LINGUIST List 21.3008 Wed Jul 21 2010 Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acq/Poland Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Irena Czwenar, New Challenges in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Message 1: New Challenges in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Date: 20-Jul-2010 From: Irena Czwenar <iczwenarpoczta.onet.pl> Subject: New Challenges in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: New Challenges in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Short Title: Challenges FLT Date: 22-Oct-2010 - 24-Oct-2010 Location: Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland Contact Person: Irena Czwenar Meeting Email: challenges_fltunipt.pl Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition Call Deadline: 20-Sep-2010 Meeting Description: Jan Kochanowski University in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland English Philology Department We are pleased to invite academics and FLT practitioners whose research and professional interests include foreign language teaching and learning to take part in the conference on: New Challenges in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning which will be held on: 22-24 October, 2010 The conference is expected to provide a forum for an exchange of experience and ideas on topics related to challenges facing language teachers and learners at the turn of the first decade of the 20th century. We invite proposals for papers which fall within the following themes: -Developing communicative and intercultural competence -Testing and assessment of language competence -Autonomy in foreign language learning -Perceptions of success and failure in foreign language learning -New technologies in foreign language learning and teaching -Content and Language Integrated Learning -Teaching young learners -Teaching foreign languages for specific purposes The conference programme includes plenary lectures to be delivered by distinguished scholars representing such research areas as applied linguistics, studies in second language acquisition and foreign language teaching methodology. Our guest lecturers are: Prof. Anna Michonska-Stadnik, University of Wroclaw Prof. Jan Majer, University of Lodz Prof. Zenon Weigt, University of Lodz The conference fee is 100 Euro for full conference participation and 50 Euro for one-day participation. The fee does not include the cost of accommodation, which is approximately 30 Euro per single room and 45 Euro per double room. Detailed information about accommodation and the registration form will follow in the next circular. The languages of the conference: English and Polish. Call For Papers We invite proposals for papers which fall within the following themes: -Developing communicative and intercultural competence -Testing and assessment of language competence -Autonomy in foreign language learning -Perceptions of success and failure in foreign language learning -New technologies in foreign language learning and teaching -Content and Language Integrated Learning -Teaching young learners -Teaching foreign languages for specific purposes The languages of the conference will be English and Polish. The conference proceedings will be published by Piotrkow Academic Publishers. The proposals will be accepted until 20 September 2010. Please send the title of your paper and a short abstract of up to 400 words, accompanied by your name and institutional affiliation, in the *.doc or *pdf format, to challenges_fltunipt.pl or iczwenarpoczta.onet.pl. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Jul-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.