PAAL 2014: General information

General information

Area of interest

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Second Language Acquisition
• TESOL
• Language and Culture
• Pedagogy (Language/Literature)
• Theoretical Linguistics
• Text Analysis
• e-learning/CALL
• Psycholinguistics/Neurolinguistics
• Language Testing
• Sociolinguistics
• Language Policy and Planning
• World Englishes
• Phonetics/Phonology
• Motivation and Strategies
• Language Policy and Planning
• Applied Linguistics and Technology

Presentation format

1. Paper: 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion and questions.
2. Poster: 2 hour blocks will be designated for display and discussion.

Submission guidelines

Proposals

All the presenters at PAAL 2014 are required to be a member of PAAL.

• Submit your proposal here.
• Limit your proposal to 400 words or less.
• The deadline of submission of proposals is 3rd May, 2014 9th May, 2014
• The notification of acceptance is expected to be sent by the 12th May, 2014.

Proceedings

All the presenters at PAAL 2014 are required to submit their papers to the Proceedings of PAAL 2014.

• The deadline of submission of proceedings is 30th June, 2014.
• Submit your paper on the website (This site is available on 1st of June, 2014).
• Limit your paper to 2 pages.
• The template for PAAL proceedings is here (MSWord / PDF).

Registration fee

Early-bird registration (Before 1st of August, 2014)

PAAL 2014 Conference Fee (Regular): JPY 9000
PAAL 2014 Conference Fee (Student): JPY 7000
PAAL 2014 Conference Fee plus Banquets (Regular): JPY 17000
PAAL 2014 Conference Fee plus Banquets (Student): JPY 15000

On-site registration

PAAL 2014 Conference Fee (Regular): JPY 10000
PAAL 2014 Conference Fee (Student): JPY 8000
PAAL 2014 Conference Fee plus Banquets (Regular): JPY 19000
PAAL 2014 Conference Fee plus Banquets (Student): JPY 17000

Important dates

• Proposal Submission Deadline: 3rd May, 2014 9th May, 2014
• Notification of Acceptance: 12th May, 2014
• Proceedings Submission Deadline: 30th June, 2014
• Conference: 17th to 19th August, 2014

Membership application

Member benefits

• A complementary subscription to the official journal of PAAL
• Receiving the official journal of PAAL twice a year
• A subscription to the PAAL Japan Mailing List

To be a member of PAAL, please complete the subscription form and pay the annual membership fee.

• The subscription form
• Pay the annual membership fee through PayPal
• Pay the annual membership fee through Postal transfer

You are required to be a member of PAAL to make a presentation at the conference. Membership fees can be paid by PAYPAL (Here !) or Postal transfer. Unless you pay for your membership fees annually, your membership will be terminated. Your co-authors also need to be members of PAAL as well and their membership fees should be paid in advance before you submit your joint paper(s).