LINGUIST List 26.4489
Mon Oct 12 2015
Calls: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics/Canada
Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 09-Oct-2015
From: Jaime Demperio <demperio.jaime
uqam.ca>
Subject: Meeting on Language Teaching
E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Meeting on Language Teaching
Short Title: MeLT
Date: 22-Apr-2016 - 22-Apr-2016
Location: Montreal, Canada
Contact Person: Jaime Demperio
Meeting Email:
< click here to access email > Web Site:
http://www.melt.uqam.ca
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics
Call Deadline: 19-Feb-2016
Meeting Description:
The fifth annual Meeting on Language Teaching (MeLT) will be hosted by the École de langues at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). MeLT is a forum that explores language teaching at the college and university level. For the 2016 program, we chose to focus on ways to optimize the teaching and learning of oral proficiency.
We are pleased to announce that the following eminent scholars have kindly agreed to present plenary talks at our conference:
Dr. Roy Lyster, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
“The relevance of oral practice and corrective feedback in a communication-based approach”
Dr. Jeffrey Steele, Department of French, University of Toronto
“Optimizing the Learning of Oral Proficiency: Lessons from the Lab for the Classroom”
Call for Papers:
The theme for the fifth edition of MeLT (Meeting on Language Teaching) is Optimizing the Teaching and Learning of Oral Proficiency. In the current global context of heightened mobility and international exchanges, oral competency continues to play a key role in contemporary language programmes. Research on this multifaceted topic has raised a variety of questions. For example, how can recent advances in multimedia technology be used to optimize the learner’s perception and pronunciation? What aspects of grammar, culture and sociolinguistic variation should be priorities in oral language, and what approaches are most effective in the teaching of these aspects? How can the various facets of spoken language best be evaluated (from evaluation grids and placement tests to classroom assessment)?
To pursue these and other related questions, we are organizing a forum for language professionals to share the results of research on the diverse issues related to the oral components of second or foreign language teaching and learning for adults. Research topics that would contribute to this discussion include, but are not limited to:
- Optimizing the formal aspects of speech perception and pronunciation
- Using technology to enhance acquisition of oral communication
- Refining the assessment of spoken language proficiency
- Incorporating geographical, social and situational (i.e. register) variation
- Characterizing and teaching grammar for speaking
- Addressing social and cultural conventions (e.g. distance, turn-taking, expressing politeness, gender differences)
- Teaching in a multicultural classroom
- Enriching the learner’s oral proficiency in various communicative contexts (conversation, public speaking, etc.)
- Identifying and effectively teaching relevant aspects of non-verbal communication (e.g. gesture, posture, eye contact)
MeLT 2016 will focus on adult (university-level) language learners. We encourage the submission of proposals from researchers and teachers of all second or foreign languages who focus on oral proficiency. Please note that abstracts and presentations must be in English or French.
Talks will be 20 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Virtual or off-site presentations (e.g. via Skype) will not be accepted. We ask that the abstracts be at most two pages long (including bibliography), Times New Roman, font size 12, and 2.54 cm margins. Each abstract should be submitted in two versions (one of which is anonymous), both in .pdf and Word format, to melt
uqam.ca (please include 'abstract' in the subject heading of the email).
Abstract deadline: February 19, 2016
Notification of acceptance: Beginning of March, 2016
Conference date: April 22, 2016
Please note: Conference proceedings will be published by the COOP - UQAM.
www.melt.uqam.ca
Page Updated: 12-Oct-2015