The European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE) was founded in 2001 and promotes research and teaching of specialized languages across Europe. It holds annual conferences where academics present and discuss challenges in the field. It also publishes the peer-reviewed journal Ibérica which covers specialized language research and reviews relevant publications. AELFE aims to connect researchers and provide a forum for advancing the study of specialized communication.

1. AELFEAELFE
European Association ofEuropean Association of
Languages for Specific PurposesLanguages for Specific Purposes
andand
IbéricaIbérica.. Journal of AELFEJournal of AELFE

2. What is AELFE?What is AELFE?
Origins:
1992 – Spanish Association of LSP / “Luso-hispano” conferences
2001 – European Association
A growing network of LSP teachers and researchers
across Europe:
– A forum for discussing, presenting, and publishing
our work in LSP.
– Generating connections, debate: challenges and
prospects in LSP, the new European framework.
– An annual conference.
– Ibérica (an international peer-reviewed journal).

3. AELFE ConferenceAELFE Conference
• Since 2002:
Madrid, Porto, Granada, Cáceres, Zaragoza, Lisbon, Tenerife, Murcia,
Hamburg, Valencia… (2012: Back to Portugal – Vila do Conde)
Academic and professional communication in the 21st century:
genres, rhetoric and the construction of disciplinary knowledge
Languages for Specific Purposes facing the challenge of the
European Convergence
The role of Applied Languages in Tertiary Education in the post-
Bologna scenario: boosting autonomy and mobility in a
globalised world?

4. AELFE ConferenceAELFE Conference
• Broad perspective of LSP teaching and research
Thematic panels
Discourse studies
Terminology and Lexicology
Translation
Application of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies)
Language Teaching and Acquisition
Cognitive Linguistics and LSP
• Conference proceedings
• Books with selected papers
A. Curado et al. (eds.) (2007) Approaches to Specialised Discourse in Higher
Education and Professional Contexts. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

5. AELFE ConferenceAELFE Conference
• Some of the plenary speakers at past
conferences:
Vijay Bhatia
Douglas Biber
Gibson R. Ferguson
John Flowerdew
Martin Hewings Christine Räisänen
John M. Swales Henry Widdowson

6. ““Enrique Alcaraz” Award forEnrique Alcaraz” Award for
outstanding research workoutstanding research work
• 3rd Edition 2012
• Paying tribute to Prof. Dr. Enrique Alcaraz
(Pioneering figure in LSP, specialised dictionaries,
translation)
• Accepted works: Published / unpublished
research monographs, edited collections

7. • Journal of AELFE
• Peer-reviewed
• Published twice a year (Spring & Fall)
• Submissions: research papers,
research notes, reviews and interviews
• Languages of publication: English,
Spanish, French, and German
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8. AIMS:
To promote a principled approach to research on LSP
and LSP-related concerns such as:
• presentation and analysis of new and empirical data as
regards specialised language and its methodology;
• new research methods, revision and development of
specialised language teaching and learning theories;
• enquiry into the relationship between theoretical and
practical studies from the perspective of LSP.
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To disseminate current research on LSP by reviewing recent
academic publications (research volumes, textbooks and
multimedia materials).

9. Journal update
• Ibérica 22 (Fall 2011). Special issue on “Academic English in
parallel-language and ELF settings” coedited with Maria Kuteeva
(Stockholm University).
• Ibérica 23 (Spring 2012) Invited author: Thomas Upton (Indiana
University – Purdue University Indianapolis) “LSP at 50: Looking
back, looking forward”.
•Call for papers launched for Ibérica 26. Special issue on
“Intercultural and International Business Communication” (co-
edited with Juan C. Palmer)
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10. 1992 – 2012 = 20th anniversary of AELFE
Fall 2012 (vol. 24)
Papers by the International Advisory Board
Confirmed: Ken Hyland’s & Bernd Voss’s papers
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11. Certificate of excellence
Ibérica has been awarded a prize and seal of excellence
by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology
(FECYT) – Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
Only 46 out of 443 journals were selected, and Iberica is
the only one within the field of applied linguistics.
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Madrid, June 29. Seal of excellence

12. Index lists
Ibérica is indexed as “NAT” (formerly “C”) in ERIH
(European Reference Index for the Humanities) in the
recently published “ERIH revised lists 2011” (tenure
tracks reference in Spain)
Ibérica has been included in ISI Web of Knowledge
lists since Ibérica 15 (Spring 2008)
Currently = ERIC and REDALYC applications
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13. Ibérica = Editorial board (EB) & International advisory board
(IAB)
• And also works with external reviewers invited ad
hoc. Details are given in each editorial note.
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14. • IAB advises on academic / scientific quality:
Carol Berkenkotter (University of Minnesota)
Vijay K. Bhatia (City University, Hong Kong)
M. Teresa Cabré (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
Tony Dudley-Evans (University of Birmingham)
Gibson R. Ferguson (University of Sheffield)
Thomas N. Huckin (University of Utah)
Chris Kennedy (University of Birmingham)
Francisco Moreno (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares)
Françoise Salager-Meyer (Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela)
Mike Scott (University of Liverpool)
John Skelton (University of Birmingham)
John M. Swales (University of Michigan)
Sven Tarp (Aarhus Business School, Denmark)
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• Editorial Board assists editing procedures

15. Indexed in (other Spanish databases/index lists also apply):
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index®
• BLL – Bibliography of Linguistic Literature.
• Contents Pages in Education
• DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals
• EBSCO (“Communication & Mass Media Complete”)
• ERA – Educational Research Abstracts Online
• Journal Citation Reports/ Social Sciences Edition
• Linguistics Abstracts Online
• LLBA – Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
• MLA International Bibliography
• MLA List of Periodicals
• SCOPUS
• Social Sciences Citation Index®
• Social Scisearch®
• The Linguist List
• Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
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16. Special issues:
No. 22 -- Academic issues in parallel-language settings / EFL
No. 17 – Metaphor and LSP
No. 9 – ICTs and LSP
No. 7 – Cognitive Linguistics and LSP
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Most recent issues open with an invited contribution from a relevant
scholar:
• No. – 23: “LSP at 50: Looking back, looking forward” (Thomas A.
Hupton, Indiana U. / Purdue U.)
• No.– 21: “Projecting an academic identity in some reflective
genres” (Ken Hyland, U. of Hong Kong)
• No.– 20: “Linking adverbials in research articles across eight
disciplines ” (Matthew Peacock, City U. of Hong Kong)
• No. 18: “A case for historical “wide-angle” genre analysis: A
personal retrospective” (Carol Berkenkotter, University of
Minnesota)

17. If you wish to:
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• publish your research
• review a publication
• disseminate an interview with a relevant scholar
• have your book/textbook/multimedia material reviewed
• submit a proposal for a special issue/monograph
• receive a sample issue
• have further details about Ibérica
Contact the Editor-in-Chief at:
iberica@aelfe.org, ana.bocanegra@uca.es

18. AELFE membershipAELFE membership
• Being part of a growing LSP network across Europe
• Being informed about all AELFE activities, with
access to the distribution list
• Participation at AELFE’s annual meetings
• Attendance at the annual conference, at members’
rate
• Subscription to the international peer-reviewed
journal Ibérica
• Possibility of participating in the “Enrique Alcaraz
Research Award”

19. • Visit: http://www.aelfe.org/
• AELFE’s Secretary: info@aelfe.org
• Journal information and online edition:
http://www.aelfe.org/?l=en&s=presentacio
• Journal editor: Dr. Ana Bocanegra-Valle
iberica@aelfe.org / ana.bocanegra@uca.es
• President: elisabet.arno@upc.edu
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