AAAL

American Association of Applied Linguistics http://www.aaal.org/index.cfm

MISIN.
The mission of AAAL is to facilitate the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and understanding regarding these language-related issues in order to improve the lives of individuals and conditions in society. To accomplish this mission, AAAL creates opportunities for scholarly communication and professional networking by hosting meetings and sponsoring publications; raises public awareness of language-related issues by encouraging the dissemination of theoretical and research-informed insights to wider society; and promotes the status of applied linguistics in the academy and in society by providing leadership and resources for professional development f individuals and conditions in society.

AREAS OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS THAT IS INTERESTED IN

Analysis of discourse and interaction Assessment and evaluation Bilingual, immersion, heritage, and language minority education Language and ideology Language and learner characteristics Language and technology Language cognition and brain research Language maintenance and revitalization Language, culture, socialization, and pragmatics Language, planning, and policy Reading, writing, and literacy Second and foreign language pedagogy Second language acquisition, language acquisition, and attrition Sociolinguistics Text analysis (written discourse) Translation and interpretation

WAYS TO SPREAD INFO ON THE SOCIETY

Website http://www.aaal.org/index.cfm Scholarships and service Award The Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award recognizes and honors a distinguished scholar for her/his scholarship and service to the profession in general and to the American Association for Applied Linguistics in particular. Conferences Nationally and internationally, the annual AAAL conference has a reputation as one of the most comprehensive and exciting language conferences

Topics that were covered:

Language Literacy and Learning in digital Age. Learning an Endangered Language without a classroom. Located Language without Public, Interactive Fields. Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to L2 Vocabulary: Assessment and Integration. Why don`t theories of globalization think about language? The Elementary Forms of Culture in a Post- Cuture(al) World: Signification, Circulation, Evaluation.

HOW YOU CAN BE A MEMBER

You can be a member in different ways like: Regular member within /without America Institutional member. Within/without America Available only to bona fide institutions Join member within/without America Available to two members occupying the same residence Student member within/without America Requires evidence of full-time student status Emeritus/Retired member within/without America Requires at least five years of previous membership and evidence of retirement You have to register in any of these ways and complete a form which is available on the webpage. For any of these type of registration you must pay.