32nd Annual Congress of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia(ALAA)
Dates
July 1 to 3, 2007
Venue
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales (NSW), Australia
Theme
Making a Difference: Challenges for Applied Linguistics
Participants
Researchers, teachers and educators from all over the world in the fields of applied linguistics and language education
Keynote speakers
*Jill Bourne, professor of primary education, University of Southampton, UK;
*Jan Blommaert, professor of languages in education, Institute of Education, University of London, UK;
*Professor Rod Ellis, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand;
*Dr. Ingrid Piller, applied linguist, University of Sydney.
Topic area
Theoretical and research approaches to issues in language education, language in the workplace and other fields, language testing, second language development, language policy and planning, and bi-/multilingualism.
Background information
ALAA was established in 1976. It includes both national and international members and fosters practical and research-based national-level and international activities in applied linguistics. ALAA promotes the usefulness of linguistic insights into a wide range of social and individual activities, supports the public development of policy in relation to language issues, organizes an annual conference, produces the “Australian Review of Applied Linguistics ”journal, edits papers in applied linguistics, and provides scholarships for high quality student research in areas of applied linguistics
For more relevant information, please log on to http://www.uow.edu.au/conferences/ALAA/home.html.
