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Conferences (2009)

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Conferences (2008)

APacLSP 08 Conference: Partnerships in Action

Inaugural Conference of the Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication Association. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and City University of Hong Kong 8-10 December 2008 (Mon-Wed). The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners in Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) and Professional Communication in the broad Asia-Pacific Rim region to contribute to a stimulating and dynamic exchange of ideas in communication research, practice, training, and assessment. It also marks the inauguration of the Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication Association. The primary aim of the proposed Association will be to promote transdisciplinary and collaborative research and training, and to facilitate sharing of resources in LSP and Professional Communication in the Asia-Pacific Rim region. For further details, contact: Winnie Cheng: egrcpcepolyu.edu.hk Meeting URL: http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/lsp/APacLSP08

AILA Symposium 2008. MULTILINGUALISM: Challenges and Opportunities

Co-organisers: Srikant Sarangi and Chris Candlin. AILA World Congress Details: 24-29 August 2008, Essen, Germany http://www.aila2008.org.
Tensions in lay and professional reasoning in professional practice: A discourse perspective

Space = Interaction = Discourse

12th - 14th November 2008, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark - Call for abstracts http://www.placeme.hum.aau.dk/conf2008/

AAAL 2008 Annual Conference

March 29 to Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
Washington, DC
Abstract: Colloquium - "Breaking new ground in Applied Linguistics"

Colloquium Organisers: Chris Candlin, Macquarie University, Australia and Ron Carter, University of Nottingham, UK.
For further details of AAAL Registration etc: http://www.aaal.org/aaal2008/

AILA 2008 - the 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics

"Interdiscursive colonization of arbitration practices in the changing world"
Contact: Vijay K Bhatia, City University of Hong Kong and Maurizio Gotti, University of Bergamo. AILA World Congress Details: 24-29 August 2008, Essen, Germany http://www.aila2008.org.

GlobE 2008 - International Linguistics Conference

Critical Discourse Analysis and global media,
Warsaw, 18-20 September 2008,
Institute of Applied Linguistics. University of Warsaw,
Browarna 8/10 00-311 Warsaw, Poland http://www.ils.uw.edu.pl

Conferences (2007)

Discourses and Cultural Practices

29, 30 November & 1 December 2007 Home Page > Research2 > Research Conferences > Discourses and Cultural PracticesAbout the Conference
The aim of the conference was to explore discourses and cultural practices from a range of perspectives.
Program: http://www.education.uts.edu.au/research2/conferences/dcp_program.html
Professor Christopher Candlin and Dr Alan Jones organised a Colloquium called "Dialogue: Reconciling Systems of Categorisation in Professional Discourse."

BAAL 2007 - 40th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, 6-8 September 2007 - The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Technology, Ideology and Practice in Applied Linguistics

Powepoint presentation - C. N. Candlin & A. Jones

DICOEN IV 2007 - Discourse, Communication and the Enterprise IV. 10th-12th September 2007. To be held in the School of English Studies. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.