The 7th International Conference of Applied Linguistics Languages and People will be held from 25–27 September 2025 at the Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, Lithuania.

The conference will be held in person only.

Paper proposals are welcome across a range of disciplines, including sociolinguistics, language policy, discourse analysis, translation, pragmatics, language teaching and learning, language testing, language acquisition, lexicography, corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and more. 

Keynote Speakers

Elizabeth Lanza
University of Oslo (Norway)

Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen
University of Bath
(United Kingdom)

Li Wei
University College London
(United Kingdom)

Conference Languages

  • Lithuanian
  • English

Abstracts

Submissions are invited for the following contributions:

  • full paper presentations: 30 minutes (20 minutes + 10 minutes for Q&A);
  • poster presentations;
  • thematic workshops (short: 1.5 hours with 3 presenters; long: 3 hours with 5-6 presenters).

The length of abstracts for full paper and poster presentations is 300–500 words (excluding references). Workshop convenors are invited to submit a description of the workshop (500–700 words, excluding references) and a list of confirmed workshop presenters. Workshop convenors are responsible for selecting presenters and planning slots in their workshops.

Each presenter is kindly requested to submit only one proposal for the conference.

Abstracts should be submitted through EasyChair. If you have not already done so, you will be prompted to set up an EasyChair account. Our submission link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=lap2025 Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by our Scientific Committee.

Please send proposals for thematic workshops to inesa.seskauskiene@flf.vu.lt.

Important Dates

  • Deadline for the submission of abstracts (full papers and posters): 17 February 2025. Extended deadline: 17 March
  • Deadline for the submission of workshop proposals: 3 February 2025. Extended deadline: 1 March
  • Notification of acceptance: 30 April 2025  
  • Early-bird registration: 30 June 2025
  • Registration closes: 31 July 2025

Conference Fees

  • Regular registration for presenters: 150 euros
  • Early-bird registration for presenters: 130 euros
  • Doctoral / MA students and LITAKA members: 120 euros 
  • Early-bird registration for doctoral / MA students and LITAKA members: 80 euros
  • Non-presenting participants who wish to obtain a certificate: 30 euros