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Applied Linguistics

Submission 2025

Call for Abstracts

The theme of this year is Bridging Worlds. Language is both shaped by the world and a force that constructs new worlds. In this conference, we provide a space for participants to reflect on how language fosters connection, marks distinction, and drives change.

Abstract submission deadline: Monday 28th April 2025

All successful applicants will be notified of their acceptance by Monday 19th May 2025

Guidelines for Submissions

What to Submit?

We encourage submissions of empirical, conceptual/ theoretical nature and findings from dissertations/ PhD at different stages.  

Submissions must be within our core Conference tracks:

  1. Discourse Analysis
  2. Language Teaching and Learning
  3. Intercultural Communication
Who Should Submit?
  • Postgraduate students who are still studying or have recently graduated (in 2023 or 2024).
  • Undergraduate students.

You may apply to present either individually or as a group.

Advice on Abstracts

Abstracts should be no more than 2,100 characters in length.

Make sure that your abstract includes:

  • An introduction has a clear background and rationale,
  • Well defined, reachable research objectives which are related to the topic of the abstract, and address the research purpose,
  • A clearly detailed methodology, even if at this stage it is just a proposed methodology,
  • Results/expected results which are well presented, understandable for the audience, and are related to the methodology and rationale of the study,
  • A conclusion consistent with the introduction and rationale of the abstract.

All abstracts will be double-blind reviewed and are subject to final approval by the conference committee.

 

Notification of Acceptance

Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their paper at the WICAL2025. They will be notified of their acceptance by 19th May 2025.

Paper Presentations

Each presentation should not exceed 30 minutes (20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Q&A session). You can apply to present either individually or as a group.

Conference Proceedings

Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to have their abstract published in the Conference’s digital booklet. We will not be publishing full papers.

 

If you have any inquiries, please contact wical2025@warwick.ac.uk

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