5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES IN LSP TEACHING
1 -2 JULY 2021
ONLINE
Zagreb, Croatia
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
University of Zagreb
Ivana Lučića 5, Zagreb, Croatia
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
The application form is available HERE.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Olinka Breka
University of Zagreb
Olinka Breka is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb where she teaches the following courses: Technical English for students of mechanical engineering, Technical English for students of aeronautical engineering and Business Communication Skills in English. She holds an MSc in English teaching methodology and a PhD in interdisciplinary humanistic studies from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb.
Hilary Nesi
Coventry University, UK
Hilary Nesi is a Professor of English Language at Coventry University,UK. Her research activities mostly concern the discourse of English for academic purposes, and the design and use of dictionaries and reference tools.
Darija Omrčen
University of Zagreb
Darija Omrčen is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb (Croatia) where she teaches English and German for Specific Purposes in the domain of the science of human movement. Some of her research foci are sports terminology, LSP acquisition, LSP teaching, testing in LSP, communication in sport-related domains, etc.
Call for Presenters
We welcome talks that present theoretical and practical insights into the field of LSP including research studies, case reports, project presentations, reports on teaching methods, commentaries and opinions. After a turbulent period of the pandemic in which we engaged in online teaching and gained new and different experiences, we also expect talks addressing the topic of distance teaching and learning that can fit into the thematic areas of the conference listed below.
GENERAL ASPECTS OF LSP
- genre analysis
- discourse analysis
- corpus analysis
- needs analysis
TERMINOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
- terminological theories and their application
- terminology and lexicography
- psycholinguistics and terminology acquisition
- cognitive aspects: conceptualization/acquisition of LSP terminology
- translation in LSP
CHALLENGES IN TEACHING METHODS
- LSP teaching in tertiary education
- distance teaching/learning
- modern technologies in LSP teaching
- project-based learning in LSP
- communicative approach to LSP teaching
- multimodal approachto LSP teaching
- teaching LSP to students with visual impairment; deaf and hard-of-hearing students; students with dyslexia and dysgraphia
- content and language integrated learning (CLIL)
SYLLABUS AND LEARNING MATERIALS
- materials development
- materials evaluation
- syllabus design
- adapting syllabi and learning materials for distance learning
ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN LSP
- testing
- evaluation and assessment (face-to-face, online)
ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA
- internationalization of higher education and LSP
- English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF LSP TEACHERS
- development of LSP teacher competencies
- research opportunities in LSP
- LSP peer collaboration and institutional support
- content and language teacher collaboration
LSP AND ITS SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT
- sociological and cultural aspects of LSP
- interdisciplinary aspects – synergy of the subject field and language
- other topics connected with LSP
Languages (abstracts, podium presentations and papers): English, German, Italian or Croatian
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Brankica Bošnjak Terzić, Croatia
Snježana Kereković, Croatia
Jasminka Pernjek, Croatia
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Snježana Kereković (coordinator), Croatia
Brankica Bošnjak Terzić, Croatia
Neda Borić, Croatia
Dubravka Vilke-Pinter, Croatia
Mirna Varga, Croatia
Tamara Polić, Croatia
Saša Bjelobaba, Croatia
Gorana Duplančić Rogošić, Croatia
Tamara Sladoljev-Adejev, Croatia
Violeta Jurkovič, Slovenia
Višnja Kabalin Borenić, Croatia
Nives Lenassi, Slovenia
Nadežda Stojaković, Serbia
Polona Vičić, Slovenia
Ana Vujović, Serbia
Joanna Kic-Drgas, Poland
Ana Bocanegra-Valle, Spain
Stefania Maci, Italy
Saša Podgoršek, Slovenia
Kiki Divini, Greece
The book of abstracts will be available at the conference. Selected proceedings will be published after the conference (only papers assessed positively through a double-blind peer view process and approved by the editorial board will be published in the Book of Proceedings).
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Abstract submission deadline: 15 FEBRUARY 2021
Notification of abstract acceptance: 15 MARCH 2021
Registration and conference fee payment deadline: 1 MAY 2021 – 15 JUNE 2021
Paper submission deadline: 30 SEPTEMBER 2021
CONFERENCE FEE:
Non-members: HRK 350 (EUR 50)
Methods of payment: bank transfer only
Bank details:
Account holder: UNJSVU, Trg J. F. Kennedyja 6, 10000 Zagreb
Bank name: Zagrebačka banka d.d. Zagreb, Savska cesta 60
Reference: Surname_fee2021
BIC (SWIFT): ZABAHR2X
IBAN: HR2923600001102273995
Please note that all bank charges are to be borne by the participant.350
ACCOMODATION
Cancellation policy
A 50 % refund can be granted if notification of cancellation has been submitted before 31 January 2021. No refund is possible for requests submitted after this date. Refund requests will be processed after the conference and can be submitted to: lsp.teachers.conference@gmail.com.