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MICELT 2008 NEGOTIATING CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN ELT RESEARCH AND PRACTICE INTRODUCTION English language teaching in Malaysia has occupied a prominent and sometimes controversial position in Malaysian education for many decades. Today, the English language is considered an important language in the country as its influence in commerce and technology has become well established. It has also become a highly sought after skill in the Malaysian government’s push for the development of human capital. Occasionally, however, questions arise over how best to present the English language to the new generation of students at all levels of education as well as to the Malaysian work force. Concerns are raised especially as mastery over the language amongst the general population has been elusive. The contributions of research findings have provided an important insight into the potentials of different techniques and approaches. Similarly, experience on the ground from practitioners has uncovered effective ways as well as best practices in ELT. It is in this respect that English language teaching (ELT) researchers and practitioners alike need to collaborate to discover methods and find solutions to the ELT issues and concerns. MICELT 2008, organized by the Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, is intended as an impetus towards this goal. The conference intends to promote the integration of research and practice in order to consolidate this emerging tradition at the Faculty of Educational Studies in line with the emphasis on practice at the faculty and the research university status of Universiti Putra Malaysia. PLENARY SPEAKERS Traditionally, MICELT has been able to bring in well-known and established personalities as featured speakers. MICELT 2008 will attempt to maintain this proud tradition. A list of plenary speakers and featured speakers will be released soon. At present, the invited speakers are as follows: - Prof. Dr. Bonny
Norton, University of British Columbia, Canada STRANDS MICELT 2008 is organized according to sub-themes or strands. These strands and some possible issues for each strand are as follows: • The role of other languages in relation
to ELT: The use of Bahasa Malaysia in schools; Indigenous languages;
Bilingualism; National language policy. SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS Abstracts should be no longer than 200 words and should be on a topic related to one of the strands identified for this conference. Please indicate the most relevant strand the paper addresses and include a 50 word maximum bio-data for each presenter. CALL FOR PAPERS Papers ( 40- minute presentation inclusive of
10 minute Q & A) REGISTRATION Malaysian presenters/participants - RM300 The conference registration fee includes entry to all conference sessions, morning and afternoon teas as well as lunches. Please click here to register. MODE OF PAYMENT Local participants – by cheque, money order, postal order, local order or bank draft. International and ASEAN participants – by bank draft or telegraphic transfer only. All payment to be made payable to: Bendahari UPM (MICELT 2008) and must be sent (with the registration form) to the MICELT Office. Make sure address is correct and complete. The MICELT Office, ACCOMMODATION Hotel Royal Adelphi, Seremban. Take advantage of the special conference package and book your room directly through the hotel. Special MICELT rates are as follows: RM 188 (Deluxe single ) RM 218 (Deluxe double) Rooms come with breaksfast Important notes: Hotel Tel : (60-6)- 7666 666 CORRESPONDENCE The Secretariat Last update: 24th Apr., 2008 |
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