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April 17, 2006

Industry Event - 2nd International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching

Readers,

You'll notice that TESOL industry-related events take place all over the world these days. The U.S. is no exception, being one of the biggest industry producers of TESOL graduate and postgraduate students in the world. Many U.S. citizens who start off teaching ESL abroad often come back to their native country to teach ESL in the ever-expanding market that caters to new immigrants.

Please consider submitting to the upcoming professional conference in our field:

TBLT 2007, the second international conference on task-based language teaching, provides an ideal forum for the dissemination of original, unpublished, or in-press work on empirical, theoretical, and educational dimensions of TBLT in a range of thematic areas. The theme of the 2007 conference is “TBLT: Putting Principles to Work”. We look forward to bringing together both researchers and educators from around the world to learn from one another’s innovations in task-based language teaching . . .

Full Title: 2nd International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching
Short Title: TBLT

Date: 20-Sep-2007 - 22-Sep-2007
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Contact Person: Lourdes Ortega
Web Site: http://www.hawaii.edu/tblt2007/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2006

Meeting Description:

Second International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching / TBLT: Putting Principles to Work

University of Hawaii
September 20-22, 2007

Please visit our website at http://www.tblt2007.org

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: (deadline for submission: October 31, 2006)

TBLT 2007, the second international conference on task-based language teaching, provides an ideal forum for the dissemination of original, unpublished, or in-press work. We welcome presentations on empirical, theoretical, and educational dimensions of TBLT. Proposals are sought in a range of thematic areas, including:

--TBLT Syllabus, Curriculum, and Program Development --Teacher Development in Task-Based Language Education --TBLT and Technology
--Performance- and Task-Based Assessment --Evaluation of Task-Based Programs --Psycholinguistic and Acquisitional Underpinnings of Task-Based Language Learning --Philosophical and Educational Underpinnings of Task-Based Language Education --TBLT across Contexts and Cultures --Educational Policy and TBLT

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
Proposals may be for any of the three following types of presentation (colloquia, papers, posters). To submit a proposal, send the information requested below as an email attachment in Microsoft Word (2000 or later) or Rich Text Format (rtf document) to submissionstblt2007.org.

Colloquia: Scheduled for 2 and one-half (2:30) hour blocks. Colloquium organizers may divide their time as they choose, but time should be allocated for opening and closing remarks, presentations, discussion (if included), and audience response. Colloquium organizers serve as the liaison between presenters and the conference. Submit:

-- Name, affiliation, and full contact information (including email) for the colloquium organizer
-- Names, affiliations, and full contact information (including email) for all presenters
-- Title and 250 word abstract for the entire colloquium
-- Title and 250 word abstract for each paper within the colloquium
-- 50 word summary for the entire colloquium (to be included in the conference program)
-- 50 word summary for each paper (to be included in the conference
program)

Individual papers: 20 minutes with a 5-minute discussion period.
Submit:

-- Name, affiliation, and full contact information (including email) for the presenter
-- Title and 250 word abstract for the paper
-- 50 word summary for the paper (to be included in the conference
program)

Poster presentations: Displayed for 1 full day; presenters must be on site during designated times. Submit:

-- Name, affiliation, and full contact information (including email) for the presenter
-- Title and 250 word abstract for the poster
-- 50 word summary for the poster (to be included in the conference
program)

IMPORTANT DATES
Proposal submission deadline: October 31, 2006 (late submissions will not be reviewed) Notification of proposal status: January 31, 2007

NOTE: All proposals will undergo blind review by an international panel of qualified reviewers.



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Best,

Lee Hobbs, ABD
Editor-in-chief, ESLemployment Publications
Blog: http://www.english-blog.com

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Posted by lhobbs at April 17, 2006 01:25 PM

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