2010 International Conference on English Education will be held on April 24-25 at Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.   The Conference Theme for 2010 is English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Research and Pedagogy.  Welcome professors, graduate students, undergraduate students, primary and secondary school teachers, and those who are interested in and concerned about English education and English for specific purposes.

The keynote speakers for this year are Dr. Brian Paltridge (the University of Sydney, Australia), Dr. Ann M. Johns (San Diego State University, U.S.A.), and Dr. John Flowerdew (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong/Leeds).  Their speech topics and Abstracts along with the Conference Agenda can be viewed on the Conference Website.  On-line Registration is also ready for everyone!!

Further information can be found at the following websites:
Conference website: http://www.afl.usc.edu.tw/news/news.php?Sn=59
On-line Registration: http://www.afl.usc.edu.tw/actnews/actnews.php

Your participation is highly expected and welcome!!

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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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