LINGUIST List 22.2211 Wed May 25 2011 Confs: Discipline of Ling, Ling and Literature/Hong Kong 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.     Catherine Law , 1st Conference on Applying (Putonghua / English) Language Arts Message 1: 1st Conference on Applying (Putonghua / English) Language Arts Date: 24-May-2011 From: Catherine Law <egclawinet.polyu.edu.hk> Subject: 1st Conference on Applying (Putonghua / English) Language Arts E-mail this message to a friend 1st Conference on Applying (Putonghua / English) Language Arts Short Title: APELA Date: 04-Jun-2011 - 05-Jun-2011 Location: Kowloon, Hong Kong Contact: Catherine Law Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/apela2011/ Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics; Ling & Literature 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. 4 June 2011, 9:30 - 10:30 am Plenary Speech by Professor David Butt, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Language in Social Life, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia Title: On Being a Literature Teacher: a Language Based Perspective Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 25-May-2011       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.