LINGUIST List 22.334 Wed Jan 19 2011 Calls: English, Applied Linguistics/India 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.     Charanjit Singh , English Language Teaching – Problems and Strategies Message 1: English Language Teaching – Problems and Strategies Date: 22-Dec-2010 From: Charanjit Singh <nationalseminar2011rediffmail.com> Subject: English Language Teaching – Problems and Strategies E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: English Language Teaching – Problems and Strategies Short Title: ELT Date: 25-Feb-2011 - 26-Feb-2011 Location: Jalandhar City (Punjab), India Contact Person: Charanjit Singh Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.lkcjal.org Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics Subject Language(s): English Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2011 Meeting Description: We are glad to invite you to a UGC sponsored two-day National Seminar on English Language Teaching – Problems and Strategies organized by the Post-Graduate Department of English, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar on 25th and 26th February 2011. Objectives: The seminar is structured around the question: Why can’t our students use English? Let we, all teachers, come on a common platform: -To diagnose in detail why the ongoing English teaching programmes at board and university levels are missing the mark and the learners in English classes do not acquire the skills they are supposed to. -To discuss thoroughly what needs to be done primarily in terms of methods, curricula and time-amount to make the teaching of English result oriented. -To search out a viable evaluation mechanism which discourages English to be a content subject and encourages it to be a skill subject. -To find out the ways by which literary texts can be used fruitfully for English language teaching. Specifically speaking, to explore how literary texts can be taught as cultural texts so that the learners can feel the text as alive, a part of their daily experiences, a real life situation whose characters they are familiar with and often hear speaking around them. -To think over and reach at the ways by which texts of popular culture i.e. popular literature, magazines, advertisements, films etc. can be used to make learning of English an interesting stress-free, real and next-to-door experience. -To explore how information technology can be used to facilitate learning of English. Sub-Themes: 1. Diagnosing ailments in the prevailing English Teaching Programmes 2. Curriculum Development: A thought for Literary texts, texts of Popular Culture and Information Technology 3. Words and Grammar for Discourse: Their role and Teaching Strategies 4. Methods for teaching English in general and for Specific Purposes 5. Making Evaluation System really Evaluative: Means and Measures Kindly join hands with us in this endeavor and help us to sensitize the academic fraternity regarding this dire need of the society. We pledge to make your stay at Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar cozy, fruitful and unforgettable. In hope to get your company for both the days. Charanjit Singh Seminar Convener Post Graduate Dept. of English Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar (Punjab) E-mail - nationalseminar2011rediffmail.com Ph. 09878058630 Call for Papers: Important Dates: Intimation of Participation: 10 Jan 2011 Submission of Abstracts: 20 Jan 2011 Submission of Complete Paper: 15 Feb 2011 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 19-Jan-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.