Call for Proposals

The English Language Center of the College of Liberal Arts, Shantou University, is pleased to announce that it is accepting proposals for the 10^th edition of its Biennial ELT International Conference to be held in Shantou, Guangdong, China from the 24th to the 26th of April 2020.

The theme for the Conference is Converging & Diverging Paths: ELT in a Changing Environment. Economic growth and globalization result in higher demands for ELT at all levels of education. English becomes increasingly important not only as a fundamental tool for global interconnectedness but also for the overall formation of students. ELT teachers and researchers rise to the challenge by implementing innovative policies and curriculums, developing fresh approaches to assessment, modernizing teacher training, incorporating the latest technological developments and more. Meanwhile, research in pedagogy, linguistics, psychology and neurology yields a plethora of new conceptions that promote a reassessment of previously fixed principles and dogmas, thus provoking productive conflicts of ideas. The conference aims to offer a high-level academic forum for debate on these diverging conceptions and a proper place to find their points of convergence.

To encourage a scholarly dialogue about the issues below and others, the Organising Committee of the 10^th Biennial ELT International Conference welcomes original research papers, classroom (best practice) papers, workshops and poster presentations addressing issues that are relevant to, but are not limited to the following strands: