HAAL Members
HAAL Members enjoy a discounted registration fee of HKD300. Please use the same email for your HAAL membership application while registering for this conference to enjoy the discounted rate.
The 8th HAAL Conference 2023
Announcements & Updates
Photos of the conference has been uploaded and might be accessible here.
Acceptance letters have been sent on 15 May 2023 (Monday).
The registration deadline for conference is 28 May 2023. Please contact info@haal2023.com if you have not received it.
Call for Papers (Closed)
The HAAL 2023 conference welcomes proposals in all areas of applied linguistics. While there is no specific conference theme, we are particularly interested in innovative and rigorous topics that demonstrate strong methodological and/or theoretical approaches. Additionally, we encourage postgraduate students who are nearing completion of their theses to submit proposals as well.
Please submit your paper via the following link connected to EasyChair
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Eric Friginal
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Keynote Speech: Applying Corpus Linguistics in (Radical) Workplaces: Language, Identities, and Discursive Practices of Transgender Workers in Outsourced Call Centers
Eric Friginal is Professor and Head of the Department of English and Communication and Director of the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English (RCPCE) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Before moving to Hong Kong, he was Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL at Georgia State University. He specializes in applied corpus linguistics, quantitative research, language policy and planning, technology and language teaching, sociolinguistics, cross-cultural communication, and the analysis of spoken professional discourse in the workplace. His recent publications include The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis (2021), co-edited with Jack Hardy; English in Global Aviation: Context, Research, and Pedagogy, with Elizabeth Mathews and Jennifer Roberts (Bloomsbury, 2019); and Corpus Linguistics for English Teachers: New Tools, Online Resources, and Classroom Activities (Routledge, 2018). He is the founding co-editor-in-chief of Applied Corpus Linguistics (ACORP) Journal (with Paul Thompson) published by Elsevier.
Prof. Hu Guangwei
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Keynote Speech: Disciplinary Epistemology and Academic Discourse
Guangwei Hu is Professor of Language and Literacy Education in the Department of English and Communication and Associate Dean (Postgraduate Studies) in the Faculty of Humanities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interests include academic literacy, biliteracy acquisition, English for academic/specific purposes, language-in-education policy, and the psychology of second language learning and use. He has published extensively on these and other research areas. His most recent co-edited book is Cultural knowledge and values in English language teaching materials: (Multimodal) representations and stakeholders (2022, Springer). He serves on the editorial boards of several international journals, including English for Specific Purposes, Iberica, Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes, Language, Culture and Curriculum, and Publications. Currently, he is Co-Editor of the Journal of English for Academic Purposes.
International Invited Speakers
Prof. Qiaona Yu
Associate Professor, Wake Forest University (USA)
Prof. Rui (Eric) YUAN
Associate Professor, University of Macau (Macau, China)
Invited Colloquium
1. Translanguaging as theory and method (Speakers: David C.S. Li; Kevin W. H. Tai; Mark Teng Feng, Edward Wen Zhisheng)
Schedule
The full conference schedule may be downloaded here.
Registration Fee (Non-refundable)
Non-HAAL Members
Non-HAAL Members enjoy a regular registration fee of HKD500. If you are not yet a member of HAAL, you are encouraged to join us via www.haal.hk, and you could enjoy our discounted registration fee immediately after your membership application.
Transportation Advice
The conference will be held at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.
You may find an interactive campus map below. The map of the venue is also downloadable here.
Registration, keynote speeches and all parallel sessions will be held in Block A, as indicated in the interactive Google Map on this page.
Getting to Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
By Mass Transit Railyway (MTR): Shatin Wai Station
Route to the venue: There is a footbridge connecting the station and the university campus. After crossing the footbridge, turn right and follow the signs to Core Y, where the conference is held.
Organising Committee
Acknowledgement
HAAL would like to express our sincere gratitude to the English Department of the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong for their kind support and sponsorship.
Contact Us
If you have any queries about HAAL Conference 2023, please feel free to email us at info@haal2023.com, or reach us via the contact form below.