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The Applied Linguistics Conference
(ALANZ / ALAA / ALTAANZ)
27 – 29 November, 2017
Applied Linguistics in the New Millennium: Multiple Theories,
Pathways, and Practices
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​EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES 31 AUGUST 2017
​www.alanz2017.org 

The conference is to be held in Auckland from Monday 27 to Wednesday 29 November, 2017, at the city campus of Auckland University of Technology (AUT),Auckland, New Zealand. The conference will be jointly supported by The
University of Auckland, The University of Waikato, and the venue host, Auckland University of Technology.

We’re already pleased to have a fantastic line up of keynote speakers from around the globe, including:

 Marnie Holborow, Associate Faculty, School of Applied Linguistics &
Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University, Ireland.

Heidi Byrnes, Emeritus Professor, Department of German, Georgetown
University, Washington, D.C, United States of America.

 Hilary Nesi, Professor in English Language, Coventry University, England.

 Chris Davison, Professor of Education, University of New South Wales, Australia.

 Jennifer Hay, Professor of Linguistics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.


​Abstracts: Types & Strands
We are accepting abstract submissions in the following four categories and the various strands listed below.

Oral Presentation
All oral presentations should be a total of 25 minutes which consists of 20 minutes presentation and 5 minutes Q&A.

Workshop / Colloquia
All workshops and colloquia should be a total of either 60, 90 or 120 minutes (including time for Q&A and movement between presentations) and aimed at providing opportunities for panel and audience participation, or shared presentations, interaction and discussion around a theme or topic.

Poster
All posters will be on display throughout the conference as well as having dedicated author presentation / Q&A times. All posters are to be A0 in size,displayed as portrait or landscape, and printed by the author/presenter.

Abstract Strands
 Language learning & teaching
​(depending on interest, sub‐strands include: writing, reading, listening, speaking, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar)
 Language testing & assessment ‐ Teacher education / Teacher cognition
 Academic literacies / EAP ‐ Second / Foreign language acquisition
 Corpus linguistics ‐ Discourse analysis
 Language policy and planning ‐ Language, identity and power
 Bi & multilingualism ‐ Issues in applied linguistics

For any immediate questions, please either call or email Glen Bailey on
+64 9921 9999 x7420 or events@aut.ac.nz.
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