ELTWeekly Issue#8, Worldwide ELT events

The 4th Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching, July 2009, Lancaster, UK

The Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching is organized by postgraduate students under the auspices of the Department of Linguistic and English Language, Lancaster University. The postgraduate conference aims to offer the opportunity for postgraduate students from various areas in linguistics and language teaching/assessment to come together to present papers related to their research and to exchange ideas.

Invited Keynote Speakers

The Head of Department, Professor Greg Myers will be opening the conference, and this year’s keynote speeches will be given by Distinguished Professors Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University) and Doctor Jane Sunderland (Lancaster University).

Date and Venue

The conference will be held at the George Fox Building, Lancaster University, on Thursday, 02 July 2009.

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 15 March 2009

Notification of acceptance: 20 April 2009

Regular registration deadline: 10 May 2009

Late registration deadline: 07 June 2009

Conference date: 02 July 2009

More information on the conference is available here: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/laelpgconference/

2009 Language and Language Teaching Conference (LLTC), August 14, Thailand

Background:

The Language and Language Teaching Conference (LLTC), originally Southern Thailand English Language Teaching Conference, will be organized every two years. It will serve as a meeting place for regional, national, and international language and language teaching professionals and scholars to exchange ideas and practices and disseminate their research about issues and concerns in language and language teaching. Featuring an inspiring, thought-provoking keynote speech, paper, poster and workshop sessions, and excellent book exhibits, the LLTC promises plenty of opportunities for developing and fostering networks both at a casual and at a professional level. 

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
•    Language and Ideology
•    Language, Culture, Socialization, and Pragmatics
•    Language Pedagogy 
•    Language Varieties
•    Literature and Literary Education
•    Materials Development
•    Reading, Writing, and Literacy
•    Speech/ Pronunciation/ Listening
•    Teacher Education
•    Technology in Language Teaching 
•    Translation and Interpretation

Date and Venue:

The conference will be held on August 14, 2009 at the J.B. Hotel, Jootee-Anusorn Rd, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110 Thailand 

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 and Full Paper Deadline:

February 27, 2009

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

EAQUALS AGM and Conference: 23-25 April 2009, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey

The 2009 EAQUALS AGM and Conference will take place between 23rd and 25th April in Istanbul. The event will be hosted by one of the Turkish Accredited members of EAQUALS, Istanbul Bilgi University’s English Language Programs Department who are actively involved in the planning and preparations as well.

Venue: santralistanbul® Campus, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey

The theme of the conference: Quality in Language Teacher Training and Development.

The provisional programme for the meeting is as follows:

Thursday 23rd April: 

   From 9.15:        Inspection Subcommittee meeting, and later other committee meetings
   11.00 – 17.00:   Inspector training and inspector meetings
   20.00:               Informal dinner

Friday 24th April:

   09.15-12.30:      Member discussion groups
   14.00-16.15:      EAQUALS Annual General Meeting
   16.30-17.30:      Meetings of SIP groups
   20.00:               Conference dinner 

Saturday 25th April:

   09.15-17.15:      Conference Day – open to non-members

More information on the conference is available here: http://www.eaquals.org/news/item.asp?n=2967

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