{"id":3864,"date":"2013-03-01T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/?p=3864"},"modified":"2013-03-01T10:00:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T10:00:47","slug":"vol-5-issue-8-conference-upals-icl-2013-georgetown-penang-may-29-31-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=3864","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 5 Issue 8 \u2013 Conference: UPALS ICL 2013, Georgetown, Penang &#8211; May 29-31, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff0000; text-align: center;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#8 | March 4, 2013 |\u00a0<strong>ISSN 0975-3036<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPALS ICL 2013<\/strong>\u00a0is organized by the UiTM Penang Academy of Language Studies and aims to provide a platform for presenters and participants to meet up and exchange ideas besides establishing a professional network on areas of common interest.<\/p>\n<p>The conference objectives are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>emphasize the relevance of languages in diverse environments<\/li>\n<li>develop\u00a0a more sensitive culture towards the potential of using multi languages in the context of daily<\/li>\n<li>apply and put into practice the different language skills effectively<\/li>\n<li>provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, know-how and research findings on current educational scenarios and trends related to language learning and teaching<\/li>\n<li>provide a platform to disseminate knowledge and information related to the planning, organization and management of language learning and teaching<\/li>\n<li>provide a meaningful meeting point for teachers and alike to engage in intellectual discourse in forming a\u00a0discourse community with similar\u00a0knowledge, language and goals<\/li>\n<li>provide an arena for identifying the challenges, needs and possible future 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