Please see below for the call for papers for the BAAL Vocabulary Studies SIG Annual Conference taking place on April 25th and 26th 2019 at Manchester Metropolitan University. The deadline for abstract submission is February 15th 2019. Further details are included below. Best wishes, Roopa Leonard University of Reading Secretary of BAAL Vocab SIG On…
Broadening the Horizons of Applied Linguistics 29–31 August 2019, Manchester Metropolitan University Conference website: https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/education/baal/ Our theme, Broadening the Horizons of Applied Linguistics, takes as its premise that applied linguistics underpins a vast range of disciplines. In 2019, we intend to encourage exploration of the role that applied linguistics plays in many walks of life. We…
BAAL/Routledge Development Workshop: Language teacher cognition research: theoretical stances and methodological choices Date: 18 January 2019 Place: University of Exeter Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Professor Simon Borg, ELT Consultant; Western Norway University of Applied Science Professor Maggie Kubanyiova, University of Leeds Workshop information: Over the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in…
Following our highly successful inaugural conference in 2018 (https://langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/events/2018-lpforum) – where delegates from over 20 countries met over two days – we are delighted to welcome submissions for our second annual conference. Theme: ‘Lenses, layers and entry points’ When: 30-31 May, 2019 Where: George Square, The University of Edinburgh, UK Plenary speaker(s): Professor Helen Kelly-Holmes…
We are delighted to announce that Competition for Visual Representations of Multilingualism is now open. This competition aims to provide a creative opportunity to explore new ways of representing multilingualism through visual means and to stimulate debate and raise awareness about innovative ways of thinking about multilingualism. It is part of BAAL’s initiative of increasing…
We are pleased to announce that registration for the BAAL Health & Science Communication SIG workshop 2018 is now open. The workshop will be held on Wednesday 21st November 2018 at King’s College London, and is on the theme of Mixing it up: multi-methods, media and modalities. Please note that registration will close one week…
From Guy Cook: I write with great sadness to tell BAAL members of the death of Ron Carter, a former Chair of the Association, on 12th September, at the end of a long illness. Ron made an immense academic contribution to our field and his work will have a lasting legacy in many areas: corpus…
The winner of the BAAL book prize 2018 is Posthumanist Applied Linguistics by Alastair Pennycook, Published by Routledge. Further information about the prize and the 2018 shortlist: https://baal.org.uk/book-prize/
The 51st annual meeting of BAAL – ‘Taking risks in applied linguistics’ – will be taking place from 6th to 8th September at York St John University. The 248-page abstract booklet is now available to all online here: https://custom.cvent.com/01664CE00C344F7BA62E39C4CFE91FA8/files/7e777a71fc1c4069b77b1a926b3bcf3e.pdf And the programme is here: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/268/programme-builder/view Watch out for tweets from the conference using hashtag #BAAL2018 Conference website: http://www.cvent.com/events/baal-2018-annual-meeting/event-summary-78e684777ce54042b0e7fd5e79f5dc7b.aspx
We are delighted to announce this year’s short list for the BAAL Book Prize. The winner will be announced at the BAAL Book Prize drinks reception on the evening of the 6th September. This is part of the Annual Meeting of BAAL which will be held at York St. John University. We look forward to…