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.