First Book Award
The American Association for Applied Linguistics AAAL First Book Award recognizes a scholar whose first book represents outstanding work in the field of applied linguistics. In bestowing this award, the association honors
Recipients
2019
"Racialized Identities in Second Language Learning: Speaking Blackness in Brazil"
Author: Uju Anya, Penn State University
Publisher: Routledge/Taylor and Francis
Finalists
"Restrictive language policy in practice: English learners in Arizona"
Author: Amy J. Heineke
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
"Second-language discourse in the digital world"
Author: Ilona Vandergriff
Publisher: John Benjamins
2017
"Sociocultural Theory and L2 Instructional Pragmatics"
Author: Rémi Van Compernolle
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Finalist
"Social Interaction and L2 Classroom Discourse"
Author: Olcay Sert
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press