Fwd: Fw: International Conference in Urmia, Iran 2013

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Abbass Eslami Rasekh (PhD, Monash)
English Language and Linguistics Dept.
Faculty of Foreign Languages,
University of Isfahan, Isfahan
Iran.

Phone: 0098-311-7932110, 6687391 & 7932111
Fax: +98 311 7754958

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Subject: International Conference in Urmia, Iran 2013

Dear scholar


I am pleased to announce that the  English Language Department of
Urmia University (Iran) will be holding an International Conference on
Current Trends in ELT on 21 and 22 May 2013 (31 Ordibehesht and 1
Khordad, 1392). The theme of the Conference is Putting the Learner in
the Spotlight. The conference will be an opportunity for national and
international ELT researchers and practitioners to share their latest
research findings and to keep abreast of the most recent developments
in the field. Researchers and scholars from around the world are
invited to submit their papers to be evaluated for inclusion in the
conference programme. The papers can cover a range of topics in
Applied Linguistics and ELT.  The abstracts will be evaluated by
International Scientific Committee Members based on their originality,
novelty, rigour and relevance to the conference theme. The accepted
papers will be scheduled for oral/poster presentation and workshop.

I am also pleased to inform you that all accepted papers for the
conference will be published by Elsevier in Procedia – Social and
Bebavioural Sciences (SBS- Procedia) and will be indexed by SCOPUS.


Plenary speeches will be given by distinguished and international key
ELT figures. Confirmed plenary speakers include the following:


Professor Jack C Richards (University of Sydney),
Professor Rod Ellis (University of Auckland),
Professor Alister Cumming (University of Toronto),
Professor Micheal Byram (Durham University)
Professor Neil Anderson (Brigham Young University),
Professor John Sivell (Brock University)
Professor Bonny Norton (University of British Colombia),
Professor Farzad Sharifian (Monash University)


Further plenary speeches are being arranged and will be added to the
conference website soon.


Proposals can be submitted on any of the following issues:




Approaches to teaching ELT
Ethics in ELT
Classroom-based/formal language learning
Naturalistic/informal language learning
Teaching skills/sub-skills
Child L2  acquisition
Teaching young learners
Adult L2 learning
ELT in university/tertiary level
Literature and teaching
Discourse analysis and teaching
Management in ELT
Translation and teaching
Materials development and syllabus design
Curriculum/planning issues
Measurement and evaluation in ELT
CALL/MALL/CALT
Multilingualism in ELT
ESP/EAP
Learner language
Leaner/teacher relationships
Cross-cultural issues in ELT
Challenges in ELT
Future directions in ELT

+  Any issue related to ELT or teaching/learning a second/foreign language



L2 researchers and practitioners and in particular ELT scholars are

invited to submit their proposals online at linguistlist.org/easyabs/elt2013.

The deadline for abstract submission is January 20, 2013.


More information about the conference, how to submit proposals,

important dates and other relevant information appear in the conference website:

www.urmia.ac.ir/elt2013

Please feel free to share this email with your mailing list,
colleagues, co-researchers, students and other interested persons.


Please also find a conference poster attached for your kind attention.



Kind regards

Karim Sadeghi

Academic Organizer

(On behalf of the Organizing Committee)


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Karim Sadeghi, PhD
Editor-in-chief and Managing Editor
Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research (IJLTR)
English Language Department
Urmia University
Urmia 165
Iran.

 

Nematullah Shomoossi, PhD
Department of English, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Fax: +98 571 2274408

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