International TESOL Union (ITU) and The Department of English at the School of Humanities and Social Science, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong are pleased to announce that the International TESOL Union Conference on Trailblazing Advances in Applied Linguistics (TAAL) will be held on August 15-16, 2025.

The ITU 2025 conference welcomes proposals in all areas of applied linguistics and TESOL. We are particularly interested in innovative and rigorous topics that demonstrate strong methodological and/or theoretical approaches to understand applied linguistics and TESOL. Additionally, we encourage postgraduate students who are nearing completion of their theses to submit proposals as well. Frontline TESOL teachers are equally welcome to participate.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit abstracts of a maximum of 300 words at info@tesolunion.org. Each proposal should clearly indicate the objectives, methods, and (preliminary) results where appropriate. Format the email subject line as "ITU2025+Author Name".

Publication Opportunities

All accepted abstracts will be published in Proceedings of International TESOL Union Conference 2025 (ISBN: 978-1-915835-00-0).

All submitted full papers will be published in one of the following three venues:  

1. International Journal of TESOL Studies conference special issue

2. TESOL Communications conference special issue

3. Conference edited volume (ISBN: 978-1-915835-01-7)

Important Dates

Deadline of abstract submission: 8 May, 2025

Notification of abstract acceptance: 15 May, 2025

Early bird registration till: 28 May, 2025

Submission of full papers due: 28 June, 2025

Organizing Committee

Amy Kong, The Hangsang University of Hong Kong, HK SAR

Maggie Ma, The Hangsang University of Hong Kong, HKSAR

Xinghua Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China