Conferences

The 3rd Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching 3 July 2008, Lancaster, UK

nikeditor — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:12:31 +0000

The Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching is organized by postgraduate students under the auspices of the Department of Linguistic and English Language, Lancaster University. The postgraduate conference aims to offer the opportunity for postgraduate students from various areas in linguistics and language teaching/assessment to come together to present papers related to their research and to exchange ideas. Read more

SLanguages 2009 - Information & Call for Papers

nikeditor — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:19:59 +0000

Following on from last year's second SLanguages conference, we are pleased to announce a call for papers for this year's bigger and better event, to be held 8th May11:00 PDT to 9th May 11:00 PDT on EduNation II and III. The conference aims to bring together practitioners and researchers in the field of language education in Second Life for a 24-hour festival celebrating languages and cultures in Second Life, and will include a variety of social events as well as an exciting mix of plenary and simultaneous sessions throughout. Read more

Language Learning in Computer Mediated Communities October 11-13, 2009 Hawai

nikeditor — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:58:08 +0000

Once, computers were seen as thinking machines or electronic tutors. Now the computer has become one of many devices that people use to form virtual communities of all kinds. In the field of language education, computer mediated communication (CMC) enables students to interact with one another free of space and time constraints and to participate in communities of learning with their counterparts in the target culture. Read more

GASLA-10

nikeditor — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:23:21 +0000

The 10th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference is inviting abstract submissions for its meeting, to be held on March 13-15, 2009 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Abstracts are solicited for 20-minute oral presentations (plus 10 minutes for discussion) or poster presentations. Read more

SOCALLT 2009 Conference: Language Learning 2.0: Linking People to the World

nikeditor — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:56:54 +0000

SOCALLT 2009 will be held at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas (near Austin) on February 13-14 (Friday & Saturday), 2009. The South Central Association for Language Learning Technology invites SOCALLT/IALLT members and other language teaching professionals who use instructional technologies Read more

2009 ACTFL Annual convention and World languages expo

nikeditor — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:44:25 +0000

The Annual Convention and World Languages Expo of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) will be held Friday, November 20 through Sunday, November 22, 2009 in San Diego. Read more

8th International Language and Development Conference

nikeditor — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:05:23 +0000

Dhaka, Bangladesh from 23 to 25 June 2009. The conference has a strong focus on providing a forum for examining important issues related to language policy, language learning and language teaching in the context of the developing world and, in particular, from the perspective of policy makers, language and literacy educators, development professionals and donors. Read more

English language in use: Classroom and workplace Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February 2009

nikeditor — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:17:48 +0000

The British Council Teachers’ Club with Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomas, and the British Alumni Association is pleased to announce that the first Philippine International English Language Conference and Networking will be held on Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February 2009 at the SMX Function Room 4, SM Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City Philippines. Read more

Bridging Worlds: Making Connections in Education: Universiti Brunei Darussalam 21st to 24th May 2009

nikeditor — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:11:26 +0000

Education encompasses a variety of worlds – home, school, university, the workplace and industry – situated within the national and the global communities. The resulting tensions and competing paradigms in these worlds of education provide a rich framework in which to explore and examine strategies necessary for their resolution. Read more

Innovations in Teaching Children & Teenagers Milan, March 23rd to 25th 2009

nikeditor — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:59:52 +0000

Organised by the British Council and IATEFL’s Young Learners & Learning Technologies Special Interest Groups. A conference for all teachers of English. This conference will look at three of the most important topics in the rapidly changing world of English Teaching. Read more