26.2584, Calls: Applied Ling, General Ling, Lang Acquisition, Ling & Lit, Translation/Jordan

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Subject: 26.2584, Calls: Applied Ling, General Ling, Lang Acquisition, Ling & Lit, Translation/Jordan

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Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 10:54:29
From: Raya Kalaldeh [kalalder at tcd.ie]
Subject: 5th International Conference of APETAU

 
Full Title: 5th International Conference of APETAU 

Date: 14-Nov-2015 - 16-Nov-2015
Location: Amman, Jordan 
Contact Person: Jihad Hamdan
Meeting Email: jihaddan at yahoo.com
Web Site: http://www.apetau.com/index.php/conferences-clall-paper 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Ling & Literature; Translation 

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2015 

Meeting Description:

You are invited to take part in The 5th International Conference of APETAU in Collaboration with the Arab Open University (AOU)- Jordan (14-16 November 2015: Linguistics, Literature & Translation at the Department of English Language and Literature, AOU, Amman-Jordan. Selected refereed papers of the conference will be published in a special volume of International Journal of Arabic-English Studies(IJAES), the journal of The Association of Professors of English & Translation at Arab Universities (APETAU).

This conference is mainly meant to foster ties and links between professors of English and translation at Arab universities on the one hand and their colleagues in the world at large by providing a forum for them to explore the most recent trends and developments in the fields of Linguistics, Literature and Translation. Keynote speakers from the Arab countries and beyond will be announced once final arrangements are made.

Call for Papers:

The topics include (but by no means restricted to):

Language & Linguistics

1. Language and cognition:  Acquisition of first and second language
2. Advances in linguistic theory and application
3. Language policy, planning & globalization
4. Corpus linguistics & its application
5. Intercultural communication & language change

Literature 

1. Multiculturalism in contemporary English literature
2. Diaspora identities
3. Writers as revolutionaries
4. Postcolonial literature and theory
5. Comparative literature in a changing world

Translation 

1. Translation and language/text specificity
2. Culture bound translation
3. Translating, interpreting and mediation
4. Translation strategies and norms
5.  Translation programs and market needs

Foreign Language Teaching

1. Computer-assisted language learning
2. Curriculum development and syllabus design
3. Innovation in language teaching and pedagogy
4. Teaching language and culture
5. Language testing and assessment

Submission of abstracts and full papers:

Abstracts:

Participants are invited to submit proposals for 20-minute presentations. Abstracts of a maximum 300 words should be submitted by June 30, 2015, pasted into the registration form provided, to Professor Mahmoud Al-Shetawi at http://www.apetau.com/index.php/call-papers. All proposals will be reviewed by the Conference Scientific Committee. Participants will be notified of acceptance by July 30, 2015.




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