[PN] TESOL Worldwide Calendar of Events (2 Dec. 2003)
Steve McCarty
steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp
Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:21:21 +0900
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November 21, 2003 Edition
--Calls for Papers News and Reminders
--Conference Listings by Month/Year
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Calls for Papers News and Reminders
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English Language Teaching Unit, The CUHK. Conference date(s): May 14-18,
2004. Proposal deadline November 30, 2003. Web
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/eltu/conference/2004/.
Bilkent University School of English Language. Conference date(s): March
4-6, 2004. Proposal deadline December 8, 2003. Web
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/busel/2004c.htm.
IATEFL Ukraine, British Council, Donetsk State University of Economics
and Trade. Conference date(s): February 6-7, 2004. Proposal deadline
December 10, 2003. E-mail iatefl_donetsk@yahoo.com.
Foreign Language Education Student Association. Conference date(s):
February 27-28, 2004. Proposal deadline December 15, 2003. Web
http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/flesa/texflec/tex2004/index.htm.
GIAPEL Research Group. Conference date(s): May 26-28, 2004. Proposal
deadline January 12, 2004. Web http://www.taaal.uji.es.
Georgia TESOL. Conference date(s): March 12-13, 2004. Proposal deadline
January 14, 2004. Web http://www.gatesol.org/.
Kansas Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages. Conference date(s): March 12-13, 2004. Proposal deadline
January 15, 2004. Web http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004.
European Second Language Association . Conference date(s): September
8-11, 2004. Proposal deadline January 31, 2004. Web
http://www.vc.ehu.es/eurosla2004.
Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication. Conference date(s): July
31, 2004. Proposal deadline April 15, 2004. Web http://www.iupui.edu/~icic/.
Instituto Cultural Dominico Americano. Conference date(s): June 10-16,
2004. Proposal deadline April 30, 2004. Web http://www.icda.edu.do/.
Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication. Conference date(s): June
26-30, 2004. Proposal deadline May 1, 2004. Web http://www.iupui.edu/~icic/.
The University of Pennsylvania. Conference date(s): February 27-28,
2004. Proposal deadline October 3, 2004. Web http://www.gse.upenn.edu/cue/.
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Conference Listings by Month/Year
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November 2003
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28-30. EgypTESOL 4th Annual Convention, "Best Practice in TEFL," Cairo,
Egypt. E-mail cdc@gega.net. Web site http://www.egyptesol.org/.
30-December 1. TESOL Greece MM/CALL SIG - Mini Convention, New Horizons,
70 Panormou Street, Athens, Greece. Late November - early December.
Email: catskin@otenet.gr or evangeka@yahoo.co.uk E-mail catskin@otenet.gr.
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December 2003
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2-5. 2003 Asia CALL International Conference,"Information and
Communication Technology and Education," Bangkok, Thailand; Official
Language: English. Contact: Larry Chong, chongld@gyeongju.ac.kr E-mail
chongld@gyeongju.ac.kr. Web site http://www.asiacall.org/.
3-5. Online Educa Berlin 2003. 9th International Conference on
Technology Supported Learning and Training. Contact: Ms. Christine
Sieben, ICWE GmbH, Leibnizstrasse 32, 10625 Berlin-Germany. Tel.
49-30-327-61-40 Fax 49-30-324-98-33 E-mail info@online-educa.com. Web
site http://www.online-educa.com/.
4-5. Department of Languages, The Open University are hosting
"Independent Language Learning: New Research Directions," at Milton
Keynes, UK. Contact: DoL Conference Administrator, Department of
Languages, FELS, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7
6AA, United Kingdom. FAX: 44 (0) 1908 652 187 E-mail
dol-conference@open.ac.uk. Web site http://dol-conf.open.ac.uk.
6-7. The Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. The Second
'Language and Change' Regional Conference. Contact Rima Bahous:
rbahouse@lau.edu.lb and Nola Bacha: nbacha@lau.edu.lb for details of
submission. E-mail rbahous@lau.edu.lb.
9. National Stakeholder Teleconference with the U.S. Department of
Education Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services Office for Civil Rights and U.S. Department of Justice
Coordination and Review Section. Contact: Kathy Poulos-Minott E-mail
lep@main.rr.com. Web site http://www.leptaskforce.org/.
10-11. TESOL Arabia 7th Annual Current Trends in English Language
Testing Conference 2003, "The Future of Langauge Assessment," Dubai,
United Arab Emirates. Contact Christine Coombe, Conference Co-Chair,
Dubai Men's College, Higher Colleges of Technology, PO Box 15825, Dubai,
UAE. TEL. 97150-6194796 FAX. 9714-3362771. E-mail
christine.coombe@hct.ac.ae. Web site http://ctelt.com/.
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January 2004
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21-23. American University in Cairo, Egypt. The Ninth EFL Skills
Conference, "Integrating EFL Skills: Strategies for the Teacher,
Creativity and Assessment" at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
E-mail eflskill@aucegypt.edu.
22-24. Department of Discourse Studies of the Tilburg University in The
Netherlands. A conference on Document Design. Contact: Cathy de Waele,
E-mail document.design@uvt.nl. Web site
http://let.uvt.nl/docdes/conference2004.
29-31. TESOL Ukraine. IX TESOL - Ukraine Conference. Horlivka State
Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, Horlivka, Donestska Oblast,
Ukraine. Contact Person: Valeriy Leshchenko, vul. Rudakova 25, Horlivka
84626, Donetska Obl, Ukraine. Tel. 380-624-244857. E-mail
vallesh@forlan.ghost.dn.ua. Web site http://www.tesol-ua.org/.
29-31. Thailand TESOL, ELT 2004: Prioritizing Teacher Development, The
Sofitel Hotel, Khonhaen, Thailand. Contact: Chaleosri Pibulchol,
Presdient: chal@swu.ac.th or Maneepen Apibalsri, Program Chair:
mapiball@ccs.sut.ac.th E-mail mapiball@ccs.sut.ac.th. Web site
http://www.thaitesol.org/.
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February 2004
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6-7. The English for Specific Purposes (ESP) SIG National Conference,
Donetsk State University of Economics and Trade, Donetsk, Ukraine.
Contact: Igor Gizhko, Donestsk IATEFL Ukraine Regional Coordinator, PO
Box 400, Donetsk, 83059, UKRAINE. Tel. 380-62-305-22-28 E-mail
iatefl_donetsk@yahoo.com. Proposal Deadline: Dec-10-2003.
13-15. Universiti Utara Malaysia. Knowledge Management International
Conference and Exhibition, "Towards Intelligent and Co-operative
Nations," Penang, Malaysia. Contact Conference Secretariat, KMICE 2004,
School of Information Technology, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010
Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia, (Att: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Sobri Minai or
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norshuhada Shiratuddin) Phone: +604-9284782 Fax
+604-9284753. E-mail kmice04@uum.edu.my. Web site
http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my.
27-28. The Foreign Language Education Program at the University of Texas
at Austin. Texas Foreign Language Education Conference (TexFLEC 2004),
"Language Pathways: A Kaleidoscope of Research and Practice," Austin,
Texas. Foreign Language Education, D6500 SZB 528, University of Texas at
Austin, TX 78712 USA. Tel. 512-471-4078. Fax 512-471-8460. E-mail
texflec@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu. Web site
http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/flesa/texflec/tex2004/index.htm. Proposal
Deadline: Dec-15-2003.
27-28. Illinois TESOL-BE 30th Annual Convention. "Transformative
Teaching." Navy Pier Convention Center, Chicago, Illinois. Contact Alan
Seaman, ITBE Convention Chair, PMB 232, 8926 N. Greenwood, Niles, IL
60714-5163 USA. Tel. 312-409-4770. E-mail convention@itbe.org. Web site
http://www.itbe.org/.
27-29. Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (NELTA). Tenth
International Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal. Theme: "Learner Centredness
in Large Classes" Contact: Ganga Ram Gautam, GPO Box: 8975 EPC: 2374
Kathmandu, Nepal. Tel. +9 771 4330243 E-mail ggautam@wlink.com.np E-mail
ggautam@wlink.com.np.
27-28. The University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education and
Center for Urban Ethnography. 25th annual Ethnography in Education
Research Forum, "Ethnography as scientifically based research:
Implications for educational policy and practice." Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA. Contact: David Cassels Johnson, co-coordinator of the
2004 forum. E-mail cue@gse.upenn.edu. Web site
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/cue/. Proposal Deadline: Oct-3-2004.
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March 2004
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4-6. Bilkent University - Turkey - Ankara 9th International ELT
Conference "Challenge in Learning: Helping Learners Realise Their Full
Potential." E-mail chall@bilkent.edu.tr. Web site
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/busel/2004c.htm. Proposal Deadline: Dec-8-2003.
10-12. The 10th International TESOL Arabia Conference, "Standards in
English Language Teaching and Assessment," Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
E-mail tesolarabia@ibc-gulf.com. Web site
http://www.tesolarabia.org/conference/index.php.
12-13. Georgia TESOL Annual Conference, "The World Within Our Grasp,"
Augusta, Georgia. Contact Ernie Blankenship, Conference Chair, 3048
Jonathan Ct., Snellville, Georgia 30039 USA. TEL. 770-985-1177 Web site
http://www.gatesol.org/. Proposal Deadline: Jan-14-2004.
12-13. Fort Hays State University, KATESOL Spring Conference 2004,
"Advocating for Language Learners in the Era of No Child Left Behind,"
Hays, Kansas. Contact Robert Bruce Scott, Conference Chair, 210 Rarick
Hall, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays, KS, 67601, USA.
Tel. 785-628-5568 Fax 785-628-4077 E-mail rbscott@fhsu.edu. Web site
http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004. Proposal Deadline: Jan-15-2004.
13-14. TESOL Greece 25th Annual Convention, "Looking Back and Looking
Forward: 25 Years of TESOL Greece," National Bank Training Centre,
Glyfada, Athens, Greece. Web site http://www.tesolgreece.com/.
19-20. Az-TESOL State Conference 2004, "ESL: Now More Than Ever!" at
Northern Arizona University in Yuma/Arizona Western College campus,
Yuma, Arizona. Contact: Nancy Blitz, Conference Chair, Arizona Western
College, P.O. Box 929, Yuma, Arizona 85366 USA. TEL. 928-344-7677. FAX
928-317-6419 E-mail aztesol2004@aol.com. Web site http://www.az-tesol.org/.
26-28. TESOL-SPAIN, 27th Annual Seminar - Process, Progress and
Portfolios: Frameworks for Learning, Madrid, Spain. Coordinator Sarah
Jane Hill. E-mail capitolhill@infonegocio.org. Web site
http://www.tesol-spain.org/.
31-April 3. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.
(TESOL). 2004 Annual TESOL Convention, "Soaring Far, Catching Dreams,"
March 30-April 3, 2004, Long Beach, California, USA. E-mail
conventions@tesol.org. Web site http://www.tesol.org/conv/index-conv.html.
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April 2004
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22-25. Annual State CATESOL Conference. Santa Clara, California, USA.
Conference Chair: Kara Rosenberg. E-mail kararosenberg@earthlink.net.
Web site http://www.catesol.org/.
24-25. National Chung Cheng University. International Conference on
English Language Teaching Instruction and Assessment, Min-Hsiung,
Chiayi, Taiwan. Contact Ada Tang, admada@ccu.edu.tw, Tel. 886-5-2721108
Fax 886-5-2720495 E-mail admada@ccu.edu.tw. Web site
http://www.ccunix.ccu.edu.tw/~fllcccu/.
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May 2004
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14-18. May 14-15 (Nanjing, China), May 17-18 (Hong Kong, China).
International Conference on Tertiary/College English Teaching: From
Theory to Classroom Practice, English Language Teaching Unit, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Tel. 852-26097466 E-mail
eltu-conference@cuhk.edu.hk. Web site
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/eltu/conference/2004/. Proposal Deadline:
Nov-30-2003.
20-24. The Fourth International Symposium on ELT in China. China English
Language Education Association, Beijing, China. Theme: New Directions in
ELT in China and around the worl. E-mail celea@fltrp.com. Web site
http://www.elt-china.org/indexe.htm.
21-22. University of Helsinki, German Department and Multilingual
Communication Program (MonAKO), Colloquium on "Contrasting Text Types in
the Press." Contact: Prof. Andrew Chesterman, PhD. MonAKO -Unioninkatu
40, PB 24, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. Tel.
358-9-1912-3122 Fax 358-9-1912-4068 E-mail
andrew.chesterman@helsinki.fi. Web site http://www.helsinki.fi/~sala_kol/.
26-28. University Jaume I, Castello, Spain. First International
Conference: ITC and Autonomy Applied to Language Learning. Organized by
the GIAPEL from the English and Romance Philology Department and
Translation and Communication Department, University Jaume I, Castello
de la Plana. Contact Ignaci Navarro, navarroi@fil.uji.es or Mari Carmen
Campoy, campoy@fil.uji.es, Department de Filologia Anglesa i Romanica,
Universitat Jaume I. Web site http://www.taaal.uji.es. Proposal
Deadline: Jan-12-2004.
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June 2004
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3-4. North Carolina State University,ESL Symposium for K-12 teachers and
other educators interested in ESL, Raleigh, North Carolina, Tel.
919-515-9301 Fax 919-513-7036 E-mail mcboatwr@social.chass.ncsu.edu. Web
site http://sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/esl/2004_symposium_index.html.
10-16. Annual Conference for Teachers of English 2004. "Reflective
Teaching," Dominican Republic, West Indies, Instituto Cultural Dominico
Americano, Abraham Lincoln Ave. #21. Santo Domingo, D.R. Contact: Grisel
Del Rosario, Tel. (809) 535-0665 ext. 265-264. Email: idiomas@icda.edu.
do Santiago Location: Avenida Estrella Sadhala, Santiago, June 15-16,
2004. Contact: Agustin Francisco, Tel. (809) 582-6627. Email:
agustin_efco@hotmail.com Web site http://www.icda.edu.do/. Proposal
Deadline: Apr-30-2004.
12-23. Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication's, "ICIC Summer
Institute on Contrastive Rhetoric," Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Contact:
Dr. Ulla Connor, Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication Program
Director, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 620 Union
Drive, Union Building, Room 407, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA E-mail
uconnor@iupui.edu. Web site http://www.iupui.edu/~icic/.
24-27. Far Eastern English Language Teachers' Association (FEELTA). The
Fifth Pan-Asian Conference on Language Teaching at FEELTA 2004 ,
"Sharing Challenges, Sharing Solutions: Teaching Languages in Diverse
Contexts," Vladivostok, Russia. Web site
http://www.dvgu.ru/rus/partner/education/feelta/pac5/.
25-27. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL).
2004 Academy, San Diego, California, USA. Contact: TESOL, 700 South
Washington Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Fax
703-836-7864. E-mail edprograms@tesol.org. Web site http://www.tesol.org/.
26-30. Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication's, "ICIC Summer
Institute on Contrastive Rehtoric," Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Contact:
Dr. Ulla Connor, Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication Program
Director, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 620 Union
Drive, Union Building, Room 407, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA. E-mail
uconnor@iupui.edu. Web site http://www.iupui.edu/~icic/. Proposal
Deadline: May-1-2004.
27-July 1. Biennial CATac Conference, "Off the Shelf or From the Ground
Up, ICTs and Cultural Marginalization, Homogenization or Hybridization."
Web site http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/.
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July 2004
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12-17. The fourth biennial conference "Exploring Cultural Perspectives,"
The University of Florence, Florence, Italy. E-mail
icrn@telusplanet.net. Web site
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/icrn/icrn.html.
19-21. 7th International Conference of the Association of Language
Awareness. University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. E-mail
ala2004@dal.udl.es. Web site http://www.udl.es/dept/dal/ala2004.
31. Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication’s Conference
“ICIC Conference on Contrastive Rhetoric,” Indianapolis, Indiana,
USA. Contact Dr. Ulla Connor, Indiana Center for Intercultural
Communication Program Director, Indiana University Purdue University
Indianapolis, 620 Union Drive, Union Building, Room 407, Indianapolis,
IN 46202 USA. E-mail uconnor@iupui.edu. Web site
http://www.iupui.edu/~icic/. Proposal Deadline: Apr-15-2004.
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August 2004
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30-September 1. The Slovak Association National Conference, "Is
Creativity the Key to Success in an EFL Classroom," Matej Bell
University, Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic. Contact: Eve Homolova,
PhD, Dept. of English and American Studies, Matej Bell University,
Tajovskeho 40, 974 01 Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic. TEL. 048 4465019
E-mail homolova@fhv.umb.sk.
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September 2004
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8-11. The University of the Basque Country will be hosting the 14th
international conference of the European Second Language Association in
San Sebastian at the Miramar Palace. E-mail eurosla2004@vc.ehu.es. Web
site http://www.vc.ehu.es/eurosla2004. Proposal Deadline: Jan-31-2004.
25-26. International Online Conference on Second and Foreign Language
Teaching and Research organized by The Reading Matrix. For more
information please complete the form at
http://www.readingmatrix.com/form/coninfo.html E-mail
editors@readingmatrix.com.
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Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL)
700 South Washington Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, Virginia 22314 USA
Tel. 703-836-0774, Fax 703-836-7864
E-mail info@tesol.org
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