21.4983, Calls: Applied Ling, Translation/Russia

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Subject: 21.4983, Calls: Applied Ling, Translation/Russia

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Date: 08-Dec-2010
From: Anastasia Atabekova [atabekoff at gmail.com]
Subject: LSP and Specialized Translation Training
 

	
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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:36:18
From: Anastasia Atabekova [atabekoff at gmail.com]
Subject: LSP and Specialized Translation Training

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Full Title: LSP and Specialized Translation Training 
Short Title: LSP & STT 

Date: 29-Mar-2011 - 31-Mar-2011
Location: Moscow, Russia 
Contact Person: Anastasia Atabekova
Meeting Email: atabekoff at gmail.com
Web Site: http://web-local.rudn.ru/web-local/kaf/rj/index.php?id=40&p=524 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2011 

Meeting Description:

The International Conference on Language for Specific Purposes  Teaching  and  Specialised Translation Skills Training in Higher Education Institutions  is organized by the Department of Foreign Languages of the Faculty of Law at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia(Moscow) annually. The Conference brings together teachers, researchers and professionals from all over the world to exchange, discuss and develop their ideas on foreign language for specific purposes teaching and  specialized translation skills training in a multicultural world. The conference program offers a lot of opportunities for contacts between various professionals, specialists and practitioners. The event will consist of a three-day program combining plenary sessions, workshops and panel discussions. 

For details visit the Department Sites:

http://web-local.rudn.ru/web-local/kaf/rj/index.php?id=40&p=524
http://www.fld-rudn.com/confeng2011.html 

Call for Papers:

Ways to participate:
 
-on-line session, 
-on-site participation, 
-publication of  abstract/ article in the conference proceedings book (with ISBN, free of charge, with further sending through our university mail service ) 

Papers are welcome on the main  topic areas: 

-Language for Specific Purposes Teaching: New paradigms, challenges and solutions 
-LSP Status within the Multilingualism of European Higher Education 
-Specialized Translation Sills Training: Theory and Practice 
-LSP Teacher Training and Teacher Development 
-Translation Teachers' Training: Competences, Curriculum, Approaches 

The above mentioned key areas may include the discussions on the following aspects:

-Cultural studies and LSP teaching 
-Corpora and LSP teaching 
-Discourse studies and LSP teaching 
-ICT in LSP and Specialised Translation Teaching 
-Testing, evaluation and assessment  in LSP and Specialised Translation Teaching 

Workshops and  round tables are supposed to be organized on the following topics:

-Teaching  Legal English: challenges and peculiarities, solutions  and innovations. 
-Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at Universities 
-Teaching German as a Foreign Language at Universities 
-Teaching French as a Foreign Language at Universities 

Any other topic which could be of interest in the field of LSP language teaching and learning also welcome.

Submissions:

The deadline for  proposals is February, 1, 2011. 
The papers should not exceed 8000 units (4 pages  A4 format, Times New Roman,14)
The working languages of the conference are Russian and English but papers in French, Spanish, German are welcome. 
Electronic Submissions should be sent in MS Word or RTF format to atabekoff at gmail.com
All the papers are supposed to pass through the blind peer review procedure.

Accommodation:

University campus, 2* hotel style double and single rooms, or 3* hotel rooms,  15 minutes walk from the University, 3-5* hotel accomodation in the city hotels

Social events:

Official dinner 
Bus tour ( upon request) 

The conference is sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages of the Faculty of Law of the University.

Visa support:

If your paper is accepted you will be informed about this until February 10th. The Organizing Committee is ready to arrange an official invitation for you to the conference through the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation. The scanned documents (passport and application for visitors form - to be sent  upon request - are to be submitted 45 days prior to the person's entry in the country).




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