Call For Papers

2010 Taiwan TESOL Conference

Organizer: Department of Applied Foreign Languages (AFL), National Formosa University (NFU), Taiwan

Sponsors: Taiwan ELT, Crane, Caves, Tung-Hua, Bookman, Hi Language Learning, Hwa Tai, Cingage Learning, OXFORD, Live ABC

Conference Date: May 8, 2010   May 15, 2010

Conference Venue: International Conference Rooms (9 F), Engineering Building I, NFU

Theme: Global Trend vs. Local Practice: New Challenges for Taiwan TESOL

Sub-themes: Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar, Research, Literature, Methodology, In-service Training, Materials Development, Sociolinguistics, Course and Curriculum Development, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Language and Culture, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Testing and Evaluation, or any other relevant areas.

Important Dates: Full paper submission deadline: March 12, 2010

Notification of acceptance: March 26, 2010

Final full paper submission deadline: April 9, 2010

Presentation Format: Paper sessions (one session for 80 minutes, 3 papers)

Full Paper Format (Taiwan ELT Publishing will publish conference papers.)

As well as a completed conference proposal form, please submit your full paper to us by e-mail (preferred) or by mail (two hardcopies of full paper together with a disc). Additionally, please use this checklist to ensure that guidelines are followed:

•1.        Must INCLUDE an ABSTRACT (Each abstract should not exceed 150 words.)

•2.        Paper Size must be A4. Font Face must be Times New Roman.

•3.        Margins must be 2.50cm. No headers or footers.

•4.        Type in a version of WORD based on APA or MLA format.

•5.        Font Size must be 12 point (except the paper Title must be 14pt).

•6.        Paper length must be less than 12 pages.

•7.        References, graphics, tables all count toward total number of pages.

•8.        Do NOT include PAGE NUMBERS.

•9.      DO NOT include any identifying information on the full papears.