The Southern African Applied Linguistics Association (SAALA) aims to promote research by means of an annual conference and workshops; through affiliation with other organisations with similar interests, and through facilitating the distribution and exchange of information. They publish a journal and organise regular conferences, among other things. Bearing in mind the historical legacies of apartheid and colonialism in Southern Africa, our goals include the promotion of transformation of the Society and its area of focus at least in terms of research, curriculum, practice and range of languages covered, in ways that promote equity of participation and access, which strengthen the linguistic disciplines and empower practitioners, researchers, teachers and learners of these disciplines to develop tools to explore the full range of linguistic environments that they find themselves.
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