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<p><a href="http://fltal.ibu.edu.ba/fltal.php?subaction=showfull&id=1319450260&archive=&start_from=&ucat=6&fltal">http://fltal.ibu.edu.ba/fltal.php?subaction=showfull&id=1319450260&archive=&start_from=&ucat=6&fltal</a></p>
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<p>International Conference on Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics<br>
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<p>May 9-10, 2014<br>
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<p>International Burch University<br>
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina</p>
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<p>Aim and Scope<br>
To provide an access among many to rich ideas on educational excellence, International Burch University starts holding its annual conference on FLT and Applied Linguistics. The FLTAL Conference aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and educators
with interests in language teaching and linguistics at all levels from around the world. The theme of the FLTAL 2014 conference,“Linguistics, Culture and Identity in Foreign Language Education” is designed to attract the research communities to promote connections
between theory and practice and explore different perspectives on the application of research findings into practice.</p>
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<p>This conference invites papers that investigate foreign language teaching and learning in the following streams:<br>
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Applied linguistics<br>
Cognitive linguistics<br>
Cognitive and construction grammars<br>
Discourse analyses<br>
English for specific purposes<br>
Independent / Autonomous learning<br>
Innovation in language teaching and learning<br>
Intercultural Education<br>
Language acquisition and learning<br>
Language curriculum development<br>
Language education<br>
Language development, impairment, attrition, and loss<br>
Language teacher education<br>
Language teaching methodology<br>
Language testing and assessment<br>
Language program evaluation<br>
Linguistics <br>
Literature <br>
Mental spaces and conceptual blending<br>
Metaphor and metonymy<br>
Pragmatics<br>
Semantics<br>
TESOL / TESL / TEFL<br>
Other FLTAL related issues</p>
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<p>Keynote Speakers<br>
Alison Mackey - Georgetown University, USA<br>
George Lakoff - University of California-Berkeley, USA<br>
Nick Ellis - University of Michigan, USA<br>
Norbert Schmitt - Nottingham University, UK<br>
Ronald Langacker - University of California-San Diego, USA<br>
Steven Pinker - Harvard University, USA</p>
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Key Dates</p>
<p>May 15, 2013: Call for Proceedings Open</p>
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February 15, 2014: Abstract Submission Deadline<br>
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<p>April 15, 2014: Full-Paper Submission Deadline<br>
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