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LANGUAGE IN CULTURE and CULTURE IN LANGUAGE

The First MELTA Conference

Moscow

September 25 – 26, 2009

Announcement and Call for Papers

Dear Colleagues and Friends!

This is to bring to your kind attention that MELTA (Moscow English Language Teachers Association) jointly with IGUMO ( Institute for the Humanities and IT) is organising a conference on LANGUAGE IN CULTURE and CULTURE IN LANGUAGE to be held on September 25-26, 2009 in Moscow.

The First MELTA Conference LANGUAGE IN CULTURE and CULTURE IN LANGUAGE is organized to meet the needs of EL teachers, but welcomes contributions from academics at all levels. The conference brings together teachers and scholars from across Russia for two days of intellectual debate, cultural experiences, and networking.

Conference Content Areas:

Conference papers and workshop proposals are welcome on a wide range of topics, such as:

Cross Cultural Issues
Cultural Education
Language-related Cultural Differences
English as International Language
Language Instruction and Terminology
Teaching English
- Academic Writing – “writing for another culture”
- Public Speaking – “speaking to another culture”
- Teaching Literature
- Teaching English for Specific Purposes
- Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Education
- Teachers' and Learners' Reflection on Culture and Identity
- Language Teaching and Learning Methods (eg. autonomous and cooperative learning, task-based language learning, learner orientation, etc.)
- Incorporating Cultural Knowledge and Traditions into Education
Sociolinguistics
Applied Linguistics

The conference will include plenary sessions, workshops, section meetings, poster presentations, ELT resources exhibition and social events.

Working languages: English and Russian

Venue: IGUMO

Deadline

for Speaker Proposals – August 15, 2009
for Registration Form – September 1, 2009

Contacts:

Phone: (499) 249-06-40 (editorial office newspaper “English”), 8 903 180-13-82
E-mail: melta@1september.ru, boltneva@mail.ru

Registration Form

Return Registration Form to: boltneva@mail.ru Deadline: September 1, 2009

Details of participant:

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Accomodation (Please mark your choice with V)

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Registration Fees (to be paid on site in rubles)

MELTA members	300 Rub
Non-MELTA members	500 Rub
Students/ Post-graduate Students	100 Rub

Registration fee covers:

Conference Participant Package
Coffee breaks
Wine-and-Cheese Reception

SPEAKER PROPOSAL FORM

Return speaker proposal form to: boltneva@mail.ru Deadline: August 15, 2009

Details of Presenter:

Last name:
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Title of presentation (max. 10 words):
Type of presentation:	Plenary talk	Session talk	Workshop	Poster session

Equipment required:	Multimedia Projector	Cassette player	VCR	Other

Time: plenary talk - 30 min; session talk - 10 min; workshop - 40 min