About us

VALS-ASLA, the Swiss Association for Applied Linguistics, is a forum for the exchange of knowledge and information in the field of Applied Linguistics, an interdisciplinary field of linguistics in which language-related challenges and real-life problems are examined and results are applied in both practice and theory development.

Your benefits as a VALS-ASLA member 

• You will be informed via our monthly newsletter about interesting conferences and congresses as well as current job vacancies and projects in the field of Applied Linguistics.
• You have the possibility to make announcements to and share information with all members via our newsletter.
• You are entitled to request grants for travel expenses from VALS-ASLA as well as financial support for scientific events.
• You will receive our journal, the “Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquée”, containing articles in German, French, Italian and English free of charge every six months. 
• You have the possibility to write articles for the Bulletin or to be the editor of a special issue. 
• You have electronic access to AILA Review, the journal of the International Association for Applied Linguistics. 
• You can strengthen and expand your network in applied linguistics in Switzerland.

In addition, your membership supports the field of Applied Linguistics in Switzerland. 

• As a community of interest, VALS-ASLA can conduct scientific work more effectively and can perform social as well as research tasks more successfully.
• VALS-ASLA actively connects individuals, projects and scientific interests while also contributing to the development of young scientists.