5th International Symposium on Applied Linguistic Research (ALR2024)

Advances in AI Tools: Expanding the Scope of Applied Linguistics

This symposium is organized and hosted by the Applied Linguistics Research Lab at the College of Humanities and Sciences, Prince Sultan University (PSU). It aims at promoting Applied Linguistic research in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Area through bringing together international names and high-quality research in various Applied Linguistic disciplines. These include, but are not limited to, Translation and Stylistics, Second Language Acquisition, Assessment, Corpus Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, and Psycholinguistics and Bilingualism.

• Translation and Interpretation Studies
• Stylistics
• Foreign Language Learning
• Second Language Acquisition
• Language Assessment and Evaluation
• Language Literacy Studies
• Language Policy
• Language Teaching and Technology
• Corpus Linguistics
• Discourse Analysis
• Psycholinguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Bilingualism
• Vocabulary Acquisition

Submission Guidelines

We welcome proposals in one of these three categories:

1- Individual papers

Paper presentations should be 20 minutes long with an additional 10 minutes for discussion.

The abstract should range between 250 - 300 words in length with a clear title (12 words maximum). The abstract should reflect the research gap, methods, and findings/implications.

2- Posters

Poster presentations should be 15 minutes long with an additional 5 minutes for discussion.

The abstract should range between 250-300 words in length with a clear title (12 words maximum). It should reflect the research gap, methods, and findings/implications.

Please note that:

1- All proposals must be in English.

2- All submissions should include a short bio (50 words) of the author(s).

Our Workshop Partners

Saudi TESOL 

Language-Driven Pedagogy, University of York  

Institute of Corpus Studies & Applications, Shanghai International Studies University 

Durham University 

Rutgers English Language Institute, the State University of New Jersey

NottingHill College

Accommodation and Venue

The Symposium will be held virtually.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to allab@psu.edu.sa