{"id":4249,"date":"2013-12-28T10:20:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T10:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2013-12-28T10:20:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T10:20:47","slug":"conference-trends-in-english-for-science-technology-india-january-29-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=4249","title":{"rendered":"Conference: ‘Trends in English for Science & Technology’, India – January 29, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#43 | December 30<\/strong>, 2013 |\u00a0ISSN 0975-3036<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY<\/a>
\n(Established under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956)
\nJeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai – 600 119, Tamil Nadu, India<\/p>\n

A one day National Conference
\non
\nTrends in English for Science & Technology<\/strong>
\nwith special focus on
\nTechnical Writing (Download Brochure<\/a>)<\/p>\n

TEST \u201814<\/strong>
\n29th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0 January 2014<\/b><\/p>\n

Organised by
\nDEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
\nSATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY
\nChennai \u2013 600 119, Tamil Nadu, India
\nPhone: 044-24501644\u00a0 Extn: 5499 & 5320
\nwww.sathyabamauniversity.ac.in<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY<\/b><\/p>\n

Sathyabama University was established under Section (3) of the UGC Act, 1956, in the year 1987. It is a pioneer institute imparting knowledge in the areas of engineering, science, technology and education.\u00a0 The progress and contribution of the university in the field of technical education for over two decades made the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India to grant University status Under Section (3) of the UGC Act, 1956. Sathyabama University is steered towards success under the leadership of visionary Honorable Chancellor Col. Dr. JEPPIAAR, Madam Chancellor Tmt. Remibai Jeppiaar, and the able support and guidance of the Directors\u00a0 Dr. Marie Johnson and Dr. Mariazeena Johnson. The university has undertaken various sponsored projects funded by National organizations such as ISRO, DST, IGCAR, DRDO.,\u00a0 MoEF, CSIR, NRSC, DBT, MWR, BRNS, CVRDE etc. The University is successfully conducting non-formal education programmes through 18 village Resource Centers all over the state.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT<\/b><\/p>\n

The Department of English is one among the established departments since the inception of the university in the year 1987. It actively involves in various research works in the area of English Language and Literature. Apart from the academics, the Department imparts verbal ability, personality development, soft skills and placement training to students at the tertiary level. The faculty members have publications in reputed National and International journals. The Third International and 39th ELTAI conference was successfully conducted by the department in 2008 besides conducting workshops, conferences and symposiums every year. The department offers Ph.D. program in ELT and English Literature.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE<\/b><\/p>\n

Due to the explosion of knowledge, there is a growing demand for effective communicators especially in the area of science and technology. Hence, the conference intends to provide a common platform to English language educators, research scholars, ESL learners and material writers to focus on the changes that are taking place in various aspects of EST and on Technical Writing. The interaction among the teachers, professionals and research scholars is bound to lend a fresh look into classroom mechanisms, curriculum design and autonomous learning. The following are the sub-themes of the conference:<\/p>\n

SUB-THEMES<\/b><\/p>\n

ELT and Technical Writing<\/b><\/p>\n