The Association for Academic Language and Learning (AALL) holds a biennial conference in odd years, usually in November. AALL also holds an occasional Symposium, usually in off-conference years.
Some papers from each conference are published in a Special Issue of the Journal of Academic Language & Learning (JALL)
To find out more about what’s in store at the 2025 Conference, including key dates and how to get involved, watch the short video update from our Conference hosts at JCU.
Hosted by James Cook University
Theme: Connect, Collaborate, Create
Conference website: https://www.jcu.edu.au/aall
The AALL Professional Development Committee facilitated an online AALL Symposium on 6 December 2024.
Theme: ALL about AALL
View recordings, slides and chat transcripts from the 2024 Symposium.
Hosted online by Flinders University.
Theme: Meeting students at the centre: re-thinking our AALL practice
Website: https://www.flinders.edu.au/engage/culture/whats-on/aall23conference
The AALL Professional Development Committee facilitated an online AALL Symposium on December 7, 2022.
Hosted by Charles Darwin University
Theme: Diversity, Distance, Digitalisation: Inclusive and supportive practices in ALL
Conference website: https://aallconference2021.cdu.edu.au/program/
Read more about the conference and watch a video of keynote by Alex Bartel
Hosted by University of Notre Dame
Theme: All around the world
Journal of Academic Language & Learning Special Issue: Vol. 14 No. 2 (2020)
Proceedings of the 14th Biennial Conference of the Association for Academic Language and Learning
Hosted by Deakin University
Theme: 21st Century Academic Language and Learning: Innovations in practice and partnerships
Journal of Academic Language & Learning Special Issue: Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018)
Proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference of the Association for Academic Language and Learning
Hosted by University of Wollongong
Theme: Critical Intersections
Program and Presentations archive (on UoW website)
Journal of Academic Language & Learning Special Issue Vol. 10 No. 1 (2016)
Proceedings of the 12th Biennial Conference of the Association for Academic Language and Learning
Hosted by RMIT University
Theme: New Students, New Learning: New Challenges?
Journal of Academic Language & Learning Special Issue: Vol. 7 No. 2 (2013)
Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Conference of the Association for Academic Language and Learning
Hosted by UniSA
Theme: Forging New Directions in Academic Language and Learning
Journal of Academic Language & Learning Special Issue: Vol. 5 No. 2 (2011)
Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Conference of the Association of Academic Language and Learning
Hosted by University of Queensland
Theme: Learning together: crossing boundaries through collaborative practices within and beyond the tertiary context
Journal of Academic Language & Learning Special Issue: Vol. 3 No. 2 (2009)
Proceedings of the 9th Biennial Conference of the Association for Academic Language and Learning