(LSP) International Seminar

　　Event

　　LSP 2008: 6th Language for Specific Purposes International Seminar

　　Dates

　　April 9 — 10, 2008

　　Venue

　　Johor Bahru, Malaysia

　　Organizer

　　Department of Modern Languages, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

　　Theme

　　LSP: Interfacing Language with Other Realms

　　Objectives

　　* To investigate LSP developments in teaching and teacher training, communication and language consultancy.

　　* To provide a platform for the exchange of ideas, insights, research findings and expertise among LSP practitioners.

　　* To strengthen collaboration between institutions of higher learning and corporate sectors.

　　Keynote speaker

　　Priscilla S. Rogers, associate professor of business communication, University of Michigan, US

　　Major strands

　　* Teaching / Teacher training

　　English for Academic Purposes (EAP) / Methodology / Testing and Evaluation Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)

　　* Professional areas

　　English for Specific Purposes (ESP) / Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) / English for Professional Purposes / Business English

　　* Communication

　　Media / Information Communication Technology (ICT)

　　* Research Issues

　　Linguistics/ Applied Linguistics

　　* Language consultancy

　　Editing / Translation

　　Presentation format

　　* Parallel papers

　　* Workshops

　　* Demonstrations

　　* Multimedia / Video presentations

　　* Postgraduate student research presentations

　　* Poster presentations

　　* Commercial presentations

　　Contact

　　For more information, go to http://www.fppsm.utm.my