IRAAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2026
The School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics and Aonad na Gaeilge (School of English, Irish and Communication) are organising the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 2026 Annual Conference. It will be held at the University of Limerick on November 13-14, 2026. The theme of this year’s conference is “Attitudes towards languages: Multilingualism, plurilingualism and language education for a democratic, just and sustainable world“. […]
IRAAL Public Lecture
The first IRAAL public lecture will feature Prof. Nicolas Guichon from Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France), who will speak on adult migrants’ smartphone use for language learning and social integration. The abstract of the talk can be found below. The lecture registration link is provided here. Once the registration form is completed, participants will see the Zoom link […]
IRAAL Annual Conference 2025
The theme of the conference is Linguistics in Ireland: Reflecting on the past, looking to the future, and it will take place in Trinity College Dublin on November 21st and 22nd. This year marks the 50th anniversary of IRAAL conferences. We aim to bring together all sectors of applied linguistics research in Ireland to celebrate half a century […]
IRAAL Postgraduate award 2025
The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL) postgraduate award is NOW OPEN for applications. Please see the information sheet and application form. Feel free to share with any potential candidates or supervisors in the area of applied linguistics research. The deadline for the submission is 23:59h (Irish Standard Time) on Friday, September 12th 2025. We look forward to hearing about new […]
NEW IRAAL Newsletter
IRAAL is looking to showcase recent projects, events, funding achievements, or any ongoing work in the field of applied linguistics (up to 10,000 words). The newsletter will be published and shared with the wider IRAAL community in advance of the next annual conference in Trinity College Dublin. Questions and submissions should be directed to sal.consoli@ed.ac.uk. […]
IRAAL Annual Conference, Saturday 18 November 2023, Maynooth University
Plurilingual mindsets in an increasingly bi/multilingual world Executive IRAAL Committee IRAAL 2023 Conference Organisers: School of Modern Languages, Maynooth University The winner of our PhD award Introducing the new editors of Teanga
Languages Connect Summit
Languages Connect Summit IRAAL contributed to the Languages Connect Summit on October 14th, 2023. As part of our contribution, we have presented research into language being done by our members in Ireland. Check our lovely pictures below:
First IRAAL newsletter
We are delighted to share with you the first IRAAL newsletter. We are very grateful to our IRAAL colleagues who shared their insights, events and on-going projects with us. We would also like to thank the newsletter editor and executive committee member, Dr Sal Consoli, who has worked extremely hard to get this initiative off the ground. […]