LINGUIST List 25.2312
Mon
May 26 2014
Calls: Applied
Linguistics, Language
Acquisition/Poland
Editor for this issue:
Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 25-May-2014
From: Bartosz Wolski
<bartwol
gmail.com>
Subject: Speaking in a Foreign
Language: Enhancing the Quality of Classroom
Interaction
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Full Title: Speaking in a Foreign Language:
Enhancing the Quality of Classroom
Interaction
Date: 11-May-2015 - 13-May-2015
Location: Konin, Poland
Contact Person: Miroslaw Pawlak
Meeting Email:
< click here to access email >
Web Site:
https://sites.google.com/site/speakingkonin2015/
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics;
Language Acquisition
Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2015
Meeting Description:
The conference will be devoted to various
aspects of developing speaking skills in the
foreign language classroom, with a particular
focus on optimizing various facets of classroom
interaction. It will be organized by the
Institute of Modern Languages, State School of
Higher Professional Education, Konin, Poland,
and the Department of English Studies, Faculty
of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz
University, Kalisz, Poland. The languages of
the conference will be English and Polish, with
all the plenary talks given in the former.
Call for Papers:
We welcome contributions related to the theme
of the conference in the form of papers (20
minutes + 10 minutes for discussion), workshops
(60 minutes) and posters which could, among
other things, focus on the following areas:
- Aspects of interaction in the foreign
language classroom
- Psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic aspects
of speech production
- The role of grammar and lexis in developing
speaking skills
- The place of phonetics and phonology in
developing speaking skills
- Pronunciation instruction in a second or
foreign language
- The pragmatic dimension of developing
speaking skills
- Techniques, methods and resources used in
developing speaking skills
- Communication tasks and the development of
speaking skills
- Using computer technology in learning and
teaching speaking in a foreign language
- The role of communication strategies in
speaking in a foreign language
- Learning strategies and the development of
speaking skills
- The role of oral corrective feedback
- Assessing speaking skills in a foreign
language
- Methodology of research on learning and
teaching speaking in a foreign language
Abstracts of papers, workshops or posters in
the range of 200-300 words should be submitted
by email to speakingconference2015
gmail.com by March 15, 2015. The
proposals should include the title, name,
affiliation, email address and a short
biographical note, about 60-80 words in
length.
Notifications of acceptance will be sent by
April 12, 2015.
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