Hrvatsko društvo za primijenjenu lingvistiku

The Croatian Applied Linguistics Society (CALS) was founded in Zagreb in 1976. Regional CALS branches were founded at the Universities of Osijek, Rijeka and Split. CALS is governed by the assembly and managed by the executive board. CALS has about 250 active members.

CALS activities:

- organization of conferences, issuing publications and publishing proceedings;
- cooperation with international applied linguistics societies;
- motivating young scientists and experts to practice applied linguistics.

Applied linguistics or linguistics in use is a branch of linguistics concerned with practical applications of language studies. Major branches of applied linguistics include bilingualism and multilingualism, computer-mediated communication (CMC), conversation analysis, language assessment, literacy, discourse analysis, language pedagogy, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, language planning and policies, pragmatics, forensic linguistics, lexicography, terminology, and translation studies.