Zahadin Omar

3rd International Conference on Migration Linguistics, Malaysia and Singapore, November 2026

Conference Theme: Migrants at the Margins: Roots, Routes, Belonging, and Language

Contemporary migration is a phenomenon shaped by histories of displacement, changing work opportunities, geopolitical shifts, global inequalities, and the climate emergency. As people migrate, they navigate new social, cultural, political, and linguistic terrains. A large proportion of people who migrate for better opportunities elsewhere tend to be at the mercy of forces of power both at the origin and in the destination. In the process, their identities are reshaped across roots (heritage and origin), routes (journeys, mobilities, border crossings), belonging (integration, exclusion), and language (communication, identity, power, survival).

This conference places special attention on migrants situated at the margins. It seeks to illuminate the complex linguistic, cultural, and social experiences of migrant individuals and communities whose voices often remain unheard in dominant narratives. We welcome contributions that engage with the intersections of migration and language from diverse theoretical, methodological, creative, and community-based lenses.

We welcome proposals for paper presentations, panels, workshops, and creative formats that engage with the following (but not limited to) sub-themes:

Roots: Histories, Heritage, and Language Maintenance Heritage language preservation and intergenerational transmission Narratives of homeland, displacement, and ancestral ties Linguistic revitalization among migrant or diasporic communities Linguistic traces in Migration Histories Routes: Journeys, Transits, and Mobilities Language use in transit, borderlands, and temporary settlements Communication challenges in mobility Linguistic landscapes across migratory routes New mobilities in digital migration and transnational networks Belonging: Identity, Integration, and Exclusion Language policies and migrant inclusion/exclusion Accent discrimination and linguistic prejudice Language learning and social integration in migration contexts Multilingualism and translingual practices in diaspora Language: Power, Agency, and Negotiation Language as a tool for advocacy and resistance Linguistic exploitation and rights in Disaster communication and forced migration Theories, methods, and innovations in migration linguistics

Migrant storytelling, performance, and language in the arts

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Online Workshop “Research Methods in Terminology.”

Hungarian Association of Applied Linguists and Language Teachers, Terminology Section, in cooperation with AILA Europe, hosts the online workshop “Research Methods in Terminology”.

This online workshop invites researchers, doctoral students and practitioners to explore and discuss methodological approaches to terminology research across disciplines. As an inherently interdisciplinary field, terminology research draws on linguistics, translation studies, corpus linguistics, knowledge representation, and the digital humanities. This workshop aims to provide a forum for reflecting on established and emerging research methods, their theoretical grounding and their practical applications.

We particularly welcome contributions that critically engage with research design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation in terminology-related studies.

Topics of interest include:

Qualitative and quantitative methods in terminology research

Corpus-based and corpus-driven approaches to terminology

Terminology extraction, annotation and evaluation methods

Methodological issues in multilingual and contrastive terminology research

Methods in terminography and terminology management

Use of digital tools, AI, and NLP in terminology research

Abstracts of approximately 200 words should be submitted via Google Form by 15 March 2026.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. The registration deadline is 31 March 2026.

For registration, please scan the QR: 

 

Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline: 15 March 2026

Notification of acceptance: 31 March 2026

Workshop date: 8 May 2026 (ZOOM) between 10 AM - 5 PM (CET)

The workshop will consist of 20-minute presentations, followed by structured discussion sessions.

We welcome contributions from both established scholars and early-career researchers, and we particularly encourage submissions that reflect on methodological innovation, limitations, and best practices in terminology research.

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AILA-Europe Junior Researcher Meeting 2026

AILA-Europe Junior Researchers Meeting (JRM) 2026 is hosted by the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL) and is part of the IRAAL Annual Conference, held 13-14 November 2026 at the University of Limerick. 

Conference theme: “Attitudes towards languages: Multilingualism, plurilingualism and language education for a democratic, just and sustainable world”. Contributions are invited from early-career researchers who are members of AILA Europe affiliate associations, eligible for the reduced registration rate. 

Call for papers is open. Submission deadline: Sunday 12th of April, 2026: 

https://sites.google.com/view/iraal2026/call-for-papers

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The special issue of the European Journal of Applied Linguistics 

This special issue of the European Journal of Applied Linguistics (Miras, 2026 (Ed.)) explores the evolution and identity of European Applied Linguistics through the contributions of emerging scholars who participated in recent AILA Europe Junior Researchers' Meetings (JRM). This is the second special issue published by AILA-Europe (Gnach & Miras, 2022 (Eds.)). The volume reflects on the discipline's historical development in Europe and examines how early-career researchers are shaping a distinct European identity in the field. It builds on previous editions of the JRM, including those held in Belfast (2022), and Lyon (2023). The editorial of this issue exclusively presents the results of two survey conducted two decades apart by Karlfried Knapp, which has been updated to compare with more recent data. This work, spanning past and present, offers a reflection on AILA-Europe's position within AILA.

This issue brings together ten scientific contributions, most of which are long papers. It features research conducted across Europe – including Germany, Estonia, Italy, France, Ireland, Finland, Greece, and the United Kingdom – as well as from Tunisia and the USA. All contributions come from Early Career Researchers (ECRs) who critically engage with topics in applied linguistics related to European languages or linguistic practices in European contexts.

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The Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics (MAAL) warmly invites you to join our upcoming International Mother Language Day webinar in celebration of linguistic diversity and heritage. Theme: Voices of Our Roots: Preserving Malaysian Heritage and Indigenous Languages for Lifelong Learning and Quality Education   Date: 20 February 2026  (Friday)  Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (MYT)  Platform: Zoom (The Zoom link will be sent one day before the event.)

 Featuring distinguished invited speakers who will share insights on indigenous knowledge systems, heritage languages, and the role of mother languages in shaping education and identity.

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Dear colleagues!

We are pleased to announce that, due to popular demand, we have extended the Call for Papers deadline by two weeks for the Call of Papers for the 11^th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English (BICLCE), to be held from 3^rd to 5^th July 2026 in Austria, at the University of Klagenfurt.

For over two decades, the BICLCE conference series has been a forum for researchers who are interested in the linguistics of contemporary English. It is open to different theoretical and methodological perspectives. Previous conferences were held in Edinburgh (2005), Toulouse (2007), London (2009), Osnabrück (2011), Austin TX (2013), Madison WI (2015), Vigo (2017), Bamberg (2019), Ljubljana (2022) and Alicante (2024). BICLCE 2026 wishes to continue this long-standing tradition of exploring contemporary English.

We are pleased to announce the following keynote speakers:  Daniel Davis, Maria Kuteeva, Marc Xu, Barbara Seidlhofer, and José Fajardo.

This time, BICLCE11 comes with an additional thematic focus on “English in a geopolitically changing world”, motivated by the major changes the world has experienced in the last several years which may potentially influence how English is used and perceived internationally.  Therefore, we are happy to invite researchers to submit proposals addressing this topic in particular. Beyond this special theme, contributions related to English are also welcome in any of the following fields/areas: syntax, morphology, sociolinguistics, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, phonetics/phonology, applied linguistics, and more.

We invite proposals for contributions to the conference, either for the General Sessions or for one of seven Thematic Sessions:

For all sessions, we invite proposals for individual papers consisting of a 20-minute presentation followed by 10 minutes of discussion.

Abstracts should clearly indicate the theoretical framework, the research question(s), elaborate data and methodology and discuss (expected) findings. The abstract should not exceed 300 words (excluding references). The abstract should be adapted to the Chicago Manual of Style (18^th edition), and be anonymized before its submission as they will undergo anonymous peer-review.

The abstracts should be submitted electronically and as either docx or pdf files, using the following template: https://conference3.aau.at/event/156/attachments/116/305/Template_BICLCE11.docx.

The author(s) should submit their abstract via https://conference3.aau.at/event/156/abstracts/.

The EXTENDED deadline is January 31^st, 2026. Notifications will be sent out by 15^th March.

Please forward this information to your colleagues, students and interested parties.

We look forward to welcoming you in Klagenfurt!

All the very best,

Nikola, for the BICLCE11 organization team

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Call for Papers - Special Issue Winter 2027  

Guest editors:  

Ibtissem Knouzi, York University  

Penny Kinnear, OISE - University of Toronto  

Merrill Swain, OISE - University of Toronto  

Proposal deadline: February 01, 2026  

Full paper deadline: June 15, 2026  

Vygotskian sociocultural theory: Transforming L2 teaching, learning, assessment, and  research  

Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory (V-SCT), as a theory of mind, has had a major impact on  second language (L2) theory and practice over the last four decades. It has challenged L2  educators' understanding of the genesis of L2 development and effective pedagogy through a  set of principles (see Swain, Kinnear & Steinman (2015) for a comprehensive and accessible  review) such as the central role of interpsychological mediation, and the focus on conceptbased  teaching and curriculum design. However, as L2 educators and researchers, often trained in  cognitivist paradigms, redefine their roles and attempt to reconcile previous practices and  beliefs with new concepts, many confusions persist (Knouzi, in press). These confusions exist  especially with respect to key concepts such as ZPD vs. i+1; mediation vs. scaffolding; role of  concept-based language instruction in form-focused instruction; role of affect vs. positive  psychology; and Dynamic Assessment vs. proficiency testing.  

This special issue seeks to explain key V-SCT concepts and demonstrate their relevance to L2  theory and practice in Canadian contexts, as demonstrated by Canadian scholars through  conceptual papers and empirical studies.  

We invite submissions that examine and critique L2 development, teaching, and assessment  practices, and teacher education from a V-SCT perspective, addressing topics such as, but not  limited to, the following:  

- Role of mediation in learning and development, focusing on the range, affordances, and  constraints of mediational means (including digital and multimodal) in L2 language  classrooms.  

- Role of language as a cognitive tool (e.g., languaging, collaborative dialogue,  instructional interactions)  

- Concept-based instruction in L2 classrooms and in teacher education programs  - Dialectic relation between affect and cognition  

- Assessment  

- Activity theory-informed analysis of learner/teacher development 

Papers in English and French will be considered. We welcome papers for inclusion in one of  three sections: “Full-Length Research Articles” (original research), “Perspectives” (theoretical  explorations of relevant issues), and “In the Classroom” (pedagogical focus). Please refer to  the TESL Canada Journal author guidelines for more information:  

http://www.teslcanadajournal.ca/index.php/tesl/about/submissions  

Interested authors are invited to submit a 400-word abstract (including references) to  by February 01, 2026. Please indicate clearly the category to which  your abstract belongs. Notice of abstract acceptance will be emailed by March 01, 2026. Full  manuscripts are due June 15, 2026, and will be subject to a rigorous blind review process. In  line with SCT principles, we will follow a process that fosters collegial mediation and creates  opportunities for scholarly development. In a two-phase process, each contributor will be asked  to review a paper in the special issue (blind review). Following the first revisions and  resubmission, all contributors will have the option to receive additional feedback through  discussion at a meeting attended by SCT colleagues before submitting a final version. The  special issue will be published in January-March, 2027.  

If you have any questions or queries about this special issue, please contact Ibtissem Knouzi at 

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Brazil Unifies Its Confucius Institutes Under New National Network; 

UFG Represents Country in Global AI Forums

On September 12th, 2025, the Network of Confucius Institutes in Brazil was officially established, marking an important milestone in strengthening academic and cultural cooperation between Brazil and China. The proposal for its creation originated from the Confucius Institute at UNESP, which also hosted the inaugural meeting. On that occasion, it was decided that Professor Luís Antônio Paulino, from UNESP, would assume the presidency of the Network.

The event was marked by broad institutional and diplomatic representation, bringing together Brazilian and Chinese directors of the Confucius Institutes operating in the country, as well as various authorities from both China and Brazil. Among those in attendance were the Minister of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China, the Acting Consul General of the Consulate General of China in São Paulo, the Director-General of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation (CLEC) in Beijing, along with the Rector of UNESP, the Rector of UnB, the Vice-Rectors of UEPA, UEMA, UFBA, UFC, and UFT.

Currently, Brazil has 14 Confucius Institutes – located at UNESP, UFG, PUC-RIO, UEPA, UFBA, UFC, UFF, UFMG, UFRGS, UFRJ, UnB, Unicamp, UPE, and FAAP – and one Chinese Center at UFMT. Together, they form a national network dedicated to ‘promoting the Chinese language and culture, as well as fostering academic and scientific exchange between the two countries.

Subsequently, on October 10th, 2025, the first online meeting of the Council of the Network of Confucius Institutes in Brazil was held. The main objectives of the meeting were to approve the 2026 Work Plan and to elect the two vice-presidents of the Network, as established in its Statute. Following deliberations, Professor Francisco José Quaresma de Figueiredo, Director of the Confucius Institute for Chinese Medicine at UFG, and Professor Antônio Braga, Director of the Confucius Institute at UEPA, were elected to join the Network’s leadership alongside the president.

The strengthening of this organizational structure represents a significant step toward consolidating the presence of the Confucius Institutes in Brazil, expanding opportunities for interinstitutional cooperation and broadening the reach of initiatives aimed at Chinese language teaching and the promotion of intercultural dialogue.

The Confucius Institutes have as their main objective the dissemination of the Chinese language and culture, and some of them, such as the Confucius Institute of Chinese Medicine at the Federal University of Goiás, in addition to offering courses on the Chinese language and culture, also provide courses in the area of Chinese Medicine. Every year, a major global event is held in which new methods and approaches for teaching Mandarin are discussed – the World Chinese Language Conference, which took place in Beijing from November 14th to 16th 2025. The event is attended by directors of Confucius Institutes around the world, as well as the President or Vice-President of the institutions responsible for each Confucius Institute. This year’s theme was “Innovation Leads, AI Empowers: Learning Chinese Without Borders.”

The use of Artificial Intelligence in Mandarin teaching was also discussed at another event held in Hong Kong from November 16th to 17th – the Global Confucius Institutes Hong Kong Forum, organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with the theme “Exploring New Opportunities for Cooperation among Confucius Institutes in the Era of AI.” The event was attended by 150 invited participants from various Confucius Institutes in 69 countries. The Confucius Institute of Chinese Medicine at UFG represented Brazil at this event.

Prof. Francisco José Quaresma de Figueiredo

Brazilian Dean of the Confucius Institute for Chinese Medicine at UFG

Vice-President of the Network of Confucius Institutes in Brazil

The UNICollaboration organisation is organising an international research conference on the theme of “Virtual Exchange in a Changing World: Innovation and Inclusion”. Our 2026 theme acknowledges the transformative power of digital connectivity and collaborative learning in times of global complexity.

The conference will take place on June 4-5, 2026 at the Cyprus University of Technology in Limassol, Cyprus and welcomes presentations, workshops, panel discussions and posters that include both research studies and practical reports.

The deadline for submission is 15 November 2025. Details can be found in the Call for Papers HERE and the link to submit abstracts can be found on the conference website HERE.

If you have specific questions about conference logistics or travel issues, you can contact the organizers at their email address: ; or directly to ; 

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The Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics (AESLA) and the Organizing Committee of this edition are pleased to invite you to the 43rd International Conference of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics, organized by the Department of Spanish Language at the University of Granada. The conference will be held in Granada from April 15 to 17, 2026, at the School of Civil, Canal, and Port Engineering.

With the topic: ‘Language, variation and identity: linguistic dynamics for representing identity’, we want the conference to become a space for dialogue where we can reflect on how language reflects and shapes social reality and how speakers use linguistic resources to represent their identity.

The AESLA 2026 Organising Committee encourages you to participate in the conference by submitting a proposal for an oral presentation or a poster.

We remind you that each participant may submit up to two proposals, in Spanish and English, from 15 October 2025 to 20 December 2025. Proposals should be submitted via the web platform: https://matrix.aesla.org.es/aesla2026, and will be assigned to the thematic panel chosen for review (each proposal may only be submitted to one panel).

For more detailed information about the AESLA 2026 conference, please visit our website: https://wpd.ugr.es/~aesla26/

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at the following email address: 

We look forward to seeing you in Granada!

Elena Fernández de Molina Ortés, Rocío Cruz Ortiz and Edyta Waluch de la Torre

Coordinators of the Organising Committee for the AESLA 2026 Conference

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The newsletter reports on the UN Summit of the Future which happened in September in New York City, USA, with the theme “Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow” where member states agreed on working on seven pillars: governance reform, climate action, technology for the common good, human rights, peace and security, and strengthened multilateral partnerships prioritizing the interests of future generations in global decision-making. UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized that while war is a choice, so is peace.

In what regards the role of applied linguists in the creation of conditions for this peace, we highlight some of the issues that were addressed in the summit that are of special relevance to us: 

1. Emphasis on Intercultural Dialogue:
   • The summit stressed the importance of intercultural and intergenerational dialogue in peacebuilding and global cooperation, highlighting the role of language in fostering understanding across cultures.
2. Focus on Human Rights:
   • Discussions around human rights included the protection of marginalized populations, emphasizing the need for linguistic accessibility in education and healthcare to ensure universal rights.
3. Global Governance and Communication:
   • The call for global governance reform includes improving communication strategies within international frameworks, which is critical for effective collaboration among diverse language groups and populations.
4. Educational Initiatives:
   • The summit’s focus on education aligns with our endorsed goal of promoting language education that supports sustainable development, diversity and inclusion.
5. Technological Impact on Language:
   • The discussions on the use of technology for the common good, especially regarding AI, raised important questions about language representation, ethics, and the need for multilingual capabilities in technological solutions. It also stressed the need for global ethical guidelines and reinforced cybersecurity.
6. Multilingualism and Global Identity:
   • The summit highlighted the idea of a global identity which recognizes multilingualism, and we underscore the role of applied linguists in promoting language diversity, inclusion and equity. Noting that this is the most fraught time since World War II, themes from the Interactive Dialogue on Peace and Security included the importance of focusing on shared values, particularly around human rights, the need to embrace inclusivity in peacebuilding efforts and the role of solidarity to address causes of conflict. The importance of intercultural and intergenerational dialogue was also stressed.
7. Partnerships and Collaborations:
   • The emphasis on partnerships and collaborations suggests opportunities to engage in projects that contribute to global initiatives and dialogue that promote diversity in addressing these pressing global challenges.

The newsletter also reports on the UNESCO Chair Forum which took place in Ethiopia with the theme "Transforming Knowledge for Africa's Future," convening over 500 scholars, policymakers, educators, and stakeholders from 90 countries to discuss pivotal issues in education, culture, science, and sustainable development. The forum aligned with Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including discussions related to the recent Pact of the Future from the UN Summit. It emphasized the need for inclusive and principled dialogue to co-create visions for Africa’s future.

UNESCO Co-Chair Dr Divinia Jithoo also contributed with a report outlining her recent experiences and insights to international education, focusing on the importance of intercultural competence and equitable practices in higher education internationalization focusing on decolonial approaches. Her highlights include the need to address power dynamics in international partnerships and a discussion on the importance of languages, access to technology and virtual exchange for a more inclusive internationalization.

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August 9-14, 2020

University of Groningen, Netherlands

aila2021.nl

The AILA 2020 World Congress in Groningen, August 9–14,  offers novel interactive formats. There are almost 200 symposia  to choose from. Researchers submit their paper to one of these symposia by September 16, 2019. This is how to proceed:

• You can scan the list of symposia https://www.aila2021.nl/
• You can search https://www.aila2021.nl/ for a specific symposium by title, keyword, organiser or featured speaker.
• Once you know to which symposium you want to submit, press submit a proposal. A drop-down menu will ask which symposium you want to contribute to.

Submissions need to include the following:

• Author(s) and affiliation(s)
• Title: max. 20 Words
• Abstract: max. 300 Words
• Summary for in program: max. 50 Words

There are three types of presentation supported at AILA 2020 :

• Featured multimodal presentations (BY INVITATION ONLY): 30 minutes or so of a ppt presentation, 10 minutes for discussion. These will take place at the beginning of each half-day slot and will set the tone for the symposium. You must have been explicitly invited by the symposium organiser(s) to submit to this format.
• Standard multimodal presentations: What we are most used to seeing at conferences: 12-20 minute presentations with a ppt. The exact amount of time for each of these presentations is up to the symposium organizers and depends on the number of abstracts accepted.
• Focused multimodal presentations: The most innovative presentations at AILA 2020! In pitches of 2-5 minutes, speakers advertise the presentations that take place over lunch in the dedicated focused presentation space where the symposia attendants meet. All the focused multimodal presentations include a poster . Additionally, these presenters will have the opportunity to upload a full 12-minute version of their paper (video/audio ppt) to the AILA website for exposure for a full year after presenting at AILA 2020.

By November 18th presenters will be notified. If accepted, the following wording will be used no matter whether it concerns a standard or focused multimodal presentation:
“Congratulations! Your paper has been accepted as a multimodal presentation at the AILA 2020 World Congress….”.

Please note the following policies:

• Individuals may submit a maximum of one abstract as first author. This means that an individual can only appear once as a first author on the program.
• An individual may take on an additional role: as a symposium organizer and/or as featured speaker.
• An individual may also appear as a co-author/co-presenter of another paper, provided they are not first author.
• All proposals must represent original and unpublished work that is not yet available to the AILA membership.
• Proposals will be double-blind peer reviewed. Please ensure that any reference made to your previous work within the proposal does not include self-reference information that clearly identifies you or one of your co-authors.
• Individuals who will not be attending the conference are discouraged from submitting proposals.
• The author's confirmation of attendance and presentation signifies that the author will present the paper on the day and time assigned by the conference program committee. The AILA 2020 organizers will not respond to or consider requests for a specific time slot.

AILA has a long tradition in cooperating with the Council of Europe (EMCL). Now, AILA renewed its Memorandum of Cooperation with the ECML and its Professional Network Forum. Through this cooperation, AILA reaches out and networks with academic communities and language professionals outside its regular scope of exposure.

AILA played a key role when the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe originally established its multi-institutional Professional Network Forum (PNF) in 2009. The PNF is a think tank that advises and supports the ECML in its effort to focus its 3-year medium-term programmes by, for example, identifying relevant and burning issues from the perspective of its member associations. It is dedicated to closer international and regional cooperation in sharing and applying relevant research in the field of applied linguistics with a focus on language education and language policy.

The PNF of the ECML is comprised of international associations and institutions that share common values and have overlapping expertise in the field of language education and language assessment. The member associations of the PNF together with further information can be found at
https://www.ecml.at/Aboutus/professionalnetworkforum/tabid/137/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
https://www.ecml.at/Portals/1/documents/PNF/leaflet-PNF-EN.pdf?ver=2010-06-25-101035-643

AILA cooperates with the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML), which is delighted to announce the launch of the new bilingual website “CLIL in languages other than English – Successful transitions across educational stages”, now available in English and French at www.ecml.at/CLILLOTEtransitions.

The website is an output of the ECML programme “Inspiring innovation in language education: changing contexts, evolving competences” (2020-23). It illustrates how the professional community can promote continuity and deal with discontinuities in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) from primary to secondary and tertiary education.

What you will find and who can benefit

The website provides approaches and recommendations to support CLIL in general, and especially in languages other than English (CLIL-LOTE). It examines ways of doing so across educational levels, in the language classroom and in other subjects.
The recommendations are underpinned by guiding principles for CLIL and illustrated through examples of practice from various contexts offering a holistic view on curricula, teacher education, professional collaborations, teaching materials and formative assessment.

The website is structured according to the five thematic areas of the recommendations addressing different target groups concerned:

• Curriculum – for curriculum designers and decision-makers
• Teacher education – for teacher educators and decision-makers
• Collaboration between institutions, teachers and/or students of different educational levels – for teachers and head of schools
• Teaching materials – for teachers and teaching material designers
• Portfolios and formative assessment – for teachers and teaching material designers

AILA, as a member of the Professional Network Forum of the Council of Europe’s European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML), invites its European affiliates and their membership to participate in an online survey to research how the Covid pandemic has had – and is continuing to have - a profound impact on most of our activities, not least on language education.

The ECML, in cooperation with its Professional Network Forum, has launched a Europe-wide project to gather information and exchange views on how language educators are coping with the challenges, and to reflect on the lessons to be learnt from their experiences.

The first step is a survey addressed especially to language educators, though administrators, language students and parents are also welcome to contribute to it. The results of the survey will be drawn on in a series of online think tanks later this year, to be followed by a colloquium and publication of the results.

You are invited to take part in the survey and to disseminate it to colleagues and partner institutions involved in language education. Please access the survey here and submit your responses by 28th February 2021:

https://languageeducationandcovid.questionpro.com

• The 2024 Annual Conference of China English Language Education Association will be held in Dalian on October 18-20, 2024. The theme of the conference is Interdisciplinary Integration and Collaborative Innovation: Enhancing the Overall Quality of Talent

  Cultivation.

• More than 70 titles of The Key Topics Library, edited by Prof Wen Qiufang，Prof Sun Youzhong et al., have been published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press(FLTRP) in China. Written by more than 100 Chinese top scholars, this large-scale systematic library consists of 5 series: linguistics, applied linguistics, literature studies, translation studies, and intercultural studies. Focusing on a key topic, each work serves as a research guide for young researchers and presents Chinese perspectives for readers. With agreement with FLTRP, Taylor & Francis is planning to publish the English version of the

  Key Topics Library in the next few years.

• English Test for International Communication, a local English proficiency test developed by Beijing Foreign Studies University, has just implemented its 7th remote online testing from home in August 2024. Until now, more than 400,000 candidates have taken the test, most of whom are university students and professionals. The test aims to assess test candidates’

  global competence and promotes the college ELT reform in China.

Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics (EAAL) Conference 2023

Abstract submission until 28 February 2023

Conference date:  27-28 April 2023

Official website: https://www.rakenduslingvistika.ee/kevadkonverents/

Language is a means of communication that people use to express their thoughts and feelings. It is a complex, dynamic system that is constantly evolving and changing. Language is influenced and shaped by the people who use it - language use depends on social, cultural and historical factors, but also on context.

Over the two days we will discuss how language is born in use, how people acquire it, use it, create it and apply it. We expect papers and presentations discussing these topics and looking at the broad and colourful landscape of Applied Linguistics.

More specifically, attendees can expect to glean deeper insight into:

• corpus linguistics and language technology
• language learning and language acquisition
• language models and language modelling
• globalization, multilingualism and multiculturalism
• lexicography and lexicology
• translating
• language planning and language policy
• business and professional communication
• language in the media and public discourse
• sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics
• cultural anthropology
• cognitive sciences
• etc.

The conference itself will take place in Estonian and English.

Cornelia Gerhardt, Saarland University, Germany. Email:
Polly Szatrowski, University of Minnesota, USA. Email:
Jon Coltz, University of Minnesota, USA. Email:
Sally Wiggins, Linköping University, Sweden. Email:

Recent events and publications

Gerhardt, C. (2019). Vegane Foodblogs: Fachsprachliche Adjektive und Modifikationen. In: Marietta Calderón & Carmen Konzett-Firth (Eds.), Dynamische Approximationen: Festschriftliches pünktlichst zu Eva Lavrics 62,5. Geburtstag (Kontrastes/Kontraste 3), 531-544. Berlin: Peter Lang.

Wiggins, S. (2019). Moments of pleasure: A preliminary classification of gustatory mmms and the enactment of enjoyment during infant mealtimes. Frontiers in Psychology, July 2019. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01404/full

Szatrowski, P. (2020). Tracking references to unfamiliar food in Japanese Taster Lunches: Negotiating agreement while adapting language to food. The JAPANESE language from an empirical perspective: Corpus-based studies and studies on discourse, ed. by Andrej Bekeš & Irena Srdanović, 53-76. Ljubljana, Slovenia: University Press, Faculty of Arts= Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete. https://e-knjige.ff.uni-lj.si/znanstvena-zalozba/catalog/book/187

Preparations for the World Congress 2020

The Linguistics of Food ReN is planning to have a symposium at the World Congress 2020, entitled Whose taste matters? Authority, meaning, and culture in the linguistics of food. The symposium is expected to span over two half-days, and will feature keynote presentations from Prof. Dr. Lorenza Mondada and Prof. Dr. Stefan Deimer. The symposium will address global and cultural challenges within the linguistics of food, focusing on how taste (and other senses) is not simply a property of individuals or of foods, but rather becomes a contested and negotiated concept through lexical and embodied linguistic practices. In short, ‘taste’ is a fluid concept and has implications not only for the field of linguistics, but also across the sensory and social sciences. The symposium will bring together researchers working in four key areas within the linguistics of food: interactional food assessments, the semantics of taste, consuming identities and global food media. Details of the symposium and individual presentations will be available following the AILA2020 registration deadline in mid-April.

Ongoing research and opportunities for collaboration

 Sally Wiggins is working with colleagues at Linköping University, Sweden, on non-lexical vocalisations during eating practices, such as gustatory mmms and lip-smacks. See website for more information: https://nonlexicalvocalizations.com/. She has also recently begun a four-year Swedish Research Council funded project to study infants’ lunchtimes and eating practices in kindergarten settings.

Contact information

The ReN has a website which can be found here: http://www.linguistics-of-food.org/ and contact can be made through the website or directly to .

AILA is composed of the following types of members:

Regular Affiliate Member

A non-profit national or regional representative organization that has maintained an active scientific program in the field of applied linguistics for some time and agrees in writing in the required form required by the bylaws to undertake the responsibilities of membership in AILA, may become a regular affiliate member. Only one organization from one country or region is admitted as a regular affiliated member.

The organization may be a representative of a number of other participating associations within the country or region.
A regular affiliate member organization should normally have no fewer than 20 members.

Annual membership fee in AILA is calculated according to the country classification of the World Bank. Each affiliate pays a fixed fee per paying member of its organization. Please find the rates for the annual membership in the table below.

Temporary Affiliate Member

An association that is active in the field of applied linguistics in a country or region where a national or regional representative organization has not yet been established admitted as a regular affiliate member may become a temporary affiliate member.

Only one organization from each country or region is to be admitted as a temporary affiliate member. The organization may be a representative of a number of participating associations within the country or region.

One of the responsibilities of a temporary affiliate member is to promote the formation of a national or regional representative organization as soon as possible.

Temporary affiliate membership is granted for a period of three years. Temporary affiliate membership may be extended only if the temporary affiliate member demonstrates that its application for regular affiliate membership is nearing completion and will be presented for approval within two years from the date of the grant of the extension.

Annual Membership fee in AILA is identical with the fee structure for regular affiliate members.

Associate Member

An institution, corporation or non-profit association that has interests and activities relevant to the objectives and practices of AILA and AILA's affiliate members may become an associate member.

Annual membership fee in AILA is US $ 100.-

Individual Associate Member

If you are a member of an AILA national affiliate, you are automatically a member of AILA. If your home country or country where you work does not have a national affiliate, you may become a member of the closest national affiliate, enjoying the benefits of both the national affiliate and AILA, or you can apply to become an individual member of AILA. 

An individual member of AILA is entitled to receive the AILA Review and to attend the triannual AILA World Congress at a reduced rate. In addition, the individual member commits themself to initiate and/or support the founding of an AILA Regular or Temporary National Affiliate in their country or region. Individual membership is for three years and can be renewed.

Annual membership fee is US $ 25.-

Benefactor Member

A person, organization, or group that is in harmony with the goals and aspirations of AILA and that agrees to provide AILA with financial or other support to enable it to make awards or grants or otherwise to defray the cost of its activities, may become a benefactor member.

Honorary Member

A person who has made an exceptional contribution to AILA or to the field of applied linguistics may become an honorary member.

We would like to inform you of the publication on the Internet of the tool BDME TIP Plataforma web para el estudio morfogenético del léxico (https://bdme.iatext.es).

BDME TIP is a visualization tool that makes it possible to represent, either as graphs –—similar to tree diagrams– or in linear form—, the word families and subfamilies of Spanish. The application uses the visual representation component of morpho-etymological information stored in the Base de datos morfológica del español (Morphological database of Spanish) (BDME). By showing the family relations in the form of a genealogical tree, the aim is to overcome the disadvantage of printed works, where the ordering of word families is conditioned by their linear structure.

The BDME was designed and organized by Jesus Pena (USC) in the mid 1980s. It underwent reforms, enlargement and corrections between 2009 and 2016, with two objectives: a) to provide support for the Nuevo diccionario histórico del español (New historical dictionary of Spanish) (NDHE) of the RAE in terms of its morphological and genetic configuration; b) to provide experts in morphology and the lexicon with more accurate information on derivative relationships and word families.

Due to the linking of BDME with NDHE, directed by José Antonio Pascual, the Spanish Royal Academy has signed a collaboration agreement (RAE-USC-ULPG, 2017/2020). Representing the USC, the linguistic component is coordinated by Jesús Pena and María José Rodríguez Espiñeira; representing the División of Computational Linguistics of IATEXT, the IT component is coordinated by Francisco Javier Carreras Riudavets.

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Research Network on History of Language Learning and Teaching (http://hollt.net)

Convenors: 

• Professor Richard SMITH, University of Warwick, UK
• Professor Giovanni IAMARTINO, University of Milan, Italy

Scope: 

The overall goal of the AILA Research Network for the History of Language Learning and Teaching (‘HoLLT.net’ for short) is to stimulate research into the history of language learning and teaching within applied linguistics internationally. Such research will help us understand historical developments and furnish necessary historical perspectives for professional reflection on how language education is or should be carried out today, including – for example – in the areas of appropriate development of language education policies, curricular and textbook reform initiatives and teaching methodologies for different contexts, which can thereby be historically as well as sociologically and culturally defined and assessed.

HoLLT.net is dedicated to promoting and disseminating historical research into, at least, the following domains:

• how languages have been taught and learned;
• which languages have been taught and learned, and where and why;
• the sociology of language learning and teaching: who taught and learned in the past;
• what has been taught and learned;
• how language learning and teaching have been theorized;
• how language teachers have been trained or educated.

HoLLT.net encourages comparisons across language teaching and learning traditions and across nations and regions. Our principal aims, then, are to:

• identify research which has already been done worldwide and disseminate information about this;
• disseminate findings of historical research as it is carried out;
• promote research in the area of HoLLT – particularly by supporting new scholars in this field and by helping to publicize and thereby potentially strengthen existing national or language-specific associations;
• investigate potential for new kinds of cross-disciplinary applied linguistic research;
• create opportunities for research on similar aspects or periods across regions;
• seek research funding opportunities for development of the network and for international research collaborations;
• promote discussion and development of appropriate research methodologies in this area of applied linguistics.

In order to work towards these aims our currently envisaged activities are to:

• continue to develop the website;       
• maintain a freely accessible online bibliography of pertinent publications;
• build up our electronic distribution and discussion list;
• develop our Facebook page;
• hold annual meetings and organize a symposium at the AILA 2027 Congress;
• support publication of papers from HoLLT.net and HoLLT.net-supported events;
• contribute to production of a pioneering Handbook of History of Language Learning and Teaching to be published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2027.

The network is free to join and open to all with an interest in researching the history of language learning, teaching or assessment in any context or language tradition.

Highlights of 3 scientific ReN works during the previous period:

Some members: 

• Prof. Rachel MAIRS, University of Reading (UK)
• Dr. Tim GIESLER, University of Bremen (Germany)
• Prof. Karène SANCHEZ SUMMERER, University of Groningen (Netherlands)
• Xi LI, University of Warwick (UK)
• Prof. Sabine DOFF, University of Bremen (Germany)
• Dr. R. VENNELA, NIT Warangal (India)
• Prof. Azirah HASHIM, University of Malaya
• Dr Wei CHEN, University of Malta (Malta)

and 300+ other members

The founding of AILA was agreed at the International Colloquium of Applied Linguistics held at the University of Nancy, France in 1964 (hence the acronym from the Association’s name in the French language). This was the outcome of two years’ preparatory work and discussion and the financial support of the Council of Europe. At that time, the clientele to be served by this new international association was confined mainly to linguists and language teachers in Europe. Bernard Pottier was the Association’s first President, supported in organizational and administrative matters by Max Gorosch. The founding congress, held in Nancy, was almost exclusively run in French, and the main strands into which 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 (in fact, this was the first congress with this title), held at the University of Cambridge, AILA was effectively re-founded with Pit Corder as President and Bertil Malmberg as Secretary General. From then on, AILA had a consistent organisational structure and congresses were held on a triennial basis. From then also, English became the de facto lingua, although the Association was officially French/English bilingual from its inception. The Cambridge congress also adopted the format followed by subsequent AILA congresses of strands representing contemporary issues in applied linguistics. These have included the psychology of second language learning, sociolinguistics, and contrastive linguistics, language education policy, language in professional practice and professional contexts, language diversity, languages in society and language technology, artificial intelligence and more. COVID-19 and the changed circumstances brought about by it, however, have led to new and innovative formats with the 2021 congress being completely virtual and the following two congresses held in hybrid mode.

While originally a European initiative, AILA has become truly global over the past 40 years with affiliates now from North America, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Since 1978, congresses have been held more widely; in Canada, Australia, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia and regional networks now exist to facilitate regional and inter-regional collaboration. Efforts to ensure diversity have been undertaken with board members now coming from different regions. The AILA Applied Linguistics Series (AALS) has provided a forum for established scholars in any area of applied linguistics since 2008. AILA Review , the Scopus-indexed official scholarly journal of AILA first appeared in 1984; from 2003, AILA Review has been published by John Benjamins.

July 13–16, 2022

Ghent University, Belgium

https://ss24ghent.be/call-for-papers-and-colloquia

It is with much enthusiasm that we announce Sociolinguistics Symposium 24 - INSIDE AND BEYOND BINARIES. SS24 is organized by Ghent University in close collaboration with the Belgian sociolinguistic community.

The dates of the conference are 13–16 July 2022.

The call for papers and colloquia is now open.
Please click on the link https://ss24ghent.be/call-for-papers-and-colloquia for more information on how to submit proposals.

AILA national affiliates embody traditions and represent cultures of doing, promoting, and supporting research and teaching, for example, by the way they organize conferences, award academic leadership, and interact with their individual members.

Experiencing these traditions and cultures across affiliates’ biotopes and boundaries can challenge routines, inspire us to think out of the box and foster mutual learning.

To strengthen the AILA family, the AILA International Committee encourages national affiliates to collaborate in tandems of, for example, an established and a recently set up affiliate.

Forms of collaboration include close collaboration of (parts of) the Executive Committees, but also partnerships for, e.g., joint conferences, conference strands, and workshops.

March 21-23, 2019

FH Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld, Germany

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; multilingualism in business/economics; multilingualism and digital media; multilingual issues in literature and translation.

Confirmed keynote speakers are:

• Prof. Elana Shohamy (University of Tel Aviv, Israel)
• Prof. Raphael Berthele (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
• Prof. Peter Auer (University of Freiburg, Germany)

Conference venue: FH Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Department of Social Work, Interaktion 1, 33 619 Bielefeld, GERMANY
More details about the venue will follow shortly: https://www.fh-bielefeld.de

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

Submission is already open and will close on 31 December 2018.
Presenters are requested to submit their abstracts of up to 300 words and include their name, affiliation, email address and 2-3 references in an MS-Word document. All proposals should be sent to:

The conference website: https://icmme2019.wordpress.com

November 22-24, 2018

Tallinn University, School of Humanities, Estonia 

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. Ad Backus (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
Prof. Mila Schwartz (Oranim Academic College, Israel)
Prof. Anna Verschik (Tallinn University, Estonia).

Conference venue: Tallinn University, School of Humanities, Narva Mnt 25, 10120 Tallinn

More information on the venue is to be found here: http://www.tlu.ee/en/School-of-Humanities

Conference Theme: Multimodality and Beyond: Addressing complexity and emerging needs in LSP

June 3–5, 2021

Online Conference (Organized by: Department of English, City University of Hong Kong)

https://www.en.cityu.edu.hk/LSPPC6

The deadline for LSPPC6 has been extended till November 9, 2020! We hope this helps those of you who are interested in our conference but very busy at this point in the year!

We are therefore pleased to announce our final call for the 6th International Conference of the Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association on the theme of “Multimodality and Beyond: Addressing complexity and emerging needs in LSP”, to be held online from June 3^rd to 5^th 2021, hosted by the Department of English at City University of Hong Kong. Given the importance of gesture to multimodality, this conference is being organised in collaboration with the regional hub of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS Hong Kong).

The conference will be held online

Confirmed Plenary and Workshop Speakers (abstracts and bios on website):

Professor Diane Belcher, Georgia State University

Professor Kay O’Halloran, University of Liverpool

Professor Guangwei Hu, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong

Professor Jürgen Streeck, University of Texas at Austin

Professor Li Wei, University College London

Invited Panels, Convened and Chaired by (confirmed panelists listed on website):

Professor Sue Starfield, University of New South Wales

Dr. Christoph Hafner, City University of Hong Kong

Dr. Renia Lopez, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong

Submission of Abstracts

Submission of abstracts is now open: Click here to submit!

We invite paper presentations, poster presentations and thematic panels that address any aspect of LSP and Professional Communication research including but not exclusively limited to the following themes of the conference:

• Multimodality/multisensoriality in language, communication and interaction
• Methods, frameworks, and theories of multimodality in LSP and professional communication
• Multimodal transcription / multimodal representation of data
• Digital genres and practices in LSP and professional communication
• Research methods in LSP and professional communication
• Needs analysis in LSP and professional communication
• Genre pedagogy in LSP and professional communication
• Digital literacies pedagogy in LSP and professional communication
• Course/materials design in LSP and professional communication
• Testing and assessment in LSP and professional communication
• Teacher training in LSP and professional communication
• Language as embodied activity: gesture, languaging, and translanguaging
• Emotion and affect in LSP and Professional Communication
• English for research publication purposes: Genres, data, resources, and platforms
• Academic and professional practices: Language and genre analysis

Important Dates

 Submission of Abstracts Now Open!

9th November 2020: Extended Submission Deadline

18th January 2021: Notification of Acceptance & Early Bird Registration Opens

20th March 2021: Early Bird Registration closes & Regular Registration Opens

9th May 2021: Regular Registration Closes

3rd – 5th June 2021: Online Conference

The local organising committee at the Department of English, City University of Hong Kong, looks forward to seeing you online!

Dr Simon Harrison (Chair)

Dr Christoph Hafner (Co-Chair, President of Asia-Pacific LSPPC Association)

Dr Becky Kwan

Dr Jenifer Ho

Conference Secretariat

Ms Hemans Wong

Ms Cecilia Chan

Websites

 LSPPC6: Multimodality and Beyond: Addressing complexity and emerging needs in LSP

Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association

International Society for Gesture Studies – Hong Kong

AILA national affiliates embody traditions and represent cultures of doing, promoting, and supporting research and teaching, for example by the way they organize conferences, award academic leadership, and interact with their individual members. Experiencing these traditions and cultures across affiliates’ biotopes and boundaries can challenge routines, inspire us to think out of the box and foster mutual learning.

in AILA Long-term Activities / featured stories / Tandem Initiative

and the Department of Hungarian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social  Sciences of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek 

are organising the 

30th CONGRESS OF HUNGARIAN APPLIED LINGUISTICS, 

with the main topic as follows: 

Language Use and Language Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence on April 14-15, 2025 

at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of  Osijek 

(31000 Osijek, Jagerova ulica 9)  

Website of the congress: 

https://www.ffos.unios.hr/katedra-za-madarski-jezik-i-knjizevnost/xxx-manye/ 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE 

Ágota Fóris (Chair), Anna Lehocki-Samardzic (Secretary), Edita Andrić, Szilvia Bátyi, Attila Benő,  Judit Bóna, István Csernicskó, Nóra Csontos, Katalin Doró, Réka Eszenyi, Kinga Klaudy, Anna  Kolláth, Ágnes Kuna, János Péntek, Gábor Prószéky, Robin Edina, Csilla Sárdi, Olívia Seidl-Péch, Eszter Sermann, Réka Sólyom, Gizella Szabómihály, Orsolya Szentesi-Žagar, Szilvia Szoták, Eszter Tamaskó, Éva Vukov Raffai  

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 

Anna Lehocki-Samardzic (Chair), Tímea Bockovac (Co-Chair), Ádám Walkó (Secretary), János  Andócsi, Tünde Angszter Barač, Nándor Csapó, Diana Dorkić, Sonja Đelatović, Viktória Kelemen, Marko Kolić, Mónika Molnár, Andor Pajrok, Ilonka Ruzsicska, Kinga Samu-Koncsos,  Emma Sesvečan, Rea Tordi, Ivan Trojan, Erna Varga, Mario Varga 

REGISTRATION 

You can submit your application at 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vMv3mwZs8dy_t5kdFtm_qKT190iD8sZeqQeD4OLPxKo/view form?pli=1&pli=1&edit_requested=true 

- as a presenter in Hungarian or English by: (1) filling out the Google form (registration and  abstract submission) and (2) paying the participation fee, or 

- as a participant by: (1) filling out the Google form (registration) and (2) paying the participation  fee. 

Detailed information about the registration steps and the abstract submission process will be  provided on the congress website:  

https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=30manye 

PROGRAM (PRESENTATIONS, ABSTRACTS) 

The congress aims to discuss the latest research findings in applied linguistics. We welcome  papers relevant to the topics of the congress: “Language Use and Language Teaching in the Age  of Artificial Intelligence” from all fields of applied linguistics. We welcome applications from  those wishing to participate in the congress from all fields of applied linguistics, with  presentations, posters, or workshops in Hungarian or English related to the theme of the  congress. 

The planned topics of the congress: 

• Hungarian as a mother tongue,
• Hungarian as a foreign language, 
• Applied onomastics, 
• Mother tongue pedagogy, speech  research, 
• Discourse analysis, 
• Finno-Ugric studies, 
• Translation studies, 
• Intercultural communication,
• Bilingualism and multilingualism,
• Minority languages, linguistic  minorities, 
• Communication, 
• Contrastive linguistics, 
• Lexicology and lexicography,
• Language pedagogy, 
• Language policy, language planning,  linguistic rights, 
• Pragmatics, 
• Psycholinguistics, 
• Specialized languages, 
• Computational linguistics and  language technology, 
• Sociolinguistics, 
• Text linguistics, 
• Terminology and terminography.

At the congress, plenary lectures will be presented, and participants will also have the  opportunity to hear the most recent recipient of the Brassai Sámuel Award. 

Plenary speakers:  

Prof. dr. Judit Bóna, full professor 

Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Applied Linguistics and  Phonetics 

Prof. dr. Csaba Pléh, professor emeritus 

Central European University, Department of Cognitive Science 

Prof. dr. Gábor Prószéky, Director-General 

HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics 

Brassai presentation: Dr. habil. Orsolya Nádor, associate professor 

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Faculty of Humanities, Department  of Hungarian Linguistics 

Abstract submission: 

- Abstracts can be submitted for section presentations or poster presentations. Section  presentations will be in 20-minute slots (15-minute presentation + 5-minute discussion).  

• The length of the abstract should be a minimum of 200 and a maximum of 250 words.  (This does not include the list of cited literature.) 
• The abstract should include: the theoretical background, objectives, methods of the  research, and a summary of the expected or obtained results. 
• At the end of the abstract, five keywords should be listed. 
• The abstract should include 2-5 references. Their bibliographic data should be listed in  the “References” section following the abstract. 
• Images, tables, and quotes should not be included in the abstract. 
• The formal requirements for references in the abstract are the same as the formal  requirements of the HAALLT Congress Publications series  (https://manye.hu/kongresszusi-kiadvanyok/). 

- Abstracts can be uploaded via https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=30manye between  December 6, 2024, and February 28, 2025. Applicants will be notified about the acceptance of  their abstracts by March 17, 2025. The program committee reserves the right to decide on  allocating abstracts into section presentations.

REGISTRATION FEES AND DEADLINES 

HAALLT members  

The membership fee is 5000 HUF/year. The membership form can be downloaded from the  following website: https://manye.hu/szervezet/tagsagi-informaciok/ 

HAALLT membership entitles members to a discounted participation fee at the congress. The membership fee must be paid to the central account of HAALLT by February 15 of each  calendar year. 

PAYMENT OF THE PARTICIPATION FEE 

Registration fees should be paid by bank transfer. 

IMPORTANT! The congress bank account number is not the same as the HAALLT bank account  number. 

Congress Bank Account Details: 

• Bank: ZAGREBAČKA BANKA d.d. Zagreb 
• Congress Bank Account Number (IBAN): HR8423600001102484368, SWIFT Code:  ZABAHR2X 
• Payment Instructions: When making the transfer, please indicate the participant's  name in the “Payment Reference” field. 

Cancellation: For cancellations made before March 14, 2025, 50% of the paid amount will be  refunded. For cancellations after this date, unfortunately, no refund can be provided. 

Invoice Request: Please indicate your invoice request during registration. If you require an  invoice before payment, please request a proforma (advance) invoice by emailing  . 

PARTICIPATION FEE 

HAALLT and AILA  members1 

PhD Students,  University students with HAALLT 

membership 

Non-members 

Early Until  

March 14,  

2025 

Regular Until  

March 21,  

2025 

75 EUR 55 EUR 87 EUR 85 EUR 75 EUR 97 EUR  

1 The discount is available to HAALLT members who pay their membership fee for 2025. Entry options and  membership fee payment: see the HAALLT website: https://manye.hu/szervezet/tagsagi-informaciok/.

University BA and MA students can participate in the conference for free. 

The registration fee includes the following: 

• opportunity to present and participate in the congress, 
• congress package and reception (first evening), 
• coffee, refreshments, and pastries (during coffee breaks), 
• publication of the written version of the presented lecture in the congress proceedings  (subject to positive review), 
• an electronic version of the congress proceedings, including plenary, poster, workshop,  and section presentations. 

Information about the congress proceedings: 

The lectures given at the congress will be published in the book series “A MANYE Kongresszusok  Előadásai” (“HAALLT Congress Publications”) in the online system of the Akadémiai Kiadó  (https://mersz.hu/a-manye-kongresszusok-eloadasai) in the year following the congress. The  series has an ISSN number, and the volumes are assigned a DOI identifier.  

The written version of the presentations given at the congress must be prepared and submitted  in accordance with the editorial guidelines. The submitted papers will be reviewed, and only  those papers that meet the formal and content requirements and are supported by the reviewers  will be included in the editorial process and may appear in the volume of papers. Information and  editorial guidelines: https://manye.hu/kongresszusi-kiadvanyok/ 

Osijek, January 21, 2025 

Prof. dr. Gábor Prószéky 

President of HAALLT, 

HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics 

Prof. dr. Ágota Fóris 

Chair of Program Committee, 

Vice-President of HAALLT,  

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed  Church in Hungary 

izv. prof. dr. sc. Anna Lehocki-Samardzic Chair of Organizing Committee, J. J. Strossmayer University

Linguistic Society of the Philippines and MSU-Iligan Institute of Techonlogy
The 5th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of the Philippines
April 27-29, 2023

Decentering, Decolonizing and Deconstructing
Languages in New Paradigms and Discourses

Central to our navigation of power relations, our negotiation of identities and our understanding of cultures is language. The trajectory of research involving these areas largely emanate from a language outlook.

However, prevalent analytical paradigms still approach the study of language from or in relation to a center—a perspective that has become increasingly untenable as discourses become more nuanced.

Evaluation of current language programs, for instance, point to implementation problems that stem from policies that overlook plurilingual and multi-ethnic contexts. At the risk of under-informing our language policies pertaining to education and rights protection, research practices continue to reinforce unchallenged assumptions and outdated models.

The Conference aims to provide a venue for the exchange of practices that decenter, decolonize and deconstruct language research, revealing methodologies that challenge how knowledge is elicited, framed, and disseminated.

LSPIC2023 invites us to reexamine our research practices involving language, in order to distill existing paradigms into—if not create— frameworks that are more responsive to our local and multilingual contexts.

Individual papers, panels and posters are welcome!

Submit abstracts here: https://bit.ly/LSPIC2023abstracts

Important Dates:

December 31, 2022 Deadline of Abstract Submission for Paper and Poster Presentations
January 15, 2023 Extended Deadline of Abstract Submission for Paper and Poster Presentations
February 15, 2023 Notice of Acceptance for Paper and Poster Presentations
February 15, 2023 Deadline of Abstract Submission for Themed Panel Presentations
March 15, 2023 Notice of Acceptance for Themed Panel Presentations
March 20, 2023 Confirmation of Presentations
March 15-March 31, 2023 Early bird registration
April 27-29, 2023 Conference Dates

Website: https://www.lsphil.net/