International Scientific Conference

Applied Linguistics for Specialised Discourse

Faculty of Modern Languages and
Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Latvia
and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia

22–23 May 2009, Riga

Conference Description

Given the importance of English to the success of current political and economic development, the conference aims at promoting a cross-disciplinary research in language studies and use, especially in the fields of economics and politics. The objective of the conference is to contribute to the understanding of language as a means of international communication.

The conference aims at bringing together distinguished scholars, practitioners and novice researchers from the domain of applied linguistics for economics, politics and other fields.

In view of changes occurring in the global context, the conference especially invites researchers from countries within the European Neighbourhood to enable all participants to share ideas on new research horizons and set up cross-cultural cooperation.

Themes

The conference intends to provide a venue for the dissemination of current research on the proposed themes:

			Theme 1: Applied Linguistics for Specific Disciplines and Professions ESP as a Multidisciplinary Approach Language Issues in ESP Current Trends in English for Economics Perspectives on English for Politics and Diplomacy
			Theme 2: Applied Pragmatics and Discourse Pragmatics of Communication Speech Acts and Power Communication and Relevance Communication and Cooperation Face, Politeness and Indirectness Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
			Theme 3: Language Learning and Teaching Communicative Language Competence and Foreign Language Teaching Effects of Instruction in Pragmatics Assessment of Pragmatic Ability Teaching English as an International Language

Plenary speakers

The following plenary speakers have already confirmed their participation:

• Prof. Dr. Philol. Andrew Cohen, University of Minnesota, USA
• Prof. Dr. Philol. Ingrīda Kramiņa, University of Latvia, Latvia
• Prof. Dr. Philol. Andrejs Veisbergs, University of Latvia, Latvia
• Adrian Pilbeam, LTS Training and Consulting Bath, UK

Abstracts

Please submit an abstract with a maximum of 200 words on the themes above.

Notification of acceptance by 20 December 2008.

Deadlines

Receipt of abstracts: 30 November 2008.

Early registration of participants: 31 January 2009.

Conference Fee

Early registration fee Ls 55 (80 EUR)
On-site registration Ls 84 (120 EUR)

The registration fee covers a set of conference materials, coffee breaks and welcoming reception.

More information on the conference and the registration form are available from www.espconference.lu.lv.