Zahadin Omar

Research(ing) Cultures in Applied Linguistics

September 10-11, 2018

University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen, Germany

The 10th AILA-Europe Junior Researchers' Meeting in Applied Linguistics will be hosted by the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, September 10th to 11th. This year’s conference focuses on Research(ing) Cultures in Applied Linguistics.

The two-day Junior Researcher Meeting will allow early career applied linguists to present their research as well as network in an interactive and informal international environment. This year, 37 young researchers will be presenting their work in German and English.

The conference programme will be supplemented by keynotes that are tailored to the needs of young researchers:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gene Thompson (Rikkyo University, Japan) and
Jun. Prof. Dr. Dominik Rumlich (University of Münster, Germany)
will be talking about first career steps in research and about methodology.

Conference Website: https://www.uni-due.de/jrm2018/index_en.shtml

Dr Gloria Cappelli & Dr Veronica Bonsignori

May 13, 2021, 5:30pm (Irish time)

Online (organized by IRAAL)

http://www.iraal.ie/events

Teaching LSP at university level necessarily involves both developing specialized language skills and forming knowledgeable professionals capable of appropriate and effective intercultural communication. This is especially true for foreign languages for tourism (e.g., English or French for Tourism). The distinctive feature of most instances of tourism discourse is the fact that it draws from a range of specialized domains. It mediates the tourist experience and contributes to closing the gap between the home- and the destination’s culture by making culture-specific knowledge and specialized concepts accessible to non-specialists. For this reason, teaching foreign languages for tourism communication involves simultaneously developing communicative and professional skills, as well as awareness of cultural differences and conventions. In this webinar, we discuss the potential of multimodal pedagogy in the English for Tourism classroom building on the idea that multimodality should be considered as an integral part of language proficiency rather than an addition. More specifically, focus is on the effects of using authentic multimodal materials (i.e., clips from authentic communicative exchanges) within task-based project work with young adult learners. This combination promotes the centrality of the learner offering opportunities for learning-by-doing, and helps learners expand their communicative proficiency and their awareness of specific professional communicative practices (Hyland 2005). At the same time, it avoids the limitations of the non-authenticity of the learning task, since the learners are asked to enact a type of spoken interaction which will likely be part of their professional practice in future.

GLORIA CAPPELLI is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics in the Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics at the University of Pisa (Italy). She holds a PhD in Linguistics and Foreign Languages. Her research has focused on several areas of English linguistics, including semantics, pragmatics, English for Specific Purposes and English as a Foreign Language. She is the author of a book on English verbs of cognitive attitude (“I reckon I know how Leonardo da Vinci must have felt…” Epistemicity, evidentiality and English verbs of cognitive attitude), and of a book on the features of English tourism discourse (Sun, sea, sex and the unspoilt countryside. How the English language makes tourist out of readers). She has co-edited several collections of articles including volumes on lexical complexity, tourist guidebooks, complexity and creativity in the English Language and the linguistic study of dyslexia. On the same issues, she has published in national and international journals. Her most recent work has focused on meaning construal and conceptual accessibility, which she has examined in the processes of knowledge dissemination through tourism communication, as well as in pragmatic comprehension tasks in learners of English with and without dyslexia.

VERONICA BONSIGNORI is a Researcher in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Rome “Foro Italico”. She received a PhD in English Linguistics (2007) from the University of Pisa. Her interests are in the fields of pragmatics, audiovisual translation, multimodality, and ESP. She has published several articles in national and international journals and collections. She has also authored the monograph English Tags: A Close-up on Film Language, Dubbing and Conversation (2013) and co-edited with Belinda Crawford Camiciottoli the volume Multimodality Across Communicative Settings, Discourse Domains and Genres (2016). Her most recent publications include the paper “Using films and TV series for ESP teaching: A multimodal perspective” (System, 2018), “A multimodal analysis of spoken medical English in expert-to-expert interaction in TV programmes” (Ibérica, 2019), and with G. Cappelli “Specialized and culture-bound knowledge dissemination through spoken tourism discourse: Multimodal strategies in guided tours and documentaries” (Lingue e Linguaggi, 2020).

Founded on September 28, 2018

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

SALinBiH (The Society for Applied linguistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a new association of applied linguistics in this country. It was founded on 28 September 2018 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo.

Dr. Merima Osmankadić, associate professor in the English Department, University of Sarajevo, has been elected President of the Society, Dr. Izabela Dankić, full professor in the English Department, University of Mostar, Vice-President, and Dr. Larisa Kasumagić-Kafedžić, assistant professor in the English Department, University of Sarajevo, Secretary.

SALinBiH will pursue the following objectives: contributing to the promotion of applied linguistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina, engaging young scholars and researchers in the activities relating to various fields within applied linguistics, actively engaging through scientific research and projects in solving problems related to language and society, language and education, language policy, language and identity, and language and nationalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, stimulating regional and international cooperation, and assisting practitioners in the field of applied linguistics through seminars, conferences and projects.

The first activity of SALinBiH is the organization of AILA Europe Junior Researcher Meeting at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, on 26-28 September 2019. The call for papers and posters will be open as from December 2018.

In preparation for the new association of applied linguistics, applied linguists in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized two symposiums in the course of 2017 led by Professor Bernd Rüschoff, the acting Past President of AILA, and Professor Daniel Perrin, the acting President of AILA, on the general topic Current Research Frameworks & Paradigms in Applied Linguistics: Educational and Professional Contexts.

The first symposium was held on 17 February 2017 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo. In his key-note lecture and workshops, Professor Rüschoff from the University of Duisburg-Essen focused on current research and paradigms in applied linguistics in educational contexts, with a group of applied linguists from Bosnia and Herzegovina presenting posters on their current research in the field (Željka Babić, University of Banja Luka, Alma Jahić, University of Tuzla, and Merima Osmankadić and Larisa Kasumagić-Kafedžić, University of Sarajevo).

The second symposium was held on 30 September 2017 by Professor Daniel Perrin from Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with the focus on current research and paradigms in applied linguistics in professional contexts. On that occassion Professor Perrin held one key-note lecture, two workshops and one colloquium for the audience of academics and students in the field of applied linguistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

European Journal of Applied Lingusitics
Volume 10 Issue 2

Link: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/eujal/html#latestIssue

• Editorial: From the roots to the new blossoming buds of Applied Linguistics in Europe - Grégory Miras, Aleksandra Gnach
• Regis Kawecki: In what ways are the Semarang University Indonesian learners of French developing an Interlanguage?
• Terezie Nerušilová: Development of students’ spoken language in an online French course: Presentation of continuing doctoral research
• Clara Cousinard: How to use oral multimodal corpora and data-driven learning to teach French Talk-in-Interaction
• Jaqueline Mora: Prototypical associations in the production of words in English as a foreign language by L2 learners
• Paul Pouzergue : Multilevel courses and blended learning – tools for pedagogical differentiation and promoting student automony
• Alma Žero: Inclusive Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Exploring English language teachers’ competencies
• Mariangel Carreño: Students’ voices about English language learning in school and beyond
• Valéria Schörghofer-Queiroz: Identity construction of multilingual parents in the context of parental engagement
• Betül Seda Battilani: Translanguaging, co-learning, and participatory investment in multilingual workplaces
• Dajana Zečić: The Brexit campaign in British tabloids: The role of passives in the process of positive self- and negative other-presentation
• Sophia Burnett: Offsetting love and hate: The prosodic effects of the non-standard 1sg in tweets to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn over four days of the UK general election
• Epilogue: From bud to fruit and back to the roots of the European Journal of Applied Linguistics - Stephanie Risse

in EUROPE / featured stories / Research Sharepoint

Welcome to the April 2023 issue of the AILA newsletter, and special greetings to all who celebrate Passover, Easter or Eid al-Fitr, all of which, unusually, fall in the course of the current month. Recent and forthcoming events by affiliates and others in 2023 and 2024, onsite and virtual, include: Date Event Venue April 26-28, 2023 40th International Congress of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics (AESLA) Mérida, Spain April 27-28, 2023 EAAL Conference 2023: Language: The User in Focus Tallinn, Estonia April 27-29, 2023 The 5th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of the Philippines Iligan, Philippines May 4-6, 2023 CCERBAL 2023 Conference Ottawa, Canada May 19, 2023 20th International Scientific Conference: "Language Acquisition: Problems and Perspective" Liepāja, Latvia May 27-29, 2023 Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL/ACLA) Annual Conference Toronto, Canada June 2-4, 2023 JALTCALL 2023 Conference: CALLing the Future Kumamoto, Japan June 15-17, 2023 International Association for World Englishes (IAWE 25) New York, USA June 26-30, 2023 International Symposium on Bilingualism 14 – Diversity Now Sydney, Australia June 28-30, 2023 Joint AELFE-LSPPC Conference Zaragoza, Spain June 28-30, 2023 International Inter-association (History of Language Teaching) Conference Faro, Portugal July 17-21, 2023 AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress Lyon 2023 Lyon, France Aug 23-25, 2023 BAAL 2023 Conference York, England Aug 29-31, 2023 The 62nd JACET International Convention Tokyo, Japan Sept 5-6, 2023 The 3rd Malaysian Associaiton of Applied Linguistics International Conference (MAALIC 2023) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sept 20-22, 2023 GAL Annual Conference 2023 Mainz, Germany Oct 13-14, 2023 2023 ALAK International Conference Jeju Island, South Korea Nov 19-21, 2023 Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) Conference 2023 Wollongong, Australia Nov 23-24, 2023 International Conference on Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices 3 (MMLPP 3) Yerevan, Armenia March 16-19, 2024 AAAL 2024 Conference Houston, USA April 18-19, 2024 ASLA 2024 Falun, Sweden Aug 11-16, 2024 AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress Kuala Lumpur 2024 Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia

Dear friends and c olleagues, Warmest best wishes to all and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter. There are numerous events by affiliates in 2024 both onsite and virtually to look forward to. These include of course AILA 2024, the 60th Anniversary World Congress to be held in Kuala Lumpur in beautiful, exotic Malaysia on 11-16 August.

Welcome to the December issue of the AILA newsletter, 2022. Recent and forthcoming events by affiliates and others in 2022 and 2023, onsite and virtual, include: Date Event Venue Oct 26-27, 2022 International Seminar of Applied Linguistics (ISIALING) by The Indonesian Association of Applied Linguistics (IAAL) – (online mode) Indonesia Nov 25-27, 2022 ALANZ-ALAA-ALTAANZ Conference 2022 – Applied Linguistics in the Asia-Pacific Region Wellington, New Zealand Nov 28, 2022 AFLA (Association Française de Linguistique Appliquée) Annual Meeting (hybrid mode) Paris, France March 3-5, 2023 The Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching International Conference (ALLT 2023) Dubai, UAE March 18-21, 2023 AAAL 2023 Conference Portland, Oregon April 26-28, 2023 40th International Congress of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics (AESLA) Mérida, Spain April 27-28, 2023 EAAL Conference 2023: Language: the user in focus Tallinn, Estonia April 27-29, 2023 The 5th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of the Philippines Iligan, Philippines May 4-6, 2023 CCERBAL 2023 Conference Ottawa, Canada May 27-29, 2023 Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL/ACLA) Annual Conference Toronto, Canada June 15-17, 2023 International Association for World Englishes (IAWE 25) New York, USA June 26-30, 2023 International Symposium on Bilingualism 14 – Diversity Now Sydney, Australia June 28-30, 2023 Joint AELFE-LSPPC Conference Zaragoza, Spain June 28-30, 2023 International Inter-association (History of Language Teaching) Conference Faro, Portugal July 17-21, 2023 AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress Lyon 2023 Lyon, France Aug 29-31, 2023 The 62nd JACET International Convention Tokyo, Japan Aug 11-16, 2024 AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress Kuala Lumpur 2024 Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia AILA pursues a strategy of regionalization that aims at establishing closer international cooperation among applied linguists from more or less neighbouring countries who are affiliated to AILA by fostering joint events, projects and publications in the respective regions. At the same time, AILA looks forward to more collaboration across networks and regions. One such event that has just been held is: The webinar was an inter-regional collaboration between ALAA (Australia) and MAAL (Malaysia) with AILA Europe (coordinator). AILA Europe has published a special issue of the European Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 10 Issue 2:Theme: New Generation of Applied Linguists in EuropeGuest Editors: Aleksandra Gnach and Gregory Miras The issue has three sections: Advancements in language teaching and learning Embracing social responsibility through research Understanding complex societal phenomena with linguistic methodology Find out more about it here. The AILA Applied Linguistics Series (AALS) covers different topics in applied linguistics from a multidisciplinary approach and aims to include different theoretical and methodological perspectives. As an official AILA publication, the series includes contributors from different geographical and linguistic backgrounds. The volumes in the series should be of high quality, break new ground and stimulate further research in Applied Linguistics. AILA Review invites AILA members from all national affiliate organisations to submit proposals for future issues of AILA Review. AILA Review is the Scopus-indexed Journal that focuses on cutting-edge research by AILA research networks. It is published by John Benjamins, Amsterdam, and appears twice a year, once as a thematically oriented, guest-edited volume of 100-120 pages, and once as an open issue. Open Issue: Submissions for the open issue: between 8000 and 10,000 words including references. Please submit via the Editorial Manager: www.editorialmanager.com/aila Call for Chapter Proposals in edited volume Virtual Reality in the Humanities – Concepts, Methods, and Intercultural Applications - find out here. Call for Papers by IRAAL - TEANGA Volume 30 - click here. We are currently undertaking an interesting project - compiling materials for the AILA Archive - and plan to digitise bulletins and newsletters that will be accessible to members. The following items are missing, and we would like to request copies specifically of these (along with any other AILA-related materials, e.g. books of conference abstracts). AILA Bulletin or equivalent, 1983–1985 AILA News or equivalent (2000 onwards) If anyone has copies of these that they would be willing to donate to the AILA Archive, please contact Professor Richard Smith: Please send materials for the archive to: Professor Richard SmithWarwick ELT ArchiveDepartment of Applied LinguisticsUniversity of WarwickCoventry CV4 7AL United Kingdom I look forward to receiving more news about affiliates’ publications and events that can be shared in forthcoming newsletters and on the AILA website. Please send them to I wish everyone Happy Christmas/Season’s greetings/happy holidays and a wonderful New Year. Professor Azirah Hashim President, International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA)

Welcome to the latest AILA newsletter. July was a busy month with the executive board and the international committee meetings attended by representatives of affiliates. These were followed by the 20th AILA World Congress held in beautiful Lyon on the university campuses. Warm appreciation and heartfelt thanks to the organisers of this congress, in particular to the co-chairs Gregory Miras, Nathalie Blanc and Isabel Colon de Cavajal and their team, for their tireless dedication to ensuring that the congress was a success. Lyon was the first of the anniversary congresses celebrating 60 years of AILA. It also celebrated 60 years of AFLA, the French affiliate. AFLA has a special place in our history as it was created simultaneously with AILA, in Nancy, in 1964. Bernard Pottier was the first President of AILA from 1964 to 1969 and other founding members included Guy Capelle, Antoine Culioli, Henri Evrard, André Martinet and Paul Rivenc. Thank you too to the AILA Solidarity Awards Committee – in particular, Coordinator Kyria Finardi, Co-chair Gregory Miras and Treasurer Marlies Whitehouse (https://aila.info/about/solidarity_award). The highlights of our celebration of 60 years of AILA are being held in innovative formats in three locations around the world. In 2021, we decided that in view of the changed circumstances brought about by the pandemic and the increase in affiliates, the anniversary congresses would be held in different regions. Each one would be hybrid, but they would nonetheless offer a rich programme with enhanced opportunities for members worldwide to participate. For a report of the congress: "The symbol was strong: Association Française de Linguistique Appliquée hosted the 20th anniversary congress of Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée, marking the start of their joint anniversary, both founded in 1964 in Nancy (France). Aiming to respond to real contemporary problems, this congress emphasized a human scale, inclusion and sustainable development. The world is changing, and so must the way we do research. This is what the AILA 2023 congress sought to do, both in terms of content and form. The world is changing and we need to innovate to protect the future." Gregory Miras Co-chair, AILA 2023, Lyon

Welcome to the third issue of the AILA newsletter, 2022. The site visit for the 2024 AILA Anniversary World Congress at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre took place prior to the meeting. Pictures: Forthcoming events by affiliates in 2022 and 2023, onsite and virtual, include: Date Event Venue Oct 1, 2022 2022 ALAK International Conference & AILA East-Asia Forum Hybrid, Korea Oct 27-29, 2022 AFinLAn syyssymposium 2022 Helsinki, Finland Nov 5, 2022 TAAL Applied Linguistics Graduate Forum Thailand Nov 6-11, 2022 13th Conference of Brazilian Applied Linguistics (CBLA) Online, Brazil Nov 25-27, 2022 ALANZ-ALAA-ALTAANZ Conference 2022 – Applied Linguistics in the Asia-Pacific Region Wellington, New Zealand March 18-21, 2023 AAAL 2023 Conference Portland, Oregon May 4-6, 2023 CCERBAL 2023 Conference Ottawa, Canada May 27-29, 2023 Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL/ACLA) Annual Conference Toronto, Canada June 26-30, 2023 International Symposium on Bilingualism 14 – Diversity Now Sydney, Australia July 17-21, 2023 AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress Lyon 2023 Lyon, France Aug 11-16, 2024 AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress Kuala Lumpur 2024 Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia In terms of research and publications, AILA has two outlets, AILA Review and the AILA Applied Linguistics Book Series. AILA Review is the Scopus-indexed Journal focusing on cutting-edge research by research networks of AILA, the International Association of Applied Linguistics. See: https://aila.info/research/aila-review/invitation-for-proposals/ For those looking to propose book publications, the AILA Applied Linguistics Series (AALS) aims at representing the field in its diversity. As an official publication of AILA, the series include contributors from different geographical and linguistic backgrounds. See: https://aila.info/research/aila-book-series/ As we approach 60 years of AILA, it is appropriate to recall the founders of the Association and others who played a key role in AILA’s early days. In this newsletter, we remember Gerhard Nickel who was Secretary General for two terms, 1972 to 1975 and 1975 to 1978. In 1969, he founded the German Association of Applied Linguistics (GAL) and defined its goals over the many years when he served as President. Gerhard was editor-in-chief of the International Review of Applied Linguistics (IRAL). During his long term as a member of the Executive Board of AILA, he held advisory functions for educational policy institutions such as the COUNCIL OF EUROPE and UNESCO. AILA’s ties with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) go back a long way. Recently, AILA endorsed the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) contributing to raising awareness of social issues among applied linguists. UNESCO leads the implementation of the International Decade of Indigenous languages 2022-2032. ‘The International Decade aims at ensuring indigenous peoples’ right to preserve, revitalize and promote their languages, and maintaining linguistic diversity and multilingualism aspects into the sustainable development efforts’. See: https://idil2022-2032.org Professor Azirah Hashim President, International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA)

Multiperspectivity in Applied Linguistics

September 26–28, 2019

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 11th Junior Researchers' Meeting is hosted by the Society for Applied Linguistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina (SALinBiH). It will take place in Sarajevo, from 26 to 28 September 2019, and focus on Multiperspectivity in Applied Linguistics.

Abstracts within 200–250 words should be submitted online: https://jrmsarajevo.org/abstract-submission Deadline for the Submission of Abstracts: 10 April 2019

Deadline for the Notification of Acceptance: 10 May 2019

Welcome to the mid-year newsletter. After more than two years of restrictions due to the pandemic, we can now travel again and meet at conferences and events worldwide. Forthcoming events by affiliates in 2022, onsite and virtual, include: Date Event Venue July 13-16, 2022 Sociolinguistics Symposium 24 – Inside and Beyond Binaries Ghent University, Belgium Aug 10-11, 2022 MAAL Asia Pacific Conference 2022 (MAAL APC 2022) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Aug 24-26, 2022 The 61st JACET International Convention Online, Japan Sept 1-3, 2022 BAAL Conference 2022 Queen's University Belfast, N. Ireland Sept 8-10, 2022 Interactional Competences and Practices in a Second Language (ICOP-L2) - Barcelona 2022 Barcelona, Spain Sept 15-17, 2022 The 12th International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia Sept 22-23, 2022 International Conference on Multilingual Education in Linguistically Diverse Contexts (MELDC 3) University of Tirana, Albania Sept 28-30, 2022 2022 Annual Conference of the German Association of Applied Linguistics (GAL) Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg, Germany Sept 29-30, 2022 6th International Conference of Applied Linguistics in Lithuania Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, Lithuania Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2022 IRAAL Conference 2022 Munster Technological University, Ireland Oct 1, 2022 2022 ALAK International Conference & AILA East-Asia Forum Hybrid, Korea Oct 27-29, 2022 AFinLAn syyssymposium 2022 Helsinki, Finland Nov 6-11, 2022 13th Conference of Brazilian Applied Linguistics (CBLA) Online, Brazil Nov 25-27, 2022 ALAA and ALANZ Conference – Applied linguistics in the Asia-Pacific region Wellington, New Zealand July 17-21, 2023 AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress Lyon 2023 Lyon, France Aug 13-16, 2024 AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress Kuala Lumpur 2024 Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia Research Networks (ReNs) seek to promote research and its dissemination in all academic areas covered by AILA, with a particular focus on areas with potential for new cross-disciplinary research. ReNs facilitate regional and inter-regional networking leading to more joint engagements and exchanges. Please write to ReN coordinators if you are interested in joining any of the ReNs. List of Research Networks (ReNs) As we approach 60 years of AILA, it is appropriate to recall the founders of the Association and others who played a key role in AILA’s early days. In this issue, as AFLA (France) celebrates its 60th anniversary, you may be interested to read about the pioneers who founded AFLA in 1964: Guy Capelle (assisted by Antoine Culioli, Henri Evrard, André Martinet, Bernard Pottier and Paul Rivenc). Fernand Carton published an article on the emergence of applied linguistics in France in the 1960s. Amongst other interesting pieces of information, he describes interdisciplinary work at that time. The article in French (please Google translate into English if need be) is given below: Quand naissait l'AFLA: témoignage Association Française de Linguistique Appliquée (AFLA) AILA’s relations with the United Nations go back a long way. More recently, AILA endorsed the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) contributing to raising awareness of social issues among applied linguists. Herewith a report by UNESCO on ‘A new social contract for education’ which includes the essential role of multilingualism in inclusive and equitable education. A new social contract for education UNESCO write-up on languages in education Professor Azirah Hashim President, International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA)

Prof. Lasisi Tajudeen Alaoh P.O. Box 5009 Brikama, Western Division The Gambia phone: +220-911-789 fax: +220-484-100

e-mail:

Department of Foreign Language Education at Boğaziçi University (FLED)

Assoc. Prof. Yasemin Bayyurt Boğaziçi University Faculty of Education Department of Foreign Language Education 34342 Bebek, Istanbul Turkiye Phone: +90 (0)212 359 64 79

Fax: +90 (0)212 257 50 36

International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)

Prof. Jeff Verschueren IPRA Secretariat PO Box 33 (Antwerp 11) B-2018 Antwerp Belgium phone: +32-3-230-55-74 fax: +32-3-230-55-74

e-mail:

Dear friends and c olleagues, Warmest best wishes to all and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter. Let those in northern climes take heart: the winter solstice is upon us and the days will soon be getting longer! In the meantime, there is bound to be something for everyone to look forward to in the list of forthcoming events by affiliates in 2024 both onsite and virtually. I would mention in particular AILA 2024, the 60th Anniversary World Congress.

20th AILA World Congress 

17 - 21 July 2023, Lyon, France

Diversity and social cohesion in a globalized world

AILA 2023 Congress website

19th AILA World Congress

15-20 August, 2021, Groningen, Netherlands

The dynamics of language, communication and culture in a changing world

AILA 2021 Congress Website

AILA 2021 Conference Report

17th AILA World Congress

10-15 August 2014, Brisbane, Australia

One World - Many Languages

AILA 2014 Program booklet

AILA 2014 Abstract book

AILA 2014 on Facebook

Publications

Gitsaki, C., & Ruschoff, B. (Eds.) (2015). Language and technology: Current trends and practices. Special issue. International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 5(3). DOI: 10.4018/IJCALLT

Gitsaki, C., & Coombe, C. (2016). Current issues in language evaluation, assessment and testing: Research and practice. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Gitsaki, C., & Alexiou, T. (2015). Current issues in second/foreign language teaching and teacher development: Research and practice. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Gitsaki, C., Gobert, M., & Demirci, H. (2015). Current issues in reading, writing and visual literacy: Research and practice. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

16th AILA World Congress

23-29 August 2011, CELEA, Beijing, China

Harmony in Diversity: Language, Culture, Society

The congress website is no longer available. You may still find some information via the "Wayback Machine" of archive.org.

15th AILA World Congress

24-29 August 2008, GAL, Essen, Germany

Multilingualism: Challenges and Opportunities

The congress website is no longer available. You may still find some information via the "Wayback Machine" of archive.org.

14th AILA World Congress

25-29 July 2005, AAAL, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

The future is now!

The congress website is no longer available. You may still find some information via the "Wayback Machine" of archive.org.

13th AILA World Congress

16-21 December 2002, Singapore

Applied Linguistics in the 21^st Century: Opportunities for Innovation & Creativity

12th AILA World Congress

1-6 August 1999, Tokyo, Japan

The Roles of Language in the 21^st Century: Unity and Diversity.

Publications

(1999): Selected Papers from AILA '99 Tokyo. Edited by AILA '99 Tokyo Organizing Committee. Tokyo: Waseda University Press.

11th AILA World Congress

August 1996, Jyväskylä, Finland

Currently no further information available!

10th AILA World Congress

8-14 August 1993, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Publications

Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove (ed.) (1995): Multilingualism for all. Swets & Zeitlinger Lisse.

9th AILA World Congress

1990, Halkidiki, Greece

Publications

AILA90, Greece (1990). Proceedings, vols 1-6. Edited by AILA 90 Greece Organising Committee. Thessaloniki: University Studio Press.

Efstathiadis, S. (ed.) (1991). Initial and in-service Foreign Language Teacher education. Symposium organized by the AILA Scientific Commission on “FLT Methodology and Teacher Education”, 17-18 April , AILA90 Halkidiki, Greece. Thessaloniki: University Studio Press.

Efstathiadis, S. (ed.) (1990). Journal of Applied Linguistics (JAL), vol. 6. Thessaloniki: University Studio Press.

8th AILA World Congress

16-21 August 1987, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Publications

Halliday, M.A.K., Gibbons, John & Nicholas, Howard (eds.) (1990): Learning, keeping and using language: selected papers from the eighth world congress of Applied Linguistics. 2 Volumes. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

7th AILA World Congress

5-10 August 1984, University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

The Contribution of Applied Linguistics to International Understanding

Publications

Den Haese, Jan & Nivette, Jos (eds.) (1984): AILA Brussels 84. Proceedings. Volume 1-4.

6th AILA World Congress

1981, Lund, Sweden

Publications

Nickel, Gerhard & Nehls, Dietrich (eds.) (1982): Error analysis, contrastive linguistics and second language learning: papers from the 6th Internat. Congress of Applied Linguistics. Heidelberg: Groos.

Sigurd, Bengt (ed.) (1982): Proceedings/AILA 81: abstracts of section papers and workshop summaries.

5th AILA World Congress

20-26 August 1978, Montréal, Canada

Publications

Savard, Jean-Guy (ed.) (1981): Actes du 5e Congrès de l'Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée. Québec: Les Pr. De l'univ. Laval.

4th AILA World Congress

25-30 August 1975, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Publications

Abstracts: Stuttgart, 25th-30th August/ International Congress of Applied Linguistics

3rd AILA World Congress

21-26 August 1972, ADLA, Copenhagen, Denmark

Publications

Nickel, Gerhard (ed.) (1974): Applied contrastive linguistics.

Verdoodt, A. (ed.) (1974): Applied sociolinguistics.

Qvistgaard, Jaques, Schwarz, H. & Spang-Hanssen, H. (eds.) (1974): Applied linguistics: Problems and solutions.

2nd AILA World Congress

8-12 September 1969, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

Publications

Perren, G.E. & Trim, John (eds.) (1971): Applications of Linguistics: selected papers of the second International Congress of Applied Linguistics. Cambridge: CUP

Primsleur, Paul (ed.) (1973): The psychology of second language learning: papers from the Second International Congress of Applied Linguistics. Cambridge: CUP.

1st AILA World Congress

26-31 October 1964, University of Nancy, Nancy, France

Publications

Actes du premier Colloque International de Linguistique Appliquée. Nancy, 1966.
Preface by Bernhard Pottier & Guy Bourquin.

• I. L'Automatiosation en Linguistique
• II. Pédagogie des Langues Vivantes
• III. La Coordination des Recherches dans le Domaine Européen

Deadline: 15 January, 2022

1. Research Networks (ReNs) within AILA are formed for promoting research and disseminating their research findings inside and outside AILA. Each ReN focuses on a special topic area of Applied Linguistics that has the potential for new cross-disciplinary research.
2. ReNs exist for three years and can be renewed. Generally, the life of a ReN is not expected to be longer than six years (https://aila.info/about/statutes_and_bylaws/bylaws/).

The criteria for ReNs includes:

• a research area pertaining to applied linguistics;
• participants who are active in the research area of the ReN;
• at least five members, some of whom should be new scholars;
• multinational composition with universities from at least three countries;
• a commitment to fill a ReN symposium slot at the 2024 AILA Congress;

For applications (both renewals and new applications), the ReN convener must submit a proposal to the ReN Coordinator, Glenda El Gamal at . 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 design for a ReN symposium at the 2024 AILA Congress in Kuala Lumpur

Applications to set up a ReN should be submitted by 15 January. Submissions should be sent to the AILA ReN Coordinator Glenda El Gamal at
Notification of acceptance will occur by 28 February 2022.

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AI IN EDUCATION / (DIS)EMBODIED INTERACTIONS
October 24-25, 2024 at the Université Paris Nanterre
(Nanterre, France)

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are changing how languages are being taught and learned. Existing AI technologies can plan entire lessons for teachers and even provide realistic communication practice for learners; it is therefore important to analyze how these tools are being used and how they are shaping language learning experiences, and education in general. 

This first international joint conference invites researchers from all over to join the discussion on this rapidly evolving field.  Specialists in a variety of fields, including but not to limited linguistics, education, communications, and public policy, are strongly encouraged to submit proposals.

Website: https://ailanguagelearning.sciencesconf.org/

*This conference is made possible thanks in large part to support (communications, organizational, and/or financial) provided by the Centre de Recherches Anglophones (CREA) at the Université Paris Nanterre, the Laboratoire Dimension Socio Pragmatique et Pragma Linguistique dans les Manuels Scolaires de Langues Etrangères en Algérie (DSPM) at the Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis, and Associazione Nazionale Insegnanti Lingue Stranieri, particularly the ANILS Mondo network.

The University of Oregon’s Department of Linguistics invites applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in Linguistics, to begin in the fall of 2024. We seek candidates specializing in multilingualism addressed from a strengths-based multicompetence perspective. A successful candidate will have an established program of research on multilingualism/plurilingualism and second language learning or second language education. We are open to specializations in any subfield that is related to the analysis of multilingualism in the individual. We especially welcome candidates who specialize in the analysis of second language learning and teaching with a focus on the maintenance and/or revitalization of Indigenous languages of Latin America.

We particularly welcome applications from scholars who are members of Indigenous language communities or from other populations historically underrepresented in the academy, and/or whose life experience would contribute unique perspectives. Similarly, we seek applicants who will contribute to excellence in teaching students from diverse backgrounds at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

This position is one of six new tenure-track faculty positions being filled as part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ LatinX Cluster Hire (LCH). The LCH aims to increase faculty diversity, innovative research, and culturally relevant curriculum and mentorship through increased engagement and collaboration across the UO campus and in partnership with the Latinx Studies Program on issues of race and racism, access and equity, and social, cultural, and political debates pertinent to Chicanx, Latinx/e, and Latin American Studies. More information about the LCH can be found here: Tenure track Positions on Latinx Studies.

The full position description is available at:

https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/532066/assistant-professor-of-multilingualism-latinx-cluster