Sub-themes
A. LINGUISTICS
B. LITERATURE
C. CULTURAL STUDIES
D. LANGUAGE & EDUCATION
Presentation Format and Duration
Presentations may be in the form of:
Paper presentation
A standard, conference-type paper, delivered in a 20-minute oral presentation and followed by a 10 min Q & A session.
Panel discussion
A 60-minute session comprising a panel of three or more speakers who will be discussing issues and ideas pertaining to the conference’s theme.
A. LINGUISTICS
- Theoretical linguistics
- Applied linguistics
- Forensic linguistics
- Historical linguistics
- Lexicology
- Linguistic typology
- Discourse studies
- World Englishes
- New varieties of English
- English for specific purposes
- Language and variation
- Corpus Linguistics
B. LITERATURE
- Poetry and prose (fictional and non-fictional)
- New writings in English
- Comparative literature
- Critical literary theories
- Media (television, drama, film and others)
- Medieval and renaissance literature
- Romantic and victorian literature
- Feminist and gender studies
- Postcolonial literature
- Literature and film
- Language and literature
- Drama and performance
C. CULTURAL STUDIES
- Cultural heritage and hybridisation
- Indigenous peoples, minorities and languages
- Ethnicity, diversity and identity
- Language, culture and translation
- Language and popular culture
- Intercultural and cross-cultural studies
- Indigenous culture and language preservation
- Local knowledge & wisdom
D. LANGUAGE & EDUCATION
- Intercultural education
- Language acquisition and learning
- Language teacher education
- Language teaching methodology
- Language curriculum development
- Innovations in language teaching and learning
- Education and indigenous communities
Presentation Format and Duration
Presentations may be in the form of:
Paper presentation
A standard, conference-type paper, delivered in a 20-minute oral presentation and followed by a 10 min Q & A session.
Panel discussion
A 60-minute session comprising a panel of three or more speakers who will be discussing issues and ideas pertaining to the conference’s theme.