继重庆大学和宁波诺丁汉大学分别于2009年和2010年成功举办第一届和第二届 “专门用途英语在亚洲”国际研讨会之后,西安交通大学将非常荣幸地承办“第三届专门用途英语在亚洲国际研讨会”。
此次会议旨在推动亚洲地区从事专门用途英语教学和研究的教师与研究人员之间的交流,并推动本领域教学与研究的发展。会议的主题是“全球化语境下专门用途英语的教学与研究”。具体事项如下:
一、大会主题:全球化语境下专门用途英语的教学与研究
具体议题:
1)专门用途英语理论发展及应用
2)基于语料库的专门用途英语教学与研究
3)专门用途与英语课程设计与教学法
4)专门用途英语的测试与评估
4)专门用途英语的多模态研究
6)专门用途英语与职业发展
二、特邀主题演讲者:
1. John Swales,美国密歇根大学,语言学教授
2. John Flowerdew,香港城市大学,应用语言学教授
3. Vijay Bhatia,香港城市大学,应用语言学教授,亚太地区专门用途语言及专业交流研究会主席
4. Brian Paltridge,澳大利亚悉尼大学,英语教育教授
5. 杨惠中,上海交通大学,应用语言学教授
6. 杨瑞英,西安交通大学,应用语言学教授
三、大会时间与地点
时间:2011年10月21-23日
地点:西安交通大学
四、征文安排
论文摘要一律用英文书写,300-500字左右, 摘要须附参考文献。摘要可通过会议网站递交,提交日期为2011年6月30日之前。摘要接受通知将于2011年8月15日-9月15日发出。
五、联系人
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3rd International Conference on English for Specific Purposes in Asia
Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China
October 21-23, 2011
Call for Papers
Xi’an Jiaotong University is pleased to announce that the “3rd International Conference on English for Specific Purposes in Asia” will be held from October 21 to 23, 2011 in Xi’an following the 1st and 2nd ESP in Asia conferences held at Chongqing University in 2009 and University of Nottingham Ningbo, China in 2010.
The conference aims to promote interaction and discussion among researchers and teachers interested in ESP teaching and research, which have become more and more important in China as globalization makes academic and professional communication in English essential for many people. The Theme of the conference is “ESP Teaching and Research in the age of Globalization”. Contributions are invited from scholars in the following areas of study:
1) ESP theories: Development and applications
2) Corpus and ESP research and teaching
3) ESP Course design and pedagogy
4) ESP Testing and assessment
5) Research in multimodal communication in English for Specific Purposes
6) ESP and professional development
Keynote Speakers:
John Swales, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, the University of Michigan, U.S.A
John Flowerdew, Professor of Applied Linguistics, the City University of Hong Kong
Vijay Bhatia, Professor of Applied Linguistics, the City University of Hong Kong, President of the Asia-Pacific Association of LSP and Professional Communication
Brian Paltridge, Professor of TESOL, the University of Sydney, Australia
Huizhong Yang, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Abstracts should be within 300 – 500 words. Abstracts can be submitted through the conference website from March 15 to June 30, 2011. Notification of acceptance will be given from August 15 to September 15, 2011.
Contacts: The Conference is organized by the School of Foreign Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, P. R. China.
Email: esp.abstracts@gmail.com;Telephone: 029-82665332
Conference website: http://unit.xjtu.edu.cn/espa2011