[EDLING:902] CFP: AAAL 2006

[Francis M Hult]

http://www.aaal.org/aaal2006/english.htm

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 

Submission deadline: October 14, 2005 

The 2006 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) will be 
held jointly with the Association canadienne de linguistique appliquée/Canadian 
Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) June 17-20 at the Hyatt in Montreal. 
Nationally and internationally, the AAAL conference has a reputation as a comprehensive 
and stimulating language conference. The 2006 AAAL conference will join with ACLA/CAAL in 
the linguistically and culturally rich venue of Montreal. The conference will serve as a 
meeting place for applied linguists to generate ideas, cross disciplinary boundaries, and 
disseminate research about issues and concerns in language policy, language acquisition, 
language pedagogy and assessment, translation and interpretation, and other disciplinary 
areas of applied linguistics. 

AAAL is known for its in-depth colloquia and paper sessions, topical and thought-provoking 
plenaries, excellent book exhibits, and plentiful opportunities for networking. In 2006 
the conference will offer all of these attractions and more, including opportunities to 
present and listen to papers in French, learn about the latest developments in applied 
linguistics in Canada, and experience a North American city with a joie de vivre 
uniquement canadienne. We hope you will consider sharing your work at this special event 
in Montreal! 

The joint AAAL and ACLA/CAAL conference submission and refereeing process will be carried 
out through the AAAL web submission system. Proposals are welcome in English and in French 
in the following topic strands: 


Assessment and evaluation/ Évaluation et mesure 
Bilingual, immersion, heritage, and language minority education/ Éducation bilingue, 
immersive, patrimoniale et minoritaire 
Analysis of discourse and interaction/ Analyse du discours et interaction 
Language acquisition and attrition/ Acquisition et perte de la langue 
Language cognition and brain research/ Recherche sur le langage, le mental et le cerveau 
Language, culture and socialization/ Langue, culture et socialisation 
Language and ideology/ Langue et idéologie 
Language and learner characteristics/ Langue et caractéristiques de l'apprenant 
Language, planning and policy/ Aménagement et politique linguistique 
Second and foreign language pedagogy/ Pédagogie de la langue seconde et étrangère 
Applied linguistics research methodology/ Méthodologie de recherche en linguistique 
appliquée 
Reading, writing, and literacy/ Lecture, écriture et littératie 
Sociolinguistics/ Sociolinguistique 
Language and technology/ Langue et technologie 
Text analysis/ Analyse textuelle 
Translation and interpretation/ Traduction et interpretation 

Abstracts for all presentation formats are submitted for blind peer review. 

Voir l'appel de communications en français sur le site internet www.aaal.org. 


PROPOSALS 

Proposals are invited for individual papers, posters, and colloquia.

INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Papers are presented by one or more author within a twenty-minute 
period and an additional ten-minute period is provided for discussion. 

POSTERS: Posters are for one-on-one discussion of research. Posters are especially 
effective for presenting results of empirical research if data can be presented visually 
(in charts, graphs, or tables). A block of time will be designated when presenters are 
available to discuss their posters. Prospective presenters are encouraged to consider 
posters because of the opportunity they provide for inclusion of more presenters and 
topics in the program and for extended discussion with other researchers. 

COLLOQUIA: Colloquia are presented in three-hour blocks. Colloquium organizers may divide 
their time as they choose, but time should be allocated for opening and closing remarks, 
presentations, discussants (if included), and extended audience response. Colloquium 
organizers serve as the liaison between participants in their colloquium and the program 
committee, and are therefore responsible for communication among these participants.