ALA Executive Committee
Honorary Members
🏅Eric Hawkins
Honorary ALA Member
Eric Hawkins is in every sense the ‘father’ of Language Awareness, its setter of standards and source of inspiration.
His contribution to the LA movement was two-pronged. First, he laid its theoretical foundations, in such seminal works as Modern Languages in the Curriculum (1981) and Awareness of Language: An Introduction (1984). Second, he spelt out and exemplified the classroom implications of LA. In fact, we see in the second of these books (1984) theory and practice elaborated in parallel, the first half expounding the rationales, the second half illustrating their classroom implications.
The Association for Language Awareness first recognised Eric Hawkins’s immeasurable contribution and commitment to LA in 2002, when The Association for Language Awareness (ALA) elected him its first and sole Honorary Life Member. Then, in 2004, it was decided to honour him further by designating the main keynote paper at the biennial conferences of the ALA The Eric Hawkins Lecture.
🏅Carl James
Honorary ALA Member
Carl James was one of the original members of the Association for Language Awareness, and Chair of the Association from 2000 to 2006, after which he was elected as Honorary Member of the Association. Two years prior to the founding of the Association, together with Peter Garrett, he organised the 1989 BAAL Seminar on language awareness, at Bangor University, papers from which formed the basis for the book Language Awareness in the Classroom. His contributions to our Association will always be remembered.
🏅Richard Aplin
Honorary ALA Member
The Association for Language Awareness Committee decided unanimously to acknowledge Richard Aplin’s strong commitment, highly valuable contributions and important work for the Association for Language Awareness by making him an honorary member in 2016. This category of membership is reserved for members of the Association or other persons who have given meritorious service to the association and to the advancement of language awareness. After Eric Hawkins and Carl James, Richard Aplin is the third honorary member of our association.
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🏅Peter Garrett
Honorary ALA Member
Emeritus Professor – School of English, Communication and Philosophy
garrettp@cardiff.ac.uk
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🏅Joanna White
Honorary ALA Member
Department of Education, Concordia University
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Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8
CANADA