[EDLING:1438] CFP: Communication Skills in University Education 2006

[Francis M Hult]

CSUE 2006: Communication Skills in University Education

http://www.slc.auckland.ac.nz/csue2006/index.php?page=submissions


This is the sixth biennial Communication Skills in University Education (CSUE) Conference. 

The aims and objectives of this conference remain the same as those of previous CSUE 
conferences: 

To promote the development of communication and literacy skills of tertiary students 
To provide a means for professionals with interest in the area to get together and share 
ideas. 
In 2006, the conference is being hosted by the University of Auckland's Student Learning 
Centre, and will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, 29 November - 1 December. 


Conference presentations
All participants are invited to submit an abstract relating to the conference theme for 
presentation at the CSUE 2006 conference. Submissions must be in one of the following 
categories: 

Paper presentations (25 minutes per paper: 20 minutes presentation, 5 minutes for 
questions/discussion) 
Snapshots of teaching and/or learning strategies (25 minutes per session: 20 minutes 
presentation, 5 minutes for questions/discussion) 
Facilitated group discussions on a topic relating to the conference theme (55 minutes 
question - answer and group discussion) 
Workshop for hands on learning (50 minutes: 10 minutes for questions/discussion 
Poster presentations (During lunchtimes). Posters must be ISO A1 (594 × 841 mm). 
The deadline for submission of proposals is 29 May 2006

Refereed conference proceedings
An edited book of refeered conference proceedings will be published through Pearson 
Education. A copy of this book will be sent to all conference delegates once released. 

Delegates wishing to have their papers considered for this publication must indicate on 
the proposal form, submit the full paper by 28 July 2006 and adhere to the guidelines 
given below. 

Guidelines for submitting papers for the refereed proceedings
Submissions must clearly relate to the conference topic of communication skills in 
university education and the broad theme of "Intercultural Communications across 
University Settings".


Submissions, in Microsoft Word document format, should be sent as an e-mail attachment to 
Lynette Herrero-Torres l.herrero at auckland.ac.nz no later than 28 July 2006. The attachment 
you send should be entitled CSUE06_YourSurname.doc (e.g., CSUE06_Wolfgramm.doc). If there 
is more than one author, use only the surname of the first author in the title of the 
document. If submitting more than one document, use numerals after the surname (e.g., 
CSUE06_Wolfgramm2.doc).


Referencing of all submissions should conform to the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association (APA), 5th Edition.


Word limits: 
Theoretical articles and reports of research (whether submitted for paper or poster 
presentation): maximum of 5,000 words (including abstract, references, notes, and tables). 
Snapshots of teaching and/or learning strategies: maximum of 2,000 words (including 
abstract, references, notes, and tables). Where possible, data relating to the assessment 
of the effectiveness of these strategies should be included. 


To facilitate blind peer review of the papers submitted, the names and institutional 
affiliations of the authors must not appear anywhere else except the title page. 


The manuscript should be well organized to aid readability and accessibility to a wide 
range of readers. 


The typeface used should be Times New Roman, 12pt. Line spacing should be double, and 
margins should be 3 cm for the top, bottom, left and right. 


Manuscripts must not have been previously published, and should not be under consideration 
for publication elsewhere. 


The editors of the book reserve the right to make editorial changes in any papers accepted 
for publication to aid clarity and readability. The authors will only be consulted where 
these changes are extensive.