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CALL FOR PAPERS
Dear colleagues,
SPELTA (Saint Petersburg English Language Teachers Association)
is pleased to invite you to its Jubilee conference
and calls for your presentation proposals!
2014 marks the 20th anniversary of Saint Petersburg English Language Teachers Association SPELTA which was founded twenty years ago to bring together ELT practitioners and linguists working at different education levels and in different contexts. One of our primary objectives is to encourage specialists in EFL methodology and communication, teachers and textbook writers, as well as interpreters and translators to share experience and discuss ideas with colleagues both from Russia and the English-speaking world.
In keeping with the spirit of marking milestones, the theme of the conference will be both general and diachronic in orientation. We will be interested in any abstracts that make use of explorations of how English language is studied, taught and used in the modern world. Through various formats such as panel discussions, presentation talks, workshops, and poster presentations, we invite the participants to share their expertise in the following areas: Intercultural Issues, World Englishes, Linguistics, E-learning, Teaching Young Learners, Teaching at Schools / Universities, Teaching Academic English or English for Specific Purposes such as Business, Legal, Medical, Political etc. This is an open list, so you can introduce other topics of your choice.
We are expecting a substantial number of prominent speakers from Russia and abroad, as well as early career teachers and postgraduates, with the hope for the conference to become a referential meeting point and inspire further teacher and researcher development.
A special guest and speaker of the conference will be Russia’s ELO in the Moscow Embassy Frances Westbrook. We are also looking forward to the presentations of Erik Lundell (Senior English Language Fellow) and other speakers from sister-associations.
As an important addition to our usual format, there will be a poster presentation session introducing some research findings of Master and PhD students.
Key Dates and Conference Fees
For speakers: Individual time allotted for paper presentations will be 15 min. with 10 min. for discussion, workshops will be 45 min. Abstracts should be up to 350 words long and submitted by May 1, 2014.
Venue and registration fee will be confirmed in the 2nd information letter
Newsletter publications: If you are interested in publishing a full-length article in SPELTA Newsletter, there is a separate payment for that – 500 rbl per article. Articles should be submitted by April 15, 2014.
Send your proposals and registration forms to one of these addresses:
Tatiana Ivanova (SPELTA President) –
Tatiana-szelinger [at] yandex [dot] ru, tat [dot] nik [dot] ivanova [at] gmail [dot] com
Olga Muranova (SPELTA secretary) – olgamuranova_spelta [at] mail [dot] ru
Yulia Sergaeva (SPELTA Vice-President) – sergaeva [at] gmail [dot] com
To know more about us please, visit:
SPELTA website – http//: www.spelta.stormway.ru,
SPELTA vKontakte group — http://vk.com/club705777,
SPELTA Facebook group –http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/145764612216222/,
All participants will be granted certificates of attendance.
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION
IN OUR JUBILEE EVENT!
See the registration form below:
REGISTRATION FORM
Name:
Institution:
Position:
Member/ Non-member of SPELTA
E-mail:
Phone:
Section (Area of studies):
Title and form of the presentation (or workshop \ poster):
Accommodation needed:
Invitation needed:
An abstract of the presentation (in English, max. 350 words):
