FIRST CALL
MICELT 2008
12 - 14 May 2008
Royal Adelphi, Seremban
Negeri Sembilan
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
- Prof. Dr. Joan Jamieson, Northern
Arizona University, USA
- Prof. Dr. Liz
Hamp-Lyons, University of Nottingham, UK
- Prof. Dr. Paul Seedhouse, Newcastle
University, UK
- Andrew Wright, Hungary
- Prof. Dr. Brian Tomlinson, Leeds
Metropolitan University
-
Dr. Hitomi Masuhara, Leeds Metropolitan University
- Prof. Alan Maley, United Kingdom
- Prof. Dr. Anne Burns, Macquarie University,
Australia
- Dr.
Jenny Barnett, University of South Australia, Australia
- Dr. John Wiltshier, Miyagi University,
Japan
- Dr. Tim Murphey, Dokkyo University,
Japan
- Dr. Betty Gabriel
- Tan Sri Datuk Sri
Panglima Dr. Abdul Rahman Arshad, Chairman John Master Industries
- Dato’
Hjh Noor Rezan Bapoo bt Hashim, Deputy Director General, Schools
Division, Min. of Ed, Malaysia
- Dr. Berhannuddin Mohd. Salleh, Universiti
Tun Hussein Malaysia
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Malachi Edwin Vethamani,
Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jayakaran Mukundan,
Universiti Putra Malaysia
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.
• Technology in language teaching: Computer assisted language
learning; Technological innovations in language teaching; Blended
teaching; The use of media resouces; Corpus in language teaching
• Teacher training and teacher development: Teacher training
programmes; Teacher preparedness; In-service and pre-service programmes.
• Language assessment: Methods of assessing language; oral
assessments; school-based assessment; alternative assessments.
• Literature in ELT: Literature as resource; Literature for
study; Literature for cultural awareness and personal growth.
• Teaching the language skills: Teaching writing; teaching
reading; teaching listening and speaking; Grammar instruction; Effective
methodologies and techniques.
• Second Language Acquisition: Developmental sequences; Acquisition
of grammatical forms; Acquisition in different contexts
• Curriculum and program development: Adult language learning
programmes; Collaborative programmes; Syllabus types; ESP and EAP.
• Research methodology in ELT: Issues in ELT research; ELT
research agenda; Quantitative and qualitative approaches; Action
research; Case studies; Transferring research to practice.
• Innovative approaches: Life-long learning; Distance education;
Young learners; Home-based education.
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)
Workshops/Colloquia ( 80- minute presentation inclusive of 10 minute
Q & A)
Deadline for abstracts: 14 March 2008
REGISTRATION
Malaysian presenters/participants - RM300
International presenters/participants - USD150
ASEAN presenters/participants - USD100
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,
Faculty of Educational Studies,
Universiti Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor D.E.
Malaysia
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)
RM 248 (Executive single floor ) RM 278 (Executive double floor)
RM 398 (Executive suite single) RM 398 (Executive suite double)
RM 490 (Alcove single) RM 490 (Alcove double)
Rooms come with breaksfast
Important notes:
1. Do not send payment for hotel to the MICELT office.
Hotel Tel : (60-6)- 7666 666
Fax : (60-6)- 7666 215
Website : http://www.royaladelphi.com/
CORRESPONDENCE
The Secretariat
MICELT 2008
Faculty of Educational Studies
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor D.E.
Malaysia
+ Tel: 603-89468133 (Mrs. Zeiti Zulhani Zakaria)
+ Fax: 603-89468246
E-mail: micelt@educ.upm.edu.my
Last update: 24th Apr., 2008
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