LINGUIST List 21.5174 Mon Dec 20 2010 Calls: Applied Ling, Phonetics, Phonology, Lang Acquisition/Poland Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.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.     Ewa Waniek-Klimczak , Speaking in a Foreign language: Effective Learning, Teaching and Assessment Message 1: Speaking in a Foreign language: Effective Learning, Teaching and Assessment Date: 15-Dec-2010 From: Ewa Waniek-Klimczak <ewaklimuni.lodz.pl> Subject: Speaking in a Foreign language: Effective Learning, Teaching and Assessment E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Speaking in a Foreign language: Effective Learning, Teaching and Assessment Short Title: Speaking 2011 Date: 16-May-2011 - 18-May-2011 Location: Konin, Poland Contact Person: Mirosław Pawlak Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Phonetics; Phonology Call Deadline: 20-Mar-2011 Meeting Description: The conference will be devoted to various aspects of developing speaking skills in teaching a foreign language and it will be a follow-up to a similar event that took place two years ago. It will be organized by the Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland and the Institute of Modern Languages, State School of Higher Professional Education, Konin, Poland. The languages of the conference will be English and Polish, with most of the plenary talks being given in the former. Plenary Speakers: The following scholars have agreed to participate in the conference and deliver plenary talks: -Prof. Rebecca Hughes (University of Nottingham); -Prof. Jan Majer (University of Łódź); -Prof. Anna Niżegorodcew (Jagiellonioan University, Cracow); -Prof. Urszula Paprocka-Piotrowska (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin); -Prof. Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel (Opole University); -Prof. Dave Willis (University of Birmingham). Call for Papers: We welcome contributions related to the theme of the conference which could, among other things, focus on the following areas: -Psycholinguistic aspects of speech production; -The role of grammar and lexis in developing speaking skills; -The place of phonetics and phonology in developing speaking skills; -Pronunciation instruction in a second or foreign language; -The pragmatic dimension of developing speaking skills; -Interaction in the foreign language classroom; -Techniques, methods and resources used in developing speaking skills; -Communication tasks and the development of speaking skills; -Using computer technology in learning and teaching speaking in a foreign language; -The role of communication strategies in speaking in a foreign language; -Learning strategies and the development of speaking skills; -Assessing speaking skills in a foreign language; -Methodology of research on learning and teaching speaking in a foreign language. Abstracts of proposed papers in the range of 200-300 words should be submitted by e-mail to konferencjamowienie2011gmail.com by March 20th, 2011. The proposals should include the title, name, affiliation, e-mail address and a short biographical note, about 60-80 words in length. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by April 10th, 2011. Publication of Papers: After the conference selected papers will be published in a peer-reviewed volume and efforts are currently under way to ensure that this will be done with a leading international publishing house. Further information concerning the publication as well as the submission guidelines will be sent after the conference. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 20-Dec-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.