Full Title: The 6th International ESP Conference

Date: 01-Nov-2024 - 02-Nov-2024
Location: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Contact Person: Eda Işık
Meeting Email: esp@metu.edu.tr
Web Site: esp-fle.metu.edu.tr/en

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2024

Meeting Description:

The 6th International ESP Conference welcomes ESP professionals and scholars from across the world to meet in Ankara on November 1-2, 2024, for a premier conference experience. Scholars and educators will engage in professional development and explore a wide range of topics relevant to teaching and learning English in specific discourse communities: academic, professional, or otherwise specialized. This year's theme is Digital Communication and ESP: Exploring New Domains, Perspectives, and Practices. We are thrilled to welcome our distinguished keynote speakers: Prof. Anna Mauranen, Prof. Jim McKinley, Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Daloğlu, and Prof. Dr. Hacer Hande Uysal.

Call for Papers:

We are pleased to announce that the 6th ESP Conference will take place at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. The conference will include paper presentations and invited plenary talks.

This year's theme is Digital Communication and ESP: Exploring New Domains, Perspectives, and Practices, but we will be accepting papers on a wide range of topics, such as the following from the perspective of English for Specific Purposes:
- The effectiveness of various approaches to language learning and teaching
- Curriculum development and evaluation
- Emerging digital technologies in language learning and teaching
- Teaching and testing techniques
- Assessment challenges
- Teacher education and development
- Materials preparation
- Second language acquisition in specialized contexts
- Needs assessment
- Discourse analysis
- Descriptions of specialized varieties of English
- Educational policies and language learning and teaching
- Migration and language learning and teaching
- Future dimensions in English language learning and teaching
- Reading and academic writing

Abstract submission deadline extended to September 1, 2024!

We are thrilled to welcome our distinguished keynote speakers: Prof. Anna Mauranen, Prof. Jim McKinley, Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Daloğlu, and Prof. Dr. Hacer Hande Uysal

Submit your abstracts and explore a wide range of topics relevant to teaching and learning English in specialized contexts. Don't miss this premier event for professional development and networking!