ELT in India Today and Tomorrow, Udaipur, India, November 5-6-7
The First International EFL ESL Conference will be held at in Udaipur in November 2009.
The aim of this conference is to bring together EFL practitioners from across the Globe to exchange views on a wide range of issues in ELT EFL ESL practice and research. Through this exchange, it is hoped that participants will gain better insights into the world of ELT EFL ESL and the challenges it faces. The Department of English, Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur is the primary host. The Rajasthan Association of English Studies, India TESOL and Asian EFL Journal are proud to co-host this inaugural special event .
Keynote speakers will include:-
- Prof. Z.N. Patil
- Professor S. N. Joshi
- Professor R. P. Bhatnagar
- Dr. Paul Robertson
- Prof. Phyllis Chew
- Prof. Rod Ellis
Over 90 other presenters will present papers and workshops
Proposals (up to 350 words) for 30 minute presentations should be related to research and practice into EFL ESL teaching and the teaching of ESL EFL in Asian contexts or with Asian students. Papers are invited:-
Suggested topics are but not limited to:-
- The changing face of ELT in India
- Indian Englishes
- Cultural impact of teaching EFL students
- Teaching English in India
- Teaching teachers to teach EFL students
- Teaching English grammar to other EFL nations
- Workshops
- Poster sessions
Abstracts in English should be sent to asianefl@gmail.com by 31st September 2009 and should include the following information:
- Author’s full name and title.
- Author’s affiliation and address.
- E-mail contact address.
- Title of the paper
- Abstract (up to 350 words)
Notification of acceptance will be given from August 31st onwards until all speakers positions (110) are filled.
A Conference Proceedings edition will be published in early 2010 and for this purpose full papers should be submitted by October 30th 2009 to
asianefl@gmail.com
Enquiries concerning the conference should be directed to Dr. Robertson asianefl@gmail.com
Fees:
- Conference participation:
- Local presenters. 1,000 Indian Rupee
- International Speakers fees. U.S. $150
- Attendance 500 Rupees. Indian
- Attendance non India U.S.$60.00
- Membership in TESOL India (250 Rupees’s)
For further details and pre-registration, please visit: http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/Call-for-Papers-India-2009.php
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2009 ACTFL ANNUAL CONVENTION AND WORLD LANGUAGES EXPO, San Diego, California, November 20-22
Theme: Speaking Up for Languages… The Power of Many Voices
The Annual Convention and World Languages Expo of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) will be held Friday, November 20 through Sunday, November 22, 2009 in San Diego, CA with Pre-Convention Workshops scheduled on Thursday, November 19. The ACTFL Convention features over 500 educational sessions and events covering the whole spectrum of the foreign language profession. The entire selection of sessions is designed to provide attendees with an exciting array of sessions and events to further their knowledge and help them be better teachers or administrators. We welcome you to submit a proposal for consideration. When you login, please read carefully the Submission Guidelines before proceeding to complete your online submission.
The convention draws approximately 6,000 attendees and is the only national event bringing together all languages, levels and assignments within the profession. Please note: Presenters whose proposals are selected for presentation MUST be available to present any day during the Convention.
For further details and pre-registration, please visit: http://convention3.allacademic.com/one/actfl/actfl09/index.php?cmd=actfl09&id
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3rd Biennial International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching, Lancaster University, 13-16 September
The first international TBLT conference was hosted in 2005 at the University of Leuven in Belgium and the second international conference on TBLT was hosted in 2007 at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. As in the two previous conferences, we look forward to bringing together researchers and educators from around the world to share and learn from one another’s innovations and research in task-based language teaching.
Plenary Speakers
– Geoff Brindley (Macquarie University, Australia)
– Zoltán Dörnyei (University of Nottingham, UK)
– Bernard Mohan (University of British Columbia, Canada)
– Lourdes Ortega (University of Hawaii, USA)
Featured Colloquia
Convenors and colloquium themes:
– Folkert Kuiken & Ineke Vedder (University of Amsterdam) Theme: Tasks across the modalities
– Alison Mackey (Georgetown University, US): Theme: Tasks and the interaction hypothesis
– Virginia Samuda (Lancaster University, UK): Theme: Teachers’ uses of tasks in the classroom
The conference will be held in the university’s well-equipped conference suite. The nearby city of Lancaster has a distinguished historic castle and boasts several jewels of Georgian architecture. It is within 30 minutes of the Lake District, beloved of walkers, fell runners, rock climbers, painters, poets and writers. The campus is also close to a spectacular coastline stretching from Glasson Dock, a couple of miles away, through Morecambe Bay to the coast of the Southern Lakes, and also lies within easy reach of the Pennines and the Yorkshire Dales.
For further details and pre-registration, please visit: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/tblt2009/index.htm