LINGUIST List 25.2868
Tue
Jul 08 2014
Calls: Applied
Linguistics/Malaysia
Editor for this issue:
Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 08-Jul-2014
From: Azizah Ya'acob
<iseltukm2015
gmail.com>
Subject: International Seminar
for Language Teaching 2015
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Full Title: International Seminar for Language
Teaching 2015
Short Title: ISeLT2015
Date: 04-Feb-2015 - 05-Feb-2015
Location: Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Contact Person: Azizah Ya'acob
Meeting Email:
< click here to access email >
Web Site:
http://conference.ukm.my/ISeLT2015
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Call Deadline: 22-Aug-2014
Meeting Description:
ISeLT 2015 'Contextual Diversity in Language
Teaching and Learning is an avenue for language
instructors, academics, researchers, scholars,
and students at tertiary level to discuss
issues related to language proficiency teaching
and learning.
Globalisation in education has brought about a
significant impact on language teaching and
learning around the world given the wide
variety of learners' backgrounds, expectations
and attributes. Language teaching and learning,
particularly at universities, is now challenged
with the rising concerns on the need to
consider the contextual diversity within
current scenario in education. In Malaysia, the
national educational policies have made
contextual diversity prominent with the
increasing intake of international
post-doctoral graduates who have to pass the
national language. Language teaching at local
universities is also challenged to raise the
level of language proficiency amongst
undergraduates for the academic and workplace
settings. There are also developments in higher
education now where Internet and technology
have forced institutions to rethink new ways to
teach, learn and do research to address these
variables.
The Language Proficiency Unit of Pusat Citra
Universiti (Citra UKM) at The National
University of Malaysia (UKM) is providing
access to rich ideas on the excellence of
teaching language proficiency amongst language
practitioners at tertiary level via its
inaugural seminar for language teaching and
learning. The seminar, ‘Contextual Diversity in
Language Teaching and Learning’ hopes to bring
together language instructors, academics,
researchers, scholars and students with
interest areas in language proficiency teaching
and learning to address these issues of
concern.
The objectives of the seminar are:
- To provide a platform for the exchange of
ideas, insights, research findings and
expertise amongst language practitioners,
academics, students and other interested
parties
- To provide a forum for language
practitioners, academics, students and other
interested parties to discuss issues in the
development of language skills among language
learners
- To discuss new developments in teaching
practices
- To promote research related to the field of
language teaching and learning.=
Call for Papers:
Sub-themes:
Papers, poster presentation are invited to
address topics related to the following
sub-themes:
- Issues of language teaching across
disciplines
- Interpersonal communication
- Cross-cultural communication
- Teaching approaches and methodologies
- Curriculum development
- Syllabus design
- Material design
- E-learning
- Language testing and measurement
- Learning styles
- Learners’ academic skills
- Teacher professionalism and development
- Language training for professionals
- Workplace communication
- Foreign languages
Abstract Submission:
Please submit abstract approximately 250 words.
Please add 5 keywords. Abstracts should be
submitted on the conference website:
http://conference.ukm.my/ISeLT2015/iselt2015/schedConf/cfp
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