[EDLING:1152] CFP: Tertiary/College English Language Teaching

[Francis M Hult]

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/eltu/tcelt/conference/2006/callpaper.htm

International Conference on Tertiary/College English Language Teaching (TCELT 2006)

First Call for Papers

Following the success of the international conferences held in previous years, the English 
Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the National 
Association of College English Teaching and Research in China (CETRAC) will jointly 
organise another international conference in June 2006. The mainland host in 2006 will be 
the Foreign Studies College of Northeastern University. The TCELT 2006 conference will 
take place in two locations: Shenyang (June 1-2, 2006) and Hong Kong (June 5-6, 2006). It 
is hoped that the dual locations will widen the participation and attract colleagues from 
different parts of China and from other countries.

Invitation 

The practice of language teaching has undergone enormous changes in recent years as a 
result of advances in Information Technology (IT). Universities and schools have invested 
heavily in IT in order to provide teachers with facilities which can make their teaching 
more varied, more interesting and more effective. However, since the technology continues 
to evolve rapidly, many of its language teaching applications are still being developed. 
It is hoped that TCELT 2006 will provide an opportunity for language specialists to 
present innovative IT-related work, as well as address some of the problems which the new 
technology presents.

Contributions related to the following sub-themes are welcome: 

¡E CAI and CALL
¡E Corpus linguistics and language teaching
¡E Instructional technology and language teaching 
¡E IT and cultural awareness
¡E IT and teacher development
¡E IT and teacher/learner motivation
¡E IT-enhanced assessment
¡E IT-based curriculum or programme design
¡E Learner autonomy and IT
¡E Materials and courseware development
¡E Web-based teaching

Conference Activities

Presenters may wish to address one or more of the conference sub-themes in the following 
presentation formats:

¡E Paper (20 minutes presentation plus 5 minutes for questions )
¡E Demonstration (50 minutes, including questions)
¡E Workshop (50 minutes, including questions) 
¡E Poster (Board size: 6¡¦ x 4¡¦)

Guidelines for Proposal Submission

Abstract: Between 350 and 400 words.
Title: Maximum 15 words
Deadline: January 23, 2006
Address of Submission: By e-mail: tcelt-conference at cuhk.edu.hk

Format: APA-Format, Word for Windows

Criteria for review of proposals

Abstracts will be reviewed ¡§blind¡¨ by members of the Vetting Committee to be composed of 
representatives from both organisers primarily based on the following criteria:

¡E Relevance to the conference theme and sub-themes
¡E Drawing on empirical work
¡E Ability to articulate general principles to other settings
¡E Quality of the abstract
¡E Interest level and originality


Announcement of results

Notification of acceptance will be sent through e-mail by March 20, 2006.