Researchers, lecturers, teachers, MA Students, Ph.D. Candidates, practitioners, and experts in the field of English Language Teaching, TEFL-TESL, and Applied Linguistics are cordially invited to submit abstracts to the international InnovaPros 2020 Conference, which will take place on 15-16 October 2020 in YTU Davutpaşa Campus, Istanbul, Turkey on the following themes and streams:
THEMES
- coping with global issues innovatively in ELT context
- digital literacy to learn English in and outside class
- developing higher order thinking skills
- fighting plagiarism in language learning
- promoting self-regulated learning
- studying and working in a multicultural context
- conflict management in language teaching and learning
- youth mobility and its impacts in ELT context
- Lingua Franca vs. world Englishes
- classroom approaches in multilingual contexts
- learner identity in ELT context
- adult language teaching
- social entrepreneurship and language learning
- international English proficiency exams and implications for the ELT
- language policy and planning
- life-long language learning
- professional development in ELT
- teaching (with) 21st century skills
- best practices in ELT
STREAMS
In line with the themes above, streams to be discussed include but are not limited to the following:
- measurement, assessment and testing
- teaching and testing language skills
- EAP, EGAP, ESP
- TELL (Technology Enhanced Language Learning)
- ICT (Information and Communication Technology in ELT)
- CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)
- teacher education and professional development
- syllabus design and materials development
- culture in language teaching and learning
- CEFR, GSE
- quality assurance and accreditation in ELT
- education management in ELT institutions
Proposals are invited for the following types of presentations:
Paper presentation
Presenters are kindly invited to give presentations discussing and describing the work which they have done (or currently doing) in relation to theory or research.
Presenters are invited to submit research-based presentations which are results-oriented and based on careful data collection and robust methodology.
The total time allotted to each speaker is 20 min for presentation + 10 min for Q & A. Presentation time restrictions will be strictly followed.
The conference will be equipped with a computer video projector and a computer that is connected to the projector for each oral presentation room. Normal audio equipment such as microphones will be provided.
Poster:
The poster title, author(s)’s name(s) and affiliation(s) should be placed at the top of the poster.
The poster dimensions should be 500 mm in width and 700 mm in height.
Posters will be posted on the numbered boards close to the conference rooms.
Poster presenters will mount and remove their posters themselves. The Organizing Committee will not be responsible for the posters that are not removed after the session.
Poster presenters will be provided with the equipment to fix the posters on the boards at the poster area. Poster presenters are responsible for giving information about their posters and be available for poster display and discussions throughout the conference during the breaks.
In order for the characters within the figures to be read easily, characters in appropriate sizes should be preferred and the same characters should be applied for all figures. The figures should be easily readable from a distance.
Kindly note, there will be no audio-visual equipment for poster sessions.
