21.263, Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition, Psycholing/China

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Date: 14-Jan-2010
From: Xiangdong Liu < leoshandong at 126.com >
Subject: The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics

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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:14:21
From: Xiangdong Liu [leoshandong at 126.com]
Subject: The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics

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Full Title: The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics 
Short Title: AILA2011 

Date: 23-Aug-2011 - 28-Aug-2011
Location: Beijing, China 
Contact Person: Changcheng Duan
Meeting Email: duancc at fltrp.com
Web Site: http://www.aila2011.org/en/default.asp 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 28-Feb-2010 

Meeting Description:

This is the 16th of World Congress of Applied Linguistics. The Congress is held 
every three years. All proposals should be submitted by completing the online 
submission form on the AILA 2011 official website: www.aila2011.org

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. 

Call for Papers

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. 

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 

C: Language in Professions 
10.Business and Professional Communication 
11.Translating, Interpreting and Mediation 
12.Language and the Law 
13.Language and the workplace 

D: Language in Societies 
14.Sociolinguistics 
15.Language Policy 
16.Multilingualism and Multiculturalism 
17.Intercultural Communication 
18.Applied linguistics within Asian contexts 

E: Applied Linguistics and Methodology 
19.Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics 
20.Rhetoric and Stylistics 
21.Contrastive Linguistics and Error Analysis 
22.Lexicography and Lexicology 
23.Educational Technology and Language Learning 
24.Multimodality in Discourse and Text 
25.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 
Posters can be presented for completed projects or projects in progress, which 
are effective for presenting data visually (charts, graphs, or tables). A block 
of time will be made available for poster presenters to discuss their projects 
with interested conference participants. Specific guidelines for posters will 
be provided upon acceptance. 

- Symposia 
Symposia will be allocated 3-hour blocks. Organizers of symposia may divide 
their time as they choose, but some of the allocated time should be for opening 
and closing remarks, panel discussions (if included), and extended audience 
response. Organizers of symposia must liaise on behalf of all their symposium 
participants with the congress program committee. 

- Workshops 
A block of 1 hour will be designated for workshops. Workshops are for
demonstrating practical work, such as 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), a brief general introduction 
(about 50 words) and an abstract (500 words).  The general introduction for 
symposia should be 300 words. 

All proposals should be submitted by completing the online submission form on 
the AILA 2011 official website: www.aila2011.org 

Time of Submission: From October 1, 2009 until February 28, 2010. 

A collection of papers from AILA2011 will be selected and published after the 
conference. If you would like your paper to be considered, please submit your 
full-length paper (3 printed copies and an electronic copy) when checking in 
for the congress. 

Please submit your proposals as early as possible. We are planning to inform 
successful applicants in October 2010, so that those colleagues planning to 
apply for financial assistance to their local agencies have enough time to 
prepare their applications. 

The congress fees on-line payment service will be provided from October 1, 
2010. 

Organizing Committee 
The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics 

- A note to ReN-convenors: as ReN-symposia are separately screened, ReN-
organizers and contributors do not have to follow the submission procedure.

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