Abstracts Archive

The Ibero-American Association of Applied Linguists (AIALA, by its abbreviations in both Spanish and Portuguese), a regional organization of AILA launched in 2020, exists to support and amplify Spanish, Portuguese, and affiliated minoritized and indigenous languages, both in supporting applied lingu...

Numerous studies have pointed to a "native English speaker" hiring preference within the worldwide TESOL industry (e.g., Bernstein & Woosnam, 2019). With limited empirical backing and/or theoretical exploration, the rationale for this policy has mainly been attributed to native speakerism (Holli...

In India, students enrolled in a skill-based educational programme such as engineering and management, usually get hired by companies while they are in the final year of their degree. To test their knowledge and ability, in addition to interviewing them, potential employers make the students partici...

This presentation discusses the main findings from the Welcoming Languages project. During the course of a year, a group of educators in Scottish primary schools learnt Arabic as one of the languages spoken by children and families from refugee backgrounds. The aims were: (i) to include Arabic in Sc...