The International Applied Linguistics Research Conferences aim to:
- promote the study of language acquisition and teaching as a transdisciplinary endeavour and thereby contribute to the elaboration and dissemination of theory, research, and practice.
- creating a worldwide community that explores the teaching, learning, and researching of languages.
- inspire language education in diverse contexts.
- build bridges between cultures.
- support colleagues in challenging political contexts.
The conferences welcome contributions from interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives (pedagogy, linguistics, psychology, and technology) with a view to discussing as a community the multiplicity of challenges associated with the conference theme. This theme, chosen by the Programme Committee, is a topic that has relevance to all language teachers and researchers, allowing them to consider various aspects of their own contexts.
The conferences have a unique audience, spirit and formula. We welcome teachers and researchers from all continents. We aim to achieve a family spirit makes the regular participant feel not only welcome, but also valued, respected and listened to. The conference formula targets informal contacts, spontaneous activities and long-lasting friendships. A coffee room is provided for free individual activities or collaborative exchanges.
The timing of the conference varies according to the venue, but we try to allow for as many participants as possible from all continents to attend the conference and avoid conflicts with other conferences such as AAAL, AILA, ALAA, BAAL, EuroSLA, TESOL, etc.
In the first round, abstracts are evaluated on relevance and originality, and authors may be asked to resubmit their abstracts if they do not meet the requirements. Authors of accepted abstracts can also decide to submit a short paper later (double-blind peer-reviewed) for the conference proceedings.