Very Important Note: If you have any query regarding the research paper writing competition, please send an email to info@eltweekly.com. Please do not contact ELTIS or the Chimayo Press.

Hello Everyone,

We would like to thank you all for your positive response to our research paper writing competition email.

This competition is brought to you in collaboration with the English Language Teaching Institute of Symbiosis (ELTIS), Pune. It is sponsored by Chimayo Press, Los Angeles. With the launch of this annual competition, we aim at encouraging English language researchers get their works published in an international publication and get rewards for their quality work.

The published research papers will be indexed in popular internet based indexing services such as Google Scholar.

Key Benefits of Participation

1. Your research paper will be published in ELTWeekly. It will be retained online for a lifetime.
2. You will get a participation and publication certificate jointly from the ELTIS and ELTWeekly.
3. You will also get a chance to attend a free online workshop conducted by a faculty from Symbiosis Institute of Foreign & Indian Languages (SIFIL).
4. The five finalists of the competition will receive a copy of Eric Roth’s book Compelling American Conversations: Questions and Quotations for Intermediate American English Language Learners.
5. The winner of the competition will receive certificate of merit jointly from ELTIS, Chimayo Press and ELTWeekly.
6. The winner of the competition will also receive two copies of the following books:

• Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics,
• Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations for Advanced Vietnamese English Language Learners, and
• Compelling American Conversations: Questions and Quotations for Intermediate American English Language Learners.

Interviews

The five finalists and the winner of the competition will be interviewed by the ELTWeekly and their video interviews will be published in ELTWeekly.

Research Paper Submissions

First of all read this document and click on the link provided at the bottom. You will be taken to the registration page. Once you register, you will be informed about the paper submission process.

Important Dates

• Last date of registration: Saturday, March 30, 2013
• Last date of paper submission: Sunday, April 14, 2013
• Papers will be published on: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
• Announcement of the finalists: Friday, May 10, 2013
• Announcement of the winner: Sunday, May 19, 2013
• Free online workshop: June 2013

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Selection of Finalists and Winner

Step 1: The papers will be sent to reviewers. They will submit their scores.

Step 2: Edited papers will be published in ELTWeekly. The readers will be invited to read and rate the papers. The social sharing statistics and comments will be counted for each paper.

Step 3: Based on the scores from the reviewers and number of social sharing statistics, the finalists will be chosen.

Step 4: An expert committee will go through the research papers to choose the best research paper. And the winner will be announced.

Cash Prize

The winner of the competition will be awarded a cash prize of $200 (April 2013 rates would be applicable).

Competition Fee

The participation fee for the working professionals is $30 and for students and research scholars, the fee is $20.

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PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Area of Research Papers

We invite research papers dealing with innovative language teaching practices. We encourage submissions of original research works for publication.

Paper Formatting

Your paper text should be arranged as follows:

• title page,
• abstract,
• introduction,
• main sections,
• appendix,
• acknowledgements, and
• references.

The references should be mentioned in the following manner:

Format

Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, year of publication. Medium of publication.

Example

Illustrated Dictionary of Medical and Health Sciences. Cambridge: Crosby-Williams, 2056. Print.

(For help on citing articles, web pages and reports, visit http://tinyurl.com/aybwyyf.)

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ELTWeekly is India’s first weekly English Language Teaching Newsletter. The newsletter was launched in 2008 with a subscriber base of 10, today the newsletter reaches 7000+ ELT professionals in more than 40 countries. The newsletter is published every Monday with latest research papers, blog posts, videos and ELT event information. ELTWeekly is seen as a connecting link between several professionals teaching English worldwide.

About ELTIS SIFIL

Established in 1972 to impart English Language Skills to International Students, ELTIS is the eldest member of the prestigious Symbiosis family of educational institutions.

ELTIS was the first institute started by Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, founder and president of Symbiosis. It was started with a view to help the International Students acquire a reasonable command over the English language, so as to facilitate further education through English medium. ELTIS had a modest beginning: it started in 2 small rooms with 2 teachers. Today it has grown to the stature of one of the best language schools of India. It is today a proud constituent of Symbiosis International University (SIU) accreditated in “A” grade by NAAC. International students learn English as a full-time foundation course with us. We have had students of 45 nationalities : Afghanistan, Angola, Brazil, Bahrain, Burundi, Czech Republic, China, Congo, Cameroun, Chad, Djibouti, Dubai, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Libya, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Peru, Palestine, Qatar, Russia, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vietnam & Yemen. In 2006-07 ELTIS moved into a smart new campus of over 2500 sq. meters, having 20 spacious AV classrooms, 100-seat AC Auditorium, 2 Digital Language Labs, a well-equipped Library, a Net Café, ATM, Photocopy Booth and 2 AC Audio-visual Conference Rooms. For International students, ELTIS conducts ‘Diploma of Proficiency in English & Career Skills’ [one-year programme under SIU]. It also offers 4 intakes – (January, March, August & October) for ‘Certificate Course in English’. For Indian students, it offers a part-time job-oriented ‘Diploma in Practical English and Life Skills’ (DPELS) under SIU. ELTIS has 20 full-time and 45 visiting faculty for English and most of them are Post-Graduates or more in English. Very few other language schools will have such a vast teaching resource. ELTIS is committed to creating an excellent learning environment for the International and Indian students. We are dedicated to enhancing the growth of students through varied co-curricular activities like Annual National Conference, Skits, Quizzes, Projects, Journal Writing, Gala Learning Workshop and extra-curricular activities like Industrial Visit, Elocution Competition, Cookery Competition, Career guidance service and personal counselling.

SIFIL is a premier institute of Symbiosis that caters exclusively to the Foreign & Indian Languages requirements of Indian & International students studying in India. It offers Basic, Intermediate and Advanced level certificate courses in five foreign languages: French, German, Spanish, Japanese & Chinese. It also has the ability to teach Portuguese, Korean, Persian & Italian in addition to the courses in 3 Indian Languages: Hindi, Marathi & Sanskrit. It has 38 visiting faculty. SIFIL is located in the same campus as ELTIS.

ELTIS & SIFIL undertake Corporate Teaching & Teacher Training assignments. They also provide translation & interpretation services.

About Chimayo Press (Sponsor)

Chimayo Press is an independent educational publishing company committed to publishing niche books that create compelling conversations, deepen relationships, and celebrate the human spirit. We launched in 2005 with one advanced level English as a Second Language (ESL) title – Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics – from authors Eric H. Roth and Toni Aberson.  This fluency-focused

textbook has blossomed into series meeting the varying needs of English language learners and their teachers in over 50 countries.