[EDLING:50] CFP: BAAL-CUP Seminar on Communicative Competence

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Full Title: BAAL-CUP Seminar on Communicative Competence

Date: 25-Jun-2007 - 25-Jun-2007
Location: Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
Contact Person: Jean-Marc Dewaele
Meeting Email: j.dewaelebbk.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/llc/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Call Deadline: 15-May-2007

Meeting Description:
Communicative Competence Revisited: Multilingual, Multicultural and
Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Proposals for papers (20 minutes) are invited for this one-day seminar on
Communicative Competence sponsored by the British Association of Applied
Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, and the School of Languages,
Linguistics & Culture, Birkbeck, University of London. The aim of the 
seminar is
four-fold:

- To evaluate the concept of Communicative Competence from a multilingual,
multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective
- To explore the relevance and applicability of the concept in an age of
gobalisation and fast changing information-communication technology
-To consider methodological issues in the study of Communicative 
Competence in
applied linguistics and other related disciplines
- To provide stimulus and create networks for future research projects on
Communicative Competence

Plenary speakers:
Professor Mick Perkins (Department of Human Communication Sciences, 
University
of Sheffield)
Professor Constant Leung (Department of Education & Professional 
Studies, King's
College London)

Please send a 200-word abstract via email to:
j.dewaelebbk.ac.uk
Dr Jean-Marc Dewaele, School of Languages, Linguistics & Culture
Birkbeck, University of London
43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD.
Tel: 020 7631 6180