LINGUIST List 25.2143
Thu
May 15 2014
Calls: Applied Ling,
Language Acq, Socioling, Discourse Analysis,
General Ling/Turkey
Editor for this issue:
Bryn Hauk <brynlinguistlist.org>
Date: 15-May-2014
From: Cem Can
<cemcan
cu.edu.tr>
Subject: Language in Focus:
Contemporary Perspectives on Theory, Research,
and Praxis in ELT and SLA
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Full Title: Language in Focus: Contemporary
Perspectives on Theory, Research, and Praxis in
ELT and SLA
Short Title: LIF2015
Date: 04-Mar-2015 - 07-Mar-2015
Location: Cappadocia, Turkey
Contact Person: Cem Can
Meeting Email:
< click here to access email >
Web Site:
http://www.languageinfocus.org
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics;
Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics;
Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics
Call Deadline: 01-Nov-2014
Meeting Description:
The world is rapidly becoming a mixed global
village where the role of languages is
extremely important. Globalization has made the
world interconnected. The political,
technological, economic and social realities of
the modern world have led and still lead to
more contact between people of different
linguistic and cultural backgrounds. New
approaches, new theoretical concepts and new
methods of teaching foreign / second languages
have become the key issues in the modern world.
Therefore, the main theme of LIF2015 is
Contemporary Perspectives on Theory, Research,
and Praxis in ELT and SLA.
The aim of the conference is to provide a forum
for researchers and teachers who are interested
in the exploration and exchange of theory,
research findings, experience (praxis) and
perspectives in language teaching, language
learning and language skills development.
Call for Papers:
Centered around topics in applied linguistics,
the conference will focus mainly on:
- ELT Methodology and classroom
applications
- Foreign language teacher education
- Content and Language Integrated Learning
(CLIL) + Content and Language Integrated
Learning in German (CLILiG)
- SLA / ELT focused theories and research
(productive and receptive skills, linguistic
and communicative competences, code-switching,
classroom interaction analysis, assessment and
evaluation, curriculum development)
- ICT in Language Teaching
- Psychological and psycholinguistic
perspectives in SLA / ELT (attitudinal
patterns, motivation, individual learner
differences, learning strategies, learner
autonomy)
- Corpus linguistics and learner corpora
- Syntax and interfaces with morphology and
semantics
- Lexical processing
- Phonological processing
- Cross-linguistic influences
- Discourse analysis
- Sociolinguistic theories and research
(quantitative and qualitative approaches to the
study of language, ethnographic and
anthropological approaches to the study of
language; language contact)
- Socio-cultural considerations (intercultural
competence development, multiculturalism in
theory and practice, ethnic/language minority
classrooms)
- Multilingualism / bilingualism
- Educational language policies
- Translation and interpreting
However, the submission of other topics for
consideration is welcome and we also encourage
sessions within and across a variety of
disciplines and fields related to Applied
Linguistics and Teaching Foreign Languages.
Proposals for original and previously
unpublished papers (20 minutes for the
presentation and 10 minutes for questions) or
workshops (45 minutes) reporting on research
related to the theme of the conference, or
posters regarding the issues are welcome for
presentation at the conference.
Abstract Submission:
Abstracts of papers, workshops or posters in
the range of 200-250 words should be sent to
the conference email:
languageinfocus2015
gmail.com by November 1, 2014.
Please note that the abstracts should be sent
on special abstract form available on our
website:
www.languageinfocus.org.
Each participant will have the opportunity to
present 2 papers. Notifications of acceptance
will be sent by November 15, 2014. Accepted
presentations will be published in an edited
book by Cambridge Scholars, the UK.
Registration:
All the participants are requested to submit
their registration form available on our
conference website and send it to the
conference email: languageinfocus2015
gmail.com by December 15, 2014.
The conference/registration fee (paper /
workshop / poster and participation), which
covers registration fee, conference materials,
full board accommodation in a 4-star hotel for
three nights, welcome cocktail, refreshments
during the coffee breaks, conference dinner,
and the cost of subsequent publication is: €400
(early registration fee paid by December 15,
2014) €420 (regular registration fee paid by
January 15, 2015).
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