·
To
encourage collegiality and partisanship among academics of courses related to
languages, literatures and cultures
·
To provide
a forum for meaningful discussion on current issues related to the theme of the
conference
·
To keep
abreast with the latest developments in languages, literatures and
cultures
·
To
establish links among academics and to promote collaboration between
participants
The conference
will bring together leading researchers, administrators, language practitioners
and trainers in the domains of interest from around the world pertaining to the
key elements of languages, literatures, and cultures. The relevant streams
include, but are not limited to:
·
Cultural and ethnic studies
·
Cognitive, psychological and
behavioural sciences
·
Communication and information
technologies
·
E-society and online
communities
·
Language development and policy
studies
·
Interdisciplinary research and
studies
·
Language Acquisition and
Learning
·
Corpus Studies
·
Literacy studies
·
Language in Multilingual
Settings
·
Language Evaluation and Testing
·
Professional Communication
·
Public Discourses
·
Stylistics
·
Women’s studies
·
Emergence of new cultural
identities
·
Diaspora, exile and trails of
connection
·
World Literatures in English
·
Comparative literature
·
New literatures
Country studies or reports related to the above
themes are also welcome.
