THEME

The conference will be devoted to various aspects of classroom-oriented research, focusing in particular on the ways in which theory, research and classroom practice can be successfully reconciled. The event will provide a forum for disseminating latest research findings in this area, which is of pivotal importance to foreign and second language pedagogy, and it will be of relevance not only to academics, researchers, teacher educators or material writers, but also to language teachers wishing to enhance their instructional practices.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

The following scholars have agreed to participate in the conference and deliver plenary talks:

                                 ·            prof. Anne Burns (Aston University)

                                 ·            prof. Jean-Marc Deawale (Birkbeck College, University of London)

                                 ·            prof. Diane Larsen-Freeman (University of Michigan)

                                 ·            prof. David Nunan (Anaheim University)

                                 ·            prof. Norbert Schmitt (University of Nottingham)

                                 ·            prof. David Singleton (Trinity College, Dublin)

                                 ·            prof. Paul Meara (Swansea University)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

We welcome contributions related to the theme of the conference in the form of papers (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion), workshops (60 minutes) and posters which could, among other things, focus on the following areas:

• theoretical foundations of classroom-oriented research;
• teaching language skills and subsystems;
• developing intercultural competence in the language classroom;
• individual differences and language learning and teaching;
• learner autonomy and language learning strategies;
• classroom interaction and management;
• teachers’ knowledge and beliefs;
• teacher education;
• coursebooks and materials;
• syllabus design;
• assessing second language knowledge;
• methodology of classroom-oriented research;
• disseminating the findings of classroom-oriented research.

 Institute of Modern Languages, State School of Higher Professional Education, Konin  

and

                                   Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz                                                                                  

are happy to announce

3rd international conference on teaching and learning speaking in a foreign language:

SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE:

PSYCHOLINGUISTIC AND SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES 

Konin, May 13th-15th, 2013

CALL FOR PAPERS 

THEME

The conference will be devoted to various aspects of developing speaking skills in the foreign  language classroom, as viewed from both a psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspective. It will be organized by the Institute of Modern Languages, State School of Higher Professional Education, Konin, Poland, and the Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland. The languages of the conference will be English and Polish, with all the plenary talks given in the former.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

The following scholars have agreed to participate in the conference and deliver plenary talks:

                                 ·            Ronald Carter (University of Nottingham)

                                 ·            Pauline Foster (St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London)

                                 ·            Judit Kormos (Lancaster University)

                                 ·            Przemysław Krakowian (University of Łódź)

                                 ·            Merrill Swain (University of Toronto)

                                 ·            Ema Ushioda (University of Warwick)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

We welcome contributions related to the theme of the conference in the form of papers (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion), workshops (60 minutes) and posters which could, among other things, focus on the following areas:

• psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of speech production;
• the role of grammar and lexis in developing speaking skills;
• the place of phonetics and phonology in developing speaking skills;
• pronunciation instruction in a second or foreign language;
• the pragmatic dimension of developing speaking skills;
• interaction in the foreign language classroom;
• techniques, methods and resources used in developing speaking skills;
• communication tasks and the development of speaking skills;
• using computer technology in learning and teaching speaking in a foreign language;
• the role of communication strategies in speaking in a foreign language;
• learning strategies and the development of speaking skills;
• assessing speaking skills in a foreign language;
• methodology of research on learning and teaching speaking in a foreign language.