Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics (EAAL)

Founded in 2004, Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics (EAAL) is a professional organization of individuals and institutions interested and active in applied linguistics research. Membership is open to all those with a professional and/or research interest in issues that have to do with (Estonian) language.

The members of the governing body in 2022-2025 are:

• Liis Ermus (Institute of the Estonian Language, Tallinn) liis.ermus[at]eki.ee
• Jelena Kallas (Institute of the Estonian Language, Tallinn) jelena.kallas[at]eki.ee
• Kristina Koppel (Institute of the Estonian Language, Tallinn)  kristina.koppel[at]eki.ee
• Maria-Maren Linkgreim (Keel ja Kirjandus, Tallinn) mariamarenlinkgreim[at]gmail.com
• Kadri Vider (Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu) kateriviteri[at]gmail.com

EAAL is affiliated to AILA, the International Association of Applied Linguistics, since October 2004 (see Estonia). The official scholarly journal of AILA is AILA Review, which first issue appeared in 1984. The journal is being guest-edited and thematically oriented. Since 2003 it is published by John Benjamins.

EAAL publishes:

• Estonian Papers in Applied Linguistics (since 2005). The submissions are expected to cover different fields of applied linguistics
• Lähivõrdlusi. Lähivertailuja (since 2010) is a series of articles of comparative and second language acquisition research.

EAAL is the organizer of the annual spring conferences of applied linguistics, together with the Tallinn University and the Institute of the Estonian Language.