Call for papers

The University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu Mures, Romania and

     Modern Language Department

organize

The First International Symposium

TRENDS IN MEDICAL LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING

December 10-11, 2015

Dear Colleague,

you are invited to attend the first International Symposium Trends in Medical Language Teaching and Learning organized by the Modern Language Department of The University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu Mures, Romania.

The event, besides covering a specific gap in the broader ESP field, is intended to represent a springboard for the creation of an international network, likely to conduct to future cooperation, sharing of best practices and peer learning in a scarcely-documented but exploratory-rich field of medical language teaching and learning.

Proposals for paper presentations, workshops, posters are invited in the following sections:

                Communicative language teaching/learning

                Curricular development

                Assessment

                Applied linguistics

                Medical language teaching in the digital age

                Teacher training and quality assurance

                Other relevant areas

Working languages

                English

                    French

                    German

                    Romanian

Publication opportunities

Papers will be peer-reviewed. All accepted papers for conference presentation will be published in a volume (ISBN),  by University Press (CNCSIS accredited).

Important information:

Abstract submission: September 15, 2015

Submission of paper in extenso: September 30th, 2015

Notification of acceptance: October 5, 2015

                      Symposium fee:  60 Euro/200 Ron by October 12, 2015 (early bird rate); On-site payment and after October 12: 75 Euro

The fee entitles you to the conference package, certificate of participation, a copy of the conference volume, refreshments.

Paper submission:

English: Adrian Naznean: adinaznean@yahoo.com

Romanian: Aurora Pascan: pascanaurora@yahoo.com

French: Mirela Dredetianu: mireladre@yahoo.fr

German: Patricia Serbac: patricia.serbac@yahoo.com

Paper Template (and guidelines for authors) and Registration Form are attached below. For further information, please feel free to contact the Symposium or section coordinator.

 We are looking forward to receiving your proposals and welcoming you in Tirgu Mures.

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