Deadline for Proposals –
Symposia & Workshops
31st AUG 2023
Deadline for Abstracts –
Individual/Poster presentations
31st JULY 2023
Notification of Acceptance of
Abstracts and Proposals
Phase 1: 1 Sep – 31 Oct 2023
Phase 2: 1 Nov – 31 Dec 2023
Phase 3: 1 Jan – 28 Feb 2024
Come present and share your work at the 21st AILA World Congress 2024 to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre against the backdrop of the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. It will also feature virtual components to accommodate participants joining remotely. The congress covers a variety of sub- themes and key issues. We look forward to receiving your proposals
Presentation Types
• Papers: 25 minutes
• Workshops: 90 minutes
• Symposia
• Poster presentations
AILA 2024 Conference Tracks
We accept papers in the areas of applied linguistics that contribute innovative research and that will be of interest to an AILA audience.
The following are some suggested conference sub-themes and topics.
TRACK 1: LANGUAGE DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
- Language and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Minority Languages and Indigenous Languages Across the Globe
- Lingua Franca, Global Language(s), Dialects
- Language Immersion, Heritage, and Minority Education
- Others
TRACK 2: LANGUAGE IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES AND PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS
- Language and the Law
- Language and Forensic Linguistics
- Language and Health
- Language in the Workplace
- Language and the Environment
- Language in Diverse Professions (tourism, gastronomy, arts, fashion, retail, marine, aviation, etc.)
- Others
TRACK 3: LANGUAGES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (LSP), BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
- LSP and Languages Skills
- ESP Research (EAP, EOP, EST, etc.)
- Business English, Aviation English
- LSP and Pedagogy (needs analysis, genre analysis, assessment, technology, curriculum, etc.)
- Research Methodologies and Perspectives in LSP Research
- Others
TRACK 4: LINGUISTICS AND SOCIAL ISSUES
- Linguistic (In)Justice,
- Language and Power,
- Advocacy, Attitude & Bias,
- Diversity-Emancipation and Discriminations,
- Ethnicity and Gender
- Ideology, Language and Social Justice
- Others
TRACK 5: LANGUAGES IN SOCIETY
- Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Plurilingualism
- Translinguistics & Translingualism
- Multilingual Classroom, Translanguaging, and Plurilingualism
- Heritage Language, Home Language, Migrant Language
- Language-based Learning Disabilities/Impairment (signs, gestures, etc.)
- Language, Culture, and Socialisation
- Post-Colonial and Globalisation in Language Education
- Language Identity and Identity in Language Education
- Linguistic Imperialism
- Others
TRACK 6: LANGUAGE IN USE
- Multimodal Discourse (semiotics, signs and language, and symbols, artifacts, etc.)
- Communication and Interaction
- Conversational Analysis
- Pragmatics Studies and Sociolinguistics
- Language Maintenance and Revitalization
- Discourse Studies
- Language Variation
- Language and the Media
- Computational Linguistics and Language Processing
- Corpus Linguistics and Corpus-based Studies
- Language Globalisation and Regionalization
- Cross-cultural Communication
- Intercultural Communication
- Crisis Communication
- Lexical Studies, Lexicography
- Translation and Interpretation
- Others
TRACK 7: LANGUAGE TEACHING, LEARNING AND ACQUISITION
- Language Curriculum Development and Assessment
- Language Teaching and Learning in Challenging Times
- Teaching 2nd, 3rd and Additional Languages
- Translanguaging & Transknowledging
- Literature in Language Education
- Language Teaching and Learning in the VUCA World
- Classroom Instruction and Pedagogy,
- Task-based Teaching and Learning,
- Designing Study Abroad and Mobility Language Programmes
- Content-based Teaching and Learning
- Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
- Materials Design and Development in Language Teaching and Learning
- Second and Foreign Language Pedagogy
- Language Teacher Education
- Language Teaching Methodology and approaches
- Language Skills Development (reading, writing, listening, speaking and literacy, fluency, formulaic language, vocabulary grammar, etc.)
- Language Assessment, Testing and Evaluation
- Technology in Language Teaching and Learning
- Learner Characteristics (motivation, anxiety, attitude, autonomy, strategies, non-instructed, individual factors or differences, emotion, etc.)
- Languages as Medium of Instruction, in Higher Education and Other Contexts
- Corpus Linguistics and Language Instruction
- Classroom Discourse and Interaction
- Designing and Developing Language Curricular for Persons with Disabilities/Special Needs
- Others
TRACK 8: EARLY YEARS LANGUAGE EDUCATION
- Early years Second Language Education
- Language Development in Early Years
- Language Teaching for Young Learners
- Language and Literacy Development in the Early Years
- Innovative Practices in Early Years Language Education
- Technology and Language Teaching in Early Years Education
- Teaching English and Other Languages to Young Learners
- First Language Acquisition
- Plurilingual Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education
- Language Teaching and Learning Materials Development For Young Learners
- Methods and Approaches for Teaching Early Years and Young Learners
- Language and Literacy in Early Childhood
- Designing Language and Literacy Activities for Early Childhood/Young Learners
- Language and Literacy Development in The Early Years for Children with Language Impairment and Other Disabilities
- Others
TRACK 9: LANGUAGES AND THE MIND
- Psycholinguistics
- Neurolinguistics
- Language Processing
- Speech and Language
- Sign Language
- Bilingualism, Multilingualism
- Processing, Cognition and Language Learning
- Cross-Linguistic Factors, Disorders
- Others
TRACK 10: LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- Language Resources, Tools and Applications
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Digital Humanities
- Gamification in Language Teaching and Learning
- Language and Digital Technology
- Computer Assisted Language Teaching and Learning
- Artificial Intelligence in Applied Linguistics and Language Education
- Others
TRACK 11: LITERACY DEVELOPMENT IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
- Language and Literacy
- Critical Literacies
- Developing Literacy Skills
- Vernacular and Indigenous Literacy
- Religious and Scared Literacies
- Genre and Register in Multi-Literacies
- Others
TRACK 12: LANGUAGE EDUCATION POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
- Language Planning and Policy
- Language Cultivation in Developed Context
- Ecological Language Education Policy
- Language Planning Frameworks and Strategies
- Vernacular Language Varieties Planning in Educational Settings
- Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education
- English as a Medium of Instruction
- Multilingual Education
- Others
TRACK 13: OTHER WORKS ON RESEARCH IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS
- Theory and Practice in Applied Linguistics and Linguistics Applied
- History of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
- History and Development of Language in Different Context, Regions, etc.
- Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) in the Study of 2nd, 3rd and Additional Languages Acquisition
- Approaches and Analysis in Morphology, Phonology, Syntax, Semantics, etc.
- Methods, Approaches and Collaborative Practices
- Research Methods and Methodologies in Applied Linguistics
- Others
TRACK 14: OPEN CALLS
Open calls are dedicated to researchers who wish to present their research at the AILA 2024 Congress but who cannot find a track or topic related to their research work. The proposals should be related to either applied linguistics, linguistics applied, language teaching and learning and educational linguistics.
NOTE:
Languages for paper presentations are English or Malay.
Call for Symposia Presentations
The symposium presentation is a self-organised seminar of three (or more) papers on a common topic which are presented within the same session and are in line with the conference’s main theme, as well as one or more of the sub-themes.
Symposia Proposal Abstract Guidelines
When applying for a symposium, one person is responsible for submitting the following:
- An abstract (maximum 550 words) that describes the theme of the symposium which argues for the importance of it within the framework of the conference;
- A shorter abstract (maximum 300 words) for each of the papers included in the proposed symposium.
- Abstract should include purpose of study, methodology, summary of findings/results, conclusion and significance / contributions of study.
- Font face: Times New Roman, and size: 11 points.
- Title, author’s name, affiliation, address, telephone and fax number, and email address should be included.
- Abstract should be written in English or Malay (An abstract written in Malay should include an English abstract).
- All abstracts should be written in MS Word format (DOC or DOCX), and please save your abstract using this format: “AILA2024OpenSympo-
.doc”, “AILA2024InvitedSympo- .doc”, “AILA2024AILARENSympo- .doc” (E.g. AILA2024OpenSympo-RafikGalea.doc ; AILA2024InvitedSympo-TanML.doc)
Symposia Proposal Abstract Submission
Open Symposia • Invited Symposia • AILA REN Symposia
- One person/the Chairperson of the Symposia should log in and define themselves as Author 1, and then add all the other authors as Author 2, Author 3, … Author n (n = total number of participants in the
symposium); - In the field ‘Title of Contribution’, please enter the name of the proposed symposium;
- In the field ‘Abstract’, please enter the text of the abstract (maximum 550 words) in which the symposium is described;
- Upload the abstracts of the symposium papers using the following steps:
- On the website, there is a template for abstracts which can be downloaded;
- List the abstracts on the abstract template as follows:
- Paper 1: title + abstract (up to maximum 300 words);
- Paper 2: title + abstract (up to maximum 300 words);
- Paper n: title + abstract (up to maximum 300 words).
- The updated template must be saved in .doc(x) or .pdf on your computer;
- Upload the updated template in the platform, in the specific section.
- Preference will be given to symposia that demonstrate cohesiveness across presentations and to presentations strongly linked to the central theme/sub-themes of the conference.
- Symposia will be accepted or rejected as a whole, not in parts.
Workshop Presentation
Invited Workshops • Open Workshops
Workshops aim to increase the capacity and knowledge of delegates around the latest scientific research, relevant policies or innovative programmes to implement and advocate for better public health and health systems in their countries. The focus is on transferring knowledge through intensive interaction with the audience.
Workshops are 90 minutes in length.
Workshop Proposal Abstract Guidelines
- All proposals must be submitted and, if accepted, presented in English or Malay. (An abstract written in Malay should include an English version of the abstract).
- Graphics or tables cannot be accepted (should not be included) because of production limitations.
- Workshop titles should be in sentence case with a capital for the first letter of the first word. Do not use capital letters only and avoid using abbreviations or acronyms.
- Indicate the main/corresponding presenter if there are multiple presenters for the workshop.
- Please make sure all the authors are listed (including the presenting author) in the workshop abstract.
Workshop Proposal Abstract Submission
The abstract should state the objectives and outcome of the workshop. What is the coherence between the presentations in relation to the topic of the workshop? Describe the format of the workshop.
- An abstract (maximum 550 words) for each presentation.
- Font face: Times New Roman, and size: 11 points.
- Title, author’s name, affiliation, address, telephone and fax number, and email address should be included.
- All abstracts should be written in MS Word format (DOC or DOCX), and please save your abstract using this format:
- “AILA2024Workshop-yourLastName.doc”
Call for Papers & Posters
Individual Abstract Submission
- An abstract (maximum 300 words) for each presentation.
- Abstract should include purpose of study, methodology, summary of findings/results, conclusion and significance / contributions of study.
- Font face: Times New Roman, and size: 11 points.
- Title, author’s name, affiliation, address, telephone and fax number, and email address should be included.
- Abstract should be written in English or Malay. (An abstract written in Malay should include an English abstract)
- All abstracts should be written in MS Word format (DOC or DOCX), and please save your abstract using this format:
- “AILA2024Paper-yourLastName.doc”
- “AILA2024Poster-yourLastName.doc”
If you have questions regarding your abstract submission,
please email enquiry@aila2024.com