1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Abstract

The conference was dedicated to academics and university lecturers, representatives of central and local educational authorities, non-governmental organizations and school teachers. The event was a great occasion for meeting experts in varied areas of Linguistics and ELT.

Conference Theme

Applied Linguistics is a field of academic enquiry that deals with the theoretical and empirical investigation of real issues in which LANGUAGE IS IN FOCUS. These issues range from aspects of linguistics, first or second language acquisition, literacy, language disorders, foreign language learning/teaching, bilingual education/CLIL, multilingualism over interactional issues of interpersonal and intercultural communication to language variation, linguistic discrimination, language policy etc.

New approaches, new theoretical concepts and new methods are a prerequisite for dealing with particular educational issues, therefore CHALLENGE and OPPORTUNITIES have become the main conference theme. Hence, LIF2014 conference was designed as a forum of interdisciplinary academic dialogue on various aspects of Applied Linguistics including General Linguistics and ELT.