Congress Calendar
2001
18-20 January 21st Annual
Thailand TESOL International Conference. Theme: The Power of Practice
in Bangkok. Information: Suchada Nimmannit, E-mail: nsuchada@chula.ac.th
23-25 January 7th EFL
Skills Conference. Theme: Integrating EFL Skills: Teaching, Management
and Technology for the Future. Venue: Cairo, Egypt. Information: The
EFL Skills Conference Committee, English Studies Division/CACE (Mail 209).
The American University in Cairo. P.O. Box 2511, Cairo, Egypt. Tel.: +
202/357-6871. Email: EFLSKILL@AUCEGYPT.EDU
26-28 January ESP Special Interest
Group/ VHS Bielefeld Workshop Conference. Theme: English for Occupational
Purposes (EOP): What is It and How Can It be Taught? Methods, Contents,
Materials. Venue: Bielefeld, Germany. Information: ESPSIG Event Coordinator’s
Office, c/o JWH Ridder, MA, Beethovenstr. 5, D-33604 Bielefeld/Germany;
Tel: + 49 (0) 521/5212440; Fax: +49 (0) 521/66209; E-mail: jwh.ridder@t-online.de
31 January – 2 February III Encuentro de Traductores
e Intérpretes Iberoamericanos y Caribeňos. Venue: La Habana,
Cuba. Information: Cecilia Infante Guerrero, Presidente del Comité Organizador,
Tel.: + 53 (7) 32 9838; Fax: + 53 (7) 33 3441; E-mail: Cclfilh@cubartecult.cu
15-17 February Bilkent University
School of English Language Conference. Theme: Challenge and Creativity
in Teaching Beginners. Venue: Turkey. Information: Tulin Bakiler,
E-mail: beginconf@bilkent.edu.tr
23-24 February The British Council’s
Conference. Theme: Best of British ELT. Venue: Mexico. Information:
Rosalia Valero, Fax: 00 52 5263 1960: E-mail: rosalia_valero@mx.britcoun.org
24-27 February AAAL Conference. Venue:
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Information: Richard Young, Department of
English, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Email: rfyoung@facstaff.wisc.edu
25-27 February ESP Special Interest
Group Workshop Conference. Theme: Common threads and differences
between ‘Business English’ and ‘English for Special Purposes’”. Venue:
Volkshochschule der Stadt Bielefeld, Information: J. Wolfgang H. Ridder,
Fachbereich Sprachen, Ravensberger Park 1, D-33607 Bielefeld, Germany;
Tel.: + 49 (09) 521/51-2331, Fax: +49 (0) 521/51-3431; E-mail: jwh.ridder@t-online.de
27 February–3 March 35th TESOL. Theme: Gateway to the Future. Venue: Saint
Louis, Missouri USA. Information: TESOL-Central Office, 1600 Cameron St.
Suite 300, Va 22314-2751 Alexandria USA, Email:info@tesol-edu
1 March Fortbildungsseminar.
Thema: Mit allen Sinnen eine fremdsprache effektiver lernen. Venue:
Freie Universität, Berlin. Information: Prof. Dr Ludger Schiffler, FU
Berlin, Didaktik der romanischen Sprachen und Literature, Habelschwerdter
Allee 45, D-14195 Berlin.
10-11 March TESOL Greece’s 22nd
Annual Convention. Theme: The Power of Language. Venue: Athens,
Greece. Information: Eleni Giannopoulou, TESOL Greece Office, 40-42 Mikras
Asias Str. 115 27 Athens, Greece; Tel: + 01 7488450
23-25 March 2nd International
Conference. Theme: Contrastive Rhetoric. Venue: The American
University in Cairo. Information: Email: CRCONF@aucegypt.edu
24-25 March LMS Sprakdagar. Theme:
Sprak bygger broar. Venue: Gävle, Sweden. Information: Britte-Louise
Wiberg; Tel: + 026 18 99 26; Fax: + 026 51 72 16; Email: britt-louise.wiberg@skola.gavle.se
27 – 31 March 34th International
IATEFL Annual Conference. Venue: Dublin, Ireland. Information: IATEFL,
3 Kingsdown Chambers, Whitstable, CT5 2 FL, UK; Tel.: + 44 (0)1227 276528;
Fax: +44 (0)1227 274414; Email: iatefl@compuserve.com
29-31 March 3rd International
Symposium on Iconicity
in Language and Literature. Venue: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
Jena, Germany. Information: E-mail: x7muwo@rz.uni-jena.de;
29 March – 2 April 9th SEAL International
Conference 2001. Theme: Opening Minds. Venue: The King’s School,
Cantenbury, Kent, UK. Information: Conference Managers, 37 Park Hall Road,
East Finchley, London N2 9PT, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 8883 3445; Fax: + 44
(0)20 8444 0339; Email: seal@saffirepress.co.uk
30 March – 1 April TESOL-Spain’s
24th Annual Convention. Theme: A Quest for Teacher
Development. Venue: Universisdad de Sevilla, Seville. Information:
Tammi Santana, E-mail: tammisantana@jazzfree.com
6-8 April ALL Language
World Conference & Exhibition.Venue: UMIST, Manchester, UK. Information:
Association for Language Learning, 150 Railway Terrace, Rugby CV21 3HN,
UK. Email: info@ALL-languages.org.uk
17 - 21 April 35th
International Annual IATEFL Conference.
Venue: Brighton Conference Centre. Information: IATEFL 3 Kingsdown
Chambers, Whitstable, CT5 2FL, UK; Tel: + 44 (0)1227 276528: Fax: + 44
(0)1227 274415; E-mail: iatefl@compuserve.com
23 – 25 April III Congreso Latinoamericano
de Traducción e Interpretación. Venue: Beunos Aires, Argentina. Información:
Colegio de Traductores Públicos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Telefax:
+54 11 4371 8616; E-mail: Info@traductores.or.ar
26 April SATE 2001.
Theme: Information and Communication Technology: Its Relevance to Language
Learning. Venue: Saudi Arabia. Information: Sayed Abdel Hamid, Fax:
00 966 2 6800808, E-mail: sts99@www.com
27 – 29 April 33rd
Poznań Linguistic Meeting. Theme: Challenges for linguistics
in the 21st Century. Venue: School of English, Adam Mickiewicz
University, Poznań. Information: PLM 2001, School of English, Adam
Mickiewicz University, Collegium Novum, al. Niepodległości 4,
61-874 Poznań, Poland; Tel: + 48 61/ 829-35-06; Fax: +48 61/ 829-35-05;
Email: plm@ifa.amu.edu.pl
24 – 26 May 14th International
Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition. Venue: Szczyrk,
Poland. Information: Institute of English, University of Silesia, ul.
Żytnia 10, 41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland; Tel/fax: + 48 32/ 291 74 17:
Email: enoffice@ares.fils.us.edu.pl
25 - 27 May IATEFL East 2001
and the 10th Bulgaria Conference. Venue: Plovdiv International
Fair, Bulgaria. Information: George Geshev, E-mail: iatefl.bg@altavista.net
June/July South
African Association of Language Teaching (SAALT). Information:
Wilfred Greyling, E-mail: fgwg@engl.uovs.ac.za
4-6 July 6th
National Conference of the Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators.
Theme: Understanding the Language Is the Path to the People’s Hearts.
Venue: The University of Melbourne. Information: Prof. Arief Budiman,
Phone: (061 - 3) 8344 6650; Fax: (061-3) 9349 3472; E-mail: a.budiman@asian.unimelb.edu.au ; Ms Lily Djajamihardja,
Phone: (061-3) 9684 6700; Fax: (061-3) 9690 6842; E-mail: lilyd@vsl.vic.edu.au
4-6 July VII. Internationale
Tandem-Tage. Thema: Für viele Sprachen sensibel – Tandem. Venue:
České Budejovice, Tschechien. Information: Gaudeo CB, Trebizského
1010, CZ-37006 Česke Budejovice; Fax: ++ 42 038 7 41 01 51; E-mail:
congres@gaudeo.cz
5-7 July The Association
of Language Testers in Europe’s Conference. Theme: European Year
of Languages. Venue: Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona., Spain.
Information: ALTE Secretariat, Fax: + 44 1223 553036; E-mail: alte@ucles.or.uk
7-10 July AFMLTA
National Conference. Theme: Languages Our Common Wealth. Venue:
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Information: Conference
Secretariat, AFMLTA Conference 2001, PO Box 201, Deakin West, ACT 2600,
Australia, e-mail: willett@dynamite.com
30 July - 4 August XII. Internationale
Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen un Deutschlehrer (IDT). Thema: Mehr
Sprache – mehrsprachig – mit Deutsch. Didaktische und politische Perspektiven.
Venue: Luzern, Schweitz. Information: Tagungssekretariat: wbz cps,
Bruchstrasse 9a, Postfach, 6000 Luzern, Schweitz; Tel.: 041 2 49 99 11;
Fax: 041 2 40 00 79; E-mail: monika_claluna@idt-2001.com
28-31 August 34th SLE
Meeting. Theme: Language Study in Europe at the Turn of the Millennium.
Towards the integration of cognitive, historical and cultural approaches
to language. Venue: Leuven, Belgium. Information: Bert Cornillie,
SLE Meeting 2001, Department Longud’stiek, Blijde – Inkomststraat 21,
B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Phone: 00 3216 324765; Fax: 00 3216 324767; E-mail:
SLE2001@arts.kuleuven.ac.be
31 August – 1 Sept. IATEFL Teacher Trainers
and Global Issues SIGs. Theme: Incorporating Global Issues in Teacher
Training Programmes: Contents, Methods, Materials. Venue: Bielefeld,
Germany. Information: Christine Tilley, E-mail: 114563.1721@compuserve.com
26-28 September 3rd CER –
FIPLV Conference. Theme: European Year of Languages: European Integration
- Intercultural Communication – Foreign Language Teaching. Venue:
Poznań, Adam Mickiewicz University. Information: Prof. Teresa Siek-Piskozub,
School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Al. Niepodległości
4, PL-61-874 Poznań, Poland. Fax: + 48 (0) 61 829 35 05, E-mail:
piskozub@amu.edu.pl
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