{"id":4356,"date":"2009-02-08T06:40:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T03:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/more\/?p=87"},"modified":"2009-02-08T06:40:28","modified_gmt":"2009-02-08T03:40:28","slug":"eltweekly-issue8-worldwide-elt-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=4356","title":{"rendered":"ELTWeekly Issue#8, Worldwide ELT events"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 4th Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>July 2009<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, Lancaster, UK<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching is organized by postgraduate students under the auspices of the Department of Linguistic and English Language, Lancaster University. The postgraduate conference aims to offer the opportunity for postgraduate students from various areas in linguistics and language teaching\/assessment to come together to present papers related to their research and to exchange ideas.<\/p>\n

Invited Keynote Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Head of Department, Professor\u00a0Greg Myers<\/a>\u00a0will be opening the conference, and this year\u2019s keynote speeches will be given by Distinguished Professors\u00a0Ruth Wodak<\/a>\u00a0(Lancaster University) and Doctor\u00a0Jane Sunderland<\/a>\u00a0(Lancaster University).<\/p>\n

Date and Venue<\/strong><\/p>\n

The conference will be held at\u00a0the George Fox Building<\/a>, Lancaster University,\u00a0on Thursday, 02 July 2009.<\/p>\n

Important Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abstract submission deadline:\u00a015 March 2009<\/p>\n

Notification of acceptance:\u00a020 April 2009 <\/span><\/p>\n

Regular registration deadline:\u00a010 May 2009<\/p>\n

Late registration deadline:\u00a007 June 2009<\/p>\n

Conference date:\u00a002 July 2009<\/p>\n

More information<\/strong> on the conference is available here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/events\/laelpgconference\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2009 Language and Language Teaching Conference (LLTC),\u00a0August 14,\u00a0Thailand<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong>
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The Language and Language Teaching Conference (LLTC), originally Southern Thailand English Language Teaching Conference, will be organized every two years. It will serve as a meeting place for regional, national, and international language and language teaching professionals and scholars to exchange ideas and practices and disseminate their research about issues and concerns in language and language teaching. Featuring an inspiring, thought-provoking keynote speech, paper, poster and workshop sessions, and excellent book exhibits, the LLTC promises plenty of opportunities for developing and fostering networks both at a casual and at a professional level.<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n

Conference Themes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The conference focuses on all issues related to language and language teaching. The followings are some of the possible themes:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Applied Linguistics
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assessment and Evaluation
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Discourse and Interaction Analysis
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Foreign Languages and Linguistics
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language Acquisition
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language and Ideology
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language, Culture, Socialization, and Pragmatics
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language Pedagogy\u00a0
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language Varieties
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Literature and Literary Education<\/span>
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Materials Development
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reading, Writing, and Literacy
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Speech\/ Pronunciation\/ Listening
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Teacher Education
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Technology in Language Teaching\u00a0
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Translation and Interpretation<\/span><\/p>\n

Date and Venue:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The conference will be held on August 14, 2009 at the J.B. Hotel, Jootee-Anusorn Rd, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110 Thailand<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Session Formats:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

– \u00a0 \u00a0Papers (30 min: 25 min for presentation and 5 min for questions and answers)\u00a0
\n– \u00a0 \u00a0Workshops (60 min)\u00a0\u00a0
\n– \u00a0 \u00a0Posters (60 min)<\/span><\/p>\n

Call for Proposal and Full Paper Deadline:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

February 27, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n

More information<\/strong> on the conference is available here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.libarts.psu.ac.th\/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=620&Itemid=37<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

EAQUALS AGM and Conference: 23-25 April 2009,\u00a0Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2009 EAQUALS AGM and Conference will take place between 23rd and 25th April in Istanbul. The event will be hosted by one of the Turkish Accredited members of EAQUALS, Istanbul Bilgi University\u2019s English Language Programs Department who are actively involved in the planning and preparations as well.<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/strong> santralistanbul\u00ae\u00a0Campus, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey<\/p>\n

The theme of the conference:<\/strong>\u00a0Quality in Language Teacher Training and Development.<\/p>\n

The provisional programme for the meeting is as follows:<\/p>\n

Thursday 23rd April:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 From 9.15:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Inspection Subcommittee meeting, and later other committee meetings
\n\u00a0\u00a0 11.00 \u2013 17.00:\u00a0\u00a0 Inspector training and inspector meetings
\n\u00a0\u00a0 20.00:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Informal dinner<\/p>\n

Friday 24th April:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 09.15-12.30:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member discussion groups
\n\u00a0\u00a0 14.00-16.15:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EAQUALS Annual General Meeting
\n\u00a0\u00a0 16.30-17.30:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meetings of SIP groups
\n\u00a0\u00a0 20.00:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conference dinner\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saturday 25th April:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 09.15-17.15:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conference Day – open to non-members<\/p>\n

More information\u00a0on the conference is available here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.eaquals.org\/news\/item.asp?n=2967<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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