Message from the President of HAAL

On behalf of the Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics, I warmly welcome you to the 9th HAAL Conference at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

HAAL 2025 embraces applied linguistics in all its diversity. We include presentations with innovative and rigorous research across the breadth of the field, including (but not limited to) artificial intelligence, second language acquisition, language education, translation and interpreting studies, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and intercultural communication. Both theoretical and methodological contributions from around the world are featured at this conference. We are particularly keen to provide a platform for emerging scholars to share their work. I am thrilled to see many postgraduate students who are at their final stage of thesis completion have submitted proposals and will share their insights with us.

 

While the conference theme is intentionally broad to encompass a wide range of interests within our association, our keynote speaker, Professor Andy Gao from the University of New South Wales, Australia, will discuss "Reimagining Second Language Education in the Brave New World". We also have invited speakers, presenters and attendees hailing from East and West, representing diverse fields of applied linguistics across Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Such international participation affirms the global reach of our association.

 

On behalf of HAAL, I wish you a stimulating conference and a memorable stay in Hong Kong. We look forward to vibrant discussions, new insights, and reconnecting with familiar faces on July 12, 2025!

 

Welcome to HAAL 2025!

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Barry Bai
President of Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics