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The 4th
International Annual Conference of IATEFL China
Tonghua China
25– 29 September 2008
Aims:
The aims of the conference are to enable wider sharing
and learning on English language education and to link
Chinese EFL professionals with their counterparts in the
rest of the world. Participation is strongly encouraged
not only from high ranking experts, but also from grass
roots practitioners from all corners of the world.
Plenary speaker:
Guy Cook, co-editor of the journal of Applied
Linguistics, was appointed to
a Chair in Language and Education at the Open University
in 2005. His publications include:
Genetically Modifed Language,
Applied Linguistics,
The Discourse of Advertising, etc.
His
Language Play, Language Learning won the Modern
Language Association Kenneth Mildenberger Prize.
Presentation:
Over 100 concurrent sessions are
provisionally planned. These are in the form of
workshops, discussions,lectures,
poster presentations and symposiums. Sessions will be 45
~60 minutes long.
The Deadline for
presentation proposal forms to reach IATEFL China is 15
April 2008. Successful proposals will be informed by
1 May 2008. Please request the presentation proposal
forms by email.
Participants:
Over 800 participants from over 20 countries including China
are expected to attend the conference.
Registration:
Early registration is strongly
recommended. Delegates registering before
6 June 2008 will benefit from a reduced rate of
conference fee. We look forward to hearing from you.
Conference venue:
Visitors to
China
often come to big cities like
Beijing or Shanghai. The conference
venue Tonghua, a major city in Jilin Province of
Northeast China, will offer you an opportunity to see
the real China and to observe the lives of
ordinary Chinese people. Tonghua city is situated at the
foot of Changbai Mountain
bordering
North Korea.
Changbai Mountain is a dormant volcano and was
included as the United Nations international biosphere
protectorate in 1980. September is the best time of the
year in this area. You could take some time after the
conference to visit the mysterious Tianchi – a lake
sitting 2194 meters high up on
Changbai
Mountain
or visit neighboring North
Korea
and
Russia.
Contact details:
Tel:
0086 10 88375225
Fax:
0086 10 88375115
Email:
teflconference@tefl-china.net
teflconference@hotmail.com
Website:
www.iateflchina.com
www.tefl-china.net
Address:
IATEFL China, 4th
Floor, No.2 Building, 1 Sanlihe Road
Haidian District,Beijing
100044, China
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