Event

2009 Language and Language Teaching Conference

Dates

August 14, 2009

Venue

J.B. Hotel, Hatyai, Songkhla, Thailand

Organizer

Prince of Songkla University-Hat Yai, Thailand and National Writers Association of Malaysia

Themes

The conference focuses on all issues related to language and language teaching. The followings are some of the possible themes:

* Applied Linguistics

* Foreign Languages and Linguistics

* Language Acquisition

* Language and Ideology

* Language, Culture, Socialization, and Pragmatics

* Language Pedagogy

* Language Varieties

* Literature and Literary Education

* Reading, Writing, and Literacy

* Speech / Pronunciation / Listening

* Teacher Education

* Technology in Language Teaching

* Translation and Interpretation

Keynote speaker

Paul Kei Matsuda, associate professor of English, Arizona State University, US (ELT in the globalized world: Creativity and collaboration)

Plenary speakers

* Huw Jarvis, senior lecturer in EFL, University of Salford, UK (The changing role of computers in language pedagogy)

* Sue Kay, freelance writer and teacher of Peking University and the Chinese Academy of Social Science, China (Creativity in ELT material designs)

Workshops

* Creating a communicative lesson from a good idea

* Bringing the real world into the language classroom

* Engaging students to discover grammar patterns painlessly

* Unleash their creativity: Strategies for a fresh approach to lexical development

* Language games using dictionaries

* ELT curriculum: Backward design and assessment

* Content-based instruction for critical thinking skills in an EFL context

Registration fee

* Pre-registration (before June 30, 2009): 500 Baht (about $14)

* On-site registration: 700 Baht (about $20)

Contact

E-mail: nayada.r@psu.ac.th

Web: www.libarts.psu.ac.th