LINGUIST List 15.261

Sat Jan 24 2004

Calls: Applied Ling/China; Applied Ling/Hungary

Editor for this issue: Andrea Berez <andrealinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. sx7932, 6th International Symposium on Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching
2. foldes, Methondenprobleme in Interkulturellen Forschungen Die Schwerpunkte der Tagung

6th International Symposium on Applied Linguistics and Language
Teaching

Date: 07-Aug-2004 - 15-Aug-2004
Location: Beijing and/or Shanghai, China
Contact: Zhihui or Aurelia Zhang or Klink
Contact Email: kevinzzhvip.163.com or Aurelia.Klinkuni.edu 

Linguistic Sub-field: Applied Linguistics 
Subject Language: English 
Call Deadline: 31-Aug-2004 


Meeting Description:

Second Call for Papers
The Sixth International Symposium on Applied Linguistics and Language
Teaching (Beijing-Shanghai) now announces its second call for papers.

1. Subject: Language Teaching and Skill Developing 

2. Keynote speakers: 
George Braine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Michael Byram, University of Durham
David Nunan, University of Hong Kong
John Taylor, University of Otago
Liu Runqing, Beijing University of Foreign Studies
Yang Yonglin, Tsinghua University
Shu Dingfang, Shanghai International Studies University 

3. Date: August 7-15, 2004
Aug. 7 Arrival in Beijing
Aug. 8-9 Plenary & group sessions for paper presentations, seminars &
workshops.
Aug. 10 Visiting places of historical interest
(One night of performance of Beijing opera or equivalent during
Aug. 8-10)
Aug. 11 Sight-seeing in the morning in Beijing & flight to Shanghai in
the afternoon
Aug. 12-13 Conference in Shanghai, with a night tour of the Bund &
the new Pudong District
Aug. 14 Tour of New Shanghai, with some entertainment at night
Aug. 15 Departure

4. Location: Beijing and/or Shanghai

5. Call Deadline: May 31, 2004

6. Requirements for abstracts:

Papers are invited for a 20-minute presentation in all areas of second
or foreign language teaching and skill developing and from any
theoretical perspective. Send one copy of a one-page abstract for
review. (There may be an additional page for references.) The abstract
must specify which meeting you wish to present in (Beijing or Shanghai
or both), title of paper, author's name, academic affiliation, current
and summer address, phone and fax number, e-mail, and audiovisual
requests. Abstracts must be on a single page, single spaced, in
12-point type, with one inch margins. Abstracts may be submitted via
e-mail or mail. If submitted via email, they may be included in the
body of the e-mail message or as an attachment. Please do not send
abstracts by fax.

7.Contact Persons: 
Mr. Zhang Zhihui
Email address: kevinzzhvip.163.com
Mail address: Department of Foreign Languages
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Beijing 100083, China

Ms Aurelia Klink
Email address: Aurelia.Klinkuni.edu
Mail address: Department of International Relations 
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, USA

8.All presented papers will be published in the Proceedings of the 6th
International Symposium on Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching
one year after the conference. The proceedings will be sent to their
authors by mail.

9.Fees
 9.1. For the Beijing portion only: US$550.00
 9.2. For the Shanghai portion only: US$500.00
 9.3. For both Beijing & Shanghai, incl. the flight from Beijing to
Shanghai: US$1100.00.

These fees include US$100.00 for registration and all other expenses
(food, accommodation,transportation, tickets, and a complimentary copy
of the proceedings, etc.). They are for double-room in a four-star
hotel or above. For single room, add $20 per person per day.

10. Registration: American and European participants may register at
Ms. Aurelia Klink, UNI or Mr. Zhang Zhuihui, BUAA, while participants
of other countries or regions may register at Mr. Zhang Zhihui, BUAA.

11. Sponsors: 
Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics (BUAA), PRC.
Shanghai University of Science and Technology (SUST), PRC.
University of Malaga (UM), Sp.
University of Northern Iowa (UNI), USA.
University of Oklahoma (OU), USA.
University of Otago (UO), NZ. 
 
 

Methodenprobleme in Interkulturellen Forschungen Die Schwerpunkte der
Tagung

Date: 07-Oct-2004 - 09-Oct-2004
Location: Veszpr�m, Hungary
Contact: Csaba Földes
Contact Email: deutschalmos.vein.hu 
Meeting URL: http://www.vein.hu/german/methprob.html 

Linguistic Sub-field: Applied Linguistics 
Subject Language: German, Standard 
Subject Language Family: Indo-European 
Call Deadline: 30-Mar-2004 

Meeting Description:

Methodenprobleme in interkulturellen Forschungen Die Schwerpunkte der
Tagung

Die Konferenz ''Methodenprobleme in interkulturellen Forschungen''
soll auf diejenigen Herausforderungen in der Germanistik eingehen, in
deren Rahmen linguistische, literaturwissenschaftliche und didaktische
Problemstellungen kultur(en)abhängig-interkulturell angegangen
werden. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es, Forschungskontexte
bzw. -konzepte, Gegenstände, Inhalte und paradigmatische
Fragestellungen einer interkulturellen Betrachtungsweise in der
einschlägigen Forschung z.T. in Form einer Bestandsaufnahme zu
diskutieren.