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Title: Book: Language for Specific Purposes Research and Translation across Cultures and Media
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Language for Specific Purposes Research and Translation across Cultures and Media
Edited by Giuliana Elena Garzone, Dermot Heaney, and Giorgia Riboni
Published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
This volume brings together work by both well-known scholars and emerging researchers in the various areas of Language for Specific Purposes (LSP), such as political, legal, medical, and business discourse. The volume is divided into three parts in order to align rather than separate three different but related aspects of LSP: namely, translation, linguistic research, and domain specific communication on the web. Underlying all the contributions here is the growing awareness of the ever-increasing multiformity of specialized communication and the ever-wider social implications of the communicative situations in which it is embedded, especially where it involves the need to move across languages, cultures and modes, as in translation and interpreting. The contributions consistently bear witness to the need to review received notions, pose new questions, and explore fresh perspectives. The picture that emerges is one of extreme complexity, in which researchers into specifically linguistic aspects of LSPs and their translation across languages and media declare their awareness of the pressing need to come to terms with a wide range of social, pragmatic, intercultural and political factors, above and beyond socio-technical knowledge of the domains under investigation.
Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.cambridgescholars.com/language-for-specific-purposes-research-and-translation-across-cultures-and-media
Source: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Title: Call for Proposals: International Society for Language Studies Conference
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From http://www.isls.co/conference.php
The International Society for Language Studies, co-sponsored by the University Hawaii - Manoa, will hold a conference from June 15-17, 2017 at the University of Hawaii – Manoa in Honolulu. The theme of the conference will be “Intersections of Peace and Language Studies.” The paper proposal submission is now open and will conclude on November 30, 2016.
Peace is often defined as freedom from oppression, the end of conflict or even harmony in relationships. Whatever the definition, the word peace means different things to different people. Peace is an important concept that also connects to the focus of ISLS: the intersections and meeting places of language and power, identity, and social justice. It is in this light that the organizers invite proposal submissions that specifically address some aspect of this focus and its intersection with the concept of peace.
The ISLS conference is a venue for individuals from all disciplines to come together and discuss language from a critical, interdisciplinary lens (language use, language learning, language teaching, critical language studies, to name a few). To that end, the organizers encourage submissions from across fields of study where their work connects language to peace.
View the full call for proposals at http://www.isls.co/conference.php
Source: ISLS
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Title: Call for Papers: Symposium on American Indian Languages
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From https://www.rit.edu/cla/linguistics/about
Symposium on American Indian Languages (SAIL)
Rochester Institute of Technology
April 7, 2017
Abstracts are invited for papers on any aspect of American Indian languages.
SPECIAL SESSION: Language Revitalization Strategies and Pedagogy
The special session will be devoted to papers focusing on language revitalization, maintenance strategies and pedagogy.
PARASESSION: Documentation, Description & Theory
The parasession welcomes papers on language documentation (especially those that make use of digital technologies), and descriptive and/or theoretical work that draw their data from fieldwork.
POSTER SESSION: The organizers welcome research on any topic covering American Indian languages (e.g., language documentation, description and theory, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, fieldwork, language revitalization, teaching pedagogy, language policy, community-based programs, use of digital technologies for language for language revitalization).
Submission Deadline: Sunday, January 22, 2017.
View the full call for papers at https://www.rit.edu/cla/linguistics/call-papers
Source: Rochester Institute of Technology
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Title: Call for Papers: 22nd Conference of the International Association for World Englishes
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From http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-4610.html
The 22nd Conference of the International Association for World Englishes will take place June 30-July 2, 2017, at Syracuse University in New York.
The conference will deal with the issues arising out of the global spread of English as an international and intranational lingua franca in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. As we know, English plays a central and influential role in many important spheres of activities such as education, administration, law, media, literature, information technology, news, entertainment and social media, research in STEM and security studies, international relations among others. However, English is often used as a second or third language and interacts with many regional languages and cultures resulting in the development of many new varieties or “World Englishes.”
The conference will feature lectures and workshops on a broad array of topics. The following new as well as urgent sub-themes drawn from a variety of interdisciplinary fields ranging from Information Studies, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Linguistic and Cognitive Sciences to International Business, English, Media, Global Affairs and Policy Studies.
Sub-themes:
- World Englishes, Teaching and Education (including in STEM disciplines)
- Deep Learning, New Pedagogies & New Partnerships (business, Policies, Education, Corpus Linguistics and Machine Learning, Data Mining etc.)
- Social Media, Deception and Civility
- World Englishes (Global vs. local Paradox)
- Global Education, Partnerships and New Global Classroom
- Medicine and Literatures (including Trauma and Emotions)
- World Englishes and Language Acquisition
- World Englishes and Security Studies
- Cross-cultural communication and advertising
Abstract submission deadline for all types of presentations: December 31, 2016.
View the full call for abstracts at http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-4610.html
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Call for Proposals: Columbia University’s American Language Program (ALP) Winter Conference
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Columbia University’s American Language Program (ALP) Winter Conference organizers are now accepting proposals. The theme for this year's conference is Pronunciation Pedagogy: Integrating Pronunciation into Communicative Activities. The conference will be held at Columbia University’s Faculty House on Saturday, February 25, 2017, from 9:30 AM to 6 PM.
The conference is a professional development event for practicing TESOL educators, researchers, and graduate and doctoral students aimed at enriching their pedagogical practice in teaching pronunciation.
The organizers welcome proposals from our colleagues at all New York area universities, colleges and schools, and we are interested in receiving proposals that focus on interactive approaches to teaching individual sounds, stress, rhythm, and intonation and approaches to integrating target pronunciation into communicative activities.
The organizers are especially interested in novel approaches and techniques with practical applications.
These types of presentations may include:
• teaching monolingual groups
• teaching multilingual groups
• scaffolding pronunciation lessons from focused practice to free production
• teaching pronunciation to specific levels of language learners
• using technology to effectively teach pronunciation
• setting pedagogical priorities based on research and/or the recent literature
The organizers are looking for presentations that are 40 minutes long.There will also be an option to present for 10 minutes on one specific activity, use of technology, or skill that can be shared very briefly.
Submit a proposal at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdy3rofGGdvX904fqJTOkqUUUfTUSHY_7uVBhGg0CE0PZ57nw/viewform?c=0&w=1
Source: NYS TESOL
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Title: National Association for Bilingual Education 2017 Conference
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From http://www.nabe-conference.com/index.html
The 46th Annual National Association for Bilingual Education conference will take place February 23-25, 2017, in Dallas, Texas. There will also be a pre-conference workshop on February 22. The conference theme is Leadership for Equity and Excellence through Bilingualism and Biliteracy.
Visit the conference website for more information and to register: http://www.nabe-conference.com/index.html
Source: NABE
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Title: Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
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The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages will hold its annual conference February 9-11, 2017, in New York City. Learn more about the conference and scholarships and stipends for attendance at http://www.nectfl.org/conference/
Source: NECTFL
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Title: Symposium: The Word Illuminated: Form and Function of Qur’anic Manuscripts
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From http://www.asia.si.edu/research/symposia/art-of-the-quran/default.php
Thursday–Saturday, December 1–3
Turkish Embassy and Ripley Center Lecture Hall
Washington, DC
Costly paper, finely tooled bindings, special scripts, and intricate illumination are among the characteristics that distinguish the manuscripts in The Art of the Qur’an. In this symposium, investigate the materiality of luxury copies of the Qur’an made between the eighth and the seventeenth century from Herat to Istanbul. Also learn about the complex and layered significance these Qur’ans acquired as they changed ownership. Speakers examine the volumes in their historical, cultural, and artistic contexts and discuss their use as potent symbols of piety and political and religious authority. The symposium is organized in conjunction with the exhibition The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts and is made possible in part through the support of the El-Hibri Foundation.
For full details: http://www.asia.si.edu/research/symposia/art-of-the-quran/default.php
Source: Smithsonian
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Title: Online Course: Introduction to Dual Language Education
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From http://www.cal.org/cal-susa/online/dle-intro/
Introduction to Dual Language Education: Key Features and Best Practices
A New online self-paced course from CAL and Santillana USA
This online, self-paced course provides participants with definitions of dual language education and outlines the fundamental components and goals of dual language programming and instruction. The online course links program features to the Three Pillars of dual language education and defines dual language education with examples from CAL and Santillana resources with recommended reading from noted experts in the field.
Learn more about the course at http://www.cal.org/cal-susa/online/dle-intro/
Source: CAL
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Title: Webinar on Best Practices K-16 in Washington, DC
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From http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d82d3f97985fc0799a5b2299e&id=93f4a6ad1e&e=feb2c9cab6
The Washington, DC Arabic Teachers' Council is hosting a free webinar on December 8, 2016 on "Best Practices in Teaching Arabic Language and Culture K-16". There will be 4 divisions: elementary, middle school, high school, and post-secondary. If you are interested in attending and sharing a "Best Practice", email Sarah Eqab to register at seqab@masonlive.gmu.edu.
Source: NCLRC Arabic K-12 Bulletin
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