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　　ALAA Congress 2007 at Wollongong

　　Event

　　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.

　　