Languages and People: Diversity and Harmony

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Languages and people: diversity and harmony

28–29 September 2016

www.taikomojikalbotyra2016.flf.vu.lt

This is the second call for papers for the 4th international conference of applied linguistics to be held 28-29 September 2016 in Vilnius University. The Conference will be hosted by the Department of Lithuanian Studies, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University and the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics LITAKA.

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) Applications of Conceptual Metaphor Theory to Foreign Language Teaching

http://das.elte.hu/content/faculty/kovecses/cv.html

Anne Pauwels, University of London (United Kingdom) Superdiversity, Globalisation and Heritage Language Maintenance: challenges and opportunities in 21st century Europe

http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff60359.php

Norbert Schmitt, University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) How does Vocabulary Work?: Key Questions for Building Better Vocabulary Tests

http://www.norbertschmitt.co.uk

TOPICS:

The Conference aims at bringing together linguists doing research under the umbrella of applied linguistics including a variety of ways, a range of disciplines and sub-disciplines, such as sociolinguistics, language policy, discourse analysis, translation and interpretation, language teaching and learning, language acquisition, language testing, corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, pragmatics, etc.

PRESENTATIONS. Each presentation should be no longer than 20 minutes; 10 minutes are given for questions and/or discussion. Poster presentations are also invited. Abstracts should be between 300 and 500 words.

LANGUAGES: English and Lithuanian

VENUE: Faculty of Philology Universiteto St 5 LT-01513 Vilnius Lithuania

FEES: • Regular–100 EUR (15 May - 31 August 2016) • Early bird–80 EUR (15 April - 15 May 2016) • Reduced (student)*–70 EUR (15 May - 31 August 2016) • Reduced (student)* early bird–50 EUR (15 April - 15 May 2016)

* Reduced fees are also applicable to LITAKA members.

IMPORTANT DATES: • Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 February 2016 • Notification of abstract acceptance or rejection: 15 April 2016 • Deadline for early bird registration: 15 May 2016 (early bird fee applicable) • Deadline for registration: 31 August 2016

ONLINE REGISTRATION: http://www.taikomojikalbotyra2016.flf.vu.lt/en/registration/

You can address your queries to: [email protected], www.taikomojikalbotyra2016.flf.vu.lt