Important dates

  • Opening date: April 2026
  • Submission Deadline: June 2026
  • Review Date: July 2026 – August 2026
  • Notification: September 2026

AILA 2027 Abstract Submission Guidelines 

  • Ensure your topic is significant to the field and of interest to the conference audience.
  • Address issues of current, local, and global relevance, and relate theory to practice.
  • Proposals relating to Indigenous, minority, and less commonly taught languages are encouraged.
  • Participation from members of visible, ethnic, sexual and gender, and Indigenous minorities is strongly supported.
  • Empirical, theoretical, and pedagogical proposals are accepted.
  • Participation from members of visible, ethnic, sexual and gender, and Indigenous minorities is strongly supported.
  • Participants may submit multiple proposals as first author, but only one proposal can be accepted.
  • Participants may appear in more than one presentation as a co-author.
  • While we invite abstracts reporting research on any language, we accept abstracts written in English and French

  • Maximum 15 words. 

  • Make it appealing, accurate, and reflective of your abstract. 

  • Capitalize the first letter of each content word. 

  • Each part of hyphenated/slashed words counts as one word. 

  • Up to 50 words. 

  • 1–2 sentences on the topic’s importance to Applied Linguistics. 

  • 1–2 sentences on what you will do in your session. 

  • State the implications of your study. 

  • Write in the third person. Spell out acronyms. Do not include citations. 

  • Length:  

    • Papers/Posters: 250 words;  

    • Symposia: 250-word general description + 150 words per panel member + 50-word summary for conference program 

  • Clearly state the rationale and importance of your study. 

  • Provide evidence of current practice and/or research. 

  • Include supporting details and examples. 

  • Clarify the intended audience. 

  • Describe what presenters intend to do and discuss implications. 

  • For empirical studies, state the research design clearly. 

  • In-text citations are expected (no reference list required). Limit references to your own publications for anonymity. 

  • Carefully edit and proofread for clarity and correctness. 

  • Ensure the abstract corresponds to the type of presentation and meets all technical requirements. 

  • Paper Sessions: 20-minute presentation + 5-minute Q&A. 

  • Poster Presentations 

  • Symposia: 2-hour blocks, limited number.

  • Appropriateness and significance of the topic. 

  • Evidence of a theoretical framework and links to previous research. 

  • Clearly stated research design (for empirical studies). 

  • Organization and clarity. 

  • For symposia: coherence and complementarity of individual papers. 

  • Prepare your title, abstract, and summary in advance. 

  • Submit your proposal by the stated deadline. 

  • All presenters must register if their names appear in the program. The order of presenters in the submission will be preserved in the program. 

  • Follow the official ‘Call for Papers’ or submission portal instructions. 

  • You can only present one submission as first author, there are no limitations on second authors and so on. 

 

A: Language Acquisition and Processing  

  1. First Language Acquisition  

  1. Second, Third and Subsequent Language Acquisition  

  1. Written and Visual Literacy  

  1. Psycholinguistics  

  1. Corpus Linguistics 

 

B: Language Teaching and Learning  

  1. Mother Tongue Education  

  1. Plurilingualism and Multilingualism 

  1. Translingualism and Translanguaging 

  1. Language Pedagogies 

  1. Multiliteracies and Pluriliteracies 

  1. Foreign Language Teaching  

  1. Language Curriculum 

  1. Teacher Education 

  1. Learner Agency in Language Learning  

  1. Language and Education in Multilingual Settings  

  1. Language Skills (e.g., listening, reading, writing, speaking, pronunciation, mediation) 

 

C: Language in Professions  

  1. Business and Professional Communication  

  1. Translating, Interpreting and Mediation  

  1. Language and the Law  

  1. Language and the Workplace  

  1. Language in the Media and Public Discourse  

 

D: Language in Societies  

  1. Sociolinguistics 

  1. Critical and Decolonial Approaches  

  1. Language Policy  

  1. Language and Migration 

  1. Multilingualism and Multiculturalism  

  1. Plurilingualism and Pluriculturalism 

  1. Intercultural Communication  

  1. Applied Linguistics within global contexts  

 

E: Applied Linguistics Methods and Methodologies  

  1. Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics  

  1. Rhetoric and Stylistics  

  1. Narrative Analysis  

  1. Storytelling 

  1. Arts-based Research 

  1. Lexicography and Lexicology  

  1. Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches 

  1. Multimodality in Discourse and Text  

  1. Indigenous Methodologies 

  1. Language Evaluation, Assessment and Testing 

 

F. Technology in Applied Linguistics  

  1. Artificial Intelligence 

  1. Virtual and Augmented Realities 

  1. Digital Technologies 

  1. Virtual Exchanges 

  1. Synchronous and Asynchronous  

  1. Learning Analytics & Big Data

  1. Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)  

  1. Speech Recognition & Natural Language Processing (NLP)  

  1. Digital Literacy & Multimodal Learning  

  1. Gamification & Educational Games 

  1. Telecollaboration & Remote Learning Innovations  

  1. Ethics and Privacy in Educational Technology 

 

G. Language Planning and Policy 

  1. Language assessment and policy 

  1. Language rights 

  1. Indigenous languages 

  1. Heritage languages 

  1. Bilingualism/Plurilingualism/Multilingualism 

  1. Language-in-education policies 

  1. Language documentation and revitalization 

  1. Language discrimination, linguicism 

  1. Language policies across national borders