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Call for Papers

Title: Inside the Saudi University Preparatory Year English Programme: The Future and Beyond

Date: 12th � 13th April, 2011
Organizers: English Language Center (ELC), Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

"We invite the submission of full-length papers (of between 5000 and 8000 words, including an abstract, but excluding references), which have not been previously published and which are strongly related to the main theme of the conference, falling under any one, or a combination of, the following sub-themes

1. General English, EAP and ESP in colleges and universities (e.g. interface between general and academic English, CLIL, team teaching)
2. Teachers education (e.g. Qualifications, native speaker and non-native speaker, classroom observation, PD training)
3. E-learning integration and development (e.g. experiences with blended learning, online skills development, virtual classroom implementation)
4. Curricula, testing and external benchmarking (e.g. placement testing, formative / summative assessment, external verification, portfolios)
5. Saudi learner issues (e.g. linguistic, motivational, learner style, support mechanisms)
5. The school�prep-year interface (curricula and levels, expectations, teaching styles)
6. Language skill development and its implications for curricula, testing and materials"
http://www.taibahu.edu.sa/cms/pages.aspx?pid=6118&ln=en