What is British Association for Applied Linguistics?
The '''British Association for Applied Linguistics''' ('''BAAL''') is an [[academia|academic]] society. Members are professional [[applied linguistics|applied linguists]], [[language]] [[teaching|teachers]], and other people interested in these topics. BAAL is in the [[United Kingdom]]. BAAL has more than 800 members. They meet at different places in the UK.<ref>''British Association for Applied Linguistics'': '[http://www.baal.org.uk]'. 11 June 12007.</ref> The association publishes conference proceedings and a regular newsletter. It also gives [[scholarship]]s to students.<ref>''British Association for Applied Linguistics'': '[http://www.baal.org.uk/join_funding.htm Funding Opportunities] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704160059/http://www.baal.org.uk/join_funding.htm |date=4 July 2007 }}'. 29 April 2007.</ref> [[Tess Fitzpatrick]], Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Centre for Language and Communication Research at [[Cardiff University]], is the chair from 2015-2018. BAAL's Annual Meeting happens every September in the UK. BAAL is part of the ''Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee'' ([[International Association of Applied Linguistics]], AILA). In the UK, it is a registered charity.<ref>''British Association for Applied Linguistics'': '[http://www.baal.org.uk/about.htm About BAAL] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613180146/http://www.baal.org.uk/about.htm |date=13 June 2007 }}'. 4 December 2006.</ref> BAAL meetings usually have a theme.The theme of the 40th conference at the [[University of Edinburgh]] was 'Technology, [[Ideology]] and Practice in Applied Linguistics'.<ref>''British Association for Applied Linguistics'': '[http://www.baal.org.uk/conf2007/index.htm 40th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917094108/http://www.baal.org.uk/conf2007/index.htm |date=17 September 2007 }}'. 5 August 2007.</ref> ==History== The association started in the 1960s. At that time, mor