Event

　　IATEFL’s (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) 42nd Annual International Conference and Exhibition

　　Dates

　　April 7 — 11, 2008

　　Venue

　　University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus, Devon, UK

　　Organizer

　　IATEFL

　　Plenary speakers

　　Zoltán Drnyei，professor of psycholinguistics, University of Nottingham, England

　　Alastair Pennycook, professor of language in education, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

　　Pre-conference events

　　Pre-conference events will be held specifically for delegates who wish to concentrate on a particular topic. This year, the Special Interest Groups organizing pre-conference events are:

　　* Business English on The Challenges of Globalization

　　* ELT Management on How to Manage Projects Effectively

　　* ESOL/ESL on Good Practice in Teaching English to Migrants and Refugees

　　* Learning Technologies on Digital Audio for Language Learning

　　Content focus of presentation

　　* Applied linguistics (AL)

　　* Business English (BE)

　　* ELT Management (ELTM)

　　* English as a Second/Other Language (ESOL/ESL)

　　* English for Specific Purposes (ESP)

　　* Literature, Media & Cultural Studies (LMCS)

　　* Pronunciation (PRON)

　　Type of presentation

　　* Panel discussion

　　* Poster

　　* Swapshop

　　* Symposium

　　* Talk

　　* Workshop

　　Deadline for speaker proposals

　　December 31, 2007

　　Contact

　　Tel: +44(0)1227 824430

　　Fax: +44(0)1227 824431

　　Web: www.iatefl.org