LINGUIST List 21.4763 Fri Nov 26 2010 Calls: Discipline of Linguistics, Ling & Literature/Hong Kong 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.     Catherine Law , st Conference on Applying (Putonghua/English) Language Arts Message 1: st Conference on Applying (Putonghua/English) Language Arts Date: 24-Nov-2010 From: Catherine Law <egapelainet.polyu.edu.hk> Subject: st Conference on Applying (Putonghua/English) Language Arts E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 1st Conference on Applying (Putonghua / English) Language Arts Short Title: APELA Date: 04-Jun-2011 - 05-Jun-2011 Location: Kowloon, Hong Kong Contact Person: Catherine Law Meeting Email: egapelainet.polyu.edu.hk Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics; Ling & Literature Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2011 Meeting Description: Rapprochement between linguistics and language studies, and the more traditional literary studies is a global trend which includes Hong Kong as well as many other parts of the world. This rapprochement is underway in both academic circles and in the classroom, bringing with it many of challenges in research, teaching and learning. APELA aims at gathering professionals and practitioners in the field to explore and rethink these areas and relations, applications and interpretations in the contemporary context. Call For Papers Language arts in its new form is in part a response to profound changes in curriculum, and in part a response to similarly profound changes in the globalised, media-driven cultural contexts of literature. Language arts now embraces new forms, as new media revisions and represents traditional literary works. Language and literature have much to offer each other. These developments are particularly affecting the teaching of English and Putonghua as second languages. The 1st Conference on Applying (Putonghua / English) Language Arts (APELA) invites papers exploring and rethinking these areas and relations, applications and interpretations in the contemporary context. We encourage papers adopting a variety of themes, perspectives, and approaches. We invite papers treating, but not limited to, the following topics: - contributions of linguistics to the study of literature, and of literature to the study of linguistics - language-arts-related academic and action research studies in areas such as literature, drama, popular culture, and the oral language arts - specific methods relating to the delivery of language arts in the English Medium of Instruction classroom - role-play, scenario and simulation in the classroom - literature and language-related subjects raised by the use of playable media and applications as teaching tools, including interactivity, immersivity, ludology and narrativity in games, MMORPGs, cyberdrama, telephony and other playable media - professional challenges and opportunities presented by the new Language Arts curricula and approaches Presentation Arrangement: Oral presentation: 20 minutes for each oral presentation, plus 10 minutes for Q&As Conference Languages: English and Putonghua (Mandarin) Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 January 2011 (Notices of acceptance will be sent out by 28 February, 2011.) Abstract Requirements: 1. Abstracts should be written either in English or in Chinese. 2. Each submission should be an abstract of two pages, excluding references. Template of the abstract can be downloaded from the website. 3. Format: 1 inch margin using 12 font, Times New Roman (English), ??? ? (traditional Chinese), or SimSun (simplified Chinese). Submission Requirements: 1. Submissions are limited to a maximum of one individual or one joint abstract per author. 2. Please send two SOFT copies as e-mail attachments to egapelainet.polyu.edu.hk, one with the title of the paper, name(s) of the author(s) as well as affiliation(s), and the other without the author's information. Please name your file the same as the title of your paper. 3. Please list (1) title of the paper, (2) name(s) of the author(s), (3) affiliation(s), (4) mailing address(es) and (5) email address(es) in the e-mail. Registration Fees: - presenter: HKD 700 early bird - before March 15, 2011, HKD 800 regular - after March 15, 2011 - attendee: HKD 700 early bird - before March 15, 2011, HKD 800 regular - after March 15, 2011 - student: HKD 350 early bird - before March 15, 2011, HKD 400 regular - after March 15, 2011 Please Note: Fees include lunches and coffee breaks at the conference. Deadline of Registration: 30 April 2011 Further Enquiries: Dr Christina DeCoursey, Programme Leader, MA in English Language Arts (Email: egdecourinet.polyu.edu.hk; Tel: (852) 2766-7352) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 26-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.