AILA 2011 - The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics(AILA2011)

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.

第16届世界?用?言学大会(AILA2011)将于2011年8月23-28日在北京?行。?征集?用?言学各个?域的?文提案，?文参会形式包括分??文宣?、?文展示、??研?、工作坊等。

? ?：2011年8月23-28日

地 点：北京外国?大学

承??位：中国英?教学研究会

　　　　　 北京外国?大学

　　　　　 外?教学与研究出版社

大会主?：多?中的和?：?言、文化、社会（Harmony in diversity: language, culture, society ）