International Association of Applied Linguistics
The International Association of Applied Linguistics, or AILA, was formed in 1964 as an association of various national organizations for applied linguistics. AILA has more than 8,000 members in more than 35 different applied linguistics associations around the world. AILA continues to grow, working with existing and emerging regional networks, such as AILA East Asia, AILA Europe, AILA Arabia, and AILA Latin America. Its most high-profile activity is the World Congress of Applied Linguistics, which takes place once every three years. It also has two publications, AILA News, a newsletter, and the AILA Review, an academic journal.
History
AILA was founded in 1964 at an international colloquium at the University of Nancy, France. Its founding had been preceded by two years of preparation, of which two central figures were the French linguists Antoine Culioli and Guy Capelle. As part of this preparation, the association had published the first issue of its official journal, the International Review of Applied Linguistics, in 1963.By 1969, the association had gained affiliate organizations in the form of national associations, centers for applied linguistics, and applied linguistics working groups, in a total of 18 different countries. In this year, the association held its second meeting, this time sponsored by the British Association for Applied Linguistics.
Committee
There are eight committees of the association. Each member of the committee is appointed by the current president.Solidarity Award Committee
- Azirah Hashim
- Marjolijn Verspoor
- Andrea Sterzuk
The Honorary Award Committee
- Susan Hunston
- Sarah O'Brien
- Meilutė Ramonienė
Editorial Board of AILA Review
- Antje Wilton
- Limin Jin
- Rosa Manchón
- Branca Falabella Fabricio
- Barbara Seidlhofer
Editorial Board of AILA Applied Linguistics Series (AALS)
- Antje Wilton
- Hisako Yamauchi
- Anne Pitkanen-Huhta
- Hanele Dufva
- Folkert Kuiken
- Susanne Niemeier
- Rosa Manchón
- Susan Gass
ReN Committee
- Laura Gurzynski-Weiss
- Anne Pitkanen-Huhta
- Lian Zhang
- Laurie Anderson
Nominating Committee
- Claire Kramsch
- Ee Ling Low
- Markus Bieswanger
The IACC Committee
- Daniel Perrin
- Paula Szundy
- Marjolijn Verspoor
Objectives
Presidential history
AILA Presidents are appointed every three years to coincide with the world congress. The position has been held for up to two consecutive three-year periods.Period | President | Affiliation |
2017 – present | Daniel Perrin | Zurich University of Applied Sciences/ZHAW |
2014 – 2017 | Claire Kramsch | University of California, Berkeley |
2011 – 2014 | Bernd Rüschoff | University of Duisburg-Essen |
2008 – 2011 | Martin Bygate | Lancaster University |
2005 – 2008 | Susan Gass | Michigan State University |
2002 – 2005 | Susan Gass | Michigan State University |
1999 – 2002 | Christopher Candlin | Macquarie University |
1996 – 1999 | Christopher Candlin | Macquarie University |
1993 – 1996 | Marc Spoelders | Ghent University |
1990 – 1993 | Albert Valdman | Indiana University |
1987 – 1990 | Albert Valdman | Indiana University |
1984 – 1987 | Jos Nivette | |
1981 – 1984 | Jan Svartvik | Lund University |
1978 – 1981 | Guy Rondeau | University of Montreal |
1975 – 1978 | Guy Rondeau | University of Montreal |
1972 – 1975 | Pit Corder | University of Edinburgh |
1969 – 1972 | Pit Corder | University of Edinburgh |
1964 – 1969 | Bernard Pottier | Paris-Sorbonne University |
Editorial board
- Limin Jin
- Barbara Seidlhofer
- Rosa Manchón
- Branca Falabella Fabricio
Affiliates
- Australia:
- Austria:
- Belgium:
- Brazil:
- Cameroon: AILA Cameroon
- Canada:
- China:
- Estonia:
- Finland:
- France:
- Germany:
- Greece:
- Ireland:
- Israel:
- Italy: Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata
- Japan:
- Korea :
- Malaysia:
- Mexico: Asociación Mexicana de Lingüística Aplicada
- Netherlands:
- New Zealand:
- Norway:
- Philippines:
- Russian Federation:
- Serbia and Montenegro:
- Singapore:
- Slovenia: Slovene Association for Applied Linguistics
- South Africa:
- Spain:
- Sweden:
- Switzerland:
- United Kingdom:
- United States:
Activities
AILA’s most high-profile activity is the World Congress of Applied Linguistics, an international conference hosted by one of the affiliate national associations every three years. The one exception to the three-year pattern was the first World Congress in Nancy, France, as there was a five-year gap between that and the second World Congress in Cambridge, England.
The list of world congresses is as follows:
- Groningen, Netherlands
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Brisbane, Australia
- Beijing, China
- Essen, Germany
- Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Singapore
- Tokyo, Japan
- Jyväskylä, Finland
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Chalkidiki, Greece
- Sydney, Australia
- Brussels, Belgium
- Lund, Sweden
- Montreal, Canada
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Cambridge, England
- Nancy, France
Publications
Governance
Decisions in the association are made by the executive board and the international committee. The executive board makes recommendations to the international committee, on which all the national affiliated associations of applied linguistics can vote. These votes take place once a year, at different sites around the world.The executive board has eleven posts, seven of which are fixed roles. These are the president, a past president, the treasurer, the secretary general, the research networks coordinator and the publications coordinator. The remaining four posts do not have a fixed role, and their holders are known as members at large. Members of the board cover their own expenses.