27.1984, Calls: English, Applied Ling, General Ling, Lang Acq/Turkey

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Subject: 27.1984, Calls: English, Applied Ling, General Ling, Lang Acq/Turkey

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Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 10:28:40
From: Cansu Akan [cansuakancelta at gmail.com]
Subject: Bogazici University School of Foreign Languages Towards Higher Education Conference

Full Title: Bogazici University School of Foreign Languages Towards Higher Education Conference 
Short Title: THE Conference 

Date: 14-Apr-2017 - 15-Apr-2017
Location: Istanbul, Turkey 
Contact Person: THE Conference Chairs
Meeting Email: theconference at boun.edu.tr
Web Site: http://www.theconference.boun.edu.tr 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 15-Oct-2016 

Meeting Description:

Boğaziçi University School of Foreign Languages 1st ELT Conference: Towards
Higher Education (THE): Bridging the Gap. 

14-15 April 2017, Boğaziçi University (Istanbul, Turkey)

2017 marks the 59th year of the founding of the first English preparatory
school in Turkey at Boğaziçi University (then Robert College) in 1958. For
almost 60 years, we have been functioning as a bridge to lessen the gap that
exists between secondary and higher education. Bridging this gap has always
been a challenge, and now more so than ever, as Turkish universities are
striving to attract international students, and are offering more and more
courses taught in English. Yet Turkish secondary school graduates are
enrolling in colleges and universities with less than the bare minimum level
of English required for English-medium instruction.

Given the name ''preparatory class'' in Turkey, and ''pathway program,''
''academic bridge program'' or ''intensive English program'' elsewhere,
similar programs at English-medium universities which receive international
students worldwide share a common mission: to equip their students with the
necessary language skills to enable them to follow lectures and read articles,
and critically respond in oral and/or written form to the input they receive.
Students in these programs need both language instruction and guidance in
Academic English: the intensiveness of the programs therefore requires that
students improve rapidly in only one or two semesters, and that teachers
actively engage in students' academic and transitional affairs.

The tradition to organize ELT events at both secondary and higher education
institutions is well established in Turkey; we, however, see a need to focus
specifically on what could and needs to be done in academic bridge programs.
In these programs, English language instructors, administrators, professional
development units, and syllabus and test designers strive to provide their
students -- usually in less than one year -- with the necessary skills to cope
with the requirements of their freshman courses, but also to create a work
environment that makes it possible for the instructors to achieve this
gargantuan task.

Boğaziçi University School of Foreign Languages is organizing a two-day
conference designed to address the theme of “bridging the gap.” We are
interested in hearing about research studies and effective practices that can
help bridge the gaps that may exist not only for learners, but also for
teachers, professional development specialists, syllabus and materials
designers, test writers, policy makers, and administrators at university
academic bridge programs. We encourage presenters to identify the learning
needs of a specific group of learners, and to present ways to creatively and
effectively respond to these. Presenters may wish to focus on the gaps that
teachers or trainers have to overcome in terms of teaching practice or
methodology. Other topics to explore could be effective practices in designing
syllabi and developing materials to cater to the needs of a specific group of
learners, or the assessment of whether or not the previously set aims and
objectives have been reached. The challenges met and resolved by institutional
policy makers and administrators could also be examined.

Call for Papers:

Target Audience: Instructors and researchers focusing on Preparatory/
Pre-sessional/ Academic Bridge/ Pathway/ EAP Programs worldwide.

THE (Towards Higher Education) Conference welcomes the proposals of English
Language Teaching professionals and researchers from all over the world. THE
Conference aims to be a sharing, discussion and solution arena for language
teaching and learning issues in academic bridge programs and preparatory
classes.

Areas to be explored may include, though are not limited to, the following:

Language Skills: Writing, Reading, Speaking, and Listening
Language Systems: Vocabulary and Grammar
Learning Strategies
TELL (Technology Enhanced Language Learning)
Learner/ Teacher Autonomy
Motivation
Testing and Assessment
Syllabus Design
Materials Development
Professional Development and Teacher Training
Policy Making and Administration

You may submit your proposal by visiting the Ex Ordo abstract submission
system (you will be required to setup an account first):
https://theconference2017.exordo.com/

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