LINGUIST List 23.1250: Confs: Chinese, English, Discourse Analysis, Text/Corpus Ling, Applied Ling/Taiwan

LINGUIST List 23.1250
Mon Mar 12 2012 Confs: Chinese, English, Discourse Analysis, Text/Corpus Ling, Applied Ling/Taiwan Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 08-Mar-2012 From: Claire Ho <clairemail.ntust.edu.tw> Subject: 2012 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching E-mail this message to a friend 2012 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching Short Title: 2012 ALLT Date: 19-Apr-2012 - 21-Apr-2012 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Contact: Claire Ho Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.afl.ntust.edu.tw/main.php Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Text/Corpus Linguistics Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin; English Meeting Description: 2012 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching (ALLT) Date: April 19-21, 2012 Site: National Taiwan University of Science & Technology Banquet (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):First Two R's Revisited 2. Ovid Tzeng (Fellow, Academia Sinica) 3. John Flowerdew (City University of Hong Kong): Approaches to Genre in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching 4. Lynne Flowerdew (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology): Corpus-driven Learning: Language and Language Learning Theories 5. Yukio Tono (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies): Corpus-Based English Language Teaching With Special Emphasis on Learner Corpora and CEFR 6. Wai Meng Chan (National University of Singapore): Web 2.0 - A Real Boon to Foreign Language Learning? 7. Michael Handford (Tokyo University): Analysing Professional Discourse: Culture, Corpus and the Classroom 8. Aurapan Weerawong (Vice President, Srinakharinwirot University): Between a Rock and a Hard Place: English Language Teaching in Thailand Featured Colloquiums: 1. Flowerdew & Flowerdew: Discourse 2. Feng-Fu Tsao, Eunice Shih, Wu-Chang Chang, His-Nan Yeh: Nine Year Curriculum: Retrospect and Prospect 3. Hui-Tzu Min, Yuh-Show Cheng, Sy-Ying Lee, Chiou-Lan Chern: Dialogue between Reading and Writing 4. Kuang-hsiung Yu, Shui-gui Joe, Huei-chun Teng, Hsin-chin Li, Shu-chiao Tsai: ESP in Technological and Vocational Education 5. Hao-Jan Chen, Jason S. Chang, Meei-Ling Liaw...: CALL 6. Jessica Wu, Wu-chang Chang, Hin-tat Cheung, Hue-ying Yu: Teaching Writing-insights from Assessment Results 7. Benjamin Wang, Chao-ming Chen, Maosung Lin, Wenli Tsou: The Management and Implementation of an Intensive English Program Workshops: 1. Chen-Ching Li (Chair Professor, Department of English, Shih Hsin University): Towards an Achievement-driven Framework to Enhance College EFL Writing 2. Yuhua Ji (Chairperson, English Department, Xiamen University): New Approaches to Enhancing Teaching Skills for Young EFL Learners in China 3. David Tugwell (Lexical Computing Ltd) This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. 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