The First International TESOL Persia Conference will be held in Tehran’s
Milad Tower Conference Hall on October 31 and November 1, 2011. The conference aims
at exploring some current issues in applied linguistics that have shaped, and are
still shaping the identity of the profession. Applied linguists from across the
globe are invited to contribute to a lively debate that would include ideas from
some of the prominent figures of the field.
Different themes, such as language testing, teacher education, form-focused instruction, and critical
aspects of ELT will be explored in the course of the two-day event.
The keynote speakers for the conference are (alphabetically arranged):
Professor Anne Burns, Macquarie University
Professor Hossein Farhady, Iran University of Science and Technology
Professor Ambigapathy Pandian, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Professor Nina Spada, University of Toronto
The deadline for abstract submission is August 6, 2011 (Mordad 15, Persian calendar).
Notification of acceptance will be sent by August 27 (Shahrivar 5, Persian calendar).
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