International Association of Applied Linguistics

[2] Its most high-profile activity is the World Congress of Applied Linguistics, which takes place once every three years.

Its founding had been preceded by two years of preparation,[3] of which two central figures were the French linguists Antoine Culioli and Guy Capelle.

[1] As part of this preparation, the association had published the first issue of its official journal, the International Review of Applied Linguistics, in 1963.

[6] [9] AILA has affiliate associations in the following 34 countries:[10] World Congress of Applied Linguistics AILA’s most high-profile activity is the World Congress of Applied Linguistics, an international conference hosted by one of the affiliate national associations every three years.

The executive board makes recommendations to the international committee, on which all the national affiliated associations of applied linguistics can vote.