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UPCOMING EVENTS

3rd ALANZ Writing SIG Symposium

August 28th 2026 – 9am to 5pm

Abstracts due May 31st 2026. 3rd symposium call for papers.
The ALANZ Writing Special Interest Group (SIG) is a community of researchers who are interested in analysis of written text, writing processes and practices or teaching and/or learning of writing at any level in English, Māori, or any Pacific language. The SIG has an online community, as well as an annual symposium and occasional publication opportunities. Membership of the SIG is free to all members of ALANZ. 

ALAA-ALANZ-ALTAANZ Conference 2026

Thursday 26 - Saturday 28th November 2026

The conference theme is “Crossing Paths: Celebrating 50 years of Applied Linguistics in Australia and Aotearoa”.

FROM THE JOURNAL

Why can’t you help me? Pragmatic and cultural competence advice for *EAL background **WSBO (* English as an additional language **Women who are small business owners)

Anthea Fester and Sujani Thrikawala
Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand

Online reading, audiobooks, and metacognitive strategies: EAP learners building listening proficiency and reading fluency

Anna Husson Isozaki
The University of Maine

The Perceptions of Undergraduate Mainland Chinese Students of the Effect of English Instruction on their Ability to Write Academic English

Yinghan Zhu and Pat Strauss

Gagana olo’o fa’aaogā i Sāmoa: Post-colonial language practices in the Samoan linguistic landscape

Faith Esera and John Macalister
Independent researcher, Sāmoa* and Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington

Lookups as an e-reading resource for vocabulary learning: Readers’ experiences with complexified text

Avery Little, Averil Coxhead, and Anna Siyanova-Chanturia
Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington

From the head to the heart: A less-than-orthodox means for foreign language teaching and learning through theatre practice

Moira Fortin
The University of Otago