53rd Annual Meeting of the British Association for
Applied Linguistics
CALL FOR PAPERS - The Call for Papers in NOW CLOSED
Theme: "Challenges and Opportunities in Applied
Linguistics"
9 - 11 September 2021, Northumbria University, UK
BAAL 2021 will be held at Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Our theme, ‘Challenges and Opportunities in Applied Linguistics’,
aims to open up space for discussion of the future of our discipline and its
contribution to the world around us. In what are perhaps both turbulent and
challenging, but also thought-provoking and motivating, times we hope the
conference theme will encourage proposals from across the field, and that
conference papers, discussions and networking will enable cross-disciplinary
connections to form. The interests of our local organising committee itself,
for example, range from language teaching and learning to forensic linguistics,
from language policy to teacher development, and from cognitive linguistics to
language and migration; and we hope that BAAL 2020 deals with challenges and
debates in these areas and many more.
The BAAL 2021 Conference is hosted by English Language
and Linguistics in the Department of Humanities of Northumbria University,
located in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. A city of character, charm and
culture, Newcastle brings together industrial heritage, iconic river bridges,
and a love of football alongside classical Georgian architecture, a world
famous cultural and nightlife, and strong sense of local identity. Located only
9 miles from the sea (a 20 minute journey on the local Metro railway), and an
hour from Scotland and the Lake District, Newcastle is easily accessible by
rail, road and air from within the UK and beyond; Newcastle airport is just 25 minutes from the
city centre by public transport.
Plenary speakers:
- David Block - ICREA & Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Zhu Hua – University of Birmingham
- Constant Leung – King’s College London
- Emma Marsden – University of York (Pit
Corder lecture)
LOC Invited colloquium
Title: Linguistic
Integration of Adult Migrants: Policy and Practice
- Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants: Policy and
Practice’
- Lorenzo Rocca - Societa Dante Alighieri
- Rola Naeb - Northumbria University
- Martha Young Scholten - Newcastle University
- James Simpson - University of Leeds
- Marcin Sosinski - Granada University
BAAL EC invited colloquium
Title: Ethics and Social Justice in Applied Linguistics
- Suresh Canagarajah - Penn State University
- Srikant Sarangi - Aalborg University
- Eithne Quinn - The University of Manchester
- Khawla Badwan - Manchester Metropolitan University
- Frazer Hertiage - Lancaster University
- Sarah Atkins and Dawn Knight - Aston University and Cardiff University
Conference Organisers:
Alex Ho-Cheong Leung, Billy Clark, William Guariento, Graham
Hall, Nicci MacLeod, Rola Naeb, James Street, Sarah Lin, Department of Humanities,
Northumbria University, UK
Conference email: baal2020.northumbria@gmail.com
Conference webpage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/baal2021
Call for Papers:
Abstracts are welcome in any area of Applied Linguistics.
Papers should offer something new, innovative and of interest to a BAAL
audience and paper reporting on research should clearly outline objectives,
method(s), and results where appropriate. Abstracts which address the
conference theme will be particularly welcome.
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: 31 March 2021
Maximum abstract length: 300 words
To submit your abstract please use Oxford Abstracts:
https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/1649/submissions/new
If you have not used this system before please register
first. All submissions must be submitted on-line, if you have any queries
please contact: baal2020.northumbria@gmail.com
Abstract type:
Indicate the type of abstract that you are submitting
during the submission process: individual presentation for parallel sessions or
a SIG track, poster, or colloquium.
- Individual presentation for the parallel sessions
- Individual papers have 25 minutes: 20 for the
presentation, 5 for questions.
- Individual presentation for a Special Interest Group
(SIG) track
BAAL has fifteen Special Interest Groups. They are: (1)
Corpus Linguistics; (2) Health and Science Communication; (3) Intercultural
Communication; (4) Language, Gender and Sexuality; (5) Language and New media;
(6) Language in Africa; (7) Language Learning and Teaching; (8) Language
Policy; (9) Linguistic Ethnography; (10) Linguistics and Knowledge about
Language in Education; (11) Professional, Academic and Work-based Literacies
(PAWBL); (12) Testing, Evaluation and Assessment; (13) Vocabulary Studies; (14) Multlingualism; (15) English as an
Additional Language. Each SIG has a ‘track’ of papers at the annual BAAL
conference.
If you believe your paper is of interest to a SIG track,
you may want to submit it to one of the SIG tracks (all individuals, whether or
not officially SIG members, are eligible). The SIG may then wish to include
your paper in their track at the annual meeting (i.e., this conference).
Submitting your abstract to a SIG track may or may not lead to your paper being
included in a SIG track and has no impact on abstract acceptance to the overall
conference.
Proposed Colloquium
We invite colloquia on particular themes which have
relevance to the conference. Colloquia last half a day and consist of a minimum
of four papers. Colloquia proposers should plan their half day in four slots,
aligned with a schedule of four individual papers. If they wish to include a
larger number of papers, they may fit two papers into what would normally be a
single presentation slot. Colloquia papers should cohere. The order of the
papers should not be changed after acceptance. An abstract for the colloquium
introduction is required along with abstracts for each paper within the
colloquium (300 words per abstract).
Poster
We strongly encourage the submission of abstracts for
posters. We aim to raise the profile of posters at our conference since we value
them as equal to other forms of presentation, and we believe that they tend to
receive more feedback than individual papers. All posters will be listed in the
book of abstracts, and there will be a dedicated area and time slot for
discussion of poster presentations. There will also be a £50 prize for best
poster displayed at the conference.
Scholarships:
During the abstract submission process, you will be asked
to indicate whether you want to apply for a scholarship. If so, we will send
the scholarship application forms to you by email. Each candidate will also be
required to provide two full references plus a list of other conferences they
have attended and any other grants/scholarships that they have received for
their studies.
BAAL offers 4 conference scholarships (for students or
early career researchers, with the latter defined as being within 2 years of
PhD completion). Monies from a ring-fenced fund, contributed by donors, will
pay for the additional ‘Chris Brumfit scholarship’, which is usually targeted
at delegates from outside Britain who would not otherwise have funds to do so
to attend the BAAL Annual Meeting.
The scholarships will help towards the cost of the
conference fee.
If you intend to apply for the scholarship, please
download the relevant form from the conference website and send it to
baal2020.northumbria@gmail.com with the relevant subject title as laid out on
the form.
All presenters MUST be BAAL members by the time they
register for the conference.
