28.2065, Calls: Applied Ling, Text/Corpus Ling, Translation/Taiwan

Wed May 3 16:37:28 UTC 2017

LINGUIST List: Vol-28-2065. Wed May 03 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.2065, Calls: Applied Ling, Text/Corpus Ling, Translation/Taiwan

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Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 12:37:02
From: Willis Liao [foreignsym at scu.edu.tw]
Subject: 2017 International Conference on English for Specific Purposes

 Full Title: 2017 International Conference on English for Specific Purposes 

Date: 03-Nov-2017 - 04-Nov-2017
Location: Taipei, Taiwan 
Contact Person: Willis Liao
Meeting Email: foreignsym at scu.edu.tw
Web Site: http://english.scu.edu.tw/esp2017 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 17-Jul-2017 

Meeting Description:

The domain of ESP has had a strong research tradition since its inception in
the 1960s. With the increasing demand for big data analyses, application of
multi-media and information technology, and ESP translation and interpreting,
we will use this international conference as a platform to discuss emerging
(new) trends and needs for researching and teaching. We solicit works on
conventional themes: the socio-discourse, the socio-culture and the
socio-politics, highlighting genre-informed pedagogy, situated learning as
well as critical pedagogy respectively. In addition, we also need (new)
teaching and research directions for all three social turns of ESP in Asian
and other contexts.

2017 International Conference on English for Specific Purposes
http://english.scu.edu.tw/esp2017
Conference Theme: Perspectives in ESP: Research & Instruction
Organizers: School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Soochow University
Taiwan ESP Association
Co-organizer: Department of English Language and Literature, Soochow
University
Conference Dates: November 3-4, 2017
Conference Site: Waishuangxi Campus, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan

Plenary Speakers: TBA

Call for Papers:

We welcome papers on (new) trends in researching and teaching of English for
Specific Purposes (ESP). The domain of ESP has had a strong research tradition
since its inception in the 1960s. With the increasing demand for big data
analyses, application of multi-media and information technology, and ESP
translation and interpreting, we will use this international conference as a
platform to discuss emerging (new) trends and needs for researching and
teaching. We solicit works on conventional themes: the socio-discourse, the
socio-culture and the socio-politics, highlighting genre-informed pedagogy,
situated learning as well as critical pedagogy respectively. In addition, we
also need (new) teaching and research directions for all three social turns of
ESP in Asian and other contexts.

Topics include, but are not limited to

(1) ESP curriculum development and evaluation
(2) ESP and corpus
(3) ESP translation and interpreting
(4) ESP technology and applications
(5) ESP teacher training
(6) Assessment of ESP Learner Performance
(7) Cross-cultural communication in ESP
(8) E-learning application and experiences
(9) Information technology in educational research
(10) Interaction in virtual learning environments
(11) Corpus-based studies on translation, discourse and genre studies

Important Dates:

Due date for abstract submission: July 17, 2017
Notification of abstract acceptance: August 14, 2017
Conference Dates: November 3-4, 2017

Types of Presentations:

Oral presentation: Three to four papers in each session and each paper will be
allocated with 15 minutes of presentation followed by a joint discussion
period of 5 minutes.
Poster presentation: Poster presenters will be provided a poster board to
which they can affix summary of their work.

Submission Guideline:

Abstracts should be about 250 to 300 words; full papers should be
single-spaced with a maximum of 15 pages in length.
Abstracts and papers will be accepted in both English and Chinese.
Paper Size: A4 with margins of 2.50cm on each side.
Headings: Times New Roman, font size 14. Main text: Times New Roman, font size
12.
Prepared as Microsoft Word document based on APA 6th edition format.
Submission: Submissions of abstracts and submission forms (downloadable at
http://english.scu.edu.tw/esp2017) should be sent to: foreignsym at scu.edu.tw
Email Subject: 2017 International Conference on English for Specific Purposes-
Name, Title of Paper

Contact Information:

Tel: +886-2-2881-9471 ext. 6486
Fax: +886-2-2881-7609
Willis Weishan Liao, Secretary
foreignsym at scu.edu.tw

Conference Website: http://english.scu.edu.tw/esp2017

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