AILA Review is a publication of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee, an international federation of national associations for applied linguistics. Volume 16 of AILA Review is the first to appear with John Benjamins and contains a unique collection of articles, guest-edited by Sinfree Makoni and Ulrike H. Meinhof on Africa and Applied Lingustics. The articles include: -Language ideology and politics: A critical appraisal of French as second official language in Nigeria.- by Tope Omoniyi, -The democratisation of indigenous languages: The case of Malawi.- by...

Volume 17 of AILA Review will focus on Applied Linguistics as an international discipline. Authors from various regions of the world will focus on the following questions: What has been the development of Applied Linguistics in your region? What are current issues being dealt with in Applied Linguistics in your region? What unique features of Applied Linguistics are being researched in your region? What can research in Applied Linguistics in your region contribute to a global view of Applied Linguistics? A final chapter will focus on commonalities and differences in Applied Linguistics as...