2nd English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Coference ,Hochschule (University of Applied Sciences) in Ulm, Germany, 26 September
Plenary Speaker: Thomas Haeckel, Cisco Systems Europe –
Register here: www.esp-conference.de
Do you teach specialist English? Would you like to know what’s new in your field? Have you thought of moving into specialist English teaching but are not sure how to or whether it is right for you?
This all day conference is aimed at teachers and trainers who already teach ESP or are thinking of expanding their knowledge and moving into specific areas of teaching.
This year we are offering a choice of 30 different professional workshops, presentations and company talks on topics such as law, medicine, the automotive industry, technical English, aviation, finance, law enforcement, telecommunication, and human resources as well as workshops addressing the skills and techniques required to teach ESP. The speakers are all experts in their fields and are coming from countries as far flung as France, Switzerland, Romania, England and the USA, as well as Germany.
There will also be presentations and exhibition stands from the key providers of English language teaching publications enabling you to get personal advice about the best course and examination materials for your lessons and training sessions.
Can you afford not to specialise?
Register here: www.esp-conference.de
Enquiries: paul.east@t-online.de
* This news was submitted by Paul East.
NEW SOUNDS 2010: Sixth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech,Poland, May 1-3 2003
We are happy to announce that the Sixth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech New Sounds 2010 will take place on 1-3 May 2010 in Pozna?, Poland. The Symposium will be organised by theSchool of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna? and will continue the tradition of the conferences on the acquisition of foreign language speech, organized originally by Allan James and Jonathan Leather.
The conference will cover a variety of themes related to the acquisition of a foreign language phonology, including among others:
– speech perception and speech production
– theories of acquisition of L2 phonology
– phonetics and phonology in SLA
– acquisition of second language phonotactics
– multilingualism and the acquisition of third language phonology
– the application of new technologies
– neuro- and psycholinguistic aspects of phonological acquisition.
Proposals of papers and posters related to the acquisition of second language speech are invited. The deadline for abstract submission is 1st December 2009. The submissions will be reviewed by our International Advisory Board. Invited plenary speakers are:
James Flege (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Professor Emeritus)
Allan James (University of Klagenfurt)
Martha Young-Scholten (Newcastle University).
Looking forward to seeing you in Pozna? in 2010!
New Sounds 2010 Organising Committee
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Ko?aczyk
Magdalena Wrembel
Ma?gorzata Kul
For further details and pre-registration, please visit: http://ifa.amu.edu.pl/newsounds/
Research Into Teaching with Whole class Interactive Technologies (RITWIT), An International Conference hosted at the University of Cambridge, June 29-30
he conference focuses on research into the pedagogy underlying use of innovative tools such as interactive whiteboards, visualisers, tablet PCs, remote input devices, voting systems, etc. How does their use facilitate or inhibit more effective whole class teaching and learning at school level? What are the implications for teacher development and educational policy?
The conference is for educational researchers, practitioners at all levels of experience (student teachers to senior leaders), teacher educators, advisers and consultants, inspectors and policymakers. Non-presenting delegates are very welcome.
Aims:
- To exchange ideas, debate and explore issues arising in depth; to illuminate some of the key challenges facing researchers, practitioners, school leaders and policymakers in this area
- To disseminate research findings and take stock of how use of whole class technologies have facilitated / inhibited teaching and learning
- To move forward our collective thinking in this area; to develop a future research agenda and ideas for improving practice
- To compare practice in different settings and countries and to set up national / internationalresearch and writing collaborations.
Conference Themes
Three broad themes are characterised at the school, national and international levels, each with a number of suggested subthemes and questions to help exemplify it (see Call for Papers for details of themes and presentation formats). Presentation content is flexible within the broad headings:
- Pedagogy and classroom activity
- Developing practice
- Learning from other settings
Keynote speakers
Mal Lee, Director of Schools Networking Consortium and Managing Director of EdDirect, Australia, will offer an international perspective on the challenges facing practitioners, school leaders and policymakers in integrating whole class interactive technologies.
Niel McLean, Executive Director – Institutional Workforce and Development & Learning and Teaching, Becta.
Karen Littleton, Professor of Psychology in Education at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, is our Conference Discussant and will lead a session pulling together emerging themes and issues for subsequent discussion by all participants.
Sylvia Rojas-Drummond is unfortunately no longer able to join us as she has been asked to lead a major evaluation of an elementary school curriculum review in Mexico which will now occupy all of her time over the coming months.
See their profiles and abstracts on the Keynote Speakers page.
Conference Organisers:
Dr Sara Hennessy Lecturer in Teacher Development and Pedagogical Innovation, Cambridge.
Dr Steve Kennewell Senior Lecturer in Education, Swansea Metropolitan University.
For further details and pre-registration, please visit: http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/events/conferences/ritwit/
First National Conference on Language, Discourse, and Pragmatics, Iran, January 27 ? 29, 2010
The organizing committee of the English department at Shahid Chamran University is pleased to announce the call for papers and workshops for the first National Conference on Language, Discourse, and Pragmatics in Iran, Ahvaz. See Topic Areas for themes and suggested topics of the conference. The aim of the conference is to explore the applicational potential of theories in the analysis of the creation and exchange of meaning between people in academic and non-academic contexts.
Conference date: Bahman 7 ? 9 (January 27 ? 29, 2010)
Deadline for abstract submission: Tir 30, 1388
Notification of acceptance: Shahrivar 30, 1388
Submission of complete article: Azar 30, 1388.
For further details and pre-registration, please visit: http://www.ldp2010.ir/