We are proud to announce that the 11th METU International ELT Convention is going to be held on the dates 31 May – 02 June 2012 at Middle East Technical University Convention Center, Ankara, Turkey. The theme of this Convention is Embracing Challenges: we aim to focus on identifying and addressing challenges that emerge as a result of the changing needs and growing demands of learners as members of academic, social or business communities in a globalised world.

We are looking forward to receiving proposals that demonstrate a strong interplay between present day challenges of learning and teaching of English and ways to address them. Typical topics of interest include, among others:

 methods and approaches,
 teaching strategies,
 assessment policies,
 development and evaluation of materials,
 technology use,
 development of skills,
 teacher cognition,
 English as an international language

PRESENTATION TYPES

We accept proposals for research papers, interactive papers, workshops, e-sessions and poster presentations. Information regarding the details of the presentation types, proposal guidelines and submission address are to be found on our Convention website: dbe.metu.edu.tr/convention2012.

IMPORTANT DATES

01 November 2011 Opening of registration and proposal submission
13 February 2012 Deadline for proposal submission
11 May 2012 Deadline for early registration

CONTACTS

Zeynep Akşit - Başak Ağın
Address: ODTÜ – TİB, Ankara, Turkey
Tel.: +90 312 210 3978
Fax: +90 312 210 7985
E-mail: elt2012@metu.edu.tr
Web: http://dbe.metu.edu.tr/convention2012