| American Association for Applied Linguistics | |
| Venue: | Chicago, Illinois (2018); Atlanta, Georgia (2019) |
| Country: | United States, Canada |
| First: | 1977 |
The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) is an American organization of scholars interested in applied linguistics.
The goal of the organization is to provide an annual venue for scholars of the multi-disciplinary field of applied linguistics to share their research. It promotes an evidence based and principled approach to language related research including language education, acquisition and loss, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, literacy, rhetoric, discourse analysis, language assessment, policy, planning, and more.
AAAL is an affiliate of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée, AILA).[1]
Currently, AAAL has 19 strands. They are used during the submission process to help determine possible reviewers, and later for determining where and when given submissions might be presented during the conference. Those who wish to submit a proposal are required to choose from one of the strands below: