LINGUIST List 23.2742: Confs: Applied Ling, Discourse Analysis, Socioling, Text/Corpus Ling, General Ling/USA

LINGUIST List 23.2742
Fri Jun 15 2012 Confs: Applied Ling, Discourse Analysis, Socioling, Text/Corpus Ling, General Ling/USA Editor for this issue: Xiyan Wang <xiyanlinguistlist.org>
Date: 14-Jun-2012 From: Kay Akard <kayakardiupui.edu> Subject: 7th Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse Conference E-mail this message to a friend 7th Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse Conference Date: 09-Aug-2012 - 11-Aug-2012 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Contact: Ulla Connor Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/icic/conference/2012_conference Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics Meeting Description: The expanding umbrella of intercultural rhetoric comprises studies of cross-cultural text analysis and studies of interactions, in which writers and speakers with a variety of linguistic, cultural and social backgrounds negotiate speaking and writing in a multitude of settings, e.g., classroom, business, industry and health care. Challenges for researchers and teachers are many. This conference seeks to discuss the comprehensiveness of research to study these complex situations, keeping in mind the importance of translating research into practice in ESL, EFL, ESP and ELF settings. Seventh Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse Sponsored by the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication Held at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) August 9-11, 2012 Tentative conference schedule (While there may be some changes in the scheduling of individual sessions, the start and end times of each conference day may be used to plan travel arrangements) Thursday, August 9, 2012 Campus Center, Room 450 A & B 12:00-7:00 Registration 1:00-5:00 Viviana Cortes, Georgia State University - "Exploring Corpus-Based Text Analysis Methodologies for Intercultural Communication Studies" (Pre-conference workshop) 6:00 Diane Belcher, Georgia State University - "What We Need and Don't Need Intercultural Rhetoric for: A retrospective and prospective look at an evolving research area" (Opening plenary session) 7:00 Reception Friday, August 10, 2012 Campus Center, Room 450 A & B 8:00 Registration 8:30 Ulla Connor, IUPUI, - Welcoming remarks and introduction 9:30 Leena Louhiala-Salminen, Aalto University, Finland - "What Language Does Global Business Speak? An overview of (B)ELF research in the European context" 10:05 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 10:40 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 11:15 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 12:00 Lunch Bill Eggington, Brigham Young University - Title TBA 1:10 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 1:45 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 2:20 Ulla Connor, IUPUI - Panel on Intercultural Rhetoric 2:55 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 3:30 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 4:05-4:35 Thomas Orr, International Consultant - "How Banks Market Themselves in English: A 2012 Point-in-Time survey of rhetorical approaches used around the world" Saturday, August 11, 2012 Campus Center, Room 450 A & B 8:00 Registration 8:30 Estela Ene, IUPUI, & Thomas Upton, IUPUI - "Looking at Feedback Uptake through an Intercultural Rhetoric Lens" 9:35 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 10:10 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 10:45 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 11:20 Anita Pandey, Morgan State University - "The Fourth Circle of English?: Essential linguistics for reading & writing 'through post or by E-mail'" 12:00 Lunch Miguel Ruiz-Garrido, Universitat Jaume I, Spain - "Intercultural Corporate Discourse in Annual Reports" 1:10 William Rozycki, University of Aizu - "How NNSEs Are Changing the English of Engineering" 1:45 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 2:20 Concurrent sessions, Campus Center Rooms 305, 307, 309, 409 2:55 Marta Antón, IUPUI - "Reflections on Learning L2 Spanish: Agency and self-regulation markers in students' essays" 3:30 Sauli Takala, Finland - "International Assessment of Language Competence: (How) Can it be Done?" 4:00-4:30 Dwight Atkinson, Purdue University, & Paul Kei Matsuda, Arizona State University - Reflections and closing remarks. This conference is funded by support from the IUPUI Office of Academic Affairs Conference Fund Award. Tentative list of concurrent session presenters: Presenters are listed alphabetically by family name (by the last family name, if more than one). In cases of more than one author, the session is listed alphabetically by the primary author's family name. Presenter(s) Institution Presentation Title Ali R Abasi University of Maryland Writing to Appraise: American learners of Persian writing film critiques Ahmed Abdel-Raheem Al-Azhar University, Egypt Metaphor and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis: The reconstruction of confidence in Arab and Western financial systems Hilda Hidalgo Avilés & Rosa María Funderburk Razo Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico The Literature Review and Students' Voice André Buchenot Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Health Literacy and the "Digital Visual" Teresa Castineira Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico Looking into EFL Students' Autobiographies through an Appraisal Lens: Trauma and judgment Pisarn Bee Chamcharatsri Indiana University of Pennsylvania Expressing Emotions through Writing in Thai and in English Wei Chang University of South Carolina "I" or "we": Conflicting identities in Chinese writers' choice of first-person pronouns in English research articles Ying-Hsueh Cheng Ohio State University "Who Read the Proposal Before I Did?": A case study of a dissertation grant proposal writing process Carla D'Elia Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil English Writing Needs in National and Multinational Brazilian Corporations Ali Fazilatfar Yazd University, Iran Rhetoric in Behavioral Sciences Research Articles across English and Persian Mayumi Fujioka Kinki University, Japan Intercultural Rhetoric in Writing Center Tutoring Sessions Jack Hardy & Caroline Payant Georgia State University Psychology Research Article Introductions: An intercultural rhetoric genre analysis Yuqin Hei Xi'an International Studies University, China Textual Patterns and Linguistic Features of Bachelor's Theses by Chinese English Majors in Linguistics and Literature Neil Heffernan, Junko Otoshi, & Yoshitaka Kaneko Ehime University, Okayama University, Utsunomiya University, Japan Teachers' Feedback on Students' Writing: Cohesion or confusion? Alan Hirvela Ohio State University Argumentation Revisited Merideth Hoagland Georgia State University In Other Words: Learner attitudes toward and strategies for paraphrase Zhiqing Hu Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China A Contrastive Study on Signaling Nouns in English Journal Papers by L1 Writers and Chinese L2 Writers Luciana Junqueira Georgia State University A Cross-cultural Analysis of Oral Narratives in Brazilian Portuguese and American English Hüseyin Kafes Anadolu University, Turkey A Comparative Study of the Use of Hedges and Boosters in English- and Turkish-Medium Journals Dawn K. Little Ohio State University Understanding the Complexity of Interaction between Foreign-born Instructors and Students Candi Chen-Pin Liu Chinese Culture University, Taiwan Taiwanese University Students' Use of English Adjective Synonyms in Lexical Collocations Michael Madson University of Minnesota Written Argumentation in English, Instructional Needs, and Methodological Rigor: More paths into intercultural rhetoric Steve Markve Michigan Technological University Delivering Metaphors to L1 and L2 Audiences: Translating linguistic theory into practice Kyle McIntosh Purdue University Submission Guidelines for International Applied Linguistics Journals: An analysis of a ''throwaway genre'' Yang Min & Lichu Lin National Tsing Hua University, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan A Study of Reporting Verbs for Examining Expert Attribution in Spoken Academic Discourse Jennifer Mitchell SUNY Potsdam Department of English and Communication Discursive Resources: Self-study in a composition classroom Sissel Nefzaoui NTNU, Norway Cultural Insiders or Outsiders - Intercultural communication in N2-texts Yairam Aguiar Pérez Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Leadership and Cultural Spanish for a Non-Spanish Speaking Workforce Tatyana M. Permyakova Higher School of Economics, Russia Intercultural Communication Metaphors in English and Russian Audrey Roberson Georgia State University The Effects of Pair Dynamics during Peer Review Sessions on Subsequent Improvements in Summary Writing John Rucynski & Peter Neff Okayama University, Japan Student Reactions to the Integration of Language and Culture Lisya Seloni Illinois State University Teaching Intercultural Rhetoric through Multi-Ethnic Literature: A case of teaching Turkish literature in a college classroom Magda Stroinska, Vikki Cecchetto, Grazyna Drzazga,& Irena Radisevic McMaster University, Canada Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Facework in Computer-Mediated Communication in Academia: Professors versus TAs Amanda Lanier Temples Georgia State University I Can Read but I Don't Understand: Examining the oral-literate divide in young learners of Arabic Hae Sung Yang Georgia State University Diachronic Analysis of L1 Rhetoric: Korea's case Xiaojun Zhang Beihang University, China Corporate Social Responsibility Reports - A case study of BP and CNPC Hong Zhong Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China "Systematic or not": A starting point for PhD project in Chinese-medium academic discourse community Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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