LINGUIST List 22.4525 Sat Nov 12 2011 Calls: English, Applied Linguistics/Nepal 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.     Kamal Poudel , Nepal English Language Teachers' Association Message 1: Nepal English Language Teachers' Association Date: 12-Nov-2011 From: Kamal Poudel <kpoudelnpyahoo.com> Subject: Nepal English Language Teachers' Association E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Nepal English Language Teachers' Association Short Title: NELTA Date: 18-Feb-2012 - 23-Feb-2012 Location: Kathmandu/Chitwan, Nepal Contact Person: Kamal Poudel Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.nelta.org.np Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics Subject Language(s): English Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2011 Meeting Description: Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (NELTA) is organising its 17th International Conference on 1. 18-20 February, 2012 at St. Xavier's School, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal and 2. 22-23 February, 2012 at Small Heaven School, Kalyanpur, Chitwan, Nepal. The key speaker for the conference is: Prof. Fredricka L. Stoller, Northern Arizona University, USA The Conference is a professional get together of a large number of ELT practitioners, experts, textbook/material writers, teacher trainers, etc. from all parts of Nepal and abroad. The participants at the conference are usually ELT professionals from public as well as private educational organisations and from all levels of education - primary to university. Call for Papers: The theme of the Conference is 'Beyond Binaries: Sharing ELT Practices and Creating the Future'. Papers can be submitted in the following subthemes and other topics related to ELT: - Multi-modality in teaching English - Method, methodology and pedagogy development - Content integrated language teaching - Developing reading and writing skills differently - Technology and Language Teaching - Critical and creative pedagogy - Action research in the classroom - Professional development from bottom - New trends in language assessment - Task-based language teaching - Cultural influences in teaching English - Teaching English in large and under-resourced contexts - Theory and practice interface - Teacher and learner autonomy - Inter-textuality in teaching English The Conference will organise plenary sessions, talks/papers, workshops, poster presentations, etc. Exhibitions of ELT materials and books will also be organised. We would be grateful if you agree to do a session during the conference. Please fill out the 'Presenter's Proposal Form' available on our website giving details of your presentation(s) and send it as an e-mail attachment to Kamal Poudel, General Secretary at kpoudelnpyahoo.com and ccneltawlink.com.np by November 30, 2011. For further details, please contact: Kamal Poudel General Secretary, NELTA GPO BOX NO 11110, Kathmandu, Nepal Phone: +977-1- 4226522(NELTA Office) Mobile +977-9851060155/ Res. +977-1-4880846 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 12-Nov-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.