5th CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching
“The Globalisation of ELT: Emerging Directions”
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 21-22 February 2009
2009 CamTESOL Conference
CamTESOL
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Call for Papers
The 5th CamTESOL conference will take place on 21-22 February 2009 at the National Institute of Education (NIE). The conference is designed to be practical and of direct benefit to practising teachers of English. The theme of the 2009 conference is “The Globalisation of ELT: Emerging Directions”.
We now invite all Cambodians and non-Cambodians who are working in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) or related areas, or have an interest in this field to submit an abstract for the 2009 conference on 21-22 February. Practising teachers of English are especially invited to participate. Abstracts are for a paper, workshop or poster.
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 3 October 2008
Attached (see link below) is the template cover page that should be completed for all abstract submissions (four page document). All abstracts must be submitted electronically using this template Word document.
All papers and workshops should relate to the nineteen streams of this conference: testing; program management; curriculum and materials development; NEW materials; methodology; English for Specific Purposes and English for Academic Purposes; ELT in the Mekong; teaching speaking; teaching listening; teaching reading; teaching writing; independent learning; teaching young learners; using technology; motivation; grammar; vocabulary; professional development and quality assurance. Abstracts must not exceed 150 words.
Abstracts will be selected and approved by an appointed committee. All successful presenters will be informed by 24 October. Full papers will then be required by 22 February 2009.
IDP Education is supporting this initiative and is working with Cambodian teachers of English from a broad range of institutions to develop this conference series. For a hard copy of any related documents or for more information or guidelines related to papers, please contact Mr Pum Piseth at IDP on +855 23 212113 or +855 23215227 or e-mail:
piseth.pum@idp.com. For enquiries related to the CamTESOL publication –
CamTESOL Selected Papers, please contact Mr Ted O’Neill, Assistant Editor-in-Chief at
camtesol.selected.papers@gmail.com
You will receive an e-mail confirming receipt of your abstract within two days. If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail, please re-send your abstract to
camtesol@yahoo.com and ensure you receive a confirming message.
Please note that presenters must confirm that they will present (upon notification of abstract selection) and register for the conference (before close of early registration) before they will be timetabled on the conference program. A draft conference program will be mounted on the website at least one week prior to the conference and presenters are advised to check that timetable to ensure that their previously submitted information is correctly represented.
Template Cover Page
