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CLiE leads on submission to 2024 Curriculum and Assessment Review
Members of BAAL have contributed evidence to a submission led [...]
Successful joint bid of BAAL & UKALTA for AcSS ESRC EDI small grant
BAAL were successful in a joint bid with UK Association [...]
UCU industrial action (posted on 30th Jan 2023)
Posted on 30th January 2023 BAAL acknowledges that many of [...]
Pit Corder’s blue plaque
Update: Due to the Coronavirus we have unfortunately had to [...]
Research in Primary Languages
We are delighted to announce BAAL's endorsement of Research in [...]
BAAL Visual Representations of Multilingualism competition – prizes awarded!
We are delighted to announce the results of the Visual [...]
(29-31 August): BAAL 2019 in Manchester!
The 52nd Annual Meeting of BAAL was held 29-31 August [...]
Online Proceedings – BAAL 2018 – Papers, posters and more!
The following innovative publication has come out of the 2018 [...]
BAAL/CUP Applied Linguistics Seminar: Creative Inquiry in Applied Linguistics, University of Leeds, 10-11 July 2019
We are delighted to invite you to the BAAL/Cambridge University [...]
BAAL Language in Africa SIG conference programme, 10 May 2019, University of Portsmouth
Dear Colleagues, I'm very excited to share the programme for [...]
BAAL Multilingual SIG inaugural event, 8 July 2019, University of Westminster
We are delighted to announce the inaugural event of the [...]
Final CfP – 52nd Annual Meeting of BAAL; deadline 31 March
52ND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS [...]
CfP and registration – BAAL Professional, Academic and Work-based literacies (PAWBL) SIG: June symposium
British Association of Applied Linguistics Professional, Academic and Work-based literacies [...]
David Graddol RIP
We are sorry to announce the death on 1 March [...]
Interviews at the 50th anniversary BAAL Annual Meeting, University of Leeds
The three plenary speakers at BAAL 2017 were interviewed, as [...]
BAAL Vocab SIG 2019 – Registration open!
Registration is now open for the BAAL Vocabulary Studies SIG annual [...]
BAAL–CUP Seminars 2018–19 Announced!
The BAAL Executive Committee is very pleased to announce that [...]
CfP – BAAL Language and New Media Seminar, University of Nottingham, 2 May 2019
A force for good? Digital media, positive social change and [...]
CfP: BAAL Vocabulary Studies SIG Annual Conference, 25–26 April 2019, Manchester Metropolitan University
Please see below for the call for papers for the [...]
CfP: BAAL Conference 2019
Broadening the Horizons of Applied Linguistics 29–31 August 2019, Manchester [...]
CfP: BAAL/Routledge Workshop on language teacher cognition research
BAAL/Routledge Development Workshop: Language teacher cognition research: theoretical stances and [...]
CfP – BAAL Language Policy SIG 2nd annual conference, 30-31 May 2019, University of Edinburgh
Following our highly successful inaugural conference in 2018 (https://langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/events/2018-lpforum) - [...]
Competition for Visual Representations of Multilingualism
We are delighted to announce that Competition for Visual Representations [...]
Registration open – BAAL Health & Science Communication SIG event, 21 November, King’s College London
We are pleased to announce that registration for the BAAL [...]
Ronald Carter 1947–2018
From Guy Cook: I write with great sadness to tell [...]
Winner of 2018 BAAL Book Prize announced!
The winner of the BAAL book prize 2018 is Posthumanist [...]
#BAAL2018 abstracts and programme
The 51st annual meeting of BAAL - ‘Taking risks in [...]
Announced! BAAL Book prize short list
We are delighted to announce this year’s short list for [...]
CfP – BAAL Health & Communication SIG Workshop, 21 November 2018, King’s College London
Here is the call for papers for the Workshop of [...]
Just published! Summer issue of BAAL newsletter
The latest issue of BAAL’s newsletter is available here: BAAL News 113_(Summer [...]
‘Taking Risks’! BAAL annual conference early bird deadline extended to 21 July
This is to let you know that the Early Bird [...]
BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG event video now available
If you were interested in attending the BAAL CL SIG [...]
BAAL Applying Linguistics Fund Finalists 2017/18
There has been a considerable interest in the call for [...]
What languages are represented?
British Association for Applied Linguistics | English [...]
Register for BAAL 2018, York St John University, 6–8 September: ‘Taking Risks in Applied Linguistics’!
The LIdIA Research Unit in the School of Languages and Linguistics at [...]
Registration open, BAAL Language Learning & Teaching SIG conference, 12–13 July, Southampton
14th Annual Conference of the BAAL LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING [...]
Registration open for BAAL Vocabulary Studies SIG annual conference, 9–10 July, UCL IoE
The registration for the BAAL Vocabulary Studies SIG annual conference is now [...]
Video interviews at the 2017 BAAL Annual Meeting, University of Leeds
A set of ten video interviews at the 50th anniversary [...]
BAAL Language in Africa SIG conference, 11 May, SOAS
Dear Colleagues, I'm very excited to share the programme details [...]
Registration open, “(In)Formal second language learning: Integrating informal practices into formal contexts”, 23-24 August, University of Oxford
Registration is now open for the two-day seminar on “(In)Formal [...]
M.A.K. Halliday RIP
From BAALmail: On 16 Apr 2018, at 13:51, Li, Wei [...]
BAAL LKALE SIG meeting, 27-28 April – full programme and how to register
The Full Programme and Registration Details for the the [...]
Registration now simplified: Language, Gender and Sexuality SIG event, 26 April 2018, Goldsmiths, University of London
We have now considerably simplified the registration process for this [...]
Event postponement: BAAL Language & New Media SIG event, 27 April, Open University
The BAAL Language and New Media SIG seminar planned for [...]
CfP BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG event, 8 June 2018, Coventry University
2nd BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG event 2018 New Directions in [...]
BAAL LKALE SIG meeting, 27-28 April – registration now open
Registration for the the Spring 2018 BAAL Linguistics and Knowledge [...]
CfP – extended deadline, BAAL LLT SIG conference
Due to the industrial action that has affected many scholars [...]
CfP: AILA-Europe Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, 10-11 September
The 10th AILA-Europe Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics will [...]
BAAL Language, Gender and Sexuality SIG event: ‘Ethnographies of Language, Gender & Sexuality’, 26 April 2018, Goldsmiths, University of London
Registration is open for the 11th BAAL Language, Gender and [...]
BAAL TEA SIG 2018 conference: ‘Designing and assessing integrated skills tests’, 13 April 2018 – registration open
We are pleased to announce that the registration for the [...]
CfP: BAAL Vocabulary Studies SIG annual conference, 9 July 2018
“Vocabulary development and use across diverse contexts” Annual Conference of [...]
CfP: BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG event, 18 May 2018, Oxford Brookes University
Studying gender with corpus linguistics (BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG event [...]
CfP: BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG annual conference, 12–13 July, Southampton
"Language teaching and learning in unstable times, and in changing [...]
BAAL Language, Gender and Sexuality SIG event: ‘Ethnographies of Language, Gender & Sexuality’, 26 April 2018, Goldsmiths, University of London
You are warmly invited to the 11th BAAL Language, Gender [...]
CfP: BAAL Language in Africa (LiA) SIG Annual Conference, 11 May 2018, SOAS, University of London
Annual Conference: Friday May 11th 2018, 10am – 5.30pm Venue: School of Languages, [...]
New edition of BAAL News published!
The new edition of BAAL News is now available to [...]
Call for applications: BAAL Applying Linguistics Fund
BAAL Applying Linguistics Fund Call for Applications 2017/18 Engaging users in [...]
Published! Proceedings of 49th Annual BAAL Meeting, ‘Taking Stock of Applied Linguistics’
Bettina Beinhoff, Sebastian Rasinger and Michelle Sheehan have edited the [...]
Call for proposals – joint Routledge / BAAL workshop
BAAL is pleased to announce that financial support from Routledge [...]
CfP BAAL/CUP Seminar: ‘Forensic Intersections: Interdisciplinary and Multimethod Studies in Language and Law’, Cardiff University, 20 April
BAAL / Cambridge University Press Applied Linguistics Seminar Programme 2017-2018 [...]
2018 BAAL Annual Conference in York – ‘Taking Risks in Applied linguistics’ – Call for papers deadline 31st March
The LIdIA Research Unit in the School of Languages and Linguistics at York St [...]
2nd CfP: BAAL Language and New Media SIG seminar, Open University, 27 April 2018
CALL FOR PAPERS BAAL LANGUAGE AND NEW MEDIA SIG 2018 [...]
BAAL-CUP Seminar funding awards
The BAAL-CUP seminar panel has decided to award funding to [...]
CfP: BAAL Vocabulary Studies SIG annual conference, 9–10 July 2018, UCL Institute of Education
“Vocabulary development and use across diverse contexts” Annual Conference of [...]
CfP: BAAL Linguistics and Knowledge about Language in Education (LKALE) SIG meeting, 27-28 April, Aston University
The 2018 meeting will be held at Aston University, Birmingham, [...]
Call for applications: Funding for linking research and application/public engagement
BAAL Applying Linguistics Fund: Call for Applications 2017/18 Engaging users in [...]
CfP: BAAL Language & New Media SIG 2018 seminar: ‘Changing language and communication practices in contemporary networked societies’, Open University, UK, 27 April 2018
Call for papers Recent social and technological developments, including a [...]
CfP BAAL Language Policy SIG meeting, Sheffield Hallam University, 31 May–1 June 2018
Call for papers: Language Policy Forum 2018 http://www.langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/events/2018-lpforum (Due to [...]
CfP: BAAL Language in Africa Special Interest Group Annual Conference, 11 May 2018, SOAS
Annual Conference: Friday May 11th 2018, 10am – 5.30pm Venue: School of Languages, [...]
Announcement of 2017 BAAL conference scholarship and award winners
Every year BAAL awards a number of scholarships for attendance [...]
CfP – BAAL LKALE SIG meeting, 27–28 April 2018, Aston University
The 2018 meeting will be held at Aston University, Birmingham, [...]
CfP: ‘Taking Risks in Applied Linguistics’: 51st Annual Meeting of BAAL, 6–8 September 2018, York St John University
BAAL 2018 will be held at York St John University [...]
CfP – BAAL Testing & Evaluation SIG annual one-day conference, Nottingham Trent University, 13 April 2018
This is the 2nd Call for Papers for the coming [...]
Registration open – BAAL Health & Science Communication SIG workshop on Chronic Disease and Language, 29 November, Lancaster University
Registration is now open for the BAAL Health and Science [...]
Videos of BAAL2017 plenaries and roundtable event
Videos of the BAAL2017 plenaries and roundtable event are now [...]
Call for proposals: BAAL/CUP seminar programme, 2017–18
Proposals are invited from BAAL members for the BAAL/CUP seminar [...]
CfP: BAAL / Routledge workshop on ‘Bilingual First Language Acquisition: Current theories & methodologies’, 4–5 December, University of York
Organisers: Dr Fatma Said and Dr Ursula Lanvers Funded by [...]
CfP: BAAL Health & Science Communication SIG event: “Chronic Disease and Language: Understanding Social and Linguistic Representations to Improve Treatment and Prevention” , 29 September
Here is the final call for papers for the Workshop [...]
BAAL Book Prize winner 2017
BAAL awards a Book Prize at the annual conference in [...]
Notes on the History of BAAL by Greg Myers
In 2017 the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) celebrates [...]
BAAL/CUP Seminar on Discourses of Marriage, University of Liverpool, 14-15 September: Programme now available
The programme is available here: http://discoursesofmarriage.blogspot.com.tr/ The event includes a [...]
BAAL Book Prize 2017 shortlist
STOP PRESS: The following four books have been shortlisted: The [...]
Cfp: BAAL/Routledge workshop: Cognitive Approaches to Language in Education, 18-19 January 2018, University of Glasgow
CALL FOR PAPERS BAAL/Routledge workshop: Cognitive Approaches to Language in [...]
Recordings of AILA 2017 plenaries
You can watch recordings of opening and closing ceremonies and [...]
New website for new BAAL SIG – Professional, Academic and Work-based Literacies SIG
The BAAL Professional, Academic and Work-based Literacies SIG, founded in [...]
BAAL Language Policy SIG inaugural event
You are invited to attend the Language Policy SIG's inaugural [...]
BAAL News – summer 2017 edition published!
The latest edition of BAAL News is now available online [...]
AILA World Congress live-streaming plenaries
Good news from the 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics: [...]
CfP: Health & Science Communication SIG workshop: ‘“Chronic Disease and Language”, Lancaster University, 29 November 2017
Workshop of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Health [...]
New BAAL SIG for Language Policy
We are delighted to announce the formation of a new [...]
BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG call for nominations
The BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG is holding an election for 3 positions in [...]
Professor Tope Omoniyi (Sky) 1956–2017
From BAAL President Tess Fitzpatrick: BAAL members will be saddened [...]
CfP: BAAL/CUP Seminar, ‘Discourses of Marriage’
University of Liverpool 14-15th September 2017 Due to recent legislation changes [...]
BAAL Newsletter – call for contributions
The BAAL newsletter is looking forward to receiving submissions from [...]
BAAL nominee John Knagg awarded fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences
We are delighted to announce that in the most recent [...]
CfP: BAAL Intercultural Communication SIG Annual Seminar ‘Home, hospitality and belonging’, 18-19 May 2017
The call for contributors for this event is now up on [...]
Programme announcement, BAAL/CUP seminar ‘Minority Languages in New Media’, 27-28 April.
We are pleased to announce the programme for the BAAL/Cambridge [...]
BAAL-Routledge Workshops, 2017-18
The BAAL Executive Committee is very pleased to announce that [...]
BAAL 2017 – 3rd and Final Call for Papers
The 50th Anniversary Meeting of the British Association for Applied [...]
CfP BAAL Language & New Media SIG Annual Meeting: ‘Language, New Media and Alt.Realities’, 21 April, 2017
Venue: University of Reading Date: April 21, 2017 [...]
CfP BAAL Vocabulary Studies SIG Annual Conference 3–4 July 2017, University of Reading
Hosted by Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at [...]
BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG meeting, 27 April 2017
On Thursday 27th April 2017 at the University of Nottingham, [...]
BAAL Testing & Evaluation SIG 31 March 2017 conference – programme announced
The full timetable is now available for the BAAL TEA [...]
CfP: BAAL LL&T SIG Annual Conference, ‘Celebrating the diversity of language teaching’, 6-7 July 2017
The BAAL LL&T SIG 2017 Annual Conference will be hosted [...]
BAAL LKALE SIG annual event, 15 May 2017 – programme announced
The BAAL Linguistics and Knowledge about Language in Education [...]
Endorsement of IRIS digital repository of instruments and materials for research into second language acquisition
At its January meeting, the BAAL Executive Committee agreed to [...]
Statement on Brexit
Chairs and Presidents of seven UK learned societies, including BAAL, [...]
BAAL News 110 – just published!
The latest edition of BAAL News, the newsletter for the [...]
CfP: BAAL/CUP Seminar on ‘Minority Languages in New Media’
BAAL / Cambridge University Press Seminar Series 2016/2017 CALL FOR PAPERS [...]
BAAL-Routledge Workshop 2017 call for proposals from BAAL members
Financial support from Routledge and BAAL will be available for [...]
January 10th deadline: CfP BAAL TEA SIG annual one-day conference
The revised deadline for submitting abstracts for the BAAL TEA [...]
CfP: BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Symposium, 31 March 2017
The 2017 BAAL Corpus SIG symposium will take place at [...]
CfP: BAAL Language in Africa (LiA) SIG Annual Conference, 12 May 2017
Annual Conference: Friday May 12th 2017, 10am – 5.30pm Venue: [...]
OBE for former BAAL Chair
Professor Susan Hunston, a longtime member of BAAL and Chair [...]
BAAL-CUP seminars, 2016-17
We are very pleased to announce that the following three [...]
CfP 9th AILA-Europe Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics, University of Vienna, 6–8 September 2017
The 9th AILA-Europe Junior Researcher Meeting focuses on Language(s) in Society. Paper presentations [...]
BAAL2016 Proceedings: Call for papers
Please see below for the Call for Papers for the BAAL [...]
CfP: 50th Anniversary Meeting of BAAL, University of Leeds: 31 August-2 September 2017
The 50th Anniversary Meeting of the British Association for Applied [...]
Postgraduate student news
BAAL Student Membership Rate BAAL continues to offer student memberships [...]
BAAL joins AILA Europe
AILA Europe formed ten years ago when AILA (the International Association [...]
‘Guidelines for communicating rights to non-native speakers of English’ endorsed by BAAL AGM
A set of Guidelines for communicating rights to non-native speakers [...]
CfP BAAL Language, Gender & Sexuality SIG Event: 27 April 2017
Language, Discrimination and Conflict (10th LGaS SIG Meeting) Please see [...]
BAAL Book Prize Winner, 2016
The winner of the 2016 BAAL Book Prize is: World Englishes: [...]
CfP BAAL Testing, Evaluation and Assessment SIG Annual One-day Conference: 31 March 2017
BAAL TEA SIG ANNUAL ONE-DAY CONFERENCE Friday 31 March 2017, [...]
BAAL2017 Conference in Leeds
Link to BAAL 2017 website
2016-17 BAAL Executive Committee
The 2016-17 BAAL Executive Committee members are as follows – · [...]