The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics(AILA2011) will be held in Beijing on August 23-28, 2011. AILA 2011 invites proposals for presentations that are related to policy, research, and theory in any area of applied linguistics. Proposals may be for individual papers, posters, symposia or workshops.
Time: August 23-28, 2011
Venue: Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing
Hosted by: China English Language Education Association
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.
Theme: Harmony in diversity: language, culture, society
Strands:
A: Language Acquisition and Processing
1.First Language Acquisition
2.Second Language Acquisition
3.Written and Visual Literacy
4.Psycholinguistics
B: Language Teaching and Learning
5.Mother Tongue Education
6.Standard Language Education
7.Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Development
8.Learner Autonomy in Language Learning
9.Language and Education in Multilingual Settings
10.Educational Technology and Language Learning
C: Language in Professions
11.Business and Professional Communication
12.Translating, Interpreting and Mediation
13.Language and the Law
14.Language and the workplace
15.Language in the Media and Public Discourse
D: Language in Societies
16.Sociolinguistics
17.Language Policy
18.Multilingualism and Multiculturalism
19.Intercultural Communication
20.Applied linguistics within Asian contexts
E: Applied Linguistics and Methodology
21.Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics
22.Rhetoric and Stylistics
23.Contrastive Linguistics and Error Analysis
24.Lexicography and Lexicology
25.Multimodality in Discourse and Text
26.Language Evaluation, Assessment and Testing
Forms of Presentation:
• Individual Papers
A block of 30 minutes will be designated for an individual paper presentation, in which 20 minutes are for the presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.
• Poster Presentations
These can be a very effective way of presenting studies, whether completed projects or in progress, via visual presentation (using charts, graphs, tables, and explanatory text). Presenters will be allocated blocks of time for their posters to be on display, and specific blocks of time when they will be expected to be available at the poster display, in order to respond to questions from conference participants. Specific guidelines for posters will be provided upon acceptance.
• Symposia
Symposia can be allocated 2-hour blocks. They may use their time as they wish, but organisers should reserve some of their allocated time should be for interaction between the panel members, and for extended audience response. Organizers of symposia must liaise on behalf of all their symposium participants with the congress program committee.
• Workshops
Blocks of 1 hour each will be designated for workshops. Workshops are for practical demonstrations including research software, methods of data elicitation, methods and procedures of data analysis, courseware, software, teaching or classroom techniques.
Working Languages：English and Chinese
Proposals:
Proposals for all presentations, including symposia and workshops should include a title (no more than 20 words), an abstract (maximum 250 words), and a summary for inclusion in the conference programme (50 words maximum).
Proposals for symposia should include a title (no more than 20 words)，a general abstract (maximum of 350 words), also an overall summary for inclusion in the conference programme (75 words maximum) as well as titles (max 20 words), abstracts (max 250 words) and summaries (max 50 words) for each of the individual papers.
Deadline of Submission: May 15, 2010.
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL ONLINE
A collection of papers from AILA2011 will be selected and published after the conference. If you would like your paper to be considered, please submit your full-length paper (3 printed copies and an electronic copy) when checking in for the congress.
Please submit your proposals as early as possible. We are planning to inform successful applicants in October 2010, so that those colleagues planning to apply for financial assistance to their local agencies have enough time to prepare their applications.
The congress fees on-line payment service will be provided from October 1, 2010.
Organizing Committee
The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics
*A note to ReN-convenors: as ReN-symposia are separately screened, ReN-organizers and contributors do not have to follow the submission procedure..
AILA Solidarity Awards
Based on the resources of a Solidarity Fund made possible by generous donations by individuals, businesses, and organizations, AILA offers a limited number of Solidarity Awards to scholars in Applied Linguistics who might be unable to participate in the World Congress without financial support.
The deadline for submission of applications for the AILA Solidarity Awards is November 1, 2010. In line with the last two World Congresses, only scholars from economically emerging countries may submit applications for the AILA Solidarity Awards.
For application procedure details, see the AILA Website www.aila.info/about/awards.htm
Please note: Applications for awards can only be submitted after an abstract has been accepted. Applications should be sent to: AILA.Solidarity@gmail.com
