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

Extended deadline for 2026 conference abstract submissions

We are pleased to let you know that the abstract submission deadline for the 2026 Joint ALAA–ALANZ–ALTAANZ Conference has been extended to 10 June 2026.

If you have not yet submitted your abstract, we encourage you to take this opportunity to do so.

Further details and the submission link are available here: https://alaa.net.au/Events/Conference2026/General

 

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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

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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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