ALTL 2027 is a two-day international applied linguistics conference in Bangkok, Thailand, and online, on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 July 2027. The International Conference on Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching & Learning meets at Ambassador Hotel Bangkok, and it is hybrid: you can present in Bangkok or live online from wherever you are.
ALTL is for university faculty, TESOL and ELT faculty, language teacher educators, postgraduate researchers and PhD scholars who study how languages are learned, taught and used. You present with an abstract of up to 300 words; no full paper is needed.
Conference themes
- Second language acquisition
- English language teaching methodology
- TESOL and language teacher education
- Technology and AI in language learning
- Language assessment and testing
- English for specific and academic purposes
- Sociolinguistics and multilingualism
- Discourse analysis and pragmatics
- Corpus linguistics
- Translation and interpreting studies
- Literature in language education
- Language policy and planning
If your work spans two themes, choose the main one; the committee can move it.
Present in Bangkok or online
- Oral, in Bangkok: a 10-minute talk with questions, in a themed session.
- Poster, in Bangkok: displayed on both days, with a chaired poster session.
- Online, from anywhere: a live 10-minute talk in an online session, with questions.
Online sessions run in Bangkok time (UTC+7). The Friday session is timed for East and Southeast Asia, and the Saturday session for Europe, Africa and the Gulf. Online presenters do a short technical check before the conference and send a pre-recorded video as a backup. They get the same review, the same DOI and the same certificate as those presenting in person. See our tips for presenting online at a hybrid conference.
Preparing your abstract
Abstracts are up to 300 words, in English, and structured as purpose, methods, findings and implications; conceptual and practice papers set out the aim, the argument or approach, and the implications. Studies with human participants should have ethics approval or consent where required. The full guidelines are on the call for abstracts page. New to this? Read how to write a conference abstract in 300 words.
Abstract rounds
| Round | Deadline | Formats |
|---|---|---|
| Early | 31 March 2027 | Oral, poster or online |
| Standard | 31 May 2027 | Oral, poster or online |
| Late-breaking | 30 June 2027 | Poster or online; oral only if slots remain |
Every round has the same review, with a decision within 10 working days (5 for late-breaking abstracts). Deadlines close at 23:59 Bangkok time (UTC+7). Abstracts submitted by 31 March 2027 keep the early-bird fee if the presenting author pays within 14 days of acceptance.
Publication and certificates
Each accepted abstract gets its own DOI, registered through Crossref, and appears in the conference abstract book, which carries an ISBN. Presenters receive a certificate of presentation and delegates a certificate of attendance, in person or online, each with an online verification link.
Registration fees
Fees are the same for every country. At the early-bird rate, which runs until 31 March 2027, online attendance is US$99, an online presentation US$199 and an in-person presentation US$349, with a student and PhD scholar rate of US$249 in person. In-person registration includes lunch and coffee breaks on both days, and one registration covers the sessions of both ETLT 2027 and ALTL 2027. Online registration opens soon; see all categories and rates on the registration page.
The venue
Ambassador Hotel Bangkok, 171 Sukhumvit Soi 11, a few minutes’ walk from BTS Nana station. The fee covers the conference only, so you can stay at any hotel in Bangkok and book it yourself. Directions, including the address in Thai for taxi drivers, are on the venue page. Once you have registered for in-person attendance, download the visa support letter from your account. Our guide to Bangkok for conference travellers covers airports, entry rules and getting around.
Held with ETLT 2027
ETLT 2027, the International Conference on Education, Teaching, Learning & Technology, runs at the same venue on the same days, and your registration covers its sessions too, from AI in education to assessment and teacher education. Read about ETLT 2027.
Submit your abstract
The early round closes on 31 March 2027. Create a free account and submit through the ALTL 2027 call for abstracts. Full details are on the ALTL 2027 website.
Questions: [email protected].
