[Corpora-List] Final Call for Papers: Partnerships in Action: Research, Practice & Training Conference

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««  Final Call for Papers ««

 

Partnerships in Action: Research, Practice &
Training
Inaugural Conference of the Asia-Pacific Rim
LSP and Professional Communication Association

8-10 December 2008 (Mon-Wed)
City University of Hong Kong & The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University

http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/lsp/APacLSP08

 

 

The aim of the conference is to bring together
researchers and practitioners in Languages for
Specific Purposes (LSP) and Professional
Communication in the broad Asia-Pacific Rim region
to contribute to a stimulating and dynamic exchange
of ideas in communication research, practice,
training, and assessment. It also marks the
inauguration of the Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and
Professional Communication Association. The primary
aim of the proposed Association will be to promote
transdisciplinary and collaborative research and
training, and to facilitate sharing of resources in
LSP and Professional Communication in the
Asia-Pacific Rim region.

Plenary Speakers
Patrice Buzzanell (Purdue University, USA)
Christopher Candlin (Macquarie University,
Australia)
Gu Yueguo (The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,
China)
Janet Holmes (Victoria University of Wellington, New
Zealand)
Giovanni Parodi (Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Valparaíso, Chile)

Invited Colloquium Conveners
Catherine Nickerson (Indian Institute of Management
Bangalore, India)
Priscilla Rogers (University of Michigan, USA)

 

Pre-conference Workshops - 8 Dec 2008 (Mon)

 

Morning Session (0900 - 1200)

A.      GU Yueguo – “Come to Grips with Video
Data — Introducing Techniques in Agent-Oriented
Modeling and Video Data-Mining”

B.      Janet Holmes – “Making talk work and
making work talk: developing teaching materials from
workplace discourse”

 

Afternoon Session (1400 - 1700)

C.      Giovanni Parodi – “Corpus linguistics
approaches and the study of disciplinary-oriented
genres”

D.      Patrice Buzzanell – “Current Trends in
Organizational Communication Theory and Research”

 

 

We invite papers or posters that explore
communication research, practice and training:

Research
- Discourse studies of academic, professional,
institutional and other workplace contexts
- Approaches and methodologies in LSP and
professional communication research
- Multimodalities
Practice
- Language in the workplace
- Curriculum design for professional development
- Learning at the workplace
Training
- Professional communication in corporate training
- Assessment and appraisal
- Recruitment and training

Abstract Submission
Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to
egrcpce at polyu.edu.hk, using the Word template which
is available on our conference website.

Abstract submission extended to: 15 September 2008
(Mon)
Notification of acceptance by 30 September 2008
(Tue)

 

Paper Submission and Proceedings

Presenters will be invited to submit a full paper on
the topic of their presentation after the
conference. The papers must be in Microsoft Office
Word format and not exceed 7,000 words (including
appendixes and references).

 

Papers received will be peer-reviewed and those
accepted will be published in the proceedings
available online on our website.

 

>>> A limited amount of funding is available for
those who are financially in need. For more
information, please write to egrcpce at polyu.edu.hk
<<<

 

Please refer to our website at
http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/lsp/APacLSP08 for more
information.
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