Call for Proposals - Waymade College of Education

8/10/2019 Call for Proposals - Waymade College of Education

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Waymade College of Education

Managed by Charutar Vidya Mandal, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India

in collaboration with

The Global Association of English Studies

organizes

First National Conference on

Contemporary Practices in Language Literature

and Education : Indian Context

January 3031, 2015

CONFERENCE PREAMBLE

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

TYPES OF PROPOSALS

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

TRACKS FOR DISCUSSION AND

PRESENTATIONS

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

CONFERENCE DVDs AND MEDIA

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

CONFERENCE VENUE

ACCOMMODATIONS


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CONFERENCE PREAMBLE

The academic fraternity engaged in Arts and Humanities studies across the world is preoccupied

with various ways of understanding the functions, structures and forms of language, literature and

education. In addition to their interrelations and interdependence, the new ideas and approachesemerging from various disciplines like literary theory, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics,

pragmatics, discourse analysis etc. alongside technological revolution and socio-cultural

transformations, have a pivotal role to play in the methodological and scientific study of language,

literature and the paradigms of education and pedagogy. Hence, the proposed conference aims to

explore and to scrutinize such dynamics with a central focus on the complementary nature of

language, literature and education and their centrality in human life, with specific reference to the

Arts and Humanities studies in the Indian context.

The Organizing Committee of the proposed conference invites scholarly researched papers that

examine the intersections of Language, Literature and Education and their sub-disciplines withspecial reference to the Indian context. The primary focus of the proposed conference is to examine

the new methodologies, theories, and sites of study that are emerging from this intersection.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Executive Board and the Advisory Board of theGlobal Association of English Studies, in

collaboration with the Waymade College of Education, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar,

Gujarat, India, is pleased to issue this Call for Proposals for the 1st National Conference on

Contemporary Practices in Language, Literature and Education : Indian Context. The proposedConference will be held on January 3031, 2015 at the Waymade College of Education, Sardar Patel

University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, India.

We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions and poster exhibitions.

Given below are the various types of Abstracts that the Organizing Committee will accept.


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TYPES OF PROPOSALS

1. Table Sessions / Paper Presentation (15+5 minutes) : Interactive presentation/themed

session focused on sharing, modeling, and discussing your proposed themed topic, whileallowing for interaction among session participants

2. Interactive Workshop Sessions (40+10 minutes) : Best suited for

teaching/sharing/demonstrating particular procedures, skills or techniques in the chosen

field; academic research session focused on original research in which higher education

teaching and learning methods

3. All-Conference Interactive Poster Sessions (2.5 hours) : Poster Presentation will facilitate

presenting preliminary results of work in progress or for projects that lend themselves to

visual displays and representations. Space will be provided by the Host Institution. You will

use a 42x56 board to display your poster in a large room with others. All materials must be

organized by the presenter(s).

Please note that we will make every effort to assign you to the proposal format you have selected;

however, it may be necessary due to space and time constraints to assign you to a different format.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The proposed Conference aims to network the Academics, Research Scholars, Students

(undergraduate or post graduate), Professionals from the private and public sector, EducationalTechnologists, School counsellors, principals and teachers, Education policy development

representatives, General personnel from vocational sectors (Independent Scholars), Open learning

specialists and any person interested in Language Studies, Literary Studies and Education.


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TRACKS FOR DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION

The proposed conference will address a range of important tracks including the following :

EDUCATION

TEACHER EDUCATION

The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education

Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education

Collaborations in Language Teacher Education

Practices of Language Teacher Education

Education, Employability, and Employment : The Vital Bridge

Maintaining Quality While Widening Access : Squaring the Circle

Language in Higher Education

PEDAGOGIC ENGAGEMENT

Innovative Pedagogic Engagement Strategies

Using Active Learning Classrooms to their Fullest Potential

Promoting Student Self-Regulation and Responsibility

Integration of Online, Hybrid, and Collaborative Learning

Engaging Community Partners as Effective Co-educators/co-

researchers in Experiential Learning

Catering to Learners with Special Needs

Teaching Learning Materials for Constructivist Paradigm

TESTING AND

EVALUATION

Assessment Practices to Language and Literature Teaching

Educational Measurement and Evaluation

Evaluation Rubrics

PEDAGOGIC ISSUES AND

CHALLENGES

Teaching of Language and Literature

Teaching and Learning of English as a Foreign/ Second Language

Effective Teaching Methodologies in Language and LiteratureClassrooms

Interdisciplinarity in Language Teaching and Learning

Teaching Translation

RESEARCH IN EDUCATION

Education, Research and Globalization

Educational research in India : The Contemporary Observations

Education Curriculum Research and Development in India

Classroom Practitioners Research : A Sure Way to Solve Problems

ICT in Education

Educational Communications and Technology

E-learning

Information and Communications Technology in Education Increasing affordability and access to the Internet

HIGHER EDUCATION

New Trends in Higher Education : An Indian Context

Conceptual Analysis, Goals and Perspectives of Higher Education

Higher Education and Research Scenario in India

Teaching and Research

Open Book Examination

Impact of NAAC in Quality Enhancement Practices

Indian Higher Education : Vision for the Next Decade

Challenges to Higher Education & Research.

Value systems in Higher Education and Research


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Inclusiveness in Higher Education and Research

Systems of Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education

Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment in University

Participatory Evaluation

LANGUAGE STUDIES

LANGUAGE IN LITERATURE

Language, Literature and Ideology

Discourse Analysis

Language, Gender and Power

Language in Feminism and Gender Studies

Language and Postcolonialism

Stylistics and Pragmatics

LINGUISTIC STUDIES

The analysis of language and language use as providing a window into

non-linguistic cognitive processes and structures

The relationship between linguistic structure and cognitive processes Language, linguistic and speech resource development

Linguistic, psychological and mathematical models of language,

computational psycholinguistics

Sociolinguistics

Historical Linguistics

COMMUNICATION

STUDIES

Culture, Communication and Identity

The transformative nature of the role of language and communication

in human cognition

Lexical semantics and word sense

Grammars, syntax, semantics and discourse

Machine learning for natural language Machine translation and multilingual processing

INDIAN ENGLISHES

Language Change and Variation

Role of English and Indian English in Globalised Contexts

New Varieties of English

Regional varieties of English in India

Structural variations in the Regional Varieties

Cultural Influences on Change and Variations in Regional Englishes in

India

ELT IN INDIA

Historical Perspectives of ELT in India

Approaches and Methods : A Historical Perspective

ELT : Contemporary Scene ELT and Multimedia

Testing and Evaluation : An Indian Perspective

Contemporary Research Studies in ELT : Indian Context

English for Specific Purposes (ESP)

Language and the New Media

Language and ICT

TRANSLATION : THEORY

AND PRAXIS

Transliteration, Translation and Transcreation : Theoretical

Perspectives

Contemporary Practices in Translation : An Indian Perspectives

Translation : Issues and Challenges

Cultural Translation and Transplantation of Indianness : Issues andChallenges


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ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC

PURPOSES

English in Corporate World

English for Business Purposes

English in Legal Practices

English for Academic Purposes

English for Tourism and Hospitality

English for other Science and Technology English and Internet (Social Networking)

English in Entertainment Industry

LITERARY STUDIES

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN

WRITING IN ENGLISH

Colonial, Postcolonial and Beyond : Contemporary Indian Writing in

English

Contemporary Indian Writing in English and Media

Indian English Literature and Film

WomensWritings

Literature, Culture and Translation

LITERARY PERSPECTIVES :

AN INDIAN CONTEXT

Literature, Identity and Culture

Literature and Social Reality

Literature and Popular Culture

Literature and Power

Literature and Gender

Comparative literature

INDIAN WRITING IN

ENGLISH : CRITICAL

PERSPECTIVES

Feminism

Postcolonialism

Existentialism

Postmodernism

Psychoanalysis Structuralism and Post-structuralism

Linguistics, Stylistics and Pragmatics

LITERATURE OF A SPECIFIC

GENRE

Contemporary Indian English Novel

Contemporary Indian English Poetry

Contemporary Indian English Drama

Contemporary Indian English Short-Stories

Contemporary Indian Popular Literature in English

Biographies and Autobiographies

Specialty literatures (such as children's or women's literature,

literature of cultures)

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Proposals from those who would like to facilitate a panel discussion are welcomed. The proposals

may address any of the topics falling within the scope of the conference themes.

Panel Discussions provide an opportunity for public discussion amongst a selected group of

panelists. Central to the success of a panel discussion is the choice of a good topic as the focus for

discussion and panel lists that bring differing perspectives and are confident in making clear

arguments in a live situation. Panels should comprise of three to five scholars who present their


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arguments; a discussant offers critical comment on the arguments made and

the discussion is opened up to the participating audience.

The proposal must include:

Title of the Panel Discussion

Panel Chair(s) (if necessary)

SpeakersNames, Affiliations and Emails

Scope of the Discussion

Objective and motivation

The proposed National Conference will set aside space for those who wish to

pursue discussion of a particular topic or issue. Interested individuals should

submit a proposal not more than 400 words, on or before the deadline. In

addition, the proposal should indicate the duration of the panel discussion

(preferred duration is 60 minutes).

All accepted Panel Discussion proposal will be published in the Conference

Proceedings. If you are interested in organizing Panel Discussion for the

National Conference please email your proposal [email protected]

Submissions should be in MS Word format.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Submission of Abstract could be made online on the official website of The

Global Association of English Studies http://www.thegaes.org/abstract-

submission. Proposals (abstracts) can also be submitted through an email to

[email protected] [email protected]

as an attachment

with 'Submission of Abstract' typed in the subject field. Proposals should

include title, author(s) name(s), academic affiliation(s), contact email

address(es) and 300 word abstract of his/her/their proposed paper. Deadline

for submission of abstracts is January 01, 2015.

CONFRENCE PROCEEDINGS/PUBLICATIONS

All registered papers for the 1st

National Conference on Contemporary

Practices in Language, Literature and Education : Indian Context will be

published. The selected papers will be published in the form of a Book with

ISBN and all other presented papers in The Global Journal of English Studies and

The Global Journal of Literary Studies in the form of exclusive volumes.
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Contact Email : For any inquiry about the Conference, Submission and

Publication, please do not hesitate to communicate with us at:

[email protected].

CONFERENCE DVDs & MEDIA

Conference photos will be available for viewing at the official website of the

Global Association of English Studies : www.thegaes.org

All the important sessionsKey-Note Address, Plenary Sessionswill be

available as a set of DVDs. In addition to it, interested delegates may request

the Organizing Committee for the recording of their presentations, which would

be done on the paid basis.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Category Registration Fee

Presenters INR 1000.00/-

Participant INR 800.00/-

Full Time ResearchScholars

INR 800.00/-

Alumni Members

(Waymade College of

Education)

INR 700.00/-

The Registration Fee includes Conference Kit, two Luncheons, a Dinner,

Tea/Coffee and snacks on the Conference days, Certificate, and Publication of

the Papers. Please note that the Registration Fees do not include the

Accommodation Charges. However, the Registration Fees do include thePublication Charges.

Photography

Exhibition

January 30 to

February 03, 2015

ALL THE PRESENTED PAPERS WILL BE PUBLISHED WITH ISSN/ISBN

A FIVE DAY BOOK EXHIBITION BY SAHITYA AKADEMI, MUMBAI.

A FIVE DAY PAINTING EXHIBITION BY THE INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTISTS

A FIVE DAY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION BY THE INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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How to REGISTER?

Please mail your completed Conference Registration Form (Either use the attached form, or

download it from www.thegaes.org) to [email protected]. You may also submit your

Registration Form online at www.thegaes.org/registrations. Make your payment in any of the

following ways :

By Bank Transfer to account number 914020051447344 (AXIS Bank, Vallabh Vidyanagar

Branch, Gujarat, IFSC Code UTIB0000038, A/c name LINGUANATION).

By Chequein the name of LINGUATION (add Rs. 60 towards bank charges, write your name

on the reverse of the cheque and post it with your Registration Form to The Principal,

Waymade College of Education, Near GCET Enginnering College, Bakrol Road, Vallabh

Vidyanagar. Anand, Gujarat, INDIA. PIN Code : 388120.

By depositing the Registration Fee directly to the following account :

A/C Number : 914020051447344

A/C Name : LINGUANATION A/C Branch : Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat.

IFSC Code : UTIB0000038

MICR : 388211002

SWIFT : AXISINBB038

Your registration will be confirmed only on the receipt of your full Registration Fees. Please also

note that you are advised to keep a photocopy of the Cheque/Payment Slip, scan it and send it to

us as an attachment to email [email protected].
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Paper / Font & Font size: A4 / Times New Roman / 12

Spacing: 1.5 lines, Margin of 1 inch on all four sides.

Title of the paper : bold, Sentence case (Capitalize each word), centrealigned. Font & size: Times New Roman 14, bold.

Text of the paper : Font & size : Times New Roman & 12. Images, if any,

should be in jpeg format.

References : Please adhere to the latest APA Style-sheet strictly.

Submission by e-mail attachment in MS Word is required. No other format,

fax or postal submissions will be accepted.

Each manuscript must carry the declaration that this paper has not been

submitted elsewhere for either presentation or publication and is original,

with due credits where required.

Authors are requested to observe the norms of ethics of writing scholarly

papers and to beware of plagiarism.

All the presented papers will be published with either ISBN or ISSN. Each

contributor will receive one copy of the volume/copy of online journal.

Authors and Affiliations :

Name of the Author should be listed in the following order:

First names (or initials, if used),

Middle names (or initials, if used), and

Last names (surname, family name)

Each author should list the department, university, or organizational

affiliation and its location, including city, state/province (if applicable), and

country.

All authors will be designated as the corresponding authors, and their email

addresses or other contact information should be included on the manuscript

cover page. This information will be published with the paper.

BOOK

EXHIBITION

BY SAHITYA

AKADEMI

MUMBAIJanuary 30 to

February 03,

2015

Prof. Sulabha Natraj

Conference Convener

Dr. Dipali Gandhi

Organizing SecretaryMrs. Bhargavi Trivedi

Conference Coordinator


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CONFERENCE VENUE

The conference will be held at the Waymade College of Education located around 500 meters from

the Sardar Patel University Building.

How to get there:

The nearest Airports to the Venue are located at Ahmedabad (65 kms) and Vadodara (35 kms).

Private Cabs are available from both the Airports to the Conference Venue.

The nearest railway station is Anand. Auto-rickshaws are available from Anand Railway Station to

Vallabh Vidyanagar on a regular basis. You could take a shared auto or specially reserved one to

Nana Bazaar in Vallabh Vidyanagar.

From Ahmedabad (65 kms) and Vadodara (35 kms), you could either travel by a state transport bus

or by train to Anand.

ACCOMMODATION

The Registration Fees do not include the Accommodation Charges. The organizers will provide

assistance to the delegates for comfortable accommodation. However, there are several hotels,

guest houses and hostels, where single-occupant/double-occupants rooms will be available for the

participants at a special discounted rate. An attempt will also be made to make available moderately

priced, simple accommodation in Vallabh Vidyanagar itself. The necessary details will be sent on

receiving a request.

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