August 21 – Wednesday, August 24, 2016.  Both events are organized in Jyväskylä, Finland.

We look forward to seeing you in Jyväskylä, Finland, in late August 2016.

 Organizing Committee

Synthesis and Meta-Analysis

Applied linguists have turned increasingly over the last decade to research synthesis and meta-analysis as indispensable means of reviewing accumulated research. In turn, the impact of secondary studies using these tools has been and will likely continue to be significant in terms of advancing theory, directing future research, and informing applied linguistics practice. Awareness and familiarity of synthetic methods among applied linguists is relatively new and thus underdeveloped compared to our colleagues in related fields. Therefore, the creation of a research network devoted to this research methodology can greatly enhance the field’s collective ability both to synthesize, via meta-analysis and other forms of systematic synthesis, and to interpret and apply synthetic and meta-analytic findings to research domains of interest to applied linguists.

Bearing in mind the potential of research synthesis and meta-analysis to summarize the past and direct the future of applied linguistics, we have established an AILA Research Network (ReN) of scholars active and interested in research synthesis and meta-analysis. The primary goal of the ReN is to build on the recent, foundational work in this area in order to advance and promote appropriate and effective use and evaluation of research synthetic techniques in applied linguistics. Within this broad goal, we have identified a number of more specific subgoals and research areas that the ReN will address:

• Foster a synthetic approach to primary research (Norris & Ortega, 2006, 2007)
• Educate applied linguists on the decision points and judgment-making involved in synthetic research to enable them to better conduct meta-analyses and assess meta-analytic findings (e.g., In’nami & Koizumi, 2010; Norris, 2012; Ortega, 2010; Oswald & Plonsky, 2010; Stevens & Taylor, 2009)
• Trace the use and impact of meta-analysis in applied linguistics (Norris & Ortega, 2010)
• Examine methodological quality among primary studies from a synthetic perspective (Plonsky, 2011; Plonsky & Gass, 2011)
• Develop field-specific standards that can inform producers, reviewers, editors, and consumers of research syntheses and meta-analyses (Plonsky, 2009b, in press-c)
• Refine proposed discipline-specific standards for interpreting effect sizes (Oswald & Plonsky, 2010; Plonsky, in press-b; Plonsky & Oswald, 2010; Plonsky & Oswald, 2012)
• Promote understanding of the issue of publication bias and of methods to assess it (e.g., Li, 2010; see Plonsky, 2011)
• Raise awareness with respect to the relationship between and importance of p values (i.e., statistical significance), effect sizes (i.e., practical significance), and statistical power in quantitative research (e.g., Crookes, 1991; Lazaraton, 1991, 2000; Nassaji, in press; Norris & Ortega, 2000; Plonsky, 2009a, 2011)
• Identify areas ripe for meta-analysis
• Educate the current and next generation of applied linguists on appropriate use of synthetic methods
• Keep abreast of developments in synthetic and meta-analytic techniques from other fields and evaluate their relevance for and applicability to synthesizing applied linguistics research
• Provide a forum for the discussion of the relationship between primary and secondary research and for improved understanding of what accumulation and synthesis of knowledge means in the context of increased epistemological diversity and disciplinary expansion of research interests, including new quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research approaches in applied linguistics (Benson et al., 2009; Chalhoub-Deville, Chapelle, & Duff, 2006; Norris & Ortega, 2006 & 2007; Ortega, 2010; Thomas, 2006)

Convenors

John Norris
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Lourdes Ortega
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Luke Plonsky
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AILA World Congress 2008

August 24-29 2008, Essen, Germany

"It is only natural that an AILA World congress in Europe should focus on aspects of multilingual matters and the linguistic richness of this continent. The European Union and the Council of Europe have a clearly defined policy to preserve Europe as a multilingual and multicultural region. Because of the expansion of the European Union in the coming years, multilingualism and the challenges and opportunities connected with it will be a very topical theme in 2008, thus attracting a lot of attention and promising to be a great stimulus for academic debate. Consequently, the GAL Executive Board and the AILA chose MULTILINGUALISM: Challenges and Opportunities as the theme for the 2008 congress."

The field of applied linguistics has in recent years increasingly focused on the role of the learner in the language learning process. While this interest has been shared by researchers in the field of computer-assisted language learning, development in CALL has traditionally been more teacher-centred, with tasks often revolving around the design of the implemented software, or constrained by the knowledge and skills the teacher possesses of the technologies they are using (Reinders and White, 2009; Stockwell, 2009). The past few years, however, have started to see a new body of research where the learner is given a more central role in a range of different ways, including having the learner express their opinions through blogging (e.g., Pinkman, 2005) or computer-mediated communication such as chat (e.g., Darhower, 2007), tailoring software that adapts to learners’ needs (e.g., Huang & Liou 2007), training learners to use existing software more effectively to facilitate the social-affective aspect of learning (e.g., Hubbard, 2004), or the development of learner autonomy (e.g. Reinders, 2007; White, 2007).

Recently, attempts have been made to make learning more flexible for the learner. With developments in mobile technologies, learners have freedom that was previously unavailable to them, and researchers have started capitalising upon this, through provision of lessons that learners can access whenever and wherever they wish (e.g., Stockwell, 2007, 2008), or through encouraging them to access audio and/or video resources of their choosing (e.g., Gromik, 2008). Other researchers have chosen to use these mobile technologies as a supplement to class activities (Levy & Kennedy, 2008; Reinders, 2008) and to make increasing links between formal and informal learning, for example by capitalising on the potential of computer games (e.g. Ranalli, 2008).

Social networking sites such as Active Worlds and Second Life have also empowered learners to make decisions about who they wish to converse with, by what mode (i.e., text chat or oral communication), and freely engage in discussion with a real audience who shares similar interests (e.g., Dudeney, 2008). This is a growth area, where researchers examine the way technology facilitates interaction between teachers and learners, between native speakers and learners, and between learners themselves and the unique characteristics of this type of communication. Another related strand of research looks at the identities learners create online and the ways they develop and build on communities of learners for their language development (e.g., Lam, 2004).

These recent developments in the area of social networking and mobile-assisted language learning are of particular interest to researchers interested in understanding in changes in the way learners approach the learning of a second language. In saying this, however, a crucial question that remains is how best to support learning in these environments. We are only starting to develop methodologies for investigating these forms of language learning, where the teacher’s role is less dominant in controlling learners’ actions, but rather one where the learners must be guided to use the existing resources in a way that has the potential to lead to personal development and to language acquisition. Furthermore, in such an environment where a good deal of the learning may occur outside of a classroom situation, methods of ensuring maintenance of learner motivation also become paramount.

Although research is carried out in the above areas in many parts of the world, the research is not connected and studies done in one field may not be informed by research done in another. It is the aim of this Research Network to bring together people working in the different areas related to the role of the language learner in CALL.

Sub-themes of this ReN include: - Learner motivation - Computer-mediated communication (with a focus on the role of the learner) - Learners’ beliefs in CALL - (Materials development for) individualising instruction - Social networking and computer games and second language acquisition - Mobile-assisted language learning - Supporting out-of-class language learning

- Teacher education for CALL (this follows on from the AILA Symposium in Essen).

Convenors
Hayo Reinders (www.innovationinteaching.org) and Glenn Stockwell.

Website
www.callandthelearner.info

Executive Board

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	Prof. Anne Burns	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Call for Papers 

6th – 8th September 2017, University of Vienna, Austria 

The conference focuses on Language(s) in Society. The three-day Junior Researcher Meeting allows early career applied linguists to present their research and network in an interactive and informal international environment. ‘Junior Researchers’ include those working on their Master’s and PhD theses, as well as those who have graduated within the last three years. At the conference, each session will have designated senior researchers as commentators to foster questions and discussion. The programme will also include workshops on various aspects of an academic career, such as publishing and funding.

Further information and abstract submission: https://jrm2017.univie.ac.at/en/

The CALL FOR PAPERS for the 18th World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2017) has been extended. Proposals for posters, papers and symposia can be submitted until April 30th 2016 through the conference website – www.aila2017.com.br

The World Congress which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 23-28, 2017 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.

In order to submit proposals and upload the CALL FOR PAPERS with detailed guidelines, access www.aila2017.com.br

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We look forward to meeting you in Rio in 2017.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Using Second Languages

University of Naples L’Orientale - Second University of Naples 

23-25 February 2017 

Napoli - Santa Maria di Capua Vetere

The title of the 2017 Conference is: “Using Second Languages” and is open to contributions from the following areas of research:

1. Using second languages in the teaching of non-language subjects (CLIL, university foreign language teaching, foreign language training for job mobility etc.) 

2. Using second languages in professional communication (linguistic and cultural mediation, company management, scientific, institutional and multimedia communication etc.) 

3. Using second languages in technology (localization, assisted translation, automatic dialogue strategy adaption etc.) 

4. Using second languages with people who have disabilities (hearing and vision impairment, dyslexia, Parkinson’s disease, mental or behavioural disorders etc.) 

Scientific Committee 

Anna De Meo, Bernardo Magnini, Margaret Rasulo, Patrizia Sorianello 

Organizing Committee 

Anna De Meo, Margaret Rasulo, Lucia di Pace, Rossella Pannain, Domenico Proietti, Raffaele Spiezia. 

Conference proposals can be either individual papers or poster sessions, which will be undergone a selection process by the Scientific Committee. The Conference will also host a number of invited keynote speakers. 

Individual paper proposals will have a 20-minute presentation session followed by a 10-minute open discussion. Each poster proposal will have a 5-minute plenary session followed by a more detailed discussion to be held in a designated poster area. 

Abstracts for both proposals and posters are limited to 600-1000 words (not counting the bibliography) and should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 15 July 2016. In your email please include the chosen presentation format (individual paper or poster) and the name and affiliation of presenter(s). The proposals will then be anonymized and sent to the Scientific Committee for a blind review selection process based on the following criteria: 1. Conceptual development and grounding in prior literature; 2. Methodological adequacy; 3. Interesting findings 

Notification of acceptance will be provided by 30 September 2016. 

The Conference languages are Italian, English and French. 

Authors who are interested in publishing their contribution in the Association’s volume “Studi AItLA” are asked to send a full manuscript, written in Italian, for a second selection process to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 31 March 2017. 

For further information please visit the Association’s website: www.aitla.it

ICMME17

University of Minho, Braga (PORTUGAL)

11-13 May 2017

The conference considers all aspects of the linguistic and sociolinguistic competences and practices of bi-/multilingual speakers who cross existing social and linguistic boundaries, adopting or adapting themselves to new and overlapping linguistic spaces.

We invite papers in all areas of research in bi-/multilingualism, whether or not linked directly to the overarching conference theme, including, but not limited to, linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, clinical linguistics, education, bi-/multilingual societies.

Topics will include: (multiple) language acquisition and learning (L3, L4, Lx); psycho- and neurolinguistics of multilingualism; translanguaging; early bilingualism and heritage language development; speech processing in bi-/multilinguals; trans/multilingual language use in different contexts; multilingual education; bi-/multiculturalism; bi-/multilingual language policies; literacy in multiple languages (pluriliteracy); intercultural and globalisation issues related to multilingualism; multilingual issues in literature and translation.

The two categories of proposals are: individual papers and posters.

Submission is already open and will close on 15 February 2017. Presenters are requested to include their name, affiliation and email address in the submitted MS-Word documents. All proposals should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

More information to be found: https://bragaconfmultiling.wordpress.com/ 

All presenters will be invited to submit their full papers for publication by 1 September 2017. Selected papers will be published in “Multilingualism” with De Gruyter Open.

 23-25 November 2016

UNED, Madrid, SPAIN

Organized by the EMO-FunDETT project group (FFI2013-47792-C2 - http://www.uned.es/proyectofundett/): 

EMOtion and language 'at work': The discursive emotive/evaluative FUNction in Different Texts and contexts within corporaTe and institutional work

DUE DATE FOR ABSTRACTS: May 20th, 2016

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Chairs: Laura Alba-Juez (UNED) & Mercedes Díez Prados (Universidad de Alcalá)

Secretaries: David Ferrer Revull (UNED) & Rosa Muñoz Luna (Universidad de Málaga)

Roberto Carlos Álvarez Delgado (UAH)

Ana Belén Cabrejas Peñuelas (U. de Valencia)

Aurelia Carranza Márquez (UNED)

Isabel Castelao (UNED)

Ana Mª Cestero Mancera (UAH)

Ana María Ducasse (RMIT, Melbourne, Australia)

José Santiago Fernández Vázquez (UAH)

Antonio García Gómez (UAH)

Carmen Maíz Arévalo (UCM)

Victoria Marrero Aguiar (UNED)

Carmen Sancho Guinda (UPM)

Carmen Santamaría García (UAH)

CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Monika Bednarek (University of Sydney, Australia)

Manuel Casado Velarde (Universidad de Navarra – Correspondiente de la Real Academia Española, Spain)

Javier De Santiago Guervós (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain)

Jean Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck College, London, U.K.)

Ad Foolen (Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Barry Pennock (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)

Francisco Yus (Universidad de Alicante, Spain)

CONFIRMED GUEST SPEAKER:

Juan Carlos Pérez González (UNED, Spain)

ABSTRACTS:

Abstracts (not exceeding 350 words – excluding the references) should be sent as an e-mail attachment to the conference organizers : David Ferrer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for the general section on Emotion and Rosa Muñoz Luna (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for the section on Persuasion) no later than May 20, 2016. Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be sent out by June 30th, 2016.

Abstracts should include:  1) Title of paper; 2) Name and affiliation of each author; 3) E-mail address of each author; 4) 3-5 keywords.

Webpage: http://congresos.uned.es/w11346

The main language of the conference will be English, but contributions in Spanish are also possible. (Cross-cultural) studies about any other languages are welcome too.

Applied Linguistics Applied, April 9-12, 2016, Orlando, Florida, USA

Call for Proposals

The 2016 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) will be held at the Hilton Orlando Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Nationally and internationally, the AAAL conference has a reputation as a comprehensive and stimulating conference including in-depth colloquia and paper sessions, topical and thought-provoking plenary presentations, excellent book exhibits, and plentiful opportunities for networking.

Proposals are welcome in the following topic strands:

• Analysis of Discourse and Interaction

• Assessment and Evaluation

• Bilingual, Immersion, Heritage, and Minority Education

• Corpus Linguistics

• Educational Linguistics

• Language and Cognition

• Language and Ideology

• Language and Technology

• Language Planning and Policy

• Language, Culture and Socialization

• Pragmatics

•  Reading, Writing, and Literacy

•  Research Methods

•  Second and Foreign Language Pedagogy

• Second Language Acquisition, Language Acquisition, and Attrition

• Sociolinguistics

•  Text Analysis (Written Discourse)

•  Translation and Interpretation

Submission Deadline: August 20, 2015

Proposals are invited for individual papers, posters, roundtable discussions, and colloquia, particularly those having to do with the practical uses of applied linguistics research and pedagogy. 

More information about the 2016 AAAL Conference will be available at aaal.org.

CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS ON THE USE OF VISUAL METHODS IN LANGUAGE STUDIES TO BE PUBLISHED IN A SPECIAL ISSUE IN AN INTERNATIONAL PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL 

Applying visual methods in research on language use and learning/teaching has gained popularity in recent years. The use of visual methods has provided new ways of examining language users’ and learners’ experiences in and approaches towards languages and language learning. Visual methods have also provided language teachers with new possibilities to e.g. raise language awareness. The analysis of visual data such as drawings, photos, picture collages (among others) is, however, a challenging task. With the planned Special Issues, we wish to illustrate cutting-edge research on language learning/teaching and use with a variety of visual data (or possibly multimodal data) collected and analyzed. The specific focus is on the learning and/or teaching of additional languages or users of more than one language, and their experiences of being multilinguals.

We envision one or two special issues, each consisting of 5 or 6 articles. Each article would be approximately 7000 – 8000 words long with references. To continue our negotiation with a prospective journal, we need a proposal for each article/paper to be included in the special issue (or two).

Paper proposals: 

An article proposal should be approximately 1000 words in length. The proposal should report original empirical research and it should include: Proposed title; Aims of the study; The theoretical framework adhered to; Description of data and the methods of data collection; Description of the analysis of data; Tentative outcomes and implications; Key references; Author(s) information: full name(s) and contact details (e-mail addresses and telephone numbers).

Timeline:

Article proposals October 9, 2015

Notification of acceptance in the proposal to a journal October 30, 2015

Proposal to a journal December 2015

First draft of full article Early Spring 2015

Final draft of full article Late Spring 2016

Submission Autumn 2016

We are looking forward to learning about and sharing cutting-edge/innovative research projects in the field. Please send the proposals electronically to: 

Professor  Paula Kalaja

University of Jyväskylä, Finland 

paula.kalaja (at) jyu.fi

and 

Professor  Anne Pitkänen-Huhta 

University of Jyväskylä, Finland 

anne.pitkanen-huhta (at) jyu.fi

The annual Autumn Symposium of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics (AFinLA) will be held 13-14 November 2015 at the  University of Helsinki.

The theme of the symposium is “The language user in changing institutions”. As in previous years, we welcome papers on all topics within applied linguistics. The working methods of the symposium include individual presentations, poster presentations, colloquia and workshops. 

Our invited speakers are:

Theresa Lillis, Open University, UK

Alexandre Duchêne, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland

Liisa Tainio, Helsingin yliopisto, Finland

The abstracts for both individual presentations and posters are limited to 300 words, including references. The time allotted to section papers will be 20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion. The maximum poster size is A0.

The duration of a colloquium is either 90 or 180 minutes. The convenors of a colloquium are asked to submit a description of the theme of the colloquium (max. 500 words). The description should include a list of the contributors and their titles in the order in which the presentations will be given. In addition, all colloquium contributors are required to submit individual abstracts (max. 300 words) in which they indicate the name of the colloquium in which they are going to present. Colloquia can also take the form of a panel, in which case the duration is 90 minutes. Panel contributors do not need to submit a separate abstract, but panel convenors should submit a 500-word description of the proposed panel and list the names of panel contributors.

The duration of a workshop is either 90 or 180 minutes. The organisers of workshops are asked to submit a description of the workshop (max. 500 words). 

Proposals should be sent as an email attachment to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 4 September 2015. The main languages of the AFinLA symposium are Finnish and English, but presentations in other languages are also welcome. Please note that if you wish to present a paper at the AFinLA symposium, you need to be a member of AFinLA or an AILA affiliate organization. More information on how to become a member of AFinLA can be found online at: http://www.afinla.fi/afinla-english-0

Local organising committee: Anna Solin (chair), Niina Hynninen, Maria Kela, Simo Määttä, Taru Nordlund, Ulla Tiililä, Johanna Vaattovaara and Hanna-Mari Pienimäki (conference secretary). You can e-mail the organisers at afinla-2015@helsinki

More information on the symposium is available on the symposium website at http://www.helsinki.fi/afinla2015/index-eng.html.

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS 

Monday, August 22 – Wednesday, August 24, 2016 

University of Jyväskylä, Finland 

We are now inviting proposals for presentations in this international conference, organized for the second time. The first one was held in Graz, Austria in May 2014. 

https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/pll2016

Conference theme 

The conference will focus on the role of psychology in learning and teaching languages and address among other things such key issues in the field as: learners and teachers as individuals with various aspects of their psychology involved, including self-concept, motivation, identities, beliefs, agency, emotions, strategies, styles, etc.; the learning process and its outcomes; and the diversity of contexts where the learning and teaching of languages takes place these days. 

Academic programme 

In addition to the talks delivered by plenary speakers, the programme will consist of paper and poster sessions, colloquia and workshops. 

Plenary speakers 

o Phil Benson, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia 

o Maggie Kubanyiova, University of Birmingham, UK 

o Sarah Mercer, University of Graz, Austria 

Presentations by conference participants 

The submission of proposals opens on February 1, 2016 (see the conference website), and closes on March 15, 2016. This is done by filling out an online form. Types of presentations: 1) paper, 2) poster, 3) colloquium (with thematically related papers, discussion and audience participation), and 4) workshop (with hands-on activities based on some data or a specific topic) 

Length of abstracts: paper or poster (300 words, max., including references), colloquium (500 words, max., including titles of papers but no mention of presenters by name; and if a proposal is accepted, an abstract will be requested for each paper, 300 words, max.); workshop (500 words, max.). Length of presentations in the conference: paper (20 min. and 10 min. for questions and answers), poster (size AO, max.), colloquium (90 or 180 min.), workshop (90 min.) 

Language policy: The language of the conference is English. If a presentation is based on data in any other language, use of multilingual material (e.g. in Power Point slides, handouts) is recommended. The proposals for any type of presentation will be evaluated anonymously by at least two members of the PLL Scientific Committee and the Organizing Committee, and they will be evaluated for their contribution to the field, quality of content, thematic relevance, quality of abstract (organization, clarity of expression). For colloquia/workshops: clear schedule of activities, discussion and/or audience participation. 

Presentation acceptances will be sent out by early May 2016. 

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The conference is organized back-to-back with/in cooperation with the 26th annual conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA) Wednesday, August 24 – Saturday, August 27, 2016. Both events are organized in Jyväskylä, Finland. 

We now inviting proposals for presentations in the international conference on CoDesigns. Envisioning Multi-sited Language Education Policies. The Conference is simultaneously the 33rd Summer School of Applied Language Studies.

The Conference aims at promoting empowering designs and approaches to language education policy. The conference will among other things focus on:

·bi-/multilingual education

·classroom contexts

·migrants and language education

·language education and the working life

·second/foreign languages

·policy approaches

The submission of proposals is now open and closes on January 24, 2016 (please notice the extended deadline).

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The Conference website: www.jyu.fi/multisited2016

Link to presentation submission is https://congress.cc.jyu.fi/summerschool2016  

For further information, please notice the attachment.

We look forward to seeing you in Jyväskylä, Finland, in June 2016.

Organizing Committee

Date: September 19, 2015

Venue: Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea

Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2015

Invited Speakers:

Claire Kramsch (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Farzad Sharifian (Monash University, Australia)

Kilryoung Lee (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea)

More speakers from JACET(Japan), Thai TESOL(Thailand), and TEFLIN(Indonesia)

Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (ALAK) now invites you to submit presentation proposals for concurrent or poster sessions.

1) Concurrent Sessions

The ALAK calls for paper presentations (20-minute presentation and 10-minute discussion) in all areas of applied linguistics. Please use the attached form A (for paper presentation) and submit it to Prof. Woo-hyun Jung at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2) Poster Session

We especially encourage the participation of graduate students in this session. Please use the attached form B (for poster presentation) and submit it to Prof. Young Yun at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Acceptance will be notified by March 15, 2015.

The Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick is pleased to announce its 18th Postgraduate Conference on Tuesday, 23^rd, Wednesday, 24^th and Thursday, 25^th June 2015.

The postgraduate conference covers a wide range of topics including language teaching, intercultural communication, and academic discourse. The aim of the conference is to provide postgraduate students with the opportunity to present their research, to attend experts’ keynote presentations, to meet peers who engage in similar research activities and to get valuable feedback on their research.

This year’s event will also mark Warwick’s 50th anniversary. Our keynote speakers will be Dr. Nigel Harwood (University of Sheffield), Dr. Fiona Copland (Aston University), Dr Katharina Chudzikowski (University of Bath), and Prof. Brendan McSweeney (Royal Holloway, University of London). There will also be pre-conference workshops and seminars conducted by experts in their respective fields. These will be delivered by respected Warwick academics such as: Dr. Malcolm MacDonald, Dr. Jo Angouri and Dr. Bene Bassetti.

For further information, please visit the Conference’s webpage at http://www.warwick.ac.uk/wpgcal2015