CLASSROOM-ORIENTED RESEARCH: TOWARDS EFFECTIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING

Institute of Modern Languages, State School of Higher Professional Education, Konin
Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz,
and
Institute of English Studies, Faculty of Philology , University of Łódź,
in collaboration with IATEFL Research SIG 
are happy to announce 6th International conference on classroom-oriented research:

CLASSROOM-ORIENTED RESEARCH:
TOWARDS EFFECTIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING

Konin, October 12th-14th, 2015

CALL FOR PAPERS

THEME
The conference will be devoted to various aspects of classroom-oriented research, focusing in particular on the ways in which the results of such research can enhance the effectiveness of second language learning and teaching. 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. Adriana Biedroń (Pomeranian University in Słupsk)
• prof. Andrew Cohen (Emeritus, University of Minnesota)
• prof. Terry Lamb (University of Sheffield)
• prof. Diane Larsen-Freeman (University of Michigan)
• prof. Peter MacIntyre (Cape Breton University)
• prof. Rebecca Oxford (University of Maryland)
• prof. Elaine Tarone (University of Minnesota)

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 learner strategies;
• classroom interaction and management;
• teachers’ knowledge and beliefs;
• teacher education;
• coursebooks and materials;
• new technologies in foreign language education;
• syllabus design;
• assessing second language knowledge;
• methodology of classroom-oriented research;
• disseminating the findings of classroom-oriented research.

Abstracts of papers, workshops and posters in the range of 250-300 words should be submitted by e-mail to classroomresearch2015@gmail.com by May 31st, 2015. The proposals should include the title, name, affiliation, e-mail address and a short biographical note, about 60-80 words in length. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by June 30th, 2015.

FURTHER INFORMATION
Further information about the conference will be available in October 2015 and it can also be found on the website: https://sites.google.com/site/classroomresearch2015/. Queries regarding the event can be sent to classroomresearch2015@gmail.com or to Professor Mirosław Pawlak, Head of the Organizing Committee (pawlakmi@amu.edu.pl).

ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF CLASSROOM INTERACTION

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 4th international conference on teaching and learning speaking in a foreign language:

SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE:
ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF CLASSROOM INTERACTION

Konin, May 11th-13th, 2015

→CALL FOR PAPERS

Language Skills: Working with Text and around Text

Department of English, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin
in collaboration with John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

is happy to announce the 2nd international conference
Language Skills: Working with Text and around Text
Lublin, 22nd to 24th September 2014

contact@skillsconference.umcs.lublin.pl

The conference aspires to provide a forum for sharing both theoretical and empirical findings in text research as well as pedagogic practices related to the use of text and text-based activities in the development of language skills and subsystems in second/foreign language instruction. Our main aim is to bring together scholars and researchers who explore and analyse text from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, including pedagogic, discourse, linguistic, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic or translation.

More information about the conference as well as the call for papers and the registration form are available at the conference website: http://skillsconference.umcs.lublin.pl/. The documents can also be downloaded below.

Call for papers                                     Registration form

English for Academic Purposes

Stowarzyszenie Akademickich Ośrodków Nauczania Języków Obcych SERMO and Cambridge University Press
are delighted to invite you to the Conference

English for Academic Purposes

Poznań, 5th April 2014 (Saturday)

Politechnika Poznańska, Centrum Wykładowe ul. Piotrowo 2, room 4

Conference timetable

10.00 - 11.00 Registration
11.00 - 11.15

Opening: dr Liliana Szczuka-Dorna, Dyrektor Centrum Języków i Komunikacji Politechniki Poznańskiej, Prezes SERMO,
Helena Paczuska, ELT Sales Manager, Cambridge University Press
11.15 - 12.15 Using online resources for EAP materials development: the importance of teacher expertise
prof. Martin Hewings, Cambridge University Press
12.15 - 12.45 Coffee break
12.45 - 13.30 What makes the grammar of academic English different? From research to classroom practice
prof. Martin Hewings, Cambridge University Press
13:30 – 14:15 Questions from the audience: prof. Martin Hewings , prof. Krystyna Droździał-Szelest
14.15 – 14.45 Lunch break
14.45 – 15:45 English as an International Language/Lingua Franca: Some implications for teaching
prof. Krystyna Droździał-Szelest, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
15:45 – 16:00 Closing: dr Liliana Szczuka-Dorna

→Invitation to a conference for EFL professionals