Lancaster University, UK

3rd Biennial International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching

Theme: 'Tasks: context, purpose and use'

Submissions are invited for individual papers, posters, and colloquia, by 31 October 2008. Submissions should consist of a title, name(s) of author(s) and affiliation(s), abstract of 300 words maximum, name and contact details of lead author. Authors will be informed of the outcome of the reviewing process by 31 January 2009.

Plenary speakers: Geoff Brindley (Macquarie University, Australia) Zoltan Dornyei (University of Nottingham, UK) Bernard Mohan (University of British Columbia, Canada) Lourdes Ortega (University of Hawaii, USA)

Submissions should be sent to tblt2009submissions@gmail.com

Title: 'Global Skills for Local Needs: Facing challenges in 21st Century Classrooms'

Features:
Outstanding plenary sessions with speakers – Tamás Kiss, Éva Illés and Herbert Puchta.
Roundtable discussions, talks and workshops, SIG events and open lessons, reception and a social programme.

Main focal areas of the conference are as follows:
- intercultural communication, multicultural challenges
- information and communication technology
- language education related research
- the methodology of TEFL and ESP
- curriculum, syllabus and materials design
- teacher education (pre- and in-service) and professional development

There will be an exhibition of leading Hungarian and international publishing houses

All conference documents can also be downloaded from the IATEFL-Hungary website at www.iatefl.hu

Vilnius University,3 Universiteto St. LT- 01513, Vilnius, Lithuania
Institute of Foreign Languages,

Theme 'Language and Culture: New challenges for the teachers of Europe'

The Conference themes: Language Teaching, Teacher Training, Linguistic Studies; Intercultural Studies, Language Projects.
Keynote speakers: Dr Emilija Sakadolskis (Lithuania); Mario Rinvolucri (United Kingdom), Anneliese Fearns (Vokietija).

Mexican Association of Teachers of English as Other Languages (MEXTESOL)

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

15th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (15th IAWE):
'Connecting Cultures through World Englishes: Convergence and diversity in language, literature and pedagogy'
Meeting description: The 15th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE) is a forum for the exchange of ideas among linguists, applied linguists, sociolinguists, writers, scholars, and educators.
The theme covers a wide range of topics in the domains of education, government, industry, and media. These topics include the following:
- Literary creativity in South, Southeast, and East Asia
- Philippine English, Philippine Englishes in the World Englishes paradigm
- World Englishes, Asian Englishes, and competing norms
- World Englishes and the ASEAN lingua franca
- World Englishes and language use in media
- World Englishes and the ASEAN workplace
- World Englishes vs. English as a Lingua Franca

Keynote speakers:
Prof. Eyamba Bokamba, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Prof. Yasukata Yano, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan Prof. Danilo T. Dayag, De La Salle University Manila and Linguistic Society of the Philippines

Local organizing committee:
The Linguistic Society of the Philippines (LSP)

The Secretariat, Linguistic Society of the Philippines
Linguistics Office, De La Salle University-Manila
2401 Taft Avenue, Manila 1004
Telefax No. (632)526-1402

Registration reservation and payment details, please visit www.lsphil.org

English Language Education Society (INGED)

Title: 'Actions and Words'

Theme: 'Various Purposes, Varied Approaches: ESP and Its Teaching in the 21st Century'
Organiser: Wuhan University of Science and Technology
Co-organizers: Fooyin University (Taiwan), Taiwan ESP Association

1. The conference will be conducted and published in English.
Abstracts are invited for 30-minute presentations (including 10 minutes for questions and answers). 2. Abstracts should be about 300 words and include a list of appropriate keywords.
3. Abstract submission: Abstracts should be submitted as attachment to engdept@sohu.com or 921945823@qq.com. Acceptable file format is MS Word (.doc).
4. Deadline for abstract submission: July 15, 2009.
Abstract acceptance notification: July 20, 2009.
Final paper due: August 20, 20095.
Conference formats: keynote speech, paper presentation, panel discussion.

Keynote speakers:
- Ken Hyland: Professor of Education, Institute of Education, University of London
- Vitali Ashkinazi: Associate Professor, Saint Petersburg State University of Refrigeration and Food Technology, Russia; managing editor of online journal of ESP World
- Thomas Orr: Professor and Director of Center for Language Research in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu, Japan.

Participants are expected to register for the Symposium before September 10, 2009. Online registration is not available at present, and one can register via e-mail.

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Theme 'Creating and Innovating in ELT'
In line with the European Union Year of Creativity and Innovation we are going to focus on the following main strands:
- Creativity in English Language Teaching
- Innovation in Using Resources in Teaching English
- Innovation in Professional Development

For more details:
The registration form will be published on this site after 1 May 2009.