Welcome

The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) is the national professional organisation for applied linguistics in Australia. We welcome academics, teachers, researchers, students and members of the wider community to join us and become part of an active community interested in questions, issues and problems that can be understood and addressed through a focus on language in our world.

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Advocacy and engagement

ALAA has a long record of advocating on behalf of members and providing evidence-based advice and expertise on a range of language/s related issues and real-world problems and debates.

ALAA members regularly conduct research projects, consultancies and professional learning for groups and organisations, including government agencies, business, community organisations and other professional associations.

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News

ALAA Master's and Postgraduate Conference Scholarships - Call for Applications 16th August

Dear ALAA Members, 
 
This year, five ALAA Postgraduate Conference Scholarships and two ALAA Master’s Conference Scholarships, each valued at up to $1,000, are available to students whose abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the 2026 Joint ALAA–ALANZ–ALTAANZ Conference.
The application deadline is 16 August 2026.
We warmly encourage eligible students to apply and look forward to receiving your applications.
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The June Issue 2026

Stay up to date with what's been happening within the ALAA community.

A newsletter made by its members

Editors: Aek Phakiti, Soyeon Kim & Keith Cheng Lin

Read the newsletter here

ARAL JOURNAL

The Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) is the journal of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA). The aim of the journal is to present research in a wide range of areas.

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