ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Worldwide ELT Events

1. English Language Teaching Conference (ELT-Con) 2009 – Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia

ELT-Con 2009 is the 4th. biennial international English language teaching conference organised by PELLTA.

The theme is Language Matters: New Ways of Looking at English Language Teaching & Learning.

Organized by: Penang English Language Learning & Teaching Association (PELLTA)

Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 January 2009 More information available at: http://www.conferencealerts.com/seeconf.mv?q=ca1xmx80

2. Third International Wireless Ready Symposium: Digital Technologies in Language Education

IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG – The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, Learning Technologies Special Interest Group

Date: Feb 20, 2009 NUCB Graduate School (Fushimi Campus), Nagoya University of Commerce and Business

More information available at: http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/conferences/  

3. Eighth Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference

JALT Pan-SIG conference

Annual JALT Pan-SIG Conference

Date: May 23 – 24, 2009

Toyo Gakuen University, Nagareyama Campus, Chiba

More information available at: http://www.eltcalendar.com/events/conferences/

4. 2009 Language and Language Teaching Conference (LLTC)

August 14, 2009, 8.00 a.m.- 4.30 p.m.

At the J.B. Hotel, Hatyai, Songkhla 90110 Thailand

Conference Themes:

The conference focuses on all issues related to language and language teaching. The followings are some of the possible themes:

• Applied Linguistics
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Discourse and Interaction Analysis
• Foreign Languages and Linguistics
• Language Acquisition

Session Formats:

– Papers (30 min: 25 min for presentation and 5 min for questions and answers)
– Workshops (60 min)
– Posters (60 min)

Call for Proposal Deadline:

October 15, 2008

Call for Full Paper Deadline:

December 15, 2008

More information available at: http://www.libarts.psu.ac.th/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=620&Itemid=37

5. “Technology in ELT” Conference, January 29-30, 2009 – Gujarat, India

The sub-themes for the conference are:

– Technology, ELT & English Education in India

– ELT : Technology + Multilingual Approach

– Management of Online Language Learning

– Audio-Video Aids in ELT

– Social Networking for ELT

– Technology in Teaching Language Skills

– Communities of ELT practice

– Source Mechanisms

– ELT Case Studies

– ICT in ELT

– Technology in the Teaching of Business & Technical Communication.

IMPORTANT DATES

– Abstract submission: December 26, 2008

– Acceptance intimation: December 27, 2008

– Submission of full papers: January 16, 2009

– Last date of registration: January 20, 2009.

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS

International participants can send their papers to “nctelt09@gmail.com” along with the conference fees of $20. You can pay by PayPal to “tarunjpatel@gmail.com“.

Their papers will be read by the NCTELT’09 conference team and certificates will be issued.

More information about the conference along with the registration form is available on the NCTELT’09 blog http://nctelt.wordpress.com.

 

6. 1st Gujarat Regional ELT@I Conference: ACTIVE LEARNING: MAKING LEARNING MORE ENJOYABLE AND PRODUCTIVE

Dates: February 6th and 7th 2009

Place: AHMEDABAD MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, ATIRA Campus, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Marg.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015

CALL FOR PAPERS

– Deadline for submission of abstract: January 6th 2009

– Full paper must be submitted no later than: January 20th 2009

For more information, please write to Dr. Dharmendra Sheth at shethdharmendra@hotmail.com.

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