International Association of Applied Linguistics
The Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée or the International Association of Applied Linguistics ( AILA ) is an international umbrella organization for national and regional linguistic societies.
Area of influence
The AILA was founded in 1964 as part of an International Colloquium on Applied Linguistics at the University of Nancy as the first European initiative. Therefore, the original French name as the basis of the acronym. Meanwhile, in the AILA world's more than 8,000 scientists of the member associations active. AILA is a recognized non-governmental organization (NGO) with official consultative status with UNESCO and the Council of Europe EUR. Pursuant to the Articles following the AILA the goal of the international and global scientific exchange in relation to all areas and related sciences of the multidisciplinary field of applied linguistics to promote active. To this end, they networked national and international activities and initiatives, for example, to depend on the discovery and optimization of language learning and language acquisition, multilingualism, language policy, multiculturalism and communication processes in everyday and professional fields of application. To this end, the association conducts triennial World Congress with usually about 2000 participants by. The promotion of young scientists and the participation of scientists from less affluent countries in applied -linguistic discourse is a particular concern of the AILA. For this purpose, it maintains a solidarity fund financed from the grants for participation in World Congresses. The Association is managed by an International Executive Council. President since August 2011 Bernd Rüschoff (D); Secretary General since 2008 Daniel Perrin (CH). The German Applied Linguistics is represented by the Association of Applied Linguistics eV in the AILA.
Research networks
Cooperation on basal or currently important topics or sub-disciplines is also organized through the International Research Networks ( ReN ). Currently, there Rens on the following topics:
Meetings and Conferences
The AILA leads every three years by the World Congress with usually about 2000 participants. In 2008, the World Congress was held in Essen in Germany
Publications
The AILA publishes a scientific journal ( AILA Review) as well as a book series AILA Applied Linguistics Series ( AALS ). It also publishes a newsletter ( AILA News).