call for papers
first international conference on english language teaching and learning (iceltl1)
10th – 13th September 2008
university of santiago de compostela, spainhttp://www.usc-iceltl.es
The University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) is holding the First International Conference on English Language Teaching and Learning (ICELTL1) from the 10th to the 13th of September 2008. The conference will take place in the Faculty of Philology of the USC.
Santiago de Compostela is a historic city located in the north-western part of
Spain. It is the administrative, social and commercial capital of the
Autonomous Community of
Galicia. It was declared a
World
Heritage
City by UNESCO thanks to its multicultural nature and as the final destination of a thousand-year-old pilgrim route: the Way of St. James. It was originally a stopping point on a Roman road, but the discovery of the Apostle James’ tomb at the beginning of the 9th century gave rise to a place of worship in the corner of the
Iberian Peninsula. From then on, all of Europe started walking towards Santiago, a holy city of Christendom. This setting is alive with cultural expressions – annual music, cinema and theatre festivals, permanent and travelling exhibitions and traditional festivals- organised by the public and private sector, led by the five-hundred-year-old
University of
Santiago, whose lecture rooms add thirty thousand students to Compostela population of one hundred thousand residents.
The First International Conference on English Language Teaching and Learning will bring together ELT teachers, researchers and professionals from all over the world to exchange, discuss and develop their ideas on the general topic of English language teaching and learning. The conference programme will offer many opportunities for contact between various professionals, specialists and ELT practitioners. The event will consist in a four-day programme with a large number of papers, workshops and panel discussions on a wide range of ELT-related subjects.Paper, workshop and panel discussion proposals are welcome on the following topic areas:
- Teacher training and teacher development (TTD)
- Curriculum and syllabus design and planning (CS)
- The teaching of the four skills (TF)
- The teaching of grammar (TG)
- The teaching of pronunciation (TP)
- Cultural studies and ELT (CSELT)
- The teaching of vocabulary (TV)
- Teaching and Learning technologies (TLT)
- Approaches and methods (AM)
- Translation and English language teaching (TELT)
- Corpus linguistics and English language teaching (CELT)
- ESP teaching and learning (ESP)
- Teaching English to young learners (TYL)
- Materials design and production (MD)
- ELT management (ELTM)
- Learner autonomy (LA)
- Testing, evaluation and assessment (TEA)
- Second language acquisition and learning (
SLA)
- Critical ELT (CRELT)
- Any other topic which could be of interest in the field of English language teaching and learning (OTH)
The deadline for speakers’ proposals is Friday 15th May 2008. Prospective contributors are invited to offer 20-minute papers, 50-minute workshops and 90-minute panel discussions (3-4 people).
The abstracts for papers should not exceed 400 words (min. 250), for workshops and panel discussions 700 words (min. 500). They should have up to 5 main references. The allowed languages are Galician, English and Spanish.Please make your proposal by completing the speaker proposal form. Visit http://www.usc-iceltl.es for further information.
Proposals will be considered by two referees who will decide on the acceptance or refusal of the contribution. We aim to let you know whether your proposal has been accepted or refused by late June 2008.
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