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.

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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)

[file:Prof. Antje Wilton bei Podiumsdiskussion zur Klimakommunikation an der FU Berlin (52488929736).jpg|thumb|Prof. Antje Wilton in 2022 ]

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

AILA has three main objectives: to facilitate international cooperation in the field of applied linguistics, to promote research and teaching, and to disseminate new applied linguistics theories.

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
1964–1969	Bernard Pottier	Paris-Sorbonne University
1969–1972	Pit Corder	University of Edinburgh
1972–1975	Pit Corder	University of Edinburgh
1975–1978	Guy Rondeau	University of Montreal
1978–1981	Guy Rondeau	University of Montreal
1981–1984	Jan Svartvik	Lund University
1984–1987	Jos Nivette
1987–1990	Albert Valdman	Indiana University
1990–1993	Albert Valdman	Indiana University
1993–1996	Marc Spoelders	Ghent University
1996–1999	Christopher Candlin	Macquarie University
1999–2002	Christopher Candlin	Macquarie University
2002–2005	Susan Gass	Michigan State University
2005–2008	Susan Gass	Michigan State University
2008–2011	Martin Bygate	Lancaster University
2011–2014	Bernd Rüschoff	University of Duisburg-Essen
2014–2017	Claire Kramsch	University of California, Berkeley
2017–2021	Daniel Perrin	Zurich University of Applied Sciences/ZHAW
2021–2024	Azirah Hashim	University of Malaya

Editorial board

Limin Jin
Barbara Seidlhofer
Rosa Manchón
Branca Falabella Fabricio

Affiliates

AILA has affiliate associations in the following 34 countries:

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

World Congress of Applied Linguistics
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:

No.

Year

City

Country

1964

Nancy

Publications

AILA has two main publications, AILA News and the AILA Review. AILA News is a newsletter, published three times a year, and the AILA Review is a journal, published once a year and edited by guest editors. Each edition of the AILA Review either contains collections of papers on a particular topic, or a collection of papers from one of the World Congresses. In addition to these two publications, AILA also works with the British Association for Applied Linguistics, the American Association for Applied Linguistics, and Oxford University Press to publish the journal Applied Linguistics.

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.