TBLT 2017 University of Barcelona, Spain Call for Papers We are calling for proposals for the 7th TBLT Conference “Tasks in Context” that will take place at the University of Barcelona from April 19-21, 2017. Submissions are invited for individual papers (20 minutes for presentation + 5 minutes Q&A, 300-word abstract), show and tell (10-minute … Continue reading 7th International Conference on Task-based language teaching
Contributions are invited for an edited volume on The Englishisation of Education in Europe in Public Discourses: Critical Discourse Approaches to be submitted to Benjamins book series: Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture The teaching of English in Europe, and delivery of entire University programmes in English, have seen unprecedented acceleration since the Bologna declaration … Continue reading Call for book chapters
CALL FOR PAPERS Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Code-Switching University of Cambridge, 3rd-4th October 2016 Main speakers: Margaret Deuchar (University of Cambridge) David Green (University College London) Guillaume Thierry (Bangor University) Research on code-switching was the province of specialists in linguistics alone in the latter part of the twentieth century, and is still a valuable source of … Continue reading Interdisciplinary perspectives on code-switching: Call for papers
Global Education Center,Waseda University Faculty Recruitment Information (Academic EnglishWriting) The Global Education Center (GEC*) of Waseda University, a long-established private university located in central Tokyo, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track** (or tenured) position in English Writing. The successful applicant is expected to teach academic English writing to both Japanese students and international students. We … Continue reading English Writing: full-time tenure track position, Waseda University, Japan
It is the EuroSLA abstract time again! The abstract submission will open tomorrow and close the last of February. I am sending this message to you as your name is on the list of EuroSLA Sientific Comittee, i.e. the list of scholars who have indicated their willingness to review abstracts. Unless we hear from you soon, we … Continue reading Call for abstracts for EuroSLA 2016
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The Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS will be hosting a two-day workshop on ‘Learner corpus based approaches to second language acquisition’ on 31 March – 1 April, 2017. As recently put by Myles (2015), “second language researchers have been rather slow in taking advantage of learner corpora and their associated computerised methodologies (…), and LCR … Continue reading ‘Learner corpus based approaches to second language acquisition’ workshop
Centre for Research in Language Development throughout the Lifespan (LaDeLi)Workshop, University of Essex, 26 April 2016 Social interaction is an intrinsic aspect of what makes us human, and language, both first (L1) and additional (L2) languages, is learned amidst communication exchanges where linguistic evidence is made available. The study and examination of the linguistic environment … Continue reading Call for papers: The role of interaction in language development and loss throughout the lifespan
TESL Canada invites applications and nominations for the position of editor (or co-editors) of the TESL Canada Journal for a four year term beginning July 1, 2017. The successful applicant/team should be prepared to begin as Associate Editor(s) for a period of one year under the current Editor, Marian Rossiter, starting July 1, 2016 or … Continue reading TESL CANADA JOURNAL EDITOR