Research Meets Practice & Practice Meets Research. We encourage submissions from graduate students and professionals whose research and practice fall broadly under the umbrella of applied linguistics and TESL/TEFL. The mission of the conference binds us to prioritize proposals from graduate students and professionals not holding a doctoral degree. If you are interested in submitting but unsure about eligibility, do email us at talgs@ecu.edu. We will gladly assist you. We welcome cross-disciplinary proposals with relevance to language use, language learning and/or teaching from a variety of fields, for example English, education, foreign languages, anthropology, discourse studies, communications, sociolinguistics, psychology, speech & hearing sciences, and sociology. Proposals reporting on action research (inside and outside the classroom), works in progress, submissions based on successful term projects, pilot research, as well as proposals for discussion sessions, workshops, and posters are welcomed. Presentations requiring computer facilities can be accommodated. Multiple proposals will be considered. Submit your proposal here. You can register here. The deadline for proposal submission is Monday, November 30, 2009.

Session Formats

Papers| 20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for questions and answers

Workshops| 40 minutes for practical, hands-on "presentations"

Discussion Panels| 40 minutes for panel discussion on a specific topic and set of questions

Posters| 60 minutes for poster presentation and display

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