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From https://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-2616.html

The joint AELFE-TAPP Conference, which will take place in Barcelona, Spain, July 8-10, 2020, brings together the 19th annual conference of AELFE (Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos/European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes) and the 2nd Conference of the Trans-Atlantic and Pacific Project (TAPP), a growing virtual exchange network that has developed transnational collaborative projects on specialised communication, translation and user experience. The combination of both conferences will allow participants to link the fields of languages for specific purposes (LSP) and telecollaboration/virtual exchange. 

The topic of the AELFE- TAPP 2020 Conference will be: 'Multilingual Academic and Professional Communication in a Networked World."

In a networked era, we are faced with the challenges of faster and more complex communication involving a variety of languages, participants and modes. Academic and professional communication also poses challenges related to disciplinary literacies and interdisciplinary collaboration. As higher education is undergoing a process of increasing internationalization, through English-medium instruction (EMI) and internationalization at home and abroad, what is the role of LSP teaching and research? How can academics expand their international and multidisciplinary networks? How can educators best prepare future graduates for complex multilingual and multicultural work and study environments? 

With an emphasis on the demands of international academic and professional language use as well as on the opportunities afforded by technology for collaboration and intercultural communication, the AELFE-TAPP 2020 Conference will provide scholars with the opportunity to discuss advances in academic and professional communication as well as in virtual exchange. 

The proposal submission deadline is October 31, 2019.

View the full call for proposals at https://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-2616.html