LINGUIST List 22.3186 Wed Aug 10 2011 Calls: English, Chinese, Applied Ling, Discourse Analysis/Taiwan Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.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.     Claire Ho , 2012 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching Message 1: 2012 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching Date: 09-Aug-2011 From: Claire Ho <alltmail.ntust.edu.tw> Subject: 2012 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 2012 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching Short Title: 2012 ALLT Date: 19-Apr-2012 - 21-Apr-2012 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Contact Person: Claire Ho Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.afl.ntust.edu.tw/main.php Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin; English Call Deadline: 05-Dec-2011 Meeting Description: 2012 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching (ALLT) Date: April 19-21, 2012 Site: National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (NTUST), Taipei, Taiwan Website: http://www.afl.ntust.edu.tw/act/news.php?class=301 Conference Themes: I. Special Topics 1. Project-based teaching & learning 2. Product-based teaching & learning 3. CALL & Web-based approaches 4. ESP/LSP/EAP teaching 5. Task-based approaches 6. Content-based approaches 7. Theme-based approaches 8. Discourse analysis 9. Text analysis 10. Integration of linguistics & applied linguistics II. General Topics 1. Language policy 2. Applied English curriculum design 3. 4 skills & language learning, assessment and testing 4. Listening instruction 5. Writing instruction 6. Teaching materials design 7. L2 teaching and learning 8. Translation and interpretation 9. Corpus-based approaches: teaching & learning 10. Mixed levels: teaching, design and management 11. Other topics in English and Chinese teaching and learning Plenary, Featured and Keynote Speakers: 1. William Wang (Chair Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong; fellow, Academia Sinica) 2. Ovid Tzeng (Fellow, Academia Sinica) 3. Amy Tsui (Pro-Vice Chancellor, Hong Kong University) 4. John Flowerdew (City University of Hong Kong) 5. Lynne Flowerdew (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) 6. Yukio Tono (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) 7. TBA Featured Colloquiums: 1. Flowerdew & Flowerdew: Discourse 2. Fungfu Tsao, Yuhhui Shih, Wu-chang Chang, Hsinan Yeh: 九年一貫回顧與展望 3. Dialogue between Reading and Writing: Chiou-Lan Chern, Ssiying Li, Yuh-hsiu Chen, etc 4. TBA: ESP-related topic: Kuang-hsiung Yu 5. TBA: Vocational English Education: Shuogui JOE, Hui-chun Teng Workshops: 1. Chen-Ching Li (Chair Professor, Department of English, Shih Hsin University) Call for Papers: Please send abstracts of no more than 350 words via email: alltmail.ntust.edu.tw Please indicate if it is for a paper, student session, workshop or colloquium. Important Dates: Abstracts due: (1) early bird: August 15, 2011; (2) regular: December 5, 2011 Acceptance notification: January 5, 2012 Full paper deadline: May 31, 2012 (for the journal of SELL) Conference date: April 19-21, 2012 Please send accepted papers to: 2012 International Conference, Department of Applied Foreign Languages, NTUST 43 Keelung Rd., Section 4, 106 DaAn District, Taipei, R.O.C. Paper submission requires 2 hardcopies; APA/MLA style. Please email electronic file (Word file) to: alltmail.ntust.edu.tw Conference Chair: Dr. Shi-Shuenn Chen (President, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology) Conference Convener: Dr. Huei-Chun Teng (Dean, School of Humanities & Social Science) Conference Organizer: Dr. Shih-Ping Wang (Chairperson, Department of Foreign Languages) Advisory Board: Ministry of Education and National Science Council Contact Person: Claire Ho (assistant) Tel: 02-27303602 Fax: 02-27301112 E-mail: alltmail.ntust.edu.tw Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 10-Aug-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.