Abstracts archive

Drawing on an ethnographic study of Indigenous education initiatives in Mexico, this paper focuses on the roles of local activists in language policy. I examine different strategies and stances of language activism, examining popular culture activists who do not focus on 'language' in a trad...

This preliminary qualitative case study presents teachers' and head teachers' views on factors which enable and challenge the teaching of the Sinhala language literacy skills to Deaf primary school students in two residential schools in Sri Lanka. Seven basic themes were identified from the informat...

This study builds on ethnographic family interviews with Greek-speaking families in Sweden. In our talk, we discuss how family language ideologies intersect with the sociopolitical context, migration trajectories, parents' professional and educational background and whether the parents have had a bi...

More favorable affective profiles were found in CLIL in terms of motivation, language attitudes and emotions, yet not for both target languages (English, Dutch) in the politically and linguistically polarized context of Belgium. Comparative results highlight that the socio-affective (and linguistic)...

We analyze Korean livestream and North American pre-recorded mukbang (online eating shows), to see what and how linguistic, interactional, and multimodal resources are used by hosts to evaluate food, and thereby construct their identities as food reviewers. Audience participation also contributes to...

Research into how and why language teachers use literature as content is presented to explore one aspect of various pedagogical and collaborative practices open to language teachers in CLIL contexts. Language teachers’ beliefs and practices are examined based on a literature review, focus group st...

The presentation examines women’s contribution to the EFL market in Poland from a historical perspective. Its main aim is to present women authors of English handbooks published in the first half of the 20th and their didactic achievements, especially those regarding promoting English culture.

This paper focuses on two fields of creative practice, collaborative photography and documentary theatre, and considers how creative practice allows communication across modes and enables stories of forced migration that might otherwise stay hidden.

A study of the language management, language practice and language ideology for two competing codes (English vs. Hanyu Pinyin) on street name signs in China, using Spolsky’s (2004, 2009) tripartite language policy model as analytical framework.

In this poster presentation we follow up on questions raised in the presentation “Beyond the third-party academic paradigm in writing about inclusive practitioner research” by exploring the perspectives of writers, reviewers and editors who have participated in a new online forum for engaging wi...

We have conducted a cross-linguistic study investigating the role of pauses in online speech processing by Finnish, Swedish, and Russian speakers. We hypothesize that pauses have better potential to explain chunking behavior in Swedish compared to Russian and Finnish.

We report on the use of Whatsapp, a social messaging app, as a tool to promote out-of-class learning with an intermediate EFL group, and share some of the lessons learned from the experience.

The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), an AILA member, was launched in 1977 as a "professional organization of scholars who are interested in and actively contribute to the multi-disciplinary field of applied linguistics." The presenter will offer an update on the current state of ...

This presentation focuses on selected findings from a comprehensive, mixed-methods study examining the careers of language study abroad alumni. The study includes a nationwide survey, with complete data from 4,868 respondents, and life history interviews with approximately 60 participants selected o...

This contribution analyses and compares teaching anxieties (self-centered, task-centered and student-centered anxiety) of non-native foreign language student-teachers, with and without migrant backgrounds. Three variables will be closely considered: the target foreign language (French or Spanish), t...

Institutional responses to declining enrollments in LCTLs should be informed by empirical research on students’ reasons for (not) studying languages. This session presents findings resulting from inter-institutional collaboration on a survey of undergraduates at two large U.S. universities on the ...

Word of the year initiatives can increase society-at-large's awareness of Applied Linguistics. By reflecting the public discourse of the past twelve months, words of the year can literally show what moved people most and how a society ticks.

By analysing textbooks, websites and publications, this presentation attempts to theorise grounded views of English use in education in Bangladesh. It is highlighted that local use of English is invariably complex reflecting both monolingual and translingual views, and the implicit desire for metrop...

Freewriting is a drafting strategy used to help writers get ideas out onto the page. In this mixed-methods study, keyboard logging data is collected while participants freewrite. I use Inputlog and other data to explore the question: Does freewriting do what we think it does?""

This presentation of a joint teacher-researcher collaboration focuses on interpretive and reflective reading of fiction, an important part of the Swedish language subject. The aim of the study is to explore powerful pedagogical design principles (Cobb et al., 2003), grounded in teachers’ knowledge...

We still know little about what makes pronunciation learning succeed after the critical phase. For empirical substantiation, the results of six interviews on pronunciation learning strategies with successful post-critical period pronunciation learners will be discussed.

This presentation will offer insights from research into the evolving status of language and literacy support provision for children with EAL in mainstream Irish schools and the inherent issues for primary teachers, at a time when a language curriculum and Special Education allocation model is being...

While critical ethnographic methods can reveal how writers perceive academic writing and publishing, quantitative methods make it possible to identify patterns – including those not necessarily perceived at the individual level. To illustrate this, I draw from a published quantitative study that e...

In this presentation, we discuss the possibilities and challenges of combining the paradigms of dynamic assessment and diagnostic language assessment, at the conceptual level and at the operational/design level. We explore this through the DIALANG 2.0 project, a regeneration exercise of an existing,...

The author will describe the impact that a CLIL teacher education programme may have on the beliefs of in-service CLIL teachers. Some differences between CLIL teacher training and CLIL teacher education will also be highlighted and it will be explained why the latter is more effective. Maria Paz Azp...

Since its inception in 1951, the American Name Society has promoted the scholarly investigation of names. With this goal, the Society holds an annual word-of-the-year contest. The linguistic winners not only reflect, but may also affect national developments. The (dis)advantages of combining folk ep...

This research aims to explore English language learners' (ELLs) gaming practices in a location-based mobile game. Informed by Swain's (2000) languaging, ELL's gaming dialogues emerged during the gameplay are examined. Study participants include 3 focal groups who are undergraduates. The study report...

Die Sammlung von aktuellem Wortschatz gehört zu den Aufgaben des Vereins 'Wort des Jahres' und mündet seit 2002 in der Bekanntgabe des 'Wort des Jahres'. Zum 300-jährigen Bestehen von Liechtenstein ist die Ausstellung '300 Jahre, 300 Wörter' entstanden. Der Verein hat rückblickend auf die letzt...

The presentation illustrates how interdisciplinary compositions can articulate multisensory processes. By classifying agency as a dynamic system between a writer and their audience, the multimodal aspect is foregrounded. Examples establish the self-organizing, fluid, ideological, and intentional pri...

This study investigates the extent to which writers' second language (L2) proficiency affects the emergence of real-time writing behaviours (captured by the keystroke logging program) and the relationship between behaviours and text quality. Different from previous writing studies, this study was co...