Thematic Strands

Proposals will be evaluated and the conference will be organized according to the following thematic strands:

  • First Language Acquisition (e.g. Child Language)
  • Second Language Acquisition (e.g. Natural and Instructed L2 Learning, Child and Adult L2 Learning, Problems in Migrant Education)
  • Mother Tongue Education
  • Standard Language Education
  • Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Education (e.g. Methodology, Syllabus Design, Learning and Teaching Materials)
  • Contrastive Linguistics and Error Analysis
  • Language Evaluation, Assessment and Testing
  • Educational Technology and Language Learning
  • Learner Autonomy in Language Learning
  • Language and Education in Multilingual Settings (e.g. Immersion Education)
  • Written and Visual Literacy
  • Discourse Analysis, Rhetoric and Stylistics
  • Business Communication (e.g. Communication in the Professions, Language for Special Purposes)
  • Translating, Interpreting and Mediation
  • Multimodality in Discourse and Text (e.g. Language and the Media)
  • Sociolinguistics (e.g. Language Contact and Language Change, Language Mixing, Language Planning, Language and Gender)
  • Language Policy
  • Multilingualism and Multiculturalism
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Lexicography and Lexicology
  • Psycholinguistics (e.g. Language Production and Language Comprehension)
  • The potential of linguistic diversity in Europe
  • Other

News

  • Newsletter 2008-03
    [03/05/08] AILA 2008 Newsletter 2008-01 (Program / Special Events / Chairing / Registration / Travelling)
  • Newsletter 2007-12
    [12/20/07] Dear Colleagues, This is the fourth AILA 2008 e-Newsletter presenting information and updates on preparations for the 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (August 24-29, 2008 in Essen, Germany). In this issue we would like to inform you of the registration procedure, invite you to act as a session chair, keep you updated on the academic program and send our best wishes for the coming year.
  • Newsletter 2007-03
    [07/25/07] In this issue we would like to inform you of the review process of the submitted proposals, the AILA Solidarity Awards, and give you an outlook on the next newsletter.

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