Become a member

The strength of the Association for Academic Language and Learning lies in the combined knowledge and skills of all its members, not just those who formally sit on committees.

AALL membership is open to academic language and learning skills professionals working in tertiary settings – national or international.

There are two rates of fees:

• Standard Membership: Normally $110.00, now $80*
• Casual/Part-time Staff/Student/Retiree Membership: Normally $70.00, now $50*

Institution-based memberships are available. Institutions can purchase bulk memberships for their staff by downloading and completing this form and emailing it to admin@aall.org.au. 

Membership benefits

As a member of AALL, you will receive a number of benefits to support your work and professional development.

• Opportunities to apply for grants for research, resource development, travel and events
• Access to a dedicated electronic journal produced by the Association
• Communication and collaboration among AALL members through social media, the AALL website, and the Association’s state-based affiliates
• Professional fostering of the recognition of the academic nature of the work of language and learning development through individual and collaborative research within and across tertiary institutions nationally and internationally
• Reciprocal benefits with International Consortium of Academic Language and Learning Developers (ICALLD) associations
• Lobbying support on issues relevant to AALL members.

AALL Conferences

• Subsidised $20.00 discount on AALL Conference registration
• Subsidised travel expenses of ‘remote’ (from the conference) AALL members who cannot get funding from their own institution
• Sponsoring a first time conference attender who cannot get institutional funding
• Co-funding with AALL conference convenor of the travel expenses of keynote speakers.

How can I contribute to the Association?

There are a number of ways, big and small, that you can contribute to AALL.

• Get involved with your State branch by contributing to meetings and becoming a State representative
• Foster the development of the AALL profession through holding a workshop on areas related to academic language and learning. Members interested to running such a workshops or events can apply for an AALL Event grant
• Work individually or with your colleagues to develop academic language and learning research and resources. Members interested to delivering a project can apply for an AALL Research and resource development grant
• Nominate for Executive and contribute to the ongoing management and future direction of AALL
• Write a paper for the AALL Journal or register to be part of the editorial committee or become a peer reviewer
• With a group of colleagues, host the biennial AALL conference.