ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#32 | September 2, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036
FLTAL 2014 intends to remain open to linguistic and cross-cultural education-related topics broadly defined, looking more closely into the current dynamics in the world between old and new trends, local and global tendencies, progressive and conservative views, stabilization and destabilization patterns, national and global identities. In that context, the special focus theme proposed for the conference this time is universal vs. culture specific in the teaching foreign language and applied linguistics.
It is expected that FLTAL will attract a significant number of front-ranking academics, professionals and policy makers working in the broad area of language education, linguistic and intercultural education. The main aim of the conference is to promote the values of multilingualism and intercultural cooperation in a rapidly changing and communication-driven society with cross-border and culture-convergent encounters. Our task is to re-examine and re-define key questions on our existing agenda, as well as to identify new collaborative and networking opportunities, both of which will inform future directions of research and development.
Call for Papers
This conference invites papers that investigate foreign language teaching and learning in the following streams:
- Applied linguistics
- Cognitive linguistics
- Cognitive and construction grammars
- Discourse analyses
- English for specific purposes
- Independent / Autonomous learning
- Innovation in language teaching and learning
- Intercultural Education
- Language acquisition and learning
- Language curriculum development
- Language education
- Language development, impairment, attrition, and loss
- Language teacher education
- Language teaching methodology
- Language testing and assessment
- Language program evaluation
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Mental spaces and conceptual blending
- Metaphor and metonymy
- Pragmatics
- Semantics
- TESOL / TESL / TEFL
- Other FLTAL related issues
Key Dates
| Proceedings Submission Deadline | |
| May 15, 2013 | Call for Proceedings Open |
| February 15, 2014 | Abstract Submission Deadline |
| April 15, 2014 | Full-Paper Submission Deadline |
| May 9-10, 2014 | Conference Session Days |
| May 11, 2014 | Mostar Trip |
4th International Conference on Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics’, Bosnia