Politeknik Negeri Jember, Jember, Indonesia

31 March – 1 April 2011 (Thursday – Friday)

Conference Flyer can be downloaded here.

INTENDED NUMBER OF CONFERENCE PRESENTERS & PARTICIPANTS:

11 Invited Speakers and Presenters from Core Teacher-Writers Group from UK and Asia

70 Presenters: Local and International Teachers and Faculty Members

200 Participants: Local and National English Teachers, Practitioners, and Faculty Members

Deadline for Abstract Submission

7 March 2011

Notification of Abstract Acceptance

11 March 2011

Early Bird Registration

12 January – 10 February 2011

Regular Registration

11 February – 10 March 2011

Late Registration

11 – 25 March 2011

Special Registration for Presenters

10 – 22 March 2011

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Submission of Abstract and biodata : 26 February 2011

Registration and Payment : 15 April 2011

Submission of full paper for Conference CD* : 15 April 2011

*Papers submitted for inclusion in the conference CD will be considered for publication in either of the two MELTA journals (Malaysian Journal of ELT Research and The English Teacher) as well as the SASBADI-MELTA ELT Series. The CD will have an ISBN.

TO PARTICIPATE:

Download the following forms:

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM 
http://www.melta.org.my/images/proposal_form_MELTA2011.doc

REGISTRATION FORM
http://www.melta.org.my/images/REGISTRATION_form_MELTA2011.doc

MELTA 2011 Flyer
http://www.liaconferences.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/MELTA-2011-FLYER.pdf

Email:
meltaconference@gmail.com

Website:
www.melta.org.my

Theme: Teaching English in a Changing Asia : Challenges and Directions

Dates: July 27-29, 2011

Venue: Hotel Seoul KyoYuk MunHwa HoeKwan, Seoul, Korea

We invite papers on the following subtopics in ELT:

Subtopics:

Approaches and Methodologies
Curriculum
Distance Education
Education / Language Policy
International / Intercultural Communication
Second Language Acquisition
Materials Writing and Design
Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles
Teacher Education
Teaching Young Learners
Testing, Assessment, and Evaluation
The Use of IT in Language Teaching
Using Local Literatures in English or Translations for Teaching English

Types of Presentations

Plenary Presentations: 45 minutes (Invited only)

Featured Presentations: 35 minutes (Invited only)

Research Papers: 25 minutes

Teaching Demonstration: 25 minutes

Workshops/Colloquia: 50 minutes

Poster Presentations: 60 minutes

For poster presentations, the display area is no more than 24” (61 cm) x 48” (122 cm). All posters for one poster presentation must be displayed within this limited area. Poster presenters must be present to explain and discuss their poster presentation at the time allocated in the program. The abstract submitted should include a brief description of the central idea underlying the poster presentation. Presenters are responsible for mounting and removing their poster displays.

Proposal Submission Deadline

The abstract must not exceed 250 words, while the bio-data must not exceed 60 words.

Deadline for Proposal Submission: February 10, 2011

Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2011

** Only ONE proposal per person may be submitted. If more than one proposal is submitted by the same person, none will be accepted.

Presentation Proposal Submissions [Form download]

Online Submissions Only: Presentation proposals must be submitted online through the Asia TEFL website (www.asiatefl.org). After submission, contact persons are:

Dr. Yu Sun KANG ( Korea ): asiatefl2011.korea@gmail.com

Dr. Heyoung KIM (China & Japan): asiateflpaper@gmail.com

Dr. Soo Ok KWEON (Rest of the world): asiatefl2011@gmail.com

Travel Grants [Form download]

Travel grants of US$300 are available for 20 concurrent session presenters. This funding is available for presenters based outside of Korea . The deadline for submission of presentation proposals and travel grant application forms is January 15, 2011. The abstract should consist of 250 words. Biographical data should not exceed 60 words. Individuals who have received an Asia TEFL travel grant in the past are not eligible for 2011 travel grants. Send the presentation proposal with the abstract, biographical data, and travel grant application form to the following email address:

Dr. Mi Rim RYOO: asiatefl2011.ryoo@gmail.com

Outstanding Paper Grants [Form download ]

Grants of US$500 are available for 3-5 outstanding paper presenters. This funding is awarded to presenters whose papers address Asian-specific ELT issues and concerns, and which provide outstanding resolutions and pedagogic implications, strictly focusing on “effective innovations for the Asian English Classroom.” The deadline for submission of presentation proposals and outstanding paper grant application forms is January 15, 2011. A full-length paper (about 20 pages) should be submitted with a 100-word biographical sketch. The paper submitted for the grant should have not been submitted elsewhere or previously published. Send the presentation proposal with the paper, biographical data, and grant application form to the following email address:

Dr. Dong Wan CHO: asiatefl2011-cho@postech.ac.kr

The 1st Asia TEFL International English Education Fair

The 1st Asia TEFL International English Education Fair will be held at The Hotel Seoul KyoYuk MunHwa HoeKwan concurrently with the Conference on July 27-29, 2011. All English language teaching-related corporations, educational institutions, materials developers, publishers, and others in Korea and overseas are welcome to participate in the Fair.

The exhibition fee is US$500.00. For more detailed information on the English Education Fair, please contact Dr. Chan Kyoo MIN: asiatefl2011@naver.com

REGISTRATION [Registration Form download]

■ Pre-registration

Members: US $90 for 3-day registration (lunches/refreshments included)

Non-members: US $110 for 3-day registration

* Free membership is available online at time of pre-registration.

* All presenters must pay pre-registration fee by April 30, 2011.

■ On-site Registration

Members: US $100 for 3-day registration (lunches/refreshments included)

Non-members: US $120 for 3-day registration

* Free membership is available before or at time of on-site registration.

(Registration fee payment information will be provided later.)

ACCOMMODATION

The conference venue, Hotel Seoul KyoYuk Munhwa Hoegwan,

The room rates are as follows:

US$ 84 (Single occupancy)

US$ 84 (Twin sharing, US$ 42 per person)

US$ 84 (Triple sharing, US$ 28 per person)

Contact the Hotel Reservation / Help Desk directly regarding room bookings via

Website: http://www.temf.co.kr

Tel : +82-2-526-9513 / 9514

Fax : +82-2-571-7055

E-mail : reservation@temf.co.kr

Be sure to reserve your rooms early. Payment information and other reasonably priced hotels will be announced later.

Kyungwon University Dormitory Service:

Dormitory Type

1 Person per Room : 50,000 Won per Night

2 Persons per Room : 27,000 Won per Night

3 Persons per Room : 16,000 Won per Night

4 Persons per Room : 16,000 Won per Night

* No Refrigerator

Contact : Director Kyun Chul Ahn

Tel : Office: +82-31-720-8992, MP: 82-10-7508-5453

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IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Joo-Kyung PARK

Conference Chair, Asia TEFL 2011

Dept. of English Language and Literature

Honam University

Gwangju, 506-714, S. Korea

Email: asiatefl2011chair@gmail.com

Travel Grant Application Form

Name of Applicant:  Family Name: _____________   Given Name: ______________

Affiliation: ____________________________________________________________

Title of Presentation: ___________________________________________________

Target Area:  □ Elementary Ed.     □  Secondary Ed.     □ Tertiary Ed.

Position:       □ Professor (tertiary level),   □ Teacher (secondary or elementary level)

□ Graduate student,  □  Publisher,  □ Others (specify): ____________

Institution/Organization: _________________________________________________

Region/Country:  ______________________________________________________

Email Address:  _______________________________________________________

In the space below, please describe the reasons why you require a travel grant.

Email this form with your presentation proposal, abstract, and biographical data to:

Dr. Prof. Mi Rim RYOO: asiatefl2011.ryoo@gmail.com by January 15, 2011

The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

Outstanding Paper Grant Application Form

Name of Applicant: Family Name: _____________ Given Name: ______________

Affiliation: ____________________________________________________________

Title of Paper: _________________________________________________________

Target Area: □ Elementary Ed. □ Secondary Ed. □ Tertiary Ed.

Position: □ Professor (tertiary level), □ Teacher (secondary or elementary level)

□ Graduate student, □ Publisher, □ Others (specify): ____________

Institution/Organization: _________________________________________________

Region/Country: ______________________________________________________

Email Address: _______________________________________________________

In the space below, please describe the reasons why you think you deserve an outstanding paper grant.

Email this form with your presentation proposal, paper, and biographical data to:

Dr. Dong Wan CHO: asiatefl2011-cho@postech.ac.kr by January 15, 2011

The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

Download Formulir Konfirmasi.doc

Tuesday, November 9, 2010, I got an e-mail invitation to participate in a roundtable chatting with the theme “Situational Awareness (SA)”. The sender elaborated a little bit about the theme with a short abstract.

I was really curious what the chatting would be like; how it was operated and conducted, whether it worked out well or not. My curiosity on all this mechanism was much higher than  on  the theme of the web chat itself. Before participating, I just tried to figure out the setting and layout of the monitor screen in front of me; was it going to be very complicated? How will the moderator lead the chat and discussion with  participants from different parts of the world?

Five minutes before it started, I opened the respective website, filled out two boxes and entered as a guest. I was suggested to open another website because the operation was moved to Hong Kong. After I opened the new website, I saw the statements: “the connection in Hong Kong is good, it is good in Bangkok?” I typed something “Is it better in Jakarta now?”  Woow, Damon Anderson (the host), which  I didn’t expect, welcomed me and played around a little bit by calling me “id war rusian?”

03:00 PM, the discussion started. Damon changed the layout of the screen. Now, he put the abstract on the left and  participants’ ideas on the bottom right of the screen and other participants can write questions or comments.

It was a free discussion. Participants could write questions, comments, argumentations, elaborations, responses, etc. and had to scroll up when there are no more space to write. I just gave a short comment based on my experience teaching students. The students didn’t feel that they learned something if the teacher didn’t point out clearly the “plus one” (language points which were being taught, which they have not acquired according to Krashen’s language acquisition theory). I said, it could be something related to culture. A participant from China absolutely agreed to that statement.

At the end, I had one thing in mind: “What a small world!”

Approaches to Effective School Management
by Tay Eng Hiang, Grace

Teaching with Passion, Teaching with Love
by Tay Gek Khim & Adriani Francisca

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TEFL Brochure/Registration Form (pdf)

TEFL Rundown (pdf)

There is a growing interest in teaching second or even foreign languages to younger children. At the same time, working adults are increasingly required to use a second or foreign language at work or to spend time overseas. Although there are some common factors in the language learning process for each group, there are also differences. Both need to learn to use the vocabulary and grammatical features of the new language, but the motivation for adults is more likely to be instrumental, while that for young learners is more likely to involve affective factors. Such similarities and differences can influence the approach to learning and teaching for each group, and this raises the question as to whether the strategies, approaches, and materials used by one group can also be successfully used by the other.

The 46th RELC International Seminar will explore approaches, issues, and questions related to teaching language learners across different age groups. From this discussion, the Seminar hopes to draw out implications for language teaching, learning, testing, and the training of teachers.

Topic

Teaching Language to Learners of Different Age Groups.

Date and Venue

18 – 20 April 2011

SEAMEO Regional Language Centre

30 Orange Grove Road

Singapore 258352

Aims

The 46th RELC Seminar has the following aims:

To look into the commonalities of teaching and learning a language whatever the age group

To examine the differences between teaching and learning languages for different age groups

To establish the consequences of the similarities and differences in terms of method, materials, testing, and teacher training

Topic Areas

The Seminar will explore issues related to language learners of different age groups. Topic areas could include:

-The Age Factor

-Motivation and its role in language learning

-The learning needs of language learners

-Methods and materials

-Pronunciation

-Language knowledge

-Culture and language teaching

-Technology

-Assessment

-Teacher training and development

Presentations

1. Invited Speaker Papers

These are formal lecture presentations by distinguished scholars in the field lasting forty-five minutes plus fifteen minutes question time.

2. Parallel Papers

These are formal lecture presentations lasting thirty minutes plus ten minutes question time. The Seminar Planning Committee reserves the right to assign papers to either the Invited Speaker or the Parallel Sessions.

3. Workshops

In these ninety-minute sessions, there is little lecturing by the leaders. Instead, the participants are engaged in activities that have been carefully structured by the leaders.

4. Procedure for Submission of Paper/Workshop Proposals

A 150-250 word abstract with a title not exceeding twelve words and a 50 word biodata should be sent to the Seminar Secretariat no later than 26 November 2010. Abstracts outside the word limit will not be accepted.

The Seminar Planning Committee will inform proposers by 28 January 2011 whether their proposals have been accepted. Presenters are required to confirm participation with payment of registration fees by 18 February 2011 and to register for the full seminar i.e. 2½ days.

A soft copy of the completed text of the paper selected for the Seminar must be sent to the Seminar Secretariat no later than 18 March 2011. If these are not received by this date, the Committee reserves the right to withdraw the paper from presentation.

5. Criteria for Acceptance

All abstracts will be evaluated by the Seminar Planning Committee. Relevance to the theme of the Seminar and freshness and originality of approach are among the major considerations in the acceptance of papers. The Committee reserves the right to decline paper/workshop proposals without assigning reasons.

6. Copyright/Publication

RELC reserves the copyright over all papers presented at the Seminar. Selected papers will be published. The copyright of papers not published by RELC will be reassigned to the authors.

7. Funding

As a professional non-profit organization, RELC does not generally provide financial assistance to paper/workshop presenters. Thus the registration fee is payable by all participants and parallel paper and workshop presenters.

8. Registration

Please complete the registration form. Click HERE to download the registration form.

Accommodation

Participants are advised to book hotel accommodation near the venue of the Seminar early as hotels fill up quickly. Participants are advised to use the Internet or to consult their travel agent. Here are some useful websites:

http://www.relcih.com.sg/

http://visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/apps/hotel_search.html

http://www.stayinsingapore.com/

Invited Speakers

J Charles Alderson (United Kingdom), James Dean Brown (United States of America), Rod Ellis (New Zealand), Christine Goh (Singapore), Gordon Lewis (United States of America), Paul Nation (New Zealand), Chuck Sandy (Japan), Saratha Sithamparam (Brunei Darussalam), Adrian Holliday (United Kingdom)

Communications

Seminar Secretariat

SEAMEO Regional Language Centre

30 Orange Grove Road

Singapore 258352

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

Tel: (+65) 6885 7844

(+65) 6885 7814

Fax: (+65) 6734 2753

Email: admin@relc.org.sg

Website: www.relc.org.sg

the globalized world”

Faculty of Language and Arts Education

Indonesia University of Education (UPI)

Bandung, 1-3 November 2010

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proudly presents

Seminar on English as an International Lingua Franca 2

Yogyakarta – October 9, 2010

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