“BUILDING CULTURAL BRIDGES: Integrating Languages, Linguistics, Literature and Translation into Education”
Event “BUILDING CULTURAL BRIDGES: Integrating Languages, Linguistics, Literature and Translation into Education”
Begins April 24, 2009
Ends April 25, 2009
Papers April 10, 2009
Ab.
Country Kazakhstan
State
City Almaty
Email sduconference@gmail.com, conference@sdu.edu.kz
Category Education: Higher_Education
Category 2 Social_Science: Linguistics
Category 3 Education: Languages
Exhibits
Organization
Contact Toraygirov Street,19,Almaty,The Republic of Kazakhstan
URL http://sdu.edu.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103
Venue Suleyman Demirel University
Description The aim of the conference is to bring scholars and students of languages, literature, linguistics (socio-cultural linguistics) and translation studies together. The conference sessions will cover the following general topics in five sections:
1. Culture, Language and Social Sciences
(Articles in Kazakh, Russian, Turkish, English; Presentations in English):
The Perspectives of Cultural Studies, Linguistics, interdisciplinary linguistic studies (Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, etc); Focus on the meaning of language: Semantics, Pragmatics, and Stylistics; Focus on the form of language: Phonetics, Lexicology, and Grammar; Applied Linguistics (Foreign language acquisition, Bilingualism, etc); the contribution of social sciences to solve problems of modern societies (Philosophy, Sociology, Political Science, Ecology,Psychology, Pedagogy, etc.)
2. Kazakh Language and Literature (in Kazakh):
Kazakh Language in the Horizon of the New Century; Teaching Kazakh Language to speakers of other languages; Kazakh Language and its interaction with Russian; Kazakh Language and its interaction with the other Turkic languages (i.e. Turkish); Kazakh Language as the mother tongue as an element of ethno pedagogy; Education in Kazakh Language and its impact on social identities of the citizens; Kazakh Cultural Heritage in Literature ; Theory of literature and literary definitions in Kazakh ; Interaction of Kazakh Literature with Pedagogical Sciences ; Teaching Kazakh Literature in Kazakh-medium Schools in Kazakhstan ; Teaching Kazakh Literature in Russian-medium Schools in Kazakhstan ; Kazakh Literature in the context of Turkic Literature
3. Turkish Language Teaching (in Turkish):
Teaching Turkish to Speakers of Other Languages; Teaching Turkish to Russian speakers ; Teaching Turkish to Kazakh Language speakers ; Special methods of teaching Turkish as a foreign language
4. English Language Teaching (in English):
Contemporary Methods of ELT ; Learner-centred foreign language education ; Teaching styles and types of teacher-student interaction in ELT ; Communicative language teaching ; Technology in a foreign language class ; Integrating the education of universal humanitarian values into ELT curriculum ; Techniques of teaching grammar (pronunciation, vocabulary, or other skills) ; MORE …
5. Translation (Kazakh –English, Kazakh- Turkish, Russian –English Russian-Turkish):
a) Problems of Translation into/from Kazakh Language (in Kazakh - English/Turkish)
Problems of Kazakh –English Translation
Problems of Kazakh – Turkish Translation
b) Problems of Translation into/from Russian Language (in Russian - English/Turkish)
Problems of Russian –English Translation
Problems of Russian – Turkish Translation
c) Theory and Practice of Translation (in English)
Language of Presentations and Lectures
English, Kazakh, Turkish and Russian are the languages of the conference.
The abstract presentations will be in the relevant language of the sections that they
belong to. The presentation of abstracts in one of the other three languages will be shortly interpreted into the language of the section by a translator.
• Presentation of Proposals
Presentations will last 15 to 20 minutes with 5 or 10 minutes for guided discussion and
questions. The conference will also include themed forums led by a moderator.
Due to time limitations, the organising committee is going to reserve decisions on which abstracts should be presented during the conference and which abstracts should only be published in the conference materials.
If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, or any other offer to help, please send an email to us.
• Participation
Abstracts (no longer than six A4 - size pages) should be written in Microsoft Office Word 2003, Times New Romans (14-font size, Margins: 3cm left, 1 cm right, 2 cm top and bottom.)
Abstracts should include:
• Title of Proposed Paper,
• Family Name (s), First Name (s),
• Institutional Affiliation,
• Current Position, and / or Academic Title
• An E-mail Address
• At least 5 key words that best describe the subject of your submission.
• Reference section at the end of your article which lists no more than 15 resources
• Summary or short descriptions of your article should be written in short paragraphs (no more than 50 words each) in two different languages of the conference (English, Kazakh, Russian or Turkish) other than the language of your article.
• Participation Procedure
Submission of your abstract by e-mail is the first step of your intention for participation. Then you should pay the registration fee to the account of the university and send the scanned receipt by e-mail. You should also fill in the registration form, in which you provide detailed information to help us make necessary arrangements for a better organisation.
The abstracts submitted before the deadline will be published in the book of conference materials.
The authors will have the full responsibility of accuracy and authenticity of their abstracts since the materials will be published as they are received in our e-mail account without any further edition or correction.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is April 10, 2009. Please submit your abstract by
e-mail to conference@sdu.edu.kz or sduconference@gmail.com.
Residents of Almaty may visit our university and submit their abstracts to the organization committee at the following address:
Süleyman Demirel University, Toraigirova 19, Orbita-3, 050043 Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• RegistrationFee
Basic Registration Fee for national citizens is 4000 tenges, covering access to all sessions.
Registration Fee (until March 27th, 2009) for international participants is 100 $,
The Late Registration Fee for international participants (after March 27th) is 150 $ .
• Accommodation
Hotels cost between 70 $ and 360 $ a night. (A night at a 3 star hotel in Almaty is about
120 $). If requested by the participant, an early booking can be arranged by the organizing committee. , if the participant wants to arrange his or her accommodation independently)
• Contact
For more information about the conference and the university you can use the following contact information:
WEBSITE : www.sdu.edu.kz/
E - M A I L : conference@sdu.edu.kz
sduconference@gmail.com
ADDRESS : Toraigrova st. No: 19, Orbita 3, Almaty
TELEPHONE : +7 (727) 229-77-00 , +7 (727) 229-77-74 ,
+7 (727) 227-78-00 ( line -166 )
FAX : +7 (727) – 2297772 – 229 77 44
P R O G R A M M E (1stday Tentative)
Registration and orientation
Welcome Speech
M. Kul-Mukhammed – Minister of Culture and Information, RK
Prof. M. Akdish – Rector of SDU
Plenary Session
Coffee - Break
Sections
Lunch - Break
Sections
Coffee - Break
Sections
Discussions & Closing Remarks
