AILA

Name

AILA

Legal name

Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée

Website

https://aila.info

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: AILA generates revenue through national and regional affiliate memberships, with individual members accessing benefits including publications, conferences, and networking opportunities.
2. Conference and Event Fees: Revenue from World Congress registrations, regional symposium attendance, and day tickets at reduced rates for members, with further discounts for members from economically challenged regions.
3. Publication Revenue: AILA members receive a 20% discount on InJAL (International Journal of Applied Linguistics) publications through the Wiley partnership. Additional revenue from AILA Review and AILA Book Series.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée) is an international federation of national and regional applied linguistics associations. It supports the field of applied linguistics through individual and institutional membership, a triennial World Congress, scholarly publications (AILA Review, AILA Book Series), Research Networks (ReNs), regional networks, and Solidarity Awards for academics from developing countries.

Product overview

AILA (International Association of Applied Linguistics) is a professional academic association, not a technology company. Its core offerings include the triennial World Congress, the AILA Review scholarly journal, the AILA Book Series, and the AILA Newsletter. Member benefits include the AILA App, AILA Study Platform, and AILA Career Center. The association also supports Research Networks (ReNs) and Solidarity Awards for developing country academics. AILA has endorsed the International Journal of Applied Linguistics (InJAL) for its members.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• De GruyterminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2021All members of AILA national affiliates using the AILA App receive 20% discount on all De Gruyter publications. This partnership celebrates the launch of De Gruyter's new website and was limited to 2021.
• Wiley (International Journal of Applied Linguistics)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2007InJAL (International Journal of Applied Linguistics) is published in cooperation with AILA. AILA officially endorsed InJAL in 2007 to promote international scholarship. AILA members receive a 20% discount on InJAL publications.
• Council of Europe - European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAILA has a long-standing Memorandum of Cooperation with the ECML and its Professional Network Forum (PNF). AILA played a key role when ECML established the PNF in 2009 as a think tank advising on medium-term programmes. The PNF focuses on international and regional cooperation in language education and language assessment research.
• UNESCOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAILA maintains strategic collaboration with UNESCO, particularly regarding sustainable development goals. An AILA workgroup addresses strategic overlap between AILA and UNESCO goals, evaluating ways of inter-institutional collaboration in language and communication research.
• HundrEDminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Linguacuisine app, associated with AILA through member research, was selected by HundrED as one of the world's most inspiring innovations in bilingual education.

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Direct peers

• AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguistics): The leading US-based applied linguistics association, a core national affiliate of AILA. AAAL shares the same disciplinary focus, scholarly publishing role (with its own journal), and member-driven governance model.
• BAAL (British Association for Applied Linguistics): The UK national affiliate of AILA, operating with a similar membership, conference, and publications model. Directly comparable in scope, structure, and disciplinary focus.
• International Pragmatics Association (IPrA): An international scholarly association in linguistics/pragmatics with comparable membership, congress, and journal-based value proposition. Directly comparable as a peer international linguistics federation.
• International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL): A smaller international scholarly association focused on child language acquisition. Closely comparable in structure and mission to AILA, with periodic congresses and an overlapping membership constituency.

Broad incumbents

• TESOL International Association: A larger global professional association focused on English language teaching with significantly more members and resources. Overlaps with AILA in applied linguistics and language education, but specializes in TESOL rather than the broader applied linguistics scope.
• Linguistic Society of America (LSA): The pre-eminent US scholarly society for the discipline of linguistics broadly, with larger scale than AILA. Overlaps on scholarly publishing and conferences but covers theoretical linguistics rather than applied focus.
• Modern Language Association (MLA): A large US-based academic association covering modern languages and literatures. Comparable as a scholarly membership association with journals and conventions, but operating in adjacent rather than overlapping territory.

Emerging players

• European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA): A European specialized association within AILA's domain of language assessment research. Represents a more narrowly scoped but directly adjacent applied linguistics community that intersects with several AILA Research Networks.
• Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL): A growing international scientific and professional society for people working on natural language processing. Increasingly intersects with applied linguistics as AI/language research converges, though its technical focus is distinct.

Regional players

• AILA Europe: AILA's own European regional network. Included as a regional peer reflecting the federated structure of AILA, with comparable activities but geographically constrained to Europe.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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