The 17th Conference of the Association Language Awareness “Language Awareness, Education, and Power” took place between 7-10 July 2024 and was hosted by Karlsruhe University of Education, Karlsruhe – Germany. This International Conference celebrated the 30th Anniversary of ALA from its official establishment as a charity. It also marked the return to on-site events. Please visit the conference website for details.
The 16th Conference of the Association Language Awareness “Language Awareness for the Next 30 Years” was held virtually on 7 and 8 July 2022 at Faculdade de Arquitetura, Artes, Comunicação e Design – Câmpus de Bauru of the Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Brazil.
Visit the conference website for more details: https://www.faac.unesp.br/#!/ala2022/
The 15th Conference of the Association Language Awareness was ALA’s first online conference and was held virtually on 30 and 31 October 2020 at Deakin University, Australia – “Languaging and Language Awareness in the Global Age”.
The 14th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness “Towards Language Aware Citizenship” took place in 2018 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
The 13th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2016) Languages for Life: Education, Professional and Social Contexts was held at the WU in Vienna, Austria.
Visit the conference website for more details: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ala2016/
The 12th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2014) Language Awareness: Achievements and Challenges was held at Hedmark University College, Norway – 1 – 4 July.
The 11th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2012) Language Awareness for our Multicultural World was held at the University of Concordia, Montréal, Canada – 8-11 July.
The 10th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2010) Awareness Matters: Language Culture Literacy was held at the University of Kassel, Germany – 25-28 July.
See press release: PDF (English version) | PDF (German version)
See also: www.uni-kassel.de/go/ala2010 | University of Kassel | Kassel
The 9th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2008) Engaging with Language took place at the University of Hong Kong, 26-29 June 2008. Visit the conference website for more details: http://www.hku.hk/clear/ala
In 2009, a special doubleissue of the journalLANGUAGE AWARENESSfeatured articles arising from the ALA conference in Hong Kong ‘Engaging with Language’. A copy of the journal is a benefit of membership of ALA and membership is the cheapest way of receiving it.
The 8th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2006 – Plurilinguisme et conscience linguistique: quelles articulations?) was held at the University of Maine Le Mans, France – 2-5 July.
The 7th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2004) was held at the University of Lleida, Spain – 19-21 July.
The 6th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2002) was held at Umea University, Sweden.
The 5th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 2000) was held at the University of Leicester, UK – 26-29 July. For details, please visit: https://lexically.net/ala/2000Conf/index.htm.
The 4th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 1998) was held in Cégep de Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada.
The 3rd International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 1996) was held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
The 2nd International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 1994) was held at the College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, UK.
The 1st International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (ALA 1992) was held at Bangor University, UK.