26.1195, Calls: English, Ling & Literature/Poland

Tue Mar 3 22:27:48 UTC 2015

LINGUIST List: Vol-26-1195. Tue Mar 03 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.1195, Calls: English, Ling & Literature/Poland

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Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:27:38
From: Anita Buczek-Zawiła [abuczekzawila at gmail.com]
Subject: 6th International May Conference Current Issues in English Studies

Full Title: 6th International May Conference Current Issues in English Studies 
Short Title: MayConf 

Date: 14-May-2015 - 15-May-2015
Location: Kraków, Poland 
Contact Person: Joanna Podhorodecka
Meeting Email: may.conference at gmail.com
Web Site: http://mayconference.weebly.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2015 

Meeting Description:

We would like to invite academics with research interests in various aspects of the English language, as well as those studying the history and culture of English speaking countries, to present papers at the Conference. We hope that such an intersemiotic exchange of ideas and findings will prove to be fruitful.

There will also be five plenary talks, to which all participants are invited. The keynote speakers are as follows:

Prof. KUL dr hab. Bogusław Marek (OBE) – John Paul II Catholic University of
Lublin
dr hab. Władysław Witalisz – Jagiellonian University
Prof. UP dr hab. Mariusz Misztal – Pedagogical University of Cracow

and, for the CALL Day on 15 May 2015:

Anna Stanisławska-Mischke – University of Economics, Cracow
Piotr Peszko – Motorola Solutions Systems, Poland

In addition, further opportunities to discuss matters relevant to education today are planned:

- A discussion panel (in Polish): Academic e-learning in Poland: already a thing of the past or yet to come / E-learning akademicki w Polsce: już się skończył czy jeszcze się nie zaczął in which prof. dr hab. Jerzy Mischke (SEA), prof. UP dr hab. Anna Turula (Pedagogical University, Cracow), dr hab. Jarosław Krajka (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin), dr Małgorzata Kurek (Jan Długosz University,Częstochowa), dr inż. Tomasz Walasek (SEA) and Piotr Peszko (Motorola Solutions)will lead the discussions.
- Two practical workshops: the first will focus on Open Educational Resources and be led by Anna Skowron (Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa); the second will consider Intercultural Exchanges Online / Telecollaboration and be chaired by Małgorzata (Gosia) Kurek (Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa).

Call for Papers:

The topics at the conference include, but are not limited to:

- English Language Teaching Methodology
- New Technologies in Teaching and Communication
- Linguistics
- Discourse Studies
- Languages in Contact
- Translation Studies
- History and Culture
- Literature and Comparative Literary Studies

Speakers are invited to submit abstracts, which must be written in English (200-250 words), via the conference registration form no later than 15 March 2015. 

The conference language is English. Thus, all the papers must be delivered in English.

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