Zahadin Omar

The LinguaChef Prize will be awarded to the person who uploads the best language learning recipe using the Linguacuisine recipe author software during the period 14 June to 31 August 2019. The prize consists of a payment of £200 plus a LinguaChef Gold Certificate. There are 2 runner-up prizes with £50 each plus a LinguaChef Silver Certificate. All will feature on the front page of all Linguacuisine media and the recipes will be promoted around the world on the website.

The language learning recipe can involve learning any language and any recipe. There is no cost to making an entry.

To enter for the LinguaChef prize:

• Watch the video tutorial on how to create your own language learning recipe on https://linguacuisine.com/tutorials/
• Read the advice on http://linguacuisine.com:8000/ by pressing the ? icon on the main page.
• For an example of a good language learning recipe, try Italian Involtini.
• You need a googlemail account to use the recipe author software.
• Gather your ingredients and cooking equipment as well as your recording equipment, cook the meal and record your recipe.
• Enter your video and audio files, photos and text using the recipe author software to form a complete recipe.
• If you wish, you can  add extra media and text under the titles ‘full length recipe’, ‘culture and history’, ‘language’ and ‘cuisine’ to provide additional  learning materials in relation to your recipe.
• Tick ‘publish’ on the main page when the recipe is finished.
• When you see your recipe appear on the recipe player http://linguacuisine.com:7000/ this means that you have successfully uploaded your recipe. It may take a day to upload onto the server.
• Then email us on to say you wish to enter the 2019 LinguaChef contest. Give us a) your name b) the name and language of your recipe c) your preferred email address for contact.

Entries will be judged during September 2019 and the winner and runner-up announced on 30 September 2019.

The criteria for evaluating the language learning recipes will be:

• How easy is the recipe for learners of the language to follow and to create the dish?
• To what extent does the recipe help users learn aspects of the language, culture and cuisine?
• What is the quality of the video and audio files, photos and text in relation to learning this language, culture and cuisine?

Entry to the competition is open to all and is free. However, staff of Newcastle University, Action Foundation and the Workers Educational Association may not enter or contribute to any entries.

Information is on https://linguacuisine.com/linguachef/

As an extention of 2019 AFLA annual conference, a call for paper is launched for an issue to be published in the ELA (Etude de Linguistique Appliquée) review. Submissions will include a 4 or 5 page abstract (bibliography included) in French only.

Link to the call for papers : http://www.afla-asso.org/ela2020/

Calendar :

• October 15th, 2019 : Deadline for sending a contribution proposal (4-5 page summary)
• November 30th, 2019 : Message of acceptance or refusal to authors
• January 30th, 2020 : Deadline for receipt of full papers
• April 15th, 2020 : Feedback from Blind peer-reading
• June 15th, 2020 : Revision of the manuscript and final editing stages
• End of 2020 : Publication of the issue

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

February 11-14, 2020

www.apclc2020seoul.kr 

The biennial Asia-Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference is now entering the fifth round with Seoul 2020, following upon the successes of Auckland 2012, Hong Kong 2014, Beijing 2016, and Takamatsu 2018. APCLC 2020 will be a gathering of academics and practitioners in corpus linguistics from the Asia Pacific area, where we talk about developments in the use of corpora in discourse analysis, lexical & grammatical studies, language acquisition, learning & education, lexicography, pragmatics & sociolinguistics, (machine) translation studies, and (digital) literary studies. We hope APCLC 2020 to be a forum for exchange in ideas and expertise, where we lay the foundations for future developments in the application of corpus resources in Asia and the Pacific. To this effect, we will highlight three specific areas for future development: new methods in textual data analyses; possible collaboration between academia and industry; and national corpora in Asia. Please join us in Seoul, APCLC 2020.

Important Dates

• July 31, 2019: Deadline for abstracts
• September 13, 2019: Notification of acceptance
• September 16, 2019: Early-bird registration opens
• January 10, 2020: Early-bird registration closes
• February 10, 2020: Pre-conference workshops
• February 11-14, 2020: Main conference (February 14, 2020: National Corpus Day)
• February 15, 2020: Excursion

List of Topics

• Corpora & Discourse Analysis
• Corpora & Lexical Studies
• Corpora & Grammatical Studies
• Corpora & Language Acquisition, Learning & Education
• Corpora & Lexicography
• Corpora & Pragmatics
• Corpora & Sociolinguistics
• Corpora & (Machine) Translation Studies
• Corpora & (Digital) Literary Studies.
• Corpora & Computational Linguistics
• Speech Corpora & Phonetics

Plenary Speakers

• Sylviane Granger (Université Catholique de Louvain – UCLouvain, Belgium)
• David Hoover (New York University, USA)
• Mark Davies (Brigham Young University, USA)
• Vaclav Brezina (Lancaster University, UK)
• Hong Won Suh (Yonsei University, Korea)

Keynote Speakers

• Michael Barlow (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
• Mark Brenchley (Cambridge Assessment, UK)
• Winnie Cheng (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
• Jae-Woong Choe (Korea University, Korea)
• Jong-Bok Kim (Kyung Hee University, Korea)
• Heokseung Kwon (Seoul National University, Korea)
• Vikram Ramanarayanan (Educational Testing Services, USA)
• Seok-Chae Rhee (Yonsei University, Korea)
• Ute Römer (Georgia State University, USA)
• Naixing Wei (Beihang University, China)

Venue

The conference will be held at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (http://apclc2020seoul.kr/?page_id=51)

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to 

Hosted by

• Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Association (APCLA)
• Korean Association for Corpus Linguistics (KACL)

Organized by

• BK21Plus Project, Department of English Language and Literature, Yonsei University
• Institute of Language and Information Studies (ILIS), Yonsei University.

Submission

Abstracts must be submitted via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apclc2020)

in timeline / Upcoming Other Events

October 10-12, 2019

Topic: Integrating textbooks into a task-based approach

University of Göttingen, Germany

The sixth workshop on language learning and testing at universities on the topic “Integrating textbooks into a task-based approach” will take place at the Centre for Languages and Transferable Skills (ZESS) at the University of Göttingen on the 10th to 12th of October 2019. On Thursday, 10th we will start with workshops organised by publishing houses and continue with a keynote by Prof. Dr. Bernd Rüschoff on the CEFR Companion followed by workshops. On Friday 11th and Saturday 12th, we will work in language specific groups on the question how to combine project work and textbooks. For more information, please see the files attached.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Göttingen. The latest date for registration is August 15, 2019 by email at .

Topic: Linguistic Advances in the Digital Era

January 15-17, 2020

https://www.virtlce.com/

The First Virtual Conference Language, Communication and Education (LCE2020) will be held on January 15-17, 2020 (15-22h Central European Time). The topic of LCE2020 is “Linguistic Advances in the Digital Era”. This virtual conference will bring together experts from the global linguistic community to discuss the timely issue of how to approach linguistic traditions from the perspectives of innovation, automatisation, computerisation, and globalisation. Thus, LCE2020 will provide a forum for sharing insights, experiences and interaction on linguistic investigations and techniques as well as on educative, social, political and industrial aspects that share a linguistic basis or approach. The conference will comprise a peer reviewed programme of plenary sessions, papers, posters, workshops, and demonstrations. The virtual conference platform will allow junior and established researchers to present ongoing and completed research in a variety of formats including oral, written, written-oral, and blackboard. The LCE2020 Conference, therefore, will offer good opportunities for the researchers and delegates to gain insight into unpublished research, to exchange new ideas, to establish links, and, ultimately, to build global partnership for potential collaboration both in theoretical and applied linguistic fields.

Seven thematic strands have been distinguished (see conference strands and topics).

• Strand 1: Language in the Digital Era
• Strand 2: Language Diversity and Change
• Strand 3: Language in Society
• Strand 4: Language, Politics and Education
• Strand 5: Language Sciences
• Strand 6: Applications of Linguistics
• Strand 7: Other linguistic fields

Original unpublished contributions are welcome, including papers, posters, workshops and demonstrations. Works may be presented in four formats: oral, written, slide-and-text and on-blackboard.
Abstracts, written in English or Spanish, must be uploaded as an MS Word document and must contain the author´s name, academic affiliation, and e-mail address, as well as a list of three to five keywords. The abstract must specify the review of previous literature, methodology, analysis and main conclusions of the work. Format specifications for abstracts include: 125-150 words, one paragraph, single-spaced, justification on both sides, Times New Roman font, 12 pt.

Abstract submission: deadlines on August 31, 2019; October 31, 2019; December 31, 2019.

Abstract submissions will be peer-reviewed. All contributions must render original unpublished scientific work including review, method, analysis, original conclusion and bibliographical references. A 150-word abstract (in English or Spanish) with 3-5 keywords is required for peer-review.

Abstracts may be submitted summarising four types of presentation: paper, poster, workshop (3-4 participants) and demonstrations of current projects or product developments.

Applied Linguistics and Language Strategies: Practices and Policies

November 24, 2018

Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland

The Irish Association of Applied Linguistics (IRAAL) annual conference brings together researchers in all areas of applied linguistics, working in Ireland or internationally.

The theme of this year’s conference is Applied Linguistics and Language Strategies: Practices and Policies. The keynote speaker is Dr Peppi Taalas of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

 With the publication of Ireland’s long awaited language strategy Languages Connect in December 2017, the Irish government has put forward an action plan for languages other than Irish or English in education, thereby formally recognising them as integral to the economic, social and cultural development of Ireland. In light of this development, as well as international politicized discourses of language learning, this year’s theme reflects upon a new era in language learning and use, and the policies and practices implicated.

Topics may include, but are not limited to, first and second language acquisition; second and foreign language learning; bilingualism, multilingualism and translanguaging; language strategy and language policy; language, politics, and political discourse; language and (new) media; language, gender and sexuality; new speakers; language, identity and discourse; translation and language acquisition/learning; e-learning; and, language and technology.

Submissions from postgraduate students and early career researchers are particularly welcome.

The languages of the conference are English and Irish.

We invite submissions for three types of presentation:

• INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Oral presentations on original research by one or more authors within a 20-minute period with 10 minutes for questions.
• LIGHTNING TALKS: A 5-7 minute long talk (following a ‘TED-talk’ format) using a maximum of 3 slides. This format may be of interest to postgraduate students wishing to present their subject area without yet having gathered/analysed their data. It may also be of interest to language teachers and other practitioners wishing to present on teaching methods/practices and developments.
• POSTERS: Posters will be displayed during a dedicated poster session. Posters of standard A0 size should be submitted to the registration desk on the morning of the conference.

Key Dates

Call for Contributions:
Please submit an abstract of no more than 200 words in either Irish or English including a title of no more than 15 words, via the abstract submission site http://iraal2018.languagesatdcu.org/wordpress/?page_id=164 by 5pm, on 15th July 2018.

Please indicate the presentation category (paper, lightning talk, or poster) in your submission.

Please visit www.iraal.ie/membership to become an IRAAL member

November 29-30, 2018

UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), Madrid, Spain

Dear colleagues,

We are glad to invite you to a Language and Society conference which will be held on November 29-30, 2018 at the UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) in Madrid, Spain. The conference, whose theme is “Bilingualism and Interculturality: Challenges, Limits and Solutions” is open to all those interested in research on bilingual education involving Spanish, English or both languages. Therefore, abstracts exploring this theme from innovative and critical perspectives are very welcome. The deadline for submission is July 11th, 2018

Details of the conference are found at www.biuned.weebly.com

Best wishes,
Rubén Chacón-Beltrán

Languages – Communication – The Public Domain

September 11-14, 2018

University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen, Germany

Celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the German Association for Applied Linguistics (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik – GAL), GAL hosts an International Congress to showcase the breadth and complexity of AL as an applied science which aims to present a balance of scientific theory and societal practice. The theme of the congress is “Languages – Communication – The Public Domain”.

GAL welcomes abstracts for papers in ten symposia and a poster session. The deadline for paper abstracts is April 1, 2018.

Please visit https://www.gal-2018.de/call-for-papers.html for further information.

Taking Risks in Applied Linguistics

September 6-8, 2018

York St John University, England, UK

BAAL 2018 will be held at York St John University in York, UK. After celebrating half a century of BAAL in 2017, our theme—Taking Risks in Applied Linguistics—will make the 2018 meeting a testing ground for new ways of pursuing our research and improving our practice. Our global community is facing unsettling times, and language use is at the heart of many of the challenges we face.

Such challenges include: new and renewed areas of social inequality; political, social and economic instabilities; language learning and teaching-related concerns; and legislative changes which affect the rights of certain groups. The 2018 meeting will be a forum for bold thinking to address these challenges. We hope the conference theme will encourage innovative proposals for papers, posters, and colloquia. We will provide some alternative session types too, so that delegates can present and get feedback on unfinished but original lines of thought and untested but promising new approaches to research and practice. New work on old ideas is also very welcome, to ensure that our collective disciplinary wisdom isn’t lost. Equally, we want to hear about work from outside our disciplinary borders, and indeed, outside of academia altogether.

The BAAL 2018 conference is hosted by LIdIA (Language and Identities in InterAction), an interdisciplinary research unit based in the School of Languages and Linguistics. York St John University is located in the centre of York. Rich in ancient history and famous for its wealth of visitor attractions, York is a flourishing city, just two hours by train from London and Edinburgh. The campus is easily accessible by car and rail. The University is a 16-minute walk or a short taxi ride from the train station. The nearest major airports are Leeds Bradford Airport (30 miles) or Manchester Airport (85 miles). Getting from Leeds Bradford Airport to York is easiest by taxi. There is a direct train from Manchester Airport.

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Annelies Kusters – Heriot-Watt University Erez Levon – Queen Mary University of London Anne Pauwels – SOAS University of London

Bill VanPatten – Michigan State University (Pit Corder lecture)

CONFERENCE ORGANISERS:       

Professor Chris Hall and Dr Rachel Wicaksono, School of Languages and Linguistics, York St John University
Conference Support: contact 
Conference webpage: www.baal2018.org.uk

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Abstracts are welcome in any area of Applied Linguistics, should be interesting and innovative in some way, and should be of scholarly and academically good quality and indicate clearly objectives, method(s), and results where appropriate. Abstracts which address the conference theme will be particularly welcome.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: 31 March 2018
Maximum abstract length: 300 words
To submit your abstract please use Oxford Abstracts (https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/281/submission)

August 30 - September 1, 2018

University of Malta, Old Campus in Valletta, Malta

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.

Confirmed speakers are:

Prof. Enlli Thomas (Bangor University, Wales, UK)
Prof. Julia Festman (Pedagogical University Tyrol, Austria)
Prof. Antoinette Camilleri Grima (University of Malta)

Conference venue:
University of Malta, Valletta Campus, St Paul Street VLT 1216, Malta

More information on the venue is to be found here:
https://www.um.edu.mt/icp

The two categories of proposals are: individual papers and posters. Submission is already open and will close on 1 June 2018. Presenters are requested to submit their abstracts of up to 300 words and include their name, affiliation and email address in the MS-Word documents. All proposals should be sent to:

More information to be found:
https://meldc18.wordpress.com

All presenters will be invited to submit their full papers for publication by April 2019. Selected papers will be published in a newly established journal “Journal of Bilingual Education” http://jbe.uw.edu.pl

August 9-14, 2020

University of Groningen, Netherlands

The next AILA World Congress will take place at The University of Groningen. Visit the Congress website aila2020.nl for more detailed information about the venue and the conference. The Call for Papers will be made available on the AILA 2020 website.

Call for Symposia

To make the conference more coherent, we have decided to have a new format. That is, AILA 2020 will consist of symposia only covering any field in Applied Linguistics. Once symposia have been accepted, we will open a Call for Papers, where individuals can submit to these symposia as 'strands'. See the website and attached document for more detailed information and examples.

Please read the AILA2020-Call for Symposia carefully and see the website for more information.

Deadline for Symposium proposals is May 6th 2019.

Application for Grants

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.

Scholars who would like to apply for the Solidarity Award can find more information under Solidarity Awards. The deadline for the applications will be announced on this site and on the official AILA2020 website.

September 5-6, 2019

University of Primorska, Koper, SLOVENIA 

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.

Confirmed speakers are: Ulrike Jessner and Bernadette O’Rourke.

Conference venue: University of Primorska, Koper
More information on the venue is to be found here: https://www.upr.si/en/university/about-university

The two categories of proposals are: individual papers and posters.
Submission is already open and will close on 31 May 2019. Presenters are requested to submit their abstracts of up to 300 words and include their name, affiliation and email address in the MS-Word documents.

All proposals should be sent to:

Glasgow's Masters in Applied Linguistics focuses on how linguistic research can help solve language-related problems in professional practice and public life. It is designed for you to become a research-led specialist in areas such as language & education, intercultural communication, language & politics and professional discourse. You will design and undertake your own applied research project as part of this degree.

For more information visit https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/appliedlinguistics/
or contact

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya is looking for course instructors for the English courses to be run by the Centre for Modern Languages during the academic year 2019/2020. You can see the job offer published for this position from this link:

http://www.uoc.edu/opencms_colaboradors/opencms/EN/treballa/colaboradors_escola/ofertes_vigents.html

Although the offer states that the language of instruction is Spanish, it is in fact English.

Interested candidates should visit the "Join our team" section of the www.uoc.edu website, where you can find the terms and conditions for working with us:

To take part in the selection process, you need to register as a candidate in the "Join our team" section. Once registered, you can apply from the candidate area.

http://www.uoc.edu/opencms_colaboradors/opencms/EN/treballa/index.html

The deadline for applying is 2 May 2019.

We would be grateful if you could pass on this job offer to anyone you think might be interested and/or post it to the corresponding job bank at your institution.

AILA has eight standing committees. They have three-year terms and all are appointed by the President who keeps in mind the need for geographic representation.

Solidarity Award Committee

The Solidarity Award Committee has as its purpose to administer the selection of awardees for each World Congress. The committee is chaired by the Vice President, its members are two members of the International Committee (IC). One of them is the IC representative from the upcoming AILA World Congress host country.

Chair:
Azirah Hashim, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Members:

Marjolijn Verspoor, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Andrea Sterzuk, University of Regina, Regina, Canada

The Honorary Award Committee

The Honorary Award Committee has as its purpose to administer the selection of Honorary Members. It is chaired by a member-at-large and includes three members of the International Committee (IC).

Chair:

Susan Hunston, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Member:

Sarah O'Brien, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Meilutė Ramonienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Editorial Board of AILA Review

The Editorial Board of AILA Review oversees the planning and quality of future issues. The committee is chaired by the Publications Coordinator. In addition, one Executive Board (EB) Member-at-Large, one member of the International Committee (IC) and two well-regarded scholars.

Chair:
Antje Wilton, University of Siegen, Germany

Members:

Limin Jin, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China

Rosa M. Manchon, University of Murcia, Spain

Branca Falabella Fabricio, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Barbara Seidlhofer, University of Vienna, Austria

Editorial Board of AILA Applied Linguistics Series (AALS)

The Editorial Board of AILA Applied Linguistics Series oversees the planning and quality of future book publications. The committee is chaired by the Publications Coordinator. In addition, one Executive Board (EB) Member-at-Large, one member of the International Committee (IC) and three well-regarded scholars (selected by the Publications Coordinator in consultation with the President).

Chair:

Antje Wilton, University of Siegen, Germany

Members:

Hisako Yamauchi, Fukuoka University, Japan

Anne Pitkanen-Huhta, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Hanele Dufva, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Folkert Kuiken, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Susanne Niemeier,University Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Rosa M. Manchon, University of Murcia, Spain

Susan Gass, Michigan State University, USA

ReN Committee

The ReN committee oversees all matters pertaining to ReN activities including decisions about approval and continuation of ReNs. The committee is chaired by the ReN coordinator. In addition, one member-at-large and three members of the International Committee (IC) will serve on the committee.

Chair:
Laura Gurzynski-Weiss, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Current Members:

Anne Pitkanen-Huhta, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Lian Zhang, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China

Laurie Anderson, University of Siena, Arezzo, Italy

Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee is charged with the responsibility of creating a viable group of candidates for each of the Executive Board (EB) positions.The committee is chaired by the Past President and is made up of two additional members: one EB member and one member of the International Committee (IC).

Chair:
Claire Kramsch, University of California Berkeley, USA

Members:
Ee Ling Low, National Institute of Education, Singapore

Markus Bieswanger, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

The IACC Committee

Chair:

Daniel Perrin, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

Members:

Paula Szundy, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marjolijn Verspoor, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

About Research Networks

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 theworld, you might consider applying to be a ReN organizer.

What is a ReN?

Research Networks (ReNs) seek to promote research and its dissemination 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. Reapplications are required every three years by the criteria listed below:

• at least five members, some of whom should be new scholars,
• multinational composition with universities from at least three countries,
• participants are active in the research area of the ReN pertaining to applied linguistics,
• a program for research activities for the three years between congresses, including a commitment to present a symposium at the upcoming AILA World Congress and an organizer (one of the members) who liases with the ReN Coordinator.

How to set up a ReN

For applications, the ReN organizer must submit a proposal to the ReN Coordinator. The deadline for submission is two months after 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 symposium slot at the AILA Congress three years hence.

Each ReN organizer is responsible for a brief written report to the ReN Coordinator every three years (2 months after the congress).

Applications to set up a ReN should be directed to the AILA ReN Coordinator and the decision on the acceptance of the proposal will be notified to the ReN organizers no later than two months after the proposal submission deadline.

Research Networks Coordinator

Dr. Laura Gurzynski-Weiss

Indianna University, Bloomington, USA

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members on the ReN committee

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Jyväskylä, Finland

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Siena, Arezzo, Italy

Benefits for Members

All members of affiliated national organizations are automatically AILA members. The benefits are:

There are various types of membership in AILA. Individuals can be a member of AILA by membership in a national or regional Association of Applied Linguistics affiliated to AILA or by becoming an individual member of AILA.

What is AILA

AILA is the acronym for Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée or International Association of Applied Linguistics. AILA (originally founded in 1964 in France) is an international federation of national and regional associations of Applied Linguistics. AILA 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 ReN Folk Linguistics

The AILA Research Network (ReN) on Folk Linguistics (formerly: Lay Theories and Folk Beliefs about Language(s), Language Learning and Communication) decided to change the name of the ReN to the shorter and more widely known Folk Linguistics. This is one of the results of the first workshop on December 5, 2009 in Salzburg at the ÖLT (Österreichische Linguistiktagung) and the subsequent discussion.

At the ReN workshop, we were able to welcome guest speakers to share their research findings with us. We would like to say thank you to Marie-Luise Voggler, Christiane Dalton-Puffer and Julia Hüttner for their interesting presentations. Furthermore, we are happy to welcome Dennis Preston as a new member of our ReN.

The next ReN workshop took place in Bergen, Norway, from September 10-11, 2010. In Bergen, we prepared the application for a ReN Symposium at the 16th AILA World Congress in Beijing in August 2011.

At the ReN symposium in Beijing on August 25, 2011, the members of the ReN introduced various areas of folk linguistic interest in short presentations, allowing ample time for discussion with other reseachers and guests. We were pleased to welcome many interested colleagues to this event.

Issue (24) of the AILA Review was edited by the convenors of the ReN, Antje Wilton & Martin Stegu, and contained contributions by ReN members on a number of topics relating folk linguistic research to applied linguistics.

The ReN held a very successful thematic session at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 19 in Berlin in 2012. The call for papers invited contributions on our session topic, Folk linguistics and society: People's ideas about language use and social identity, and was met with an overwhelming response of 35 submissions of which 19 were heard over three days. The papers presented research on non-linguists' perceptions of language in the formation of social identity from various regions of the world and stressed the necessity of taking such views into account in any situation in which decisions about language are made, such as language teaching and language policy and planning. The session finished with a discussion on folk linguistic issues. 

At the AILA World Congress in Brisbane in August 2014, the ReN symposium included three presentations on the topic of Folk Linguistics and Language Policy. Unfortunately, due to the lack of funding, most ReN members were not able to join the symposium. Nevertheless, the session was successful in that the three presentations sparked off a lively discussion with an interested audience.

The ReN is currently preparing a roundtable discussion at the ALA conference 2016 in Vienna and their symposium at the upcoming AILA World Congress 2017 in Rio de Janeiro.

We can safely claim that folk linguistic research, its interest and its methodologies has firmly established itself among the approaches in sociolinguistics as well as applied linguistics and we are very satisfied with the successful work of the Research Network over the last seven years. 

ReN Outline

This research network comprises applied linguists who address various aspects of folk beliefs or lay theories as applied linguistic issues in their research. In general, the focus lies on beliefs on language, language learning and communication and their relevance for decisions in people’s everyday and working lives.
Well established in the study of second language acquisition, the quantitative as well as qualitative investigation of learner’s attitudes and beliefs provides insight into the motivational sources of language learning. Thus, knowing about folk beliefs can significantly improve the understanding of and the influence on teacher behaviour, teacher training, and the design of curricula and teaching materials.

More generally, the beliefs and decisions of the layperson have become more important and relevant for scientists of quite a number of disciplines mainly for two reasons: On the one hand the non-expert, lay person is flooded with a vast amount of information on any subject, and quite often this is scientific information diluted by didactic or journalistic procedures. The growing demand for information is reflected in the popularity of guide books, ‘docutainment’ programmes on television, presentations for the public on scientific topics as well as the introduction of systematic teaching of knowledge in early education. In addition, the internet makes information available on a large scale and of varying quality and detail. On the other hand, the growing trend of bringing one’s private opinion to public attention forces researchers to take more notice of such opinions and their relevance for people’s decision making processes. Chat shows and blogs are prime examples of settings in which lay people voice their opinions and theories.

These developments are becoming increasingly relevant for applied linguists especially in linguistically diverse regions. With the investigation of folk beliefs in areas that are relevant to the individual the linguist can gain insight into the formation processes, the manifestation in various forms of discourse and the relevance of such beliefs for people’s decisions and actions. Furthermore, the investigation of lay beliefs on the nature of translation and interpreting, language acquisition, multilingualism, language policy, intercultural and any other kind of communication problems etc. might raise the linguists’ awareness of people’s need for information on linguistic issues and might ultimately help to bring Applied Linguistics (and its researchers) to public attention.

Programme for Activities

The members of this ReN are currently engaging in the following activities:

• providing an overview of and bringing together the field of lay theories and folk beliefs about language(s), language learning, and communication as a distinct research area within Applied Linguistics;
• exchanging information with each other about the various aspects and findings in the field;
• document joint research activities in joint publications;
• fostering the multinational and multilingual potentials of the network;
• encouraging more new researchers to work on the topic of lay theories by promoting and supporting PhD studies and similar projects;
• providing information on activities and news publications on this webspace;
• preparing a slot reserved for AILA Research Networks with a symposium at AILA 2017.

Contact

Prof. Dr. Antje Wilton (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Current members

Prof. Dr. Martin Stegu (Convener)
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

Prof. Dr. Antje Wilton (Convener)
University of Siegen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Karol Janicki
University of Bergen, Norway

Dr. Michael Pasquale
Cornerstone University, USA

Dr. Holger Wochele
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

Prof. Dr. Dietmar Osthus
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Paveau, Marie-Anne
University of Paris, France

Prof. Dr. Achard-Bayle, Guy
University of Paul-Verlaine-Metz, France

Dr. Alessia Cogo
University of Southampton, Great Britain

Prof. Dr. Dennis Preston

Oklahoma State University, USA

Dr. Robert McKenzie

Northumbria University, Great Britain

Dr. Madalena  Cruz-Ferreira

Singapore

Prof. Dr. Matteo Santipolo

University of Padua, Italy

Katiuska Santibanez

Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion, Chile and China

Dr. Támas Péter Szabó

Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

Dr. Barbara Soukup

University of Vienna, Austria

Mobile Gaming in Language Learning & Teaching

Convenors:

Hayo Reinders (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Mark Pegrum (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Info:

The aim of this ReN is specifically 1) to explore how games provide opportunities for language input and interaction in informal settings, and 2) to identify ways in which gaming environments can be used for collecting data about language use in out-of-class settings. We are particularly keen to delve further into mobile gaming, the roles of Virtual, and in particular, Augmented Reality (AR), and the influence of the Internet of Things on extending gameplay beyond its usual contexts.

Our main goals in the next three years are:

• To regularly post new content relevant to digital gaming in the ‘Applied Linguistics’ community on Google+
• To publish another special issue (in the last three years, we published a special issue of International Journal of Computer Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (2016, 6:4) on ‘Digital games in language education: Methodological considerations’) of an as-yet-to-be-determined journal, reflecting the mobile aspect of gaming
• To publish a book on ‘Mobile Gaming’ in the New Language Learning and Teaching Environments series of Palgrave Macmillan, following the AILA conference
• To host a regular (online) research forum, open to both established and emerging researchers, through Kanda University in Tokyo, Japan, by Hayo Reinders. This will provide a platform for ongoing research reports in the areas of out-of-class and informal language learning, with a specific interest in digital games