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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to announce that The International Conference on English Education will be held at Shih Chien University, No. 70, Ta Chi Street, Taipei (台北市大直街70號實踐大學) from April 25–26, 2009.

This year we have 3 keynote speakers, 20 paper presentations, 2 panels and 2 workshops. The conference agenda, online registration form, the information of transportation, accommodation, and the brief introduction of Keynote Speakers are now available on the following website:

http://www.usc.edu.tw/college/afl/2009conference.htm

In order to help us prepare lunch boxes for you, please register on line by April 21.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference.

Sincerely Yours,

The ICEE 2009 Organizing Committee

2009 International Conference on English Education will be held on April 25-26 at Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan.  The Conference Theme is English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Through and Across Disciplines.  Welcome to submit related abstracts.  The important dates are as follows:
Due date for abstract submission: December 15, 2008
Notification of abstract acceptance: January 15, 2009
Due date for full paper submission: March 15, 2009

We are happy to invite Dr. John Adamson, Dr. Richard Alexander, and Dr. Winnie Cheng as our keynote speakers.  The brief introduction of the keynote speakers is as follows:
 
Dr. John Adamson (Japan)
Title: “ELT and interdisciplinary attitudes: Insights from Asian contexts”

John Adamson received his Doctorate of Education from Leicester University specializing in the area of inter-cultural interview communication with Thai learners. He teaches sociolinguistics, study skills and discourse analysis at college level, as well as Business English at company level in Japan. His publications have focused on interview discourse, learning strategies, Teacher Development, and Business English methodology. He has been Senior Editor of Asian ESP Journal http://www.asian-esp-journal.com / since 2005. He is also active in his local area of Japan running a teacher research group and organizing workshops. He can be contacted at: johnadamson253@hotmail.com

Dr. Richard Alexander (Austria)
Title: "Teaching/Learning English as an International Language for Specific Purposes: Issues and Initiatives”    
     
Richard Alexander is Full Professor and Deputy Head of the Institute for English Business Communication at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. He was born in Leicester, England, and has an MA in modern languages and linguistics from Cambridge University as well as a degree in economics from the University of London. He also has qualifications in English as a Foreign Language from the Institute of Education, London University. Professor Alexander has held previous appointments in Trier, Osnabrück, Marburg, Bremen, and Aachen, Germany, Birmingham, UK, Milan, Italy, and Finland, where he has taught English as a Foreign Language, business English, and linguistics for over twenty-five years. His main professional interests include textbook writing. He has published widely in European journals on lexis, phraseology, business English, and applied linguistics and he writes textbooks for adult learners of English. His current academic research is concerned with the lexis and phraseology of economics and business, the register of the economic sciences, and applied research in the learning and teaching of business English. New International Business English with co-author Leo Jones was published in 1996 by Cambridge University Press.

Dr. Winnie Cheng (Hong Kong)
Title: "Promoting ESP learning, teaching and research through collaboration across disciplines and professions”

Winnie Cheng is a Professor, and the Director of the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, in Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  Her main research interests include corpus linguistics, phraseology, intercultural professional communication, discourse analysis, discourse intonation and intercultural pragmatics.  Recent publications include Intercultural Conversation (2003), A Corpus-driven Analysis of Discourse Intonation (in press), both of which are published by John Benjamins, and Professional Communication: Collaboration between Academics and Practitioners (co-edited with Kong, C.C.K., in press), published by Hong Kong University Press.

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After reading a few threads, I wanted to introduce myself to this community.  I look forward to sharing ideas with other forum members in regards to improving the speech of my students. I have been teaching English and sales for over 8 years and as an educator, I am always open minded for all creative ideas that will increase learning curves.
 
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Teach and Travel in China

 We are urgently looking for 17 ESL teachers for teaching of orral English in our affiliated schools in Jiangsu Province in China.
Jiangsu College is a vocational college engaged in higher education under the direct authority of the Communications Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Government. The College is situated in the city of Nantong. Suzhou .,Changzhou .
The College has the capacity to educate nearly 7,500 students. There are nine academic departments, The College covers approximately 70 hectares with a construction area of 170,000 M2. Among the over 500 teaching staff members, more than 300 are full-time professional teachers.
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The International Conference on English Education will be held on April 26-27, 2008 at Shih Chien University (Taipei Campus). The Conference Theme is English for Specific Purposes (ESP).  Welcome Teachers, undergraduate/graduate students and anyone who is interested in and concerned about English Education.

The Conference Agenda, registration form, information of transportation, accomodation, and the brief introduction of Keynote Speakers (Dr. Peter Master, Dr. Thomas Orr, Dr. Vijay Bhatia, and Dr. William Rozycki) now are available on the following website:
http://afl.usc.edu.tw/2008conference.htm

Please have a look and your participation is highly welcome!!