Actively contributing to the development of all subject
areas of applied linguistics
Promoting the exchange of scientific knowledge and practical experience
Stimulating international cooperation
Fostering language pluralism
Supporting applied linguistics in developing countries
AILA pursues these objectives by:
Holding a triennial world congress
Establishing and supporting Research Networks (ReNs)
Promoting the dissemination of scientific information by a variety of means, including this web site and various publications (a scholarly journal, a book series and a newsletter)
Collaborating with other organizations with related objectives and goals
Making available Solidarity Awards to support the attendance of academics from developing countries at the World Congress
Institute of the Estonian Language Roosikrantsi 6 10119 Tallinn
Estonia
Phone:
+372 6411 433
E-Mail:
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Greece
Greek Applied Linguistics Association (GALA)
http://www.enl.auth.gr/gala/
Associate Prof. Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey
School of English Aristotle University P.O. Box 52 GR-541 24 Thessaloniki
Greece
Phone:
+30-2310-997405
Fax:
+30-2310-997432
E-Mail:
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Spain
Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada (AEsLA)
http://www.aesla.uji.es/
Fancisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza
Fancisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza Dpto. Filologias Modernas Universidad De La Rioja 26004 Logrono
Spain
Dr Rosa Maria Manchon Ruiz
Dr. Rosa Maria Manchon Ruiz Dpto de Filologia Inglesa Facultad de Letras Universidad de Murcia
Spain
Phone:
+34-968-363187
Fax:
+34-968-363185
E-Mail:
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Finland
Association Finlandaise de Linguistique Appliquée (AFinLA)
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~kmantyla/afinla/!index.html
Hannele Duvfa
Department of Languages 40014 University of Jyväskylä Finland
Finland
E-Mail:
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France
Association Française de Linguistique Appliquée (AFLA)
http://afla.linguist.jussieu.fr/
Geoffrey Williams
E-Mail:
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United Kingdom
British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
http://www.baal.org.uk/
Susan Hunston
The University of Birmingham Department of English Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom
Phone:
+44 121 414 5675
E-Mail:
Graham Turner
E-Mail:
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HAAL)
http://www.ln.edu.hk/eng/info/haal/
Dr. Cynthia Lee
Fong King Language Centre Baptist University Kowloon
Hong Kong
Phone:
+852 3411 7193
Fax:
+852 3411 5840
E-Mail:
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Ireland
Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL)
http://www.iraal.ie/index.html
Anne Gallagher
Department of Languages Institute of Technology Tralee Co. Kerry
Ireland
E-Mail:
Jeffrey Kallen
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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:
+972-3-640-8947
Fax:
+972-3-640-7426
E-Mail:
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Italy
Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata (AItLA)
Augusto Carli
Dipartimento di Scienze del Linguaggio e della Cultura Largo S. Eufemia 19 41100 Modena
Italy
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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
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Korea (South)
Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (ALAK)
http://www.alak.or.kr/
Sun Hye Hwang
Department of English Language & Literature Sookmyung Women's University CHyochangwongil 52, Yongsan-gu Seoul, 140-742
Korea (South)
Phone:
+82-2-710-9317
E-Mail:
Youngkyu Kim
Department of Korean Studies Graduate School of International Studies Ewha Womans University 11-1 Daehyeon-dong, Seodaemun-gu Seoul, 120-750, Korea
Korea (South)
Phone:
+82-2-3277-4641
Fax:
+82-2-3277-2899
E-Mail:
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Mexico
Asociación Mexicana de Lingüística Aplicada (AMLA)
Dr. María Eugenia Herrera Lima
Centro de Lingüística Hispánica Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Mario de la Cueva Cíudad Universitaria México, DF, CP 04510
Mexico
Phone:
+52-5-595-46-66
Fax:
+52-5-595-46-66
E-Mail:
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Netherlands
Association Néerlandaise de Linguistique Appliquée (ANéLA)
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.
In applying for a Solidarity Award, individuals or affiliates applying on behalf of an individual must send all the following documents:
A one-page letter of application giving the motivation of the applicant to participate, the reasons why participation without the award might be impossible, and how the applicant intends to make use of the congress participation afterwards;
A proposed budget for the expenses;
A CV from the applicant, showing evidence of academic excellence and/or promise;
A letter of support from an AILA affiliate association, a Scientific Commission or a senior academic who is acquainted with the candidate's work;
A copy of the abstract accepted to the upcoming AILA World Congress or evidence of a firm invitation to take part in a symposium or Scientific Commission session.
Successful applicants must provide the AILA Executive Board with a one-page report within a month of the congress; the reports will be published in AILA News.
Applications should be sent to the chair of the Solidarity Committee of the AILA Executive Board:
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) enjoying Status B (mutual information and consultation) with UNESCO.
Every three years, AILA holds its international World Congress. This congress is the biggest event in Applied Linguistics, bringing together - usually more than 2.000 - researchers and practitioners from all areas of Applied Linguistics for five days.
The Congress is characterized by high level presentations and discussions on key issues of the field. Its format includes keynote addresses, plenary speeches by outstanding scholars, invited symposia, symposia, individual papers and poster presentations.
The first AILA Congress took part in Nancy, France, 1964, presenting in its strands cutting edge findings from theory and practice of the time. Following this model, the programs of the Past Congresses represent the history of the discipline.
Each congress is organised by a different national or regional affiliate. The congress sites alternate between different areas of the world to reflect the global character of AILA.
"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 and the AGM chose MULTILINGUALISM:
Challenges and Opportunities as the theme for the 2008 congress."
40th British Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Meeting, September 6-8, 2007. Homepage: http://www.baal.org.uk/
"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 and the AGM chose MULTILINGUALISM:
Challenges and Opportunities as the theme for the 2008 congress."
40th British Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Meeting, September 6-8, 2007. Homepage: http://www.baal.org.uk/
AILA is looking for researchers interested in organizing Research Networks (ReN) focused on special topic areas of Applied Linguistics. If you would like to work internationally on your area of research together with other scholars from all over the world, you might consider applying to be a ReN organizer.
ReNs seek to promote the gathering and dissemination of information and the undertaking of research in all academic areas of AILA with a particular focus on areas that have the potential for new cross-disciplinary research.
ReNs exist for three years and can be renewed. At any point in time, there will be about 15 ReNs in existence. Generally, the life of an ReN is not expected to be longer than six years. Renewals beyond the six years would be determined by the criteria listed below.
For the formation of an ReN, the following criteria should be met:
at least five members, some of whom should be new scholars,
multinational composition,
participants are active in the research area of the ReN,
a program for research activities for the three years between congresses and a commitment to present at the upcoming AILA World Congress,
nominate from among their members one individual as the organizer of the respective ReN who liases with the ReN Coordinator.
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How to set up a ReN
For new applications, the ReN organizer must submit a proposal to the ReN Coordinator at least two months prior to the World Congress. The proposal should consist of
a statement concerning the scope of the ReN,
a list of the participants of the ReN and their affiliation,
a plan for ReN activities for the upcoming three years, and
a commitment to fill their ReN slot at the AILA Congress three years hence.
Each ReN organizer is responsible for a brief written report to the ReN Coordinator on an annual basis.
When possible, AILA will, upon written request, consider limited financial support for ReN activities.
Applications to set up a new ReN should be directed to the AILA ReN Coordinator.
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Research Networks Coordinator
Jean-Marc Dewaele
School of Languages, Linguistics and Culture Birkbeck College University of London 43 Gordon Square WC1H 0PD London, UK
email:
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How a former Scientific Commission (SC) can continue as a ReN
If a current Scientific Commision (SC) of AILA has been demonstrably active, it may continue its research as an ReN by meeting the criteria listed in the section above.
For continuation as a ReN, the presently designated Scientific Commission convener and, in future, the ReN organizer must submit to the ReN Coordinator no more than two months following the World Congress a proposal which demonstrates an active research profile in the preceding three years. In addition, at the most recent AILA Congress, they must have filled their SC/ReN slot with presentations relating to the domain of their ReN/SC.
Specifically, the proposal should consist of:
evidence of past activities including a description of the session at the most recent AILA World Congress and a statement of evolving research interests of the ReN/existing SC,
a plan for ReN activities for the upcoming three years,
a list of the participants of the ReN and their affiliation,
a commitment to fill their ReN slot at the AILA Congress three years hence.
The decision for renewal will be based on fulfillment of the above criteria as determined by the ReN-Committee as defined in the Bylaws of AILA.
It will be the task of the ReN coordinator to notify the ReN organizers of the specific submission date for proposals to continue and the criteria for continuation.
ReN organizers will be notified of the decision no later than two months after the proposal submission deadline.
Note: A list of the former Scientific Commissions is still available.
AILA is looking for researchers interested in organizing Research Networks (ReN) focused on special topic areas of Applied Linguistics. If you would like to work internationally on your area of research together with other scholars from all over the world, you might consider applying to be a ReN organizer.
ReNs seek to promote the gathering and dissemination of information and the undertaking of research in all academic areas of AILA with a particular focus on areas that have the potential for new cross-disciplinary research.
ReNs exist for three years and can be renewed. At any point in time, there will be about 15 ReNs in existence. Generally, the life of an ReN is not expected to be longer than six years. Renewals beyond the six years would be determined by the criteria listed below.
For the formation of an ReN, the following criteria should be met:
at least five members, some of whom should be new scholars,
multinational composition,
participants are active in the research area of the ReN,
a program for research activities for the three years between congresses and a commitment to present at the upcoming AILA World Congress,
nominate from among their members one individual as the organizer of the respective ReN who liases with the ReN Coordinator.
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How to set up a ReN
For new applications, the ReN organizer must submit a proposal to the ReN Coordinator at least two months prior to the World Congress. The proposal should consist of
a statement concerning the scope of the ReN,
a list of the participants of the ReN and their affiliation,
a plan for ReN activities for the upcoming three years, and
a commitment to fill their ReN slot at the AILA Congress three years hence.
Each ReN organizer is responsible for a brief written report to the ReN Coordinator on an annual basis.
When possible, AILA will, upon written request, consider limited financial support for ReN activities.
Applications to set up a new ReN should be directed to the AILA ReN Coordinator.
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Research Networks Coordinator
Jean-Marc Dewaele
School of Languages, Linguistics and Culture Birkbeck College University of London 43 Gordon Square WC1H 0PD London, UK
email:
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How a former Scientific Commission (SC) can continue as a ReN
If a current Scientific Commision (SC) of AILA has been demonstrably active, it may continue its research as an ReN by meeting the criteria listed in the section above.
For continuation as a ReN, the presently designated Scientific Commission convener and, in future, the ReN organizer must submit to the ReN Coordinator no more than two months following the World Congress a proposal which demonstrates an active research profile in the preceding three years. In addition, at the most recent AILA Congress, they must have filled their SC/ReN slot with presentations relating to the domain of their ReN/SC.
Specifically, the proposal should consist of:
evidence of past activities including a description of the session at the most recent AILA World Congress and a statement of evolving research interests of the ReN/existing SC,
a plan for ReN activities for the upcoming three years,
a list of the participants of the ReN and their affiliation,
a commitment to fill their ReN slot at the AILA Congress three years hence.
The decision for renewal will be based on fulfillment of the above criteria as determined by the ReN-Committee as defined in the Bylaws of AILA.
It will be the task of the ReN coordinator to notify the ReN organizers of the specific submission date for proposals to continue and the criteria for continuation.
ReN organizers will be notified of the decision no later than two months after the proposal submission deadline.
Note: A list of the former Scientific Commissions is still available.
Every three years, AILA holds its international World Congress. This congress is the biggest event in Applied Linguistics, bringing together - usually more than 2.000 - researchers and practitioners from all areas of Applied Linguistics for five days.
The Congress is characterized by high level presentations and discussions on key issues of the field. Its format includes keynote addresses, plenary speeches by outstanding scholars, invited symposia, symposia, individual papers and poster presentations.
The first AILA Congress took part in Nancy, France, 1964, presenting in its strands cutting edge findings from theory and practice of the time. Following this model, the programs of the Past Congresses represent the history of the discipline.
Each congress is organised by a different national or regional affiliate. The congress sites alternate between different areas of the world to reflect the global character of AILA.
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This page is intended to provide Applied Linguists with information and tools that are relevant for their work. In particular, this page will contain:
A calendar of congresses and similar events
Tools that are available online such as
Dictionaries
Fonts
IPA-Transcriptions
Language corpora
Job opportunities
At this point, only the calendar of congresses and similar events is available. Fellow Applied Linguists are invited to suggest new congresses and events.
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Every three years, AILA holds its international World Congress. This congress is the biggest event in Applied Linguistics, bringing together - usually more than 2.000 - researchers and practitioners from all areas of Applied Linguistics for five days.
The Congress is characterized by high level presentations and discussions on key issues of the field. Its format includes keynote addresses, plenary speeches by outstanding scholars, invited symposia, symposia, individual papers and poster presentations.
The first AILA Congress took part in Nancy, France, 1964, presenting in its strands cutting edge findings from theory and practice of the time. Following this model, the programs of the Past Congresses represent the history of the discipline.
Each congress is organised by a different national or regional affiliate. The congress sites alternate between different areas of the world to reflect the global character of AILA.
