[PN] Voices (9 Jan. 2004)

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* Conferences:

[See the calendar forwarded from TESOL below - Ed.]

* Reference Websites

Historical Voices
http://www.historicalvoices.org/
The Spoken Word: New Resources to Transform Teaching and Learning
http://www.historicalvoices.org/spokenword/

[Please send recommendations for free audio tools and resources - Ed.]

SourceForge.net: Open Source software development website
http://sourceforge.net

Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/

* Periodical articles

Better search results than Google?
Next-generation sites help narrow Internet searches
CNN.com, January 5, 2004
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/05/seeing.search1.ap/index.html

One Nation, Under Secularism
By SUSAN JACOBY, New York Times, January 8, 2004
[Challenges presidential candidates and government representatives not 
to politicize religion, citing the US Constitution's secularism - Ed.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/08/opinion/08JACO.html

Morioka vs. Major League Baseball: Not a pretty picture
By Jack Gallagher, Japan Times, January 9, 2004
[Anti-Asian racism in baseball heaquarters.
Then what do they think of Hispanic people? - Ed.]
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getsp.pl5?sp20040109jg.htm

Selling Beauty Queens and Fairness Creams
By Priya Lal, PopMatters, January 2, 2004
Alternet.org > MediaCulture
[Perceptive post-modernism, but accepting responsibility
where the traditional culture of India abets globalism - Ed.]
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17462

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TESOL Worldwide Calendar of Events
January 8, 2004 Edition
--Calls for Papers News and Reminders
--Conference Listings by Month/Year
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About this e-publication: The TESOL Worldwide Calendar of Events is a
free service provided to members and the global ESOL community.
Contact individual conference organizers for details on listings of
interest to you. To add a (noncommercial) listing to the conference
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Calls for Papers News and Reminders
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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.

The International Association of World Englishes. Conference date(s):
July 16-18, 2004. Proposal deadline February 15, 2004. E-mail
tkbhatia@syr.edu.

Middle East Technical University, Department of Basic English.
Conference date(s): May 13-15, 2004. Proposal deadline February 27,
2004. Web http://www.metu.edu.tr/home/www93/convention.

AMEP Research Centre, NCELTR. Conference date(s): July 8-10, 2004.
Proposal deadline March 22, 2004. Web
http://www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/conference.

The National Foreign Language Resource Center . Conference date(s):
September 24-26, 2004. Proposal deadline March 31, 2004. Web
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/.

Web Intelligence Consortium . Conference date(s): September 20-24,
2004. Proposal deadline April 4, 2004. Web http://www.maebashi-
it.org/WI04.

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/.

TESOLANZ. Conference date(s): September 24-27, 2004. Proposal
deadline April 30, 2004. Web http://www.clesol.org.nz.

Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication. Conference date(s):
June 26-30, 2004. Proposal deadline May 1, 2004. Web
http://www.iupui.edu/~icic/.

Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics. Conference date(s):
August 20-22, 2004. Proposal deadline May 31, 2004. Web
http://www.paal.or.kr.

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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January 2004
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19-24. British Council ELT and Assessment Seminar, Windermere, The
Lake District, UK. Contact: Lois Hastings, Project Manager E-mail
lois.hastings@britishcouncil.org. Web site
http://www.britishcouncil.org/seminars.

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. 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. E-
mail mapiball@ccs.sut.ac.th. Web site http://www.thaitesol.org/.

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/.

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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.

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.

27-29. 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.

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/.

27-28. 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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

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, 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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13-15. 8th Middle East Technical University International ELT
Convention, "Reexamining Needs, Targets and Tools: From Curriculum
Materials," Ankara, Turkey. E-mail metuconv@metu.edu.tr. Web site
http://www.metu.edu.tr/home/www93/convention. Proposal Deadline: Feb-
27-2004.

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/.

16-18. Monterey Institute of International Studies conference on
"Content, tasks and projects in the language classroom," Monterey,
CA. Contact Sarah Springer, Monterey Model Project Manager; Tel. 831-
647-6550; MIIS/GSLEL, 460 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA 93940, USA. E-
mail CBI@miis.edu.

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 world. 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, Department de Filologia Anglesa i Romanica,
Universitat Jaume I. E-mail campoy@fil.uji.es. 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. E-mail agustin_efco@hotmail.com. Web site
http://www.icda.edu.do/. Proposal Deadline: Apr-30-2004.

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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8-10. AMEP Research Centre, NCELTR, Macquarie University, Austrailia.
AMEP National Conference 2004, 8-10 July, Charles Darwin University,
Darwin, NT, Austrailia. Contact: Rowena Tai, AMEP Coordinator, Tel.
61-2-9850-7592, Fax. 61-2-9850-7849 Web site
http://www.nceltr.mq.edu.au/conference. Proposal Deadline: Mar-22-
2004.

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.

16-18. The International Association of World Englishes will hold the
conference on "World Englishes in a Globalizing World," at Syracuse
University, Syracuse, New York, USA. Proposal Contact: Dr. Tej K.
Bhatia, Professor of Linguistics, 312 HBC, Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244-1160 USA. Tel. 315-443-5374 Fax. 315-443-5376 E-
mail tkbhatia@syr.edu. Proposal Deadline: Feb-15-2004.

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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20-22. Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics (PAAL). The 9th
PAAL Conference, Namseoul University, Seoul, Korea. Contact: Hikyoung
Lee, Dept. of English, Korea University, 1, 5-ga, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-
gu, Seoul 136-701, Korea. Tel. /Fax. 82-2-3290-1995. E-mail
paalkorea@yahoo.com. Web site http://www.paal.or.kr. Proposal
Deadline: May-31-2004.

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.

20-24. The 2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web
Intelligence (WI'04) Beijing, China, Maebashi Institute of
Technology, 460-1 Kamisadori-Cho, Maebashi-City 371-0816, Japan.
Tel./Fax. 81-27-265-7366 E-mail wi-iat@maebashi-it.org. Web site
http://www.maebashi-it.org/WI04. Proposal Deadline: Apr-4-2004.

24-27. CLESOL 2004 (Community Languages and ESOL) Ninth National
Conference, "Language, Community, Diversity: Hearing Every Voice."
Christchurch, New Zealand. Contacts: Paardekooper and Associates,
P.O. Box 41 002, Eastbourne, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel. 64 4 568
4576 Fax. 64 4 568 4563 E-mail clesol@paardekooper.co.nz. Web site
http://www.clesol.org.nz. Proposal Deadline: Apr-30-2004.

24-26. The National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) and the
Center for Second Language Research (CSLR) upcoming conference
"Cultural Diversity and Language Education," at the Imin
International Conference Center, Univeristy of Hawaii at Manoa,
Honolulu, Hawaii. Web site http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/.
Proposal Deadline: Mar-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.

30-October 2. The 4th Symposium on Second Language Writing. "Second
Language Writing Instruction in Context(s)," Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana, USA. Contact: Paul Kei Matsuda E-mail
symposium@jslw.org. Web site http://www.symposium.jslw.org.

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