21.1241, Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition/United Kingdom

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Subject: 21.1241, Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition/United Kingdom

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Date: 11-Mar-2010
From: Tricia Coverdale-Jones < tricia.coverdale-jones at port.ac.uk >
Subject: Transnational Dialogues in HE

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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:27:15
From: Tricia Coverdale-Jones [tricia.coverdale-jones at port.ac.uk]
Subject: Transnational Dialogues in HE

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Full Title: Transnational Dialogues in HE 
Short Title: TDHE 

Date: 17-Sep-2010 - 17-Sep-2010
Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Tricia Coverdale-Jones
Meeting Email: tricia.coverdale-jones at port.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.port.ac.uk/asianlearners 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 26-Apr-2010 

Meeting Description:

Following a series of successful conferences (Portsmouth University 2004, 2006 
and 2008; Shandong University 2007 and 2009) we are pleased to announce the 
sixth conference in the series.

With an increasing number of links and agreements between UK HEIs and 
universities in a number of Asian countries, the focus of our conference has
widened from China to include learners from other Asian countries, such as
India, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore. In the new and ever-changing educational 
environment that faces us today we need clear understanding and rigorous
research. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum where these strands
can come together, where researchers, HE teachers and managers can learn from
each other. Previous conferences in the series have been praised for promoting
cooperation and a fruitful exchange of ideas, in a friendly and supportive
environment

More details of the conference, including links to the previous conference, will
appear on the conference webpage:
www.port.ac.uk/asianlearners 

Call for Papers

The conference will have four strands:
Language Issues for Asian Learners	
Cultural issues for Asian Learners
Teaching Asian Learners - practical approaches
Institutional Issues

The Language Issues for Asian Learners strand The Language Issues strand will 
consider issues relating to the roles that the English language plays in the 
Asian student's learning experience. 

The Culture of Asian Learners strand will include consideration of similarities 
and differences between various groups of learners. A focus on recent changes in 
learning cultures will be particularly welcome.

The Practical Approaches strand will include a discussion of a range of teaching 
methods and case studies which have wider implications for Higher Education. 
Approaches to online learning would be welcome here.

The Institutional Issues strand will look at Asian learners from the perspective 
of Higher Education Institutions, government policies and transnational student 
movement.

Examples of good practice in all these areas and presentations showing different 
viewpoints or papers from a variety of disciplines will be welcomed.

Keynote Speakers/ Plenary Speakers:
Janette Ryan (Oxford Brookes University and HEA Teaching International Students 
Project)
Martin Cortazzi (University of Warwick) and Lixian Jin (De Montfort University)
Prof Jianwu Peng (Shandong University, Qingdao campus)
Dr Ganakumaran Subramaniam, (University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus) The 
changing landscape of Malaysian education from the schools to universities.

Submission of Abstracts
We invite abstracts of up to 300 words for individual or joint papers from those 
researching in the field or with pedagogically-based experience which may 
contribute to our understanding of the needs of the East Asian learner. 
Contributions may be in the form of :

Parallel sessions for papers of 40 minutes (30 minutes with 10 minutes for 
questions)
Workshops (these could be double sessions of 80 minutes)
Poster presentations

The 2004 conference led to a special issue of the journal Language, Culture and 
Curriculum (19 (1) 2006), while the 2006 conference led to a publication with 
Palgrave Macmillan, Internationalising the University: the Chinese Context. As 
with the 2008 conference, pre-conference ideas and abstracts will be published 
by the University of Portsmouth. It is hoped that selected papers in these 
proceedings will be published.

Deadline for Abstracts; 26th April 2010

Abstracts should be sent to:
Richard.Hitchcock at port.ac.uk
or
Tricia.Coverdale-Jones at port.ac.uk

Or submitted online at
http://www.port.ac.uk/asianlearners

Or by mail to 	
Richard Hitchcock
School of Languages and Area Studies,
University of Portsmouth
Park Building 
King Henry I Street
Portsmouth  PO5 2DZ  UK

More details of the conference, including links to the previous conference, will
appear on the conference webpage:
www.port.ac.uk/asianlearners

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