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University of Adrar Faculty of Letters and Languages Department of English National Conference on: Academic Writing November 18 th -19 th , 2013 In line with our earlier scientific events, this year’s conference is dedicated for the study of academic writing. Participants are welcome to submit presentations that provide succinct reflections concerning any practical aspect of academic writing of English / French in the context of foreign language learning. Members of the English Department at the University of Adrar are pleased to announce its second national conference. Over the years, we have observed that various players in the field often take academic writing lightly. This situation expresses probably a frustration resulting from a mixture of absence of will as well as deficiency of adequate instruction. After all, with graduation almost guaranteed and employment usually pending, academic writing becomes a dead currency! Faculty members are more than ever called to seriously think over such a perplexing state of affair. Their hesitancy and sometimes unwillingness to address academic writing as a priority make their pedagogical efforts subject to question. For purposes of clarity and mutual benefits, the scientific committee seeks to uncover what is really at stake when it comes to academic writing. This committee welcomes any paper proposal that attends to the following lines of inquiry: Academic writing: defintions Academic writing in different disciplines inside a typical English department: literature, civilization, linguistics, etc… Academic writing in different disciplines (taught outside the English departments): Law, Engineering, History, Islamic Studies, etc… Challenges facing the training team ‘l’équipe de formation’: locating the adequate instructor Challenges facing the teacher: choice of timing in the weekly timetable, the selection of textbooks, dealing with overcrowded classes, coordination with other classes like grammar, literature and civilization. Developing tools for better academic writing in the 21 st century The impact of changing social, political, and economic forces on academic writing The above list cannot be exhaustive. The committee welcomes any paper that attend to writing in academic setting and it connection with the Algerian university. We want to make sure that the only measure of accepting a given proposal is its capacity to stay away from theoretical deliberations and its direct preoccupation with any practical aspect of the problematic. Abstract Details All abstracts must be submitted as WORD documents written in English, French or Arabic and should include: Title Language of presentation (English, French or Arabic) Type of presentation and participant interaction (e.g., workshop, paper, demonstration of classroom practice/method) The issues/approaches/skills to be explored A maximum of 300 words Font: Times New Roman, 12 point, double-spaced Abstracts written in French or Arabic should include a translation into English, also not exceeding 300 words. Please note that abstracts exceeding 300 words will automatically be rejected.
Transcript of Academic Writing
University of Adrar
Faculty of Letters and Languages
Department of English
National Conference on: Academic Writing
November 18th-19
th, 2013
In line with our earlier scientific events, this
year’s conference is dedicated for the study of
academic writing. Participants are welcome to
submit presentations that provide succinct
reflections concerning any practical aspect of
academic writing of English / French in the
context of foreign language learning. Members
of the English Department at the University of
Adrar are pleased to announce its second
national conference. Over the years, we have
observed that various players in the field often
take academic writing lightly. This situation
expresses probably a frustration resulting from
a mixture of absence of will as well as
deficiency of adequate instruction. After all,
with graduation almost guaranteed and
employment usually pending, academic
writing becomes a dead currency! Faculty
members are more than ever called to seriously
think over such a perplexing state of affair.
Their hesitancy and sometimes unwillingness
to address academic writing as a priority make
their pedagogical efforts subject to question.
For purposes of clarity and mutual benefits, the
scientific committee seeks to uncover what is
really at stake when it comes to academic
writing. This committee welcomes any paper
proposal that attends to the following lines of
inquiry:
Academic writing: defintions
Academic writing in different
disciplines inside a typical English
department: literature, civilization,
linguistics, etc…
Academic writing in different
disciplines (taught outside the English
departments): Law, Engineering,
History, Islamic Studies, etc…
Challenges facing the training team
‘l’équipe de formation’: locating the
adequate instructor
Challenges facing the teacher: choice
of timing in the weekly timetable, the
selection of textbooks, dealing with
overcrowded classes, coordination
with other classes like grammar,
literature and civilization.
Developing tools for better academic
writing in the 21st century
The impact of changing social,
political, and economic forces on
academic writing
The above list cannot be exhaustive. The
committee welcomes any paper that attend to
writing in academic setting and it connection
with the Algerian university. We want to make
sure that the only measure of accepting a given
proposal is its capacity to stay away from
theoretical deliberations and its direct
preoccupation with any practical aspect of the
problematic.
Abstract Details
All abstracts must be submitted as WORD
documents written in English, French or
Arabic and should include:
Title
Language of presentation (English,
French or Arabic)
Type of presentation and participant
interaction (e.g., workshop, paper,
demonstration of classroom
practice/method)
The issues/approaches/skills to be
explored
A maximum of 300 words
Font: Times New Roman, 12 point,
double-spaced
Abstracts written in French or Arabic
should include a translation into
English, also not exceeding 300
words.
Please note that abstracts exceeding
300 words will automatically be
rejected.
Criteria for Accepting Abstracts
Abstracts will be evaluated blindly, based on
the following criteria:
Is the topic relevant to the conference
theme?
Is the approach to the topic original?
Are the issues presented appropriate
for the conference participants?
Is the presentation placed within a
theoretical framework, if relevant?
Is the issue that prompted this
presentation clearly stated?
Are the implications for pedagogy or
research clearly stated?
Is the paper error-free in terms of
grammar, punctuation, spelling and
clarity of expression?
Important Dates:
The conference will take place on November
18th-19
th, 2013 and the scientific committee
will stop considering papers by June 20th, 2013
Contact for Submission:
The Scientific Committee of the Conference:
Prof. Boursali Fewzi; Dr. Fouad Mami; Dr.
Bouhania Bachir; Dr. Moustafaoui Aziz; Dr.
Mahiedine Rachid; Mr. Abbou Taher; Mr. Bessaid
Abdelhamid
The Organizing Committee:
Dr. Fouad Mami; Mr. Abbou Taher; Mr. Bessaid
Abdelhamid; Mr. Oumari Mohamed
