8th University of Sydney
TESOL Research Network Colloquium
in conjunction with Macquarie University
A Free
Colloquium
Sponsored
by
The
Faculty of Education and Social Work and The Centre for English Teaching, The
University of Sydney, Australia
Saturday September 7, 2013
CALL FOR PAPERS
The University of
Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium aims to provide a forum to discuss
and share research in the area of TESOL as well as explore possible future
research collaborations in this area. The Colloquium is a place for networking,
for both established and new TESOL researchers. The Colloquium includes
presentation sessions on a wide range of TESOL and TESOL-related research, both
in progress and completed. It also includes a networking session for people
working in the area of TESOL research. The aim of this is to provide the
opportunity for TESOL researchers to talk to each other about their research
and to explore possible future research collaborations.
Keynote Speakers:
John Macalister, Victoria University of Wellington: “Teaching Reading: What’s hot, what’s not”
Anne Burns, University of New South Wales: “Investigating teacher cognition: Methodological considerations”
Proposals are invited for:
25-minute paper presentations (20-minute presentations followed by 5-minutes for questions/discussion)
90-minute symposia (80-minutes for presentations followed by 10-minutes for questions/discussion)
Instructions for submissions:
Individual papers: A title, a 250-word abstract plus a 50-word summary of the abstract (plus your name, institution, email and telephone number)
Symposia: A title, a 500-word abstract plus a 200-word summary of the abstract (plus presenters’ names, institutions, emails and telephones).
Submit your abstract at (If this link does not work when you click, please copy and paste it in a new web browser. Please make sure this link is in one line): http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/research/centres_and_networks/tesol/colloquium-submissions.php
Submission deadline: Wednesday July 31, 2013
Contact Aek Phakiti (aek.phakiti@sydney.edu.au) for further inquiries about abstract submissions.
Free Pre-Colloquium Workshops (Friday September 6, 2013):
Workshop 1 (9.00 am - 12.00 pm): Mehdi Riazi, Macquarie University: “Doing mixed-methods research in applied linguistics”
Workshop 2 (1.00 pm - 4.00 pm): John Macalister, Victoria University of Wellington: “Language curriculum design: Designing courses, making changes”
Registration for the workshops (by Friday August 16, 2012): http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/research/centres_and_networks/tesol/workshop-apply.php
Contact Phil Chappell (philip.chappell@mq.edu.au) for further inquiries about the workshops.
Registration
for the Colloquium (by Friday August 16, 2013, for catering purposes):
http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/research/centres_and_networks/tesol/colloquium-register.php
http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/research/centres_and_networks/tesol/colloquium-register.php
Contact Marie Stevenson (marie.stevenson@sydney.edu.au) for general inquiries about the Colloquium.
Websites:
http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/news_events/events/2013/Semester-Two/TESOL-research-colloquium.shtml