LINGUIST List 21.4408 Thu Nov 04 2010 Calls: English, Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition/USA Editor for this issue: Elyssa Winzeler <elyssalinguistlist.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.     Lida Cope , TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference Message 1: TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference Date: 02-Nov-2010 From: Lida Cope <copelecu.edu> Subject: TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference Short Title: TALGS Date: 19-Feb-2011 - 19-Feb-2011 Location: Greenville, North Carolina, USA Contact Person: Lida Cope Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/engl/talgs/index.cfm Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition Subject Language(s): English Call Deadline: 21-Nov-2010 Meeting Description: Organized by the Linguistics and TESOL graduate students and faculty in collaboration with the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, TALGS aims to provide a serious yet relaxed environment for graduate students and professionals working in TESL/TEFL/FL and a variety of applied linguistics fields to present their work, receive feedback, and network. The TALGS Conference provides graduate students as well as TESOL and other Foreign Language professionals (including ESOL, TESL, EFL, ESL, TEFL, Spanish, French, German, DLI, etc.) a forum to showcase their research and successful teaching practices. TALGS is committed to bettering the educational experiences of language learners in the community by providing a comfortable environment where an interaction between theory/research and practice/teaching is possible. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ofelia García, Professor of Urban Education, The City University of New York Call For Papers Research Meets Practice & Practice Meets Research. We encourage submissions from graduate students and professionals whose research and practice fall broadly under the umbrella of applied linguistics and TESL/TEFL. We welcome proposals relevant to language use, learning, and/or teaching. Sample fields include applied linguistics & education (e.g., teaching ESL/EFL, English language learners in mainstream classrooms, immersion/dual language programs, or content-based teaching models), English studies, discourse, foreign languages & sociolinguistics. Presentations on action research (inside and outside the classroom), reports on successful teaching practices, works in progress, as well as proposals for discussion sessions and workshops will be considered. Presentations requiring computer facilities can be accommodated. Multiple proposals will be considered.The deadline for proposal submission via the conference website is Sunday, November 21, 2010. Session Formats Papers: 20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for questions and answers Workshops: 40 minutes for practical, hands-on 'presentations' Discussion Panels: 40 minutes for panel discussion on a specific topic and set of questions Posters: 60 minutes for poster presentation and display Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 04-Nov-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.