Description

Special Theme: "Globalization, Culture and Society: What role does language play?"

The conference theme is "Globalization, Culture and Society: What role does language play?" and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this question from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of disciplines and fields related to Language Learning and Teaching, including the following streams:

Alternative assessment
Anxiety & Motivation
Bilingualism
Blended learning
Constructivist approaches
Conversation analysis
Cross-Cultural Communication
Design
First language acquisition
Gaming and Simulation
Individual differences
Innovative language teaching and learning methodologies
Interactional competence
Inter-group relations
Knowledge management/LMS
Language education
Learner and teacher autonomy
Learning Environments
Learning Strategies
Learning third languages
Life long learning
Literacy
Linguistics
Methodology
Open Learning Initiative (OLI)
Phonetics and Phonology
Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
World Englishes
Teacher training
Testing and evaluation
The good language learner
Translation and Interpretation

In keeping with the theme of Globalization, Culture, and Society: What role does language play?, the ACLL 2012 organizers wish to engage a broad range of taught languages. We kindly ask, however, that all submission and oral presentations be made in the ACLL 2012 lingua franca of English.
Call for Papers

Submission procedure

Please note that you are asked to submit only ONE proposal of any kind to the ACLL 2012 conference. The deadline for submissions is January 1, 2012. 


Individual Presenter (30 minutes paper/60 minutes workshop)You can submit a proposal to present an individual paper or give a workshop at ACLL 2011 under the open call for papers. Please submit through the online system by clicking on the ONLINE SUBMISSIONS SYSTEM button below. You will be asked to create your own personal account before you will be able to upload your proposal. You can then return to the system at any time using your user name and password to edit your information and submission. Your proposal will normally be reviewed within two-three weeks.

If your proposal is accepted you will be invited to register for the conference. Upon payment of the registration fee your paper or workshop will be scheduled for presentation. If you wish your paper to be published in the conference proceedings, please ensure that this is uploaded through the online system by June 1 2012. The proceedings will be published on the online IAFOR research archive by July 1 2012.


Virtual PresenterWe understand that some presenters will be unable to make the trip to Japan to present their paper, mainly due to financial and/or political restrictions on travel. ACLL 2012 has therefore instituted a virtual presentation system to allow the authors of accepted proposals the same publication opportunities as regular presenters.

You can submit a proposal for virtual presentation under the open call for papers through the online system by clicking on the ONLINE SUBMISSIONS SYSTEM button below. You will be asked to create your own personal account before you will be able to upload your proposal. You can then return to the system at any time using your user name and password to edit your information and submission. Your proposal will normally be reviewed within two-three weeks.

If your proposal is accepted you will be invited to register for the conference as a virtual presenter. Upon payment of the registration fee your paper will be listed as a virtual presentation. If you wish your paper to be published in the conference proceedings, please ensure that this is uploaded through the online system by June 1 2012. The proceedings will be published on the online IAFOR research archive by July 1 2012.

We do not allow presentations by video-conferencing but virtual presenters are encouraged to upload a video of their presentation onto the ACLL 2012 Youtube conference channel. Information on how to do this will be given to you following registration.Following the conference you will be mailed a conference pack including a receipt, certificate of virtual participation and a printed copy of the ACLL 2012 programme. 
Panel Organizers (90 minutes)

As the chair/organizer of a proposed panel, you can submit a proposal through the online system by clicking on the ONLINE SUBMISSIONS SYSTEM button below.

As the chair/organizer of the panel/colloquium, you will be asked to create your own personal account before you will be able to upload your proposal. You can then return to the system at any time using your user name and password to edit your information and submission. Panels should have at least four participants (including the chair). All the panel/colloquium participants must be listed in the submission, listing the chair or leader as the primary author, and the other presenters as co-authors. Panel organizers are responsible for the arrangement of all the presenters under their proposed topics, and should ensure that all are firmly committed.Your proposal will normally be reviewed within two weeks. If your proposal is accepted you will be invited to register for the conference. Please ensure that you transmit the submission reference number to the other members of your colloquium and invite them to register in timely fashion. Upon payment of the registration fee of ALL PARTICIPANTS your colloquium will be scheduled in the conference programme.

If you, as the panel/colloquium chair, wish to publish a joint paper associated with the panel/colloquium in the conference proceedings, please ensure that a paper is uploaded through the online system by June 1 2012.

If you and your panel/colloquium members wish to publish separate papers then they will have to register individually with the system and submit their proposals for review.

 
General Information

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by the new extended deadline of January 1 2012. All abstracts will be blind reviewed by a voluntary team, and authors will usually be notified of the decision of the reviewers within two weeks of submission. Those who submit near the April 15 deadline will receive confirmation of acceptance or rejection by January 15 2012.
All accepted authors may have their full paper published in the conference proceedings (published online on the IAFOR site). Full text submission is due by June 1 2012.  The deadline for full conference payment for all presenters is April 1 2012.