26.1572, Calls: English, French, German, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Translation/Romania

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Subject: 26.1572, Calls: English, French, German, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Translation/Romania

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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:11:42
From: Elisabet Arno [elisabet.arno at upc.edu]
Subject: 14th Conference of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes

 
Full Title: 14th Conference of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes 
Short Title: AELFE 

Date: 25-Jun-2015 - 27-Jun-2015
Location: Bucharest, Romania 
Contact Person: Laura Muresan
Meeting Email: aelfe2015 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.quest.ro/aelfe-2015-2/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Translation 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     French (fra)
                     German (deu)

Call Deadline: 30-Mar-2015 

Meeting Description:

Developments in professional/academic communication and implications for language education and research

AELFE 2015 is jointly organized by AELFE - the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes, QUEST Romania, and the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE). It is intended as an international forum for exploring the new roles acquired by language education and research, in the context of growing professional and academic mobility, in parallel with an increased focus on the internationalization of Higher Education, and new trends in the use of media and new channels of communication in professional and academic contexts.

The following distinguished scholars have accepted our invitation to participate as plenary speakers: 
Maurizio Gotti (University of Bergamo, Italy)
Christine Feak (University of Michigan, USA)
Karen Bennett (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Nigel Harwood (University of Sheffield, UK)
Sarah Aitken (EAQUALS - Evaluation and Accreditation of Quality in Language Services)

Call for Papers:

We invite papers in the following thematic areas (but not restricted to them):

- Research in the field of languages for professional and academic purposes
- Language and culture learning for better professional and academic performance in a global context
- Innovative practices in LSP teaching and learning
- English/French/German as media of instruction and academic communication: challenges and opportunities of internationalisation
- Revisiting teacher competencies and professional development
- The Quality dimension of language education and language planning in Higher Education / Adult Education
- Translation studies - interconnections between research, the relevance of academic programmes, and performance quality.

Conference Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Romanian and Spanish.

This international event aims to bring together researchers, academics, language professionals with an interest in the above thematic areas, as well as academics and experts in other domains, who are interested in teaching their specialised subjects via the medium of a ‘lingua franca’ and/or in publishing internationally.

Submission of Abstracts:

Contributions in the form of paper presentations or posters on any of the conference topics (but not restricted to them) are invited. Please submit your proposal in EN, DE, FR, IT, RO, or ES saved as Word.doc, .docx, or .rtf, attached to an email to aelfe2015 at gmail.com, by 30 March 2015, Paper presentations will consist of a 20-minute talk followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion.

Especially welcome will be paper submissions presenting research (either complete or in progress) related to the conference topics. In addition, they should be interesting and academically of good quality. Poster abstracts are particularly welcome if they report on innovative research and/or on projects relevant to at least one of the conference topics.

The Proposal should include:

- The title of the paper / poster
- The name(s) of the author(s), their affiliation and contact details (postal and email address)
- The Abstract (300 words)
- The Speakers’ Biodata (max. 50 words).

In addition, please indicate:

- whether it is a proposal for a paper presentation or a poster
- the language of the presentation (EN, FR, DE, IT, RO or ES)
- the thematic strand it would fit best.

Abstracts should include a brief outline of the research/project context and clearly indicate the objectives, method(s) and results. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the conference programme committee and AELFE panel coordinators. Publication opportunities: in peer-reviewed outlets, such as the volume with conference proceedings in the series “Languages for Specific Purposes and Teacher Development” (ISSN 2285–1623) or in a special issue of the double-blind peer-reviewed journal Synergy (www.synergy.ase.ro ).

Participants interested in displaying copies of their work (books, teaching resources) or project materials should contact the organisers at aelfe2015 at gmail.com.




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