28.-29.06.19 - Eighth Bonn Applied English Linguistics Conference (BAELc8)

The Eighth Bonn Applied English Linguistics Conference (BAELc8) will take place on June 28th and 29th, 2019 at the Department of English, American and Studies (IAAK), University of Bonn, Regina-Pacis-Weg 5, 53111 Bonn. The focus of this year’s conference will be on language assessment, with emphasis on the role of pragmatics. However, papers are invited from all areas of applied linguistics, with a preference for papers with an empirical approach. The keynote speaker will be Professor Carsten Roever (University of Melbourne), whose talk will be titled, "Measuring pragmatic ability: The missing piece in language assessment". The conference is open to all interested, but aimed specifically at postgraduates, PhD students and post-docs. For more information on the conference and submission deadlines, visit the BAEL website here: https://www.applied-linguistics.uni-bonn.de/en/news-and-events/bael-conferences