BAAL 2012 Conference

BAAL is a professional association based in the UK, which provides a forum for people interested in language and applied linguistics. We have an international professional membership of more than 600 members.

BAAL organises scientific meetings, and publishes a newsletter and conference proceedings. We also send representatives to national and international meetings of interest to our members.

BAAL is affiliated to AILA, the International Association of Applied Linguistics

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New BAAL Media Coordinator

I am delighted to announce that Tony Fisher from the University of Nottingham has been appointed BAAL Media Coordinator. The appointment will begin at the September conference. In addition to his expertise in applied linguistics, Tony has substantial experience in the media, having worked as a news producer for ITN, Channel 4, Sky and ABC. I am sure he will be a great asset to the association.

For constitutional reasons the new media coordinator will attend Executive Committee meetings ex officio, and will not be a voting member, until the AGM.

Guy Cook

BAAL News

Click here for the latest available issue: BAAL News, Issue 100, Spring 2012, in a new centenary format.

Christopher Brumfit International Scholarship

The Christopher Brumfit International Scholarship provides an award for an Applied Linguist from outside Britain to attend the BAAL Annual Meeting. Click here to find out how to support the scholarship.

Richard Pemberton Prize

Following the committee meeting, I am now very pleased to announce that the prize for the best student presentation at a BAAL conference will in future be known as The Richard Pemberton Prize, as a fitting tribute to his work.

Guy Cook

BAAL/CUP Seminar - Leeds

Adult ESOL in Multilingual Britain - A BAAL/CUP Seminar at the School of Education, University of Leeds

Friday 13 July 2012

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Baal Language in Africa (LIA) SIG Annual Meeting 2012

Saturday 5 May 2012

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8th BAAL Language Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group Conference

Beyond the Beginner: Sustaining Second Language Learning

July 4- 5 2012

University of Oxford, Department of Education & Worcester College

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BAAL ICSIG Seminar

Invitation to Seminar and Call for papers:

Intercultural Communication in International Contexts – training and development, practice and research

Thursday, May 17th and Friday, May 18th, 2012

Location: Michael Young Building, Faculty of Business and Law, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK

Book Prize Winner

We are pleased to announce the winner of the BAAL Book Prize awarded at the 2011 conference:

The handbook of language and globalisation Nikolas Coupland (Ed.) Wiley-Blackwell

Congratulations to Nikolas Coupland and Wiley-Blackwell.

Postgraduate Group on Facebook

The BAAL Postgraduate group is on Facebook. Why not pay a visit to the page? Click here to find out more.