International Conference on Language Education Policies, Finland, June 7-10, 2010
(ICLET Announcement)
1st call for abstracts
We would like to invite you to the international conference on Who needs languages? Micro and macro perspectives into language education policies in Jyväskylä, Finland, June 7-10, 2010. The conference is hosted by the Centre for Applied Language Studies, Department of Languages and the Language Centre at the University of Jyväskylä. The conference offers fresh outlooks on language education policy, acknowledging its multidisciplinary and multidimensional nature, and its social, cultural and economic dimensions. Where and by whom are language education policy decisions made, explicitly and/or implicitly? How do educational systems respond to challenges of multilingual societies? Critical views will be presented in order to understand the current developments and challenges of language education from both micro and macro perspectives. The conference is simultaneously the 28th International Summer School for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä.
The keynote speakers are Joseph LoBianco (University of Melbourne, Australia), Clara Keating (Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal), and Sue Wright (University of Portsmouth, England). In addition, workshops will be organised by invited speakers.
The programme of the conference consists of plenary sessions, invited workshops, parallel paper sessions, and poster sessions. We encourage participants to discuss issues which focus on the conference theme. Proposals for papers (20 min + 10 min for discussion) and posters should not exceed 500 words. The paper and poster proposals are submitted via the conference website (see the link at www.jyu.fi/kieliverkosto). The submissions open on October 15, 2009.
The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2010. Notification of acceptance or rejection will take place by February 28, 2010, after the conference board has reviewed the submissions.
We look forward to seeing you in Jyväskylä in 2010!
For further details and pre-registration, please visit: https://www.jyu.fi/hum/laitokset/solki/tutkimus/projektit/kieliverkosto/ajankohtaista-1/conference
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19th IATEFL Hungary Conference, October 2-4, 2009
The organizing committee of the 19th annual IATEFL Hungary Conference cordially invites the members of IATEFL-Hungary and all English teachers around the world to take part in their annual conference in Budapest, 2-4 October 2009.
The title of the conference is: ‘Global skills for global needs: facing challenges in 21st century classrooms’
In our globalised world English is the language which reaches across cultures. Thus, language educators cannot ignore the many various contexts in which English is used, taught and learned when thinking about the pedagogical implications that govern everyday practice. We invite you to think together with us and explore the ramifications of English as the world language and to find solutions for possible tensions between global and local issues. Are schools ready for the challenge? Find out yourself.
If you are interested in the topic of the conference and would like to meet your colleagues at a relaxed and professionally refreshing event, join us in October.
For more information and registration forms, please go to the IATEFL Hungary website.
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