AESLA (English)

The Spanish Society for Applied Linguistics (AESLA) is a well-established academic society in Spain because, since its founding in 1982, it has emerged as the coordinating body of the concerns in the field of applied linguistics in Spain. As stated on the AESLA Statutes, “[t]he specific objective of the Association is to promote, stimulate and improve the study and research of applied linguistics in all its manifestations in Spain."

AESLA has been a dynamic partner in the academia. Its dynamism has served to integrate more than 1,000 partners and members belonging to various scientific disciplines, always with close or central interests to applied linguistics.

Among the regular activities of the association we include:

• The organisation of annual international conferences in applied linguistics at various points in the geography of Spain, always supported by the organising Universities. These conferences are designed around scientific panels and have an average attendance of 300-400 participants, many of them from foreign institutions. In addition to communications and posters, the annual meetings include plenary lectures given by scholars of international prestige, as well as workshops and seminars focusing on specific aspects of applied linguistics. A selection of the papers presented at the annual meetings is published in derived volumes and in the journal e-AESLA, edited by each of the conference committees.
• In addition to the proceedings of the annual conferences, the publication of three scientific journals, RESLA, RÆL and e-AESLA.

Since one of the main objectives of AESLA is the exchange of scientific information with related associations and other entities both in Spain and in other countries, in an attempt to disseminate research in applied linguistics and languages, it has been both AESLA and its boards’ priority to establish contacts with other scientific associations. Thus, for example, AESLA is integrated within AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée). In fact, all AESLA members, by virtue of their affiliation with AESLA, are also AILA members and can participate in the international conferences that AILA organises every three years.

Membership benefits

If you become a member of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics, you will have the following benefits:

1. Attend and/or participate in the international conference held at a different Spanish university each year with special registration prices. [more info: https://www.aesla.org.es/es/congresos-aesla]
2. Have access to the journals.
3. Have the possibility to compete for AESLA young and senior research prizes. [more info: https://www.aesla.org.es/es/premios]
4. Be a member of the International Association of Applied Linguistics/Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA) and have the possibility to attend and participate in their international conferences.
5. Receive the annual bulletin AILA Review.
6. Be included in the members’ distribution list and be informed about activities related to applied linguistics. [more info: https://www.aesla.org.es/es/lista-distribucion]
7. Participate in the association’s Assembly, which takes place during conferences.
8. Be able to take part in any position of AESLA, be it the Executive board, the Scientific committee or as panel director.
9. Promote your research profile by means of AESLA. [more info: https://www.aesla.org.es/es/directorio]
10. Benefit from the agreements signed between the association and the business/institutional sectors.
11. Channel contacts with other members of the Association of a similar or different research profile.

More info: https://www.aesla.org.es/es/hazte-socioa

AESLA Executive committee

The AESLA Executive committee is composed of a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and three members. The Board also includes the editors of the journals, as well as the Delegate for Institutional Relations and Communication. More info: https://www.aesla.org.es/es/junta-directiva

AESLA Scientific panels

The scientific panels are:

• Language acquisition
• Language teaching
• Language for academic and professional purposes
• Psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics and clinical linguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Pragmatics and discourse analysis
• Computational, corpus linguistics and Natural Language Processing
• Lexicology and lexicography
• Translation and interpreting

Panel directors are elected at the AESLA Ordinary Assembly and serve for three years, with the possibility of renewal for another three. Panel directors act as chairs of the corresponding panel sessions at the AESLA conferences. Their duties include:

• Promoting and stimulating the participation of members and non-members in annual conferences or other scientific events sponsored by AESLA and related to their panel.
• Managing the evaluation of proposals for papers, roundtable discussions and posters related to their panel at annual conferences.

More info: https://www.aesla.org.es/es/paneles-cientificos

AESLA Scientific committee

The AESLA Scientific committee is composed of members who act as reviewers of the volumes received for one the AESLA research awards. Committee members are renewed every two years. They cannot be members of the AESLA Board or panel directors. They must have at least six years of research experience. More info: https://www.aesla.org.es/es/comite-cientifico