The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
Plenary speakers and speeches
*Teaching & Assessing L2 Pragmatics: What Can We Expect from Learners by professor Andrew D. Cohen, University of Minnesota;
*Defining, Researching, and Teaching Genre: Conflicts and Convergences by professor Ann Johns, San Diego State University;
*Reading: The Imperative Challenge to Applied Linguistics by professor William Labov, University of Pennsylvania;
*The Evolving Interface of US. Spanish: Language Mixing as Hybrid Vigor by professor John Lipski, Pennsylvania State University
*SLA & US. National Foreign Language Policy by professor Richard Schmidt, University of Hawaii;
*The Discursive Construction of Politeness/Impoliteness by professor Richard J. Watts, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Topic areas
*Language education;
*Acquisition and loss;
*Bilingualism;
*Discourse analysis;
*Rhetoric and stylistics;
*Language for special purposes;
*Psycholinguistics;
*Second and foreign language pedagogy;
*Language assessment;
*Language policy and planning.
Background information
Founded in 1977, AAAL is a professional organization of scholars who are interested in and actively contribute to the multi-disciplinary field of applied linguistics. The AAAL conference is known for its in-depth symposia and focused workshops on key issues in applied linguistics and access to the latest publications via the book exhibit.
For more information, please go to http://www.aaal.org/aaal2007/colloquia.htm.
