Annual 10th International Conference on Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics

“Silk Road” International University of Tourism (SUIT) in cooperation with Beijing International Studies University is pleased to host Annual 10th International Conference on Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (FLTAL) which will take place on December 21-22, 2020 at “Silk Road” International University of Tourism (SUIT) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

The FLTAL Conference aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and educators with interests in language teaching and linguistics at all levels from around the world. The theme of the FLTAL 2020 conference, “Creative Multilingual Identities: The Influence of Multilingual Identity on Foreign Language Learning” is designed to attract the research communities to promote connections between theory and practice and explore different perspectives on the application of research findings into practice.

The conference considers all aspects of the linguistic and sociolinguistic competences and practices of bi-/multilingual speakers who cross existing social and linguistic boundaries, adopting or adapting themselves to new and overlapping linguistic spaces. We invite papers in all areas of research in bi-/multilingualism, whether or not linked directly to the overarching conference theme, including, but not limited to, linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, clinical linguistics, education, bi-/multilingual societies.

Plenary Speakers:
Azamat Akbarov – “Silk Road” International University of Tourism, Uzbekistan
Bridget Goodman – Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Ekaterina Isaeva – Perm State University, Russia
Ersoy Topuzkanamış – Balikesir University, Turkey
Mahdieh Jahangir – Arizona State University, USA
Mayamin Altae - Qatar University, Qatar
Reima Al-Jarf – King Saud University (KSU), Saudi Arabia
Rita Brdar-Szabó – Loránd Eötvös University, Hungary
Somali Gupta – Govt.V.Y.T.P.G. Autonomous College, India
Wang Lei – Beijing International Studies University, China

This conference invites papers that investigate foreign language teaching and learning in the following streams:

• Applied linguistics

• Bilingualism and multilingualism

• Сognitive Linguistics

• Education Management

• Innovation in language teaching and learning

• Language acquisition and learning

• Language curriculum development

• Language education

• Language teacher education

• Language teaching methodology

• Language testing and assessment

• Language program evaluation

• Linguistics

• Literacy

• Sociolinguistics

• TESOL / TESL / TEFL

• Translation Studies

• Other FLTAL related issues

Online Venue: “Silk Road” International University of Tourism, Samarkand/Uzbekistan
Submission guidelines: The conference working languages are English, Russian, Turkish and Uzbek for 15-minutes presentation + 5 minutes for Q&A.

Abstracts (in English only) should include the following elements: (1) the name and surname of the author(s); (2) the affiliation of the author(s); (3) the email address(es) of the author(s); (4) the title of the presentation (within 15 words); (5) a clear description of the aims, methodology and expected results of the research or project to be reported in the presentation (within 250-300 words).

Abstracts (application form) should be sent electronically, as email attachments in Excel file to the Conference’s email address: fltalproceedings@gmail.com, with the “FLTAL 2020 abstract form” as the subject.
Conference website: www.univ-silkroad.uz
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81621470304?pwd=MmlZT1N6bFp6TjIwUlluYVBiNVhYZz09

Abstracts will be evaluated according to the originality of the theme, clear methodology and theoretical framework, and scholarly contribution of the research.

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 18 December 2020
Deadline for the full papers: January 20, 2020. Please, email your papers according to the template. After the Conference, a refereed selection of papers will be published in several journals.