Event

The 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics

Dates

August 24 - 29, 2008

Venue

The University of Duisburg-Essen and the Congress Center Essen, Essen, Germany

Organizer

International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA: Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée)

Theme

Multilingualism: Challenges and Opportunities

Sub-themes

* Second Language Acquisition

* Language and Education in Multilingual Settings

* Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Education

* Educational Technology and Language Learning

* Translating, Interpreting and Mediation

* Discourse Analysis, Rhetoric and Stylistics

* Sociolinguistics

* Multilingualism and Multiculturalism

* Intercultural Communication

Keynote speakers

* Neville Alexander, director, Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa, South Africa

* Jim Cummins, professor, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Department, University of Toronto, Canada

* Rita Franceschini, professor of linguistics and philology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

* Claire Kramsch, professor of foreign language education, University of California, Berkeley, US

* Shi Xu, director, Institute of Discourse and Cultural Studies, Zhejiang University, China

Symposia

* Languages for social cohesion

* L2 development of Chinese learners of English: cognitive, affective and sociocultural perspectives

* Cognitive Linguistics in the second language classroom

* Making sense of English articles

Conference fees

* Before June 30, 2008

AILA member - 285 euros (about $442)

Non-AILA member - 310 euros (about $480)

* After July 1, 2008

AILA member - 325 euros (about $504)

Non-AILA member - 350 euros (about $542)

Contact

For more information, go to www.aila2008.org