Zahadin Omar

Engaging with Pedagogical Perspectives to Interrogate Content and Language Integration

Convenors:

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

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

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

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As a group, our focus for the next 3-year cycle would like to advance a collaborative focus/awareness of pedagogical perspectives in CLIL. That is, how can our understanding of CLIL be refined and extended by engaging with issues around what CLIL ‘looks like’ as an instructional model, addressing the needs of practitioners, and the relationship between teachers, learners, language, and content, and the ways that this is mediated. 

For the 2018-2020 ReN term with ‘pedagogy’ as our collective ReN theme, our specific focus would be sub-themes and research activity around these three overlapping strands:

• CLIL and social justice (i.e., for more equitable and fairer experiences for learners, accounting for individual differences)
• CLIL as an instructional practice across content domains and geographical contexts, to strengthen collaborative work between:
  • language and content specialists, and
  • different geographical classroom cultures
• CLIL and instructional media (i.e., especially technologies, and how these might also help address issues of CLIL with social justice and content and language integration)
• CLIL as a multilingual space (i.e., translanguaging; the teaching and learning of content in different linguisitic settings)

Further, the CLIL ReN has mainly focused on school-based education to date (i.e., primary and secondary). Given CLIL’s increasing use in tertiary contexts (e.g., in Japan where CLIL has a strong focus amongst college level English teachers, but also throughout Europe), this will also be an area the ReN will encourage over the next 3-year cycle.

Emotion and Creativity in Language Education (ECLE)

Convenor: 

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

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The ECLE network comprises researchers from different disciplines who share a common interest in investigating affective/emotional aspects of language learning and teaching. Members draw on different methodological (qualitative and quantitative) and epistemological (pedagogical, socio-linguistic and psychological) paradigms to understand emotional factors which play a role in motivating or demotivating learners of foreign and/or second languages. We are especially, though not exclusively, oriented towards exploring the impact of creativity in learning and teaching to develop interdisciplinary and multi-modal engagement with language(s). Our working languages are English and/or French.

The aim of the network is to provide a forum for presenting our work and building synergies across our different fields. We envisage three dominant, overlapping strands of focus:

• Creativity and learning: taking risks, the role of the teacher in encouraging a deeper affective engagement, integrating an arts-based approach to language learning.
• Contexts of learning: understanding broad or individual socio-affective variables which shape learning, both at the macro- and micro-levels.
• Classroom innovations: teaching ‘differently’ (e.g. through drama, literature, wordplay, voice), using ludic approaches to promote learning, the challenges of creating a relaxing ‘safe’ environment with alternative pedagogy, sensitizing students to emotional lexis (e.g. through corpus data or translation).

Creative Inquiry in Applied Linguistics

Convenors:

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

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

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

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The aim of the Creative Inquiry Research Network is to develop a central research network for applied linguistics researchers seeking to understand what the relationship between communication and the creative arts is and can be. 

The ReN’s broad areas of focus are:

• The affordances of arts-based methods for understanding and researching communication - drawing, painting, photography, collage, drama, music, creative writing, culinary arts – particularly in contexts of education, community and belonging (e.g. Atkinson and Bradley 2017; Frimberger 2016; Huang 2017; MacKay and Bradley 2016; Pöyhönen 2017);
• Applied linguistic methods for researching contexts of creative inquiry and artistic practices (e.g. linguistic, visual and sensory ethnography for researching creative practices, or the translation of research findings into creative modes) (e.g. Bradley 2017; Bradley, Moore, Simpson and Atkinson 2017; Bradley and Moore 2018; Moore et al. 2018)
• The role of arts and creative practice in the dissemination of applied linguistics research to wider publics (e.g. Harvey 2017; Harvey and Vanden 2017)
• Arts as the objects of communication research, e.g. as multimodal artefacts and means of communication in specific social and political contexts (e.g. Lee 2015; Crowley 2017)
• The role of creative inquiry in generating new ways of thinking about the relationship between language, knowledge, and the world (e.g. Bradley 2017; Harvey and Vanden 2017; Harvey 2018; Moore et al. 2018).

Communication in Specialized Domains

Convenor:

Inmaculada Álvarez de Mon y Rego (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

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The AILA Research Network for Communication in Specialized Domains aims at promoting the study of meaning in context across different languages, especially when this context is a domain of specialized knowledge, such as a discipline or an industry.

From a practical point of view, our aim is to apply our research work to an activity that is central to the practice of Applied Linguistics, teaching communication across disciplines in university contexts. Good and reliable communication is especially important when dealing with the learning and practicing of a discipline. For this reason, we are focused on knowledge transfer through human language and the effect of multimodality and multilinguality on this. In bilingual contexts, the use of English as a means for the transmission of new knowledge cannot be separated from its expression in the speakers' own mother tongue.

Adapting Mainstream Learning Environments to and for Learners from Migrant Backgrounds: Making Digital and Linguistic Knowledge Links

Convenors:

Shelley K. Taylor (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Saskia Van Viegen Stille (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

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This ReN falls under AILA’s “language teaching and learning” and “language in societies” strands. Its focus is on developing and supporting adaptations to learning environments for adolescents from migrant backgrounds in mainstream (Australian, Canadian, Danish, Indian, Irish and Mexican) classrooms by:

1. Drawing on what Moll and González (1997) have termed “funds of knowledge” (the knowledge base and life strategies that children learn at home and in their local community, and which includes languages other than the language of instruction or the state language and digital literacy/digital practices) – that is, by drawing on the funds of knowledge that children learn autonomously in informal (out-of-school) settings – to enhance their development of plurilingualism and (digital) literacy in formal learning settings

1. Exploring the potential roles of technology to promote language and literacy development

1. Investigating learner/teacher beliefs about, and approaches to, educational innovation (specifically, computer assisted language teaching to promote digital literacy and plurilingual development)

1. Cultivating learner autonomy (including teachers’ autonomy in their role as digital learners) and

1. Developing learning supports (e.g., online learning material for students and professional development for teachers).

CONVENORS

Dr David Caldwell, University of South Australia:

Dr Antje Wilton, University of Siegen:

NETOWORK FOCUS

The scope of this ReN – Applied Linguistics in Sport – broadly covers research involving the application of linguistics to the field of sport.  The ReN aims to bring together a bourgeoning body of sports and language research into the one research network.   As its starting point, the ReN draws on recent collaborative publications (e.g. The Language of Football, Lavric et al. 2008; The Discourses of Sport, Caldwell et al. 2016), workshops (e.g. International Workshop on Sports Communication, Siegen 2017) and colloquiums (British Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, University of Warwick, UK, 2014, European Systemic Functional Linguistic Conference, Salzburg 2016; Salamanca 2017) between international scholars with a common interest in sport and linguistics.  The ReN is also open to a range of linguistic methods, theories and traditions (e.g. sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, systemic functional linguistics, interactional linguistics), a range of sporting contexts (e.g. different types of sports, sports media, coaching, on-field language, sports analytics), and cross-disciplinary research more generally (e.g. sports communication, sports psychology, sports science and e-sports).  In short, the scope of the ReN is limited only to applied linguistics in the field of sport.

The ReN includes established and emerging researchers from ten countries.  It also aims to engage with a growing number of students working on sport-related topics and courses in their university qualifications.  The network provides a platform for information, support and scholarship for both scholars and students with an interest in the application of linguistics to sport.

NETWORK ACTIVITIES

2018:

• Conference colloquium: Sociolinguistic Symposium 22: Sociolinguistics of Sport,
• Edited volume: Multimodal) Corpus Approaches to the Language of Sports (edited by Callies & Levin), for Bloomsbury Academic.
• The construction of an AILA sports and linguistics website; drawing on and integrating with current websites, e.g. Innsbruck Football Research Group (including The Football and Language Bibliography Online), the Kicktionary, de, etc.

2019:

• European workshop in sports and linguistics: TBC (possibly The University of Warwick UK,); focusing on/led by early career researchers.
• Preparation for the 19th AILA Congress.
• Scope: a new journal related to applied linguistics and sport.
• Two scheduled meetings via video conferencing to discuss research projects, findings, developments (dates TBC).

2020:

• International workshop in sports and linguistics: TBC (possibly in Adelaide, Australia)
• Conference colloquium: 19th AILA Congress, Groningen, the Netherlands
• Two scheduled meetings via video conferencing to discuss research projects, findings and developments (dates TBC).

REFERENCES:

Caldwell, D, Walsh, J, Vine, EW & Jureidini, J (eds), 2016, The Discourse of sport: analyses from social linguistics. Routledge, New York.

Lavric, E, Pisek, G, Skinner, A, & Stadler, W (eds), 2008, The Linguistics of football: language in performance series 38. Tübingen: Nar Francke Attempto Verlag.

Meân, L, 2016, ‘Foreword’, in Caldwell, D, Walsh, J, Vine, EW & Jureidini, J (eds), The Discourse of sport: analyses from social linguistics. Routledge, New York, pp. ix-xv.

Early Language Learning

With the launch of this new research network in Early Language Learning we hope to raise the profile of research in the field, contributing to the growth of national and regional research groups and stimulating new research focusing on young children in the age group of 3-12 years. Our main aims are:

• To create synergies across research areas concerned with young children learning additional languages in school and pre-school contexts worldwide;
• To set out a comprehensive agenda for research in the field of early language learning.

To find out more and to join us, visit our website at www.ell-ren.org

History

The foundation of AILA was agreed upon at the International Colloquium of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nancy, France (hence AILA's French name), 1964. This decision was a result of two years preparatory work and discussion, with the financial support of the Council of Europe. At that time, the clientele to be served by this new international association was restricted mainly to linguists and language teachers in Europe. The first president of AILA was Bernard Pottier, supported in organizational and administrative matters by Max Gorosch. The founding congress of AILA in Nancy was almost exclusively run in French, and the main strands into which the contributions were organized were automatic translation, language teaching and research cooperation in Europe.

Bernhard Pottier had no direct successor until 1969, when at the Second International Congress of Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge (in fact the first one with this title) AILA was virtually refounded and Pit Corder was elected President and Bertil Malmberg became Secretary General. It was from then on that AILA got a constant organizational structure and that AILA Congresses were held on a triennial basis. Also from then on, English became the de facto lingua franca in AILA, although the Association was officially French / English bilingual from its beginning and still is today. This congress also became prototypical for all following AILA Congresses in that its strands represented the key issues in Applied Linguistics of the respective time - in that case, the psychology of second language learning, sociolinguistics, and contrastive linguistics.

Originally a European initiative, AILA has become truly global over the past 40 years, including now affiliates from Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America.

Convenors:

Marlies Whitehouse, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Rudi Palmieri, University of Liverpool, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alexander Laskin, Quinnipiac University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The AILA Research Network (ReN) of Financial Communication brings together applied linguists who investigate the interplay between text production, markets, and changes in the domain of finance in general and financial communication and literacy in particular. In order to obtain deeper insights into this multi-dimensional research field, we are interested in establishing both spontanteous and stable institutionalized connections between scholars who address the highly complex and dynamic interplay of language use in organizations, domains such as economics and politics, as well as society-at-large. 

Recent activities (selection):

• IPrA 2017, Belfast: Panel “Financial literacy – a key to the real world”

• DAFC 2017, Lugano: Conference “Discourse approaches to financial communication. Building trust in the markets with story and argument”

• AILA 2017 World Congress, Rio de Janeiro: Panel “The language of numbers. Understanding Financial Communication from an Applied Linguistics Perspective”

• ABC 2017, Dublin: Panel “Strategic Financial Communication: Designing Effective Arguments and Compelling Narratives in a Multiple Audience Context”

So far, the list of ReN members comprises over 50 scholars from 13 different countries. They engage in research on – and in – a wide range of languages in finance, such as (in alphabetical order) Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Indian, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. By enabling close interdisciplinary dialogue between disciplines and fields, the ReN aims at developing a shared AL-informed research agenda on the language(s) of – and language use in – financial communication.

Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Second Language Studies: Terms and Concepts in French and English

Convenors:

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

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

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The crosslinguistic perspectives on L2 studies network seeks to improve collaboration across French-speaking and English-speaking scholarly communities by offering a forum for participants to review, clarify, and update terms and    concepts in second language acquisition, second        and foreign language teaching, educational linguistics, and language education across the two languages.          

The network seeks to address questions of conceptual and terminological correspondence and distinction in the area of L2 teaching and learning research, particularly with respect to French-speaking and English-speaking scholarly communities. The objectives are to

• Identify domains of broad agreement (concepts and theories for which satisfactory translation equivalents exist; subfields where these coincide);
• Pinpoint particularly difficult areas (crosslinguistic gaps, terminological mismatch) and propose solutions to bridge gaps there; and
• Consider the utility and feasibility of a database of French and English terms in second language studies/didactique des langues

Convenors

Kimi Nakatsukasa, Texas Tech University

Gale Stam, National Louis University

About Gesture, Multimodality, and SLA ReN Network

Gesture and multimodality play an integral role in second language acquisition. Yet, because gesture and multimodality tend to be studied interdisciplinary such as in education, psychology, linguistics, to name a few, there is no specific venue for applied linguists to collaborate on how gestures and multimodality function in SLA and discuss their most recent studies. The purpose of this ReN is to create a venue for applied linguists to discuss their work at regular intervals to move this area of research forward. The goals of AILA ReN Gesture, Multimodality, and SLA is to create a place where applied linguists of different backgrounds can share their ongoing studies, get feedback, continue developing their projects, and collaborate on new projects beyond their institutions in order to contribute to the field of SLA. We plan on organizing two colloquiums at AILA 2020 and publishing an edited book via AILA Applied Linguistics Series from John Benjamins. Please contact the convener about our ReN.

Agenda for 2018-2020

Several plans are underway for 2018. Our first meeting will take place at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference in Chicago in March to informally share the ongoing projects in order to understand the topics the participants have been working on and to identify possible presenters for AILA 2020. This meeting will be followed up by another meeting at the 8th Conference of the International Society of Gestural Studies in Cape Town, South Africa in July to verify the progress in participants’ research projects and to serve as a venue for the out-of-the U.S. participants who were unable to attend the meeting at AAAL to share their research. An online meeting will be arranged for those who are unable to attend either meeting in early September.

Current members

Our current members include junior and experienced researchers from institutions located in Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the U.S.

Francisca Aguilo-Mora, PhD, Lecturer in Spanish, Columbia University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Brahim Azaoui, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Montpellier, LIRDEF EA3749, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Heather Brookes, PhD, Associate Professor/Chief Research Officer, SARChI (South African Research Chair), Linguistics section – School of African studies, Gender studies, Anthropology & Linguistics (AXL),  University of Cape Town, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Amanda Brown, PhD, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Advisor, M.A. Linguistic Studies, Coordinator, CAS Language Teaching: TESOL/TLOTE, Dept. of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Syracuse University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Kimberly Buescher, PhD, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts-Boston, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tommy Dang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Texas Tech University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Søren Wind Eskildsen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Design and Communication, University of Southern Denmark, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Marianne Gullberg, PhD, Professor of Psycholinguistics & Director of LU Humanities Lab, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Solène Inceoglu, PhD, Lecturer of French, HDR Convenor for Languages and Linguistics, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, The Australian National University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tasha N. Lewis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, Loyola University Maryland, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Renia Lopez, PhD, Assistant professor, Programme Leader Minor European Studies, English Department, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Paula Marentette, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Alberta–Augustana Campus, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Steven McCafferty, PhD, Professor, Applied Linguistics Graduate Coordinator, Department of Educational Psychology and Higher Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Francisco Meizoso, PhD, Lecturer in Spanish, Columbia University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Laura Morett, PhD, Assistant Professor, Director, Neuroscience of Education Research on Development (NERD) Lab, The University of Alabama, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Kimi Nakatsukasa, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, Texas Tech University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Eduardo Negueruela-Azarola, PhD, ILCE Research and Academic Director, Universidad de Navarra, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Elena Nicolaidis, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Alberta, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alessandro Rosborough, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Brigham Young University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Miranda Scloari, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Sciences, Texas Tech University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tetyana (Tania) Smotrova, PhD, Lecturer, Centre for English Language Communication, National University of Singapore, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Gale Stam, PhD, Professor of Psychology, National Louis University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Marion Tellier, PhD, Director of Department of FLE, Coordinator of M1 speciality in French as a foreign language, LPL- UMR 7309 (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Johannes Wagner, PhD, Professor, Department of Design and Communication, University of Southern Denmark, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Benjamin White, PhD, Assistant Professor, Applied Linguistics, Saint Michael’s College, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Keli Yerian, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Director of Language Teaching Studies MA Program, University of Oregon, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Language Policy Research Network (LPReN)

The Center for Applied Linguistics houses the Language Policy Research Network (LPREN), which is an international organization of researchers, scholars, and stakeholders in the field of language policy. LPReN contributes to building a broad and informed network of parties involved in language policy issues through making research and scholarship accessible to policymakers, practitioners, families, and others. The network was founded with consideration for the social responsibilities of scholars working in the area of language policy and the need to combine responsible research with commitment to advocacy. LPReN hosts colloquia at conferences, invites publications related to the field, convenes at events, and shares resources, announcements, and other opportunities via the LPREN listserv which has over 800 members.

The LPREN Listserv organizer is Dr. Terrence G. Wiley, President, Center for Applied Linguistics.

The moderator is Shereen Bhalla, PhD, Center for Applied Linguistics.

Migrants in Working Life: Language and Im/mobilities

This network investigates the language practices of employed and employment-seeking migrants, using a range of theoretical and methodological approaches. We focus on how migrants construct identities when working in a second language, and when (if ever) they are positioned as legitimate members of the new language and work community.  We explore the perceived barriers faced by migrants who range from low-income workers to highly educated experts. We pay special attention to policies and practices adopted in different national and work-related contexts.

The first ReN meeting was held in connection with the ALAPP conference in Milan to discuss membership, website and future collaborations. Those interested in membership are encouraged to visit the website at https://www.jyu.fi/renmigrantswl 

Linguistics of Food

Convenors: Cornelia Gerhardt (Saarland University, Germany), Polly Szatrowski (University of Minnesota, USA), Sally Wiggins (University of Linköping, Sweden), Jon Coltz (University of Minnesota, USA)

We are pleased to announce the launch of the ReN on The Linguistics of Food.

This research network will provide a space for researchers from interdisciplinary backgrounds to develop collaborative research within the linguistics of food. Building on an increasing global interest in food and eating studies, the network will enable a focus on the cultural and social interactional issues around food, incorporating all forms of applied linguistic research. The aims of the network are to make more visible the diversity of linguistics research on food and to provide an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural meeting point for researchers in food and language studies. 

The network will be launched by the convenors at an online video conference in the first half of 2018. This conference will be used to spark discussions, complimentary research interests and to initiate collaborative work. A ReN website will be created to enable people to join the network and to find out about network activities.

1. Upcoming conferences (by/with members or for potential meetings of sub-groups)

• “Talking about Food: Local & Global Contexts”, 26-28 April 2018, Chair of English Linguistics, University of Bayreuth, Germany (organised by Sofia Rüdiger & Susanne Mühleisen)
• Conference on the Language of Japanese Food, 4-5 May 2018, York University, Toronto, Canada (Keynote Polly Szatrowski)
• 8th International Conference on Food Studies, 25–26 October 2018, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada with a focus on Digital Food Cultures

Learner Autonomy

The AILA ReNLA is focussing on learner autonomy (LA) in foreign/second language learning and teaching. It also includes a variety of sub-topics such as: learner development, learner identity and agency, self-access and advising, learning beyond classroom, e-learning, and teacher autonomy.

With about 500 members from around the world, RenLA facilitates networking for academics and research students in the field. We gather and disseminate information on research, and keep members abreast of events and publications through our web site http://ailarenla.org

A newsletter, the ReNLA Bulletin, is published on the website annually and autonomous learning resources and literature lists are updated and published regularly. The AUTO-L mailing list is facilitating synchronous and asynchronous communication and discussion between members.

Interlocutor and Instructor Individual Differences in Cognition and Second Language Acquisition 

The ReN on Interlocutor and Instructor Individual Differences in Cognition and Second Language Acquisition

• create awareness of existing and ongoingresearch on this topic;
• encourage additional study and collaboration; and
• support the development and exchange of ideas on projects that explore how interlocutor and instructor individual differences influence cognition and behavior related to acquisition, and what this means for both theory and practice.

We welcome new members to our growing community. For more information please see the ReN website, www.individualdifferencesinsla.com or contact the ReN Convener, Laura Gurzynski-Weiss (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).  

Social and Affective Factors in Home Language Maintenance and Development

The ReN “Social and Affective Factors in Home Language Maintenance and Development” has three main aims:

• Research: To foster collaborations and exchange between scholars working on social and affective factors in home language maintenance and development.
• Dissemination: To disseminate research findings on the importance of home language maintenance and development to stakeholders (e.g. education departments,   policy makers, educators across levels, parents, the mainstream society).
• Advocacy: To lobby for the recognition and uptake of research findings and to provide expert advice to stakeholders (e.g. submissions to senate inquiries, support and advice to communities on grass-roots initiatives, etc.).

A colloquium held atUniversity Paris Diderot, Paris, France, 8-10 July 2015

Organized by CLILLAC-ARP (the Centre for, Interlanguage Linguistics, Lexicology, English and Corpus Linguistics – Workshop for Research on Speech, EA 3967) at Paris Diderot University, AFLA (the French Association for Applied Linguistics) and partner associations.

 http://trela.clillac-arp.univ-paris-diderot.fr/index 

Applied Linguistics in the 21st Century is a rich and varied discipline, with many sub-domains. Each of these has its own research tradition, often associated with the particular countries in which it developed: language acquisition / learning, bi- and multi-lingualism, didactics, lexicography, corpus linguistics, terminology, translation studies, computational linguistics, variation, etc. However, these disciplines often share similar research fields. A prime example of this to look at the areas covered by the term Applied Linguistics and its equivalents linguistique appliquée, angewandte Linguistik, Lingüística aplicada in their respective languages. Transdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity are trademarks of the 21st Century, as can be seen in the emergence of so many multi- or transdisciplinary fields, including examples which combine 'humanities' and 'pure sciences'. Applied Linguistics, because of the variety of fields which it is involved in, has followed the inexorable development of this process of hybridization. Furthermore, the practice of Applied Linguistics has come to involve not only the application of theoretical knowledge, but also the emergence of new fields of investigation, which then feed back into current debates within the language sciences. The aim of the international conference TRELA is to follow up on the CRELA conference in Nancy 2013, and to allow researchers and other practitioners in the different fields of Applied Linguistics to discuss and debate issues relating to common areas of research, pooling ideas on these topics from a multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary perspective.

We invite submissions on one of the following topics:

• The notion of 'area' or 'field' in Applied Linguistics (multicritieral analysis in specific areas, comparative analysis of different fields, etc.)
• Applied Linguistics and Linguistics: Are they two distinct 'areas' or a single 'field' or can they not be divided?
• Models and multiple-theory approaches (combining several approaches to explore the same area)
• Resources, tools and methodologies to explore an 'area' (or conduct 'field' work).
• Applied Linguistics and Theoretical Linguistics: building a complementary approach? And what are the epistemological issues raised by obvious complementary?

Submissions

Abstracts should be 500 words maximum, plus a short indicative bibliography. Abstracts should contain a statement of the aim of the contribution, and should make clear how the paper relates to the topics mentioned above. A first page will include the name and affiliations of the authors. A second, anonymous page will include the abstract with references, in standard format (word or pdf) in French or in English. Abstracts will be submitted via easychair, which will be opened soon.

Deadline: 15 Nov 2014

Notification: 20 Jan 2015

Conference: 8-10 Jul 201

Terrains de recherche en linguistique appliquée

8 au 10 juillet 2015, Université Paris Diderot, France

Organisé par le Centre de Linguistique Interlangue, de Lexicologie, de Linguistique Anglaise et de Corpus – Atelier de Recherche sur la Parole (CLILLAC-ARP EA 3967) de l’Université Paris Diderot, l’Association Française de Linguistique Appliquée (AFLA) et les associations partenaires.

Présentation

Aujourd’hui, au vingt et unième siècle, la linguistique appliquée est une discipline riche qui se décline en de multiples domaines, par ailleurs liés aux traditions scientifiques des divers pays dans lesquels elle s’est développée: acquisition / apprentissage, bi- / plurilinguisme, didactique des langues, lexicographie, linguistique de corpus, terminologie, traductologie, traitement automatique des langues, variation linguistique. Pourtant, les terrains de recherche de ces disciplines ou domaines sont souvent communs. On le voit dans ce que recouvrent les dénominations dans d’autres langues, comme applied linguistics en anglais, angewandte Linguistik en allemand ou Lingüística aplicada en espagnol. Le vingt et unième siècle est celui de la transdisciplinarité et de la pluridisciplinarité, comme le montre l’émergence de nombreux domaines pluri- ou transdisciplinaires, combinant sciences humaines et sciences exactes par exemple. La linguistique appliquée, par les terrains de recherche qu’elle parcourt, accompagne le développement incontournable de cette pluridisciplinarité. Ce faisant, elle démontre qu’elle ne consiste pas en la seule application de connaissances théoriques mais qu’elle permet l’émergence de nouveaux champs d’investigation qui viennent alimenter la réflexion en sciences du langage. L’objectif du colloque international TRELA, qui s’inscrit dans la suite de la réflexion engagée lors du colloque CRELA à Nancy en 2013, est de permettre aux chercheurs et autres acteurs des différents domaines de la linguistique appliquée de se rencontrer sur des enjeux de recherche partagés, amenant ainsi à offrir un éclairage pluridisciplinaire ou transdisciplinaire sur des problématiques croisées.

En avant-première de la conférence, sera organisé un atelier sur la linguistique de corpus.

Presentación

CAMPOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN LINGÜÍSTICA APLICADA

Coloquio organizado por el Centro de Lingüística Interlengua, de Lexicología, de Lingüística Inglesa y de Corpus – Taller de Investigación sobre el Habla (CLILLAC-ARP EA 3967) de la Universidad París Diderot, la Asociación Francesa de Lingüística Aplicada (AFLA) y demás entidades de apoyo (ACEDLE, APLIUT, APLV, ARDAA, ASDIFLE, ATALA, GERALS, GERAS, GERES, RANACLES, SFT, SHESL, UPLEGESS).

Hoy en día, la lingüística aplicada es una disciplina muy rica que se declina en múltiples sectores ligados a las tradiciones científicas de los diversos países en los que se ha desarrollado, como pueden ser los sectores relacionados con la adquisición, el aprendizaje, el bilingüismo o plurilingüismo, la didáctica de lenguas, la lexicografía, la lingüística de corpus, la terminología, la traductología, el tratamiento automático de las lenguas, la variación lingüística. Sin embargo, los campos de investigación de estas disciplinas son muy a menudo comunes. Se observa esta tendencia en lo que engloba esta misma denominación en otros idiomas, como applied linguistics en inglés, angewandte linguistik en alemán o lingüística aplicada en español.

El siglo XXI es el siglo de la transdisciplinariedad y de la pluridisciplinariedad, tal como lo muestra la emergencia de numerosos campos transdisciplinarios o pluridisciplinarios que, por ejemplo, combinan ciencias humanas y ciencias exactas. La lingüística aplicada, gracias a los campos de investigación por los que transita, acompaña el desarrollo ineludible de esa pluridisciplinariedad. Al hacerlo, da muestras de que no consiste únicamente en la aplicación de conocimientos puramente teóricos sino que, además, permite la emergencia de nuevos campos de investigación que nutren la reflexión en ciencias del lenguaje.

El objetivo del coloquio internacional TRELA, que se inscribe en la continuidad reflexiva iniciada durante el coloquio CRELA organizado en Nancy en 2013, es permitir que los investigadores y los demás actores de los diferentes campos de la lingüística aplicada logren encontrarse y reflexionar sobre los desafíos compartidos en el campo de la investigación, propiciando así explicaciones pluridisciplinarias o transdisciplinarias en problemáticas de carácter transversal.

Executive Board

President	Prof. Dr. Daniel Perrin	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland	Phone: +41 58 934 60 67
Secretary General	Prof. Dr. Christina Gitsaki	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Zayed University, United Arab Emirates	Phone: +971 558819572
Vice President	Prof. Dr. Azirah Hashim	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	University of Malaya, Malaysia	Phone: +603-79674645
Treasurer	Lic.phil.I Marlies Whitehouse	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland	Phone: +41 79 776 61 19
Past President	Prof. Dr. Claire Kramsch	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	University of California at Berkeley, USA
Research Networks Coordinator	Dr. Laura Gurzynski-Weiss	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	University of Indiana at Bloomington, USA	Phone: +(812) 855-6392
Publications Coordinator	JunProf Dr. Antje Wilton	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	University of Siegen, Germany
Member at Large	Prof. Dr. Susan Hunston	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	University of Birmingham, UK
Member at Large	Prof. Dr. Limin Jin	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
Member at Large	Prof. Dr. Anne Pitkanen-Huhta	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Member at Large	Prof. Dr. Ee Ling Low	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	National Institute of Education, Singapore

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:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Current Members:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Member:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 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:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Siegen, Germany

Current Members:

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

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

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

Current Members:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Fukuoka University, Japan

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., University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Folkert Kuiken, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,University Koblenz-Landau, Germany

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 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:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Current Members:

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

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:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of California Berkeley, USA

Current Members:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., National Institute of Education, Singapore

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

The IACC Committee

Chair:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

Members:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands