[EDLING:1900] CFP: 2nd Celc Symposium for English Language Teachers: Bridging Research and Pedagogy

[Tamara Warhol]

Full Title: 2nd Celc Symposium for English Language Teachers: Bridging 
Research and Pedagogy

Date: 30-May-2007 - 01-Jun-2007
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Contact Person: Xudong Deng
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.nus.edu.sg/celc/symposium

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English

Call Deadline: 06-Oct-2006

Meeting Description:

The Centre for English Language Communication (CELC), National 
University of Singapore invites colleagues from all over the world to 
participate in an international symposium for English language teachers. 
This symposium will combine classroom-based research paper presentations 
with small group discussions to give presenters and participants an 
enriching professional development experience.

30 May - 1 June 2007
Hilton Hotel, Orchard Road, Singapore


Theme:

The English Language Teaching and Learning Landscape: Continuity, 
Innovation and Diversity.

Topic Areas:

- Language learning and teaching in the age of information technology;
- Intercultural communication in the English language classroom;
- Integrating critical and creative thinking and English language teaching;
- Assessment and evaluation;
- Teaching methodology for the future;
- Local versus global materials for English language teaching;
- Learner autonomy and English language learning;
- Classroom management;
- English for specific purposes;
- The impact of language policies on the English language classroom.

Presentations:

Parallel Papers:
These are lecture presentations to a formal audience lasting thirty 
minutes plus ten minutes for questions.

Workshops:
These are 90-minute hands-on sessions during which the participants are 
engaged in a series of carefully structured activities.

Procedure for Submission of Abstracts:

A 150-250 word abstract with a title not exceeding 12 words and a 
50-word biodata should be sent to the Secretariat no later than 6 
October 2006. Please fill in the proposal form (available from the 
symposium website: www.nus.edu.sg/celc/symposium) and post, email or fax 
it to us.

The Secretariat will inform proposers by 15 January 2007 whether their 
abstracts have been accepted. The Secretariat reserves the right to 
decline abstracts without assigning reasons.

Contact:

Symposium Secretariat
Centre for English Language Communication
National University of Singapore
10 Kent Ridge Crescent
Singapore 119260
Phone: (65) 6516-3866, 6516-7447