Fwd: 2011 International Conference and Workshop on TEFL and Applied Linguistics

Call for Abstracts
2011 International Conference and Workshop on
TEFL & Applied Linguistics
10-12 March 2011

Conference Themes:
Education for English Professions and Other
Uses: Teaching Decisions & Educational Policies
on all Levels
* Teaching Strategies & Techniques
* English for Specific Purposes
* English Teaching: Teacher Training and
Cultivation, Beliefs in Teaching, and
Professional Ethics
* The Trends and Challenges in English
Teaching: Analysis of Goals and outcomes across
different disciplines
* Language Teaching & Assessment
* Second Language Acquisition: Theory
and Application
* ALL and Web in Language Teaching
* Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Applied
Psycholinguistics and Applied Socialinguistics
* Cultural Dynamics in English Education:
Literary Studies and Social Praxis

Other relevant topics are also welcome (e.g.,
one-day tour, translation, business etc.)

Plenary Speakers
1. Jack Richards, Professor of Regional Language
Centre, (RELC), Singapore: Competence and
Performance in Language Teaching: Implications
for Teacher Education
2. Rose Senior, Senior Research Fellow in the
Graduate School of Education at the University
of Western Australia: Connectivity:
A Guiding Principle for Effective Classroom
Teaching
3. Simon Borg, Reader in TESOL at the University
of Leeds, UK: Teacher Cognition and Teacher
Autonomy
4. Leo Van Lier, Professor of Educational
Linguistics in the Graduate School of
Translation, Interpretation and Language
Education of the Monterey Institute of
International Studies: Ecological linguistics
and action-based teaching and learning
5. Claire Kramsch, Professor of German and
Foreign Language Education, University of
California, Berkeley: Language and Culture in
Foreign Language Education
6. Gu,Yue-Guo, a research professor of
linguistics and head of the Contemporary
Linguistics Dept., the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences, China
7. Wei, Zhi-Cheng, Professor and
Director of International Languages Department,
Xiamen University of Technology, China. On
Comparative Methodology in Translation
Teaching
8. Dr. Ervin F. Sparapani, Professor of College
of Education, Department of Middle School &
Secondary Education, Saginaw Valley State
University, University Center, Michigan: A
Perspective on the 'One Size Fits all'
Curriculum and Its Effect on Teaching and
Learning

Colloquiums
1. Wen-Ta Tseng, Associate Professor of National
Taiwan Normal U.: An application of the Latent
Trait Model to validating the English
Achievement Tests of a Campaign
2. Chaochang Wang, Hui-Wen Vivian Tang and
Howard Cheng: Graduation papers/ projects: NSC
Student grants
3. Yih-Lan Chen, Chiang-Kang Liu: College-level
English: English Education Policy and
Pedagogical Decision
4. TBA

Talks and Activities
1. Invited speeches, papers, workshops, and
colloquiums (3-4 persons as a team preferred)
2. Drama Performance
3. Banquet: Golden Words Award

Important dates
Abstract due: November 26th, 2010 (abstract of
no more than 350 words plus CV via email:
[email protected])
Please check website for more details.
Acceptance notification: December 14th, 2010
Full paper deadline: February 2nd , 2010. 10
pages.

Conference convener: Dr. Chaochang Wang
Conference organizer: Dr. Maggie Su
Contact person: Muse Lin ([email protected] )
Tel: 886-3 350-7001 ext. 3211~3
Fax: 886-3-359-3870
Website: http://www.ae.mcu.edu.tw/modules/tinyd2/