IICLL 2015 - The IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning

IICLL 2015 - The IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning 8th to 10th March 2015 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates IAFOR, in conjunction with its international partners, invites you to participate in this international, intercultural and interdisciplinary conference in Dubai. Come join the discussion on the future of language learning. Abstract submission deadline: November 1, 2015 - Please submit your abstract through the online submission system found on the "Call for Papers" page of the website Enquiries: iicll@iafor.org Web address: http://iafor.org/iafor/conferences/iicll2015/ Sponsored by: IAFOR - The International Academic Forum IICLL2015 Theme: "Indtegrated Practices: Creating Experiences to Enhance Learning" Educators face continually shifting demands from all directions: students, administrators, and society. With some of these demands, teachers and learners may feel greater isolation and pressure. These trends may be seen in the disaggregation of the university or in frequent testing of discrete outcomes for analysis and accountability purposes. In the face of these developments, it is more important than ever to reflect on learning as experience, and to bring theory, research, and craft to bear on creating those experiences. Dewey wrote that, "the central problem of education based on experience is to select the kind of present experiences that live fruitfully and creatively in future experiences". So, how does research in second language acquisition and teacher expertise tell us which experiences live on in communication? How do learning theories direct us to view the connections between experiences? And, how can application of technology both become normalized and create vivid experiences? Finally, we need personal and professional integration. Coming together to share best practices in these twinned conferences is a chance to share and develop ways to better integrate our institutions, teachers, and most of all the experiences of the learners in a coherent practice of education. IICLL2015 Conference Chairs Professor Steve Cornwell IICLL2015 Conference Co-Chair IAFOR International Director of Programme: Language Learning Osaka Women's University, Japan Steve Cornwell is Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies at Osaka Jogakuin University, and also teaches in the online portion of the MATESOL Programme for the New School in New York. He helped write and design several of the New School courses and has been involved with the program since its inception. He is involved with the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) (an affiliate of IAFOR) severing on its National Board of Directors (Director of Programme); his duties involve working with a volunteer team of more than 50 to put on JALT's annual, international conference each fall. Most recently, since 2012 he has been the Committee Chair of Osaka Jogakuin University's Lifelong Learning Committee and is responsible for their evening extension Programme geared at alumni and community members. He is also the Vice-Chair of Osaka Jogakuin University's English Education Committee which is responsible for suggesting policy regarding English Education and also responsible for developing material for the integrated curriculum. Professor Stuart D. B. Picken IICLL2015 Conference Co-Chair Order of the Sacred Treasure, M.A. (Hons), B.D., Ph.D. (Glasgow), F.R.A.S. IAFOR International Advisory Board Chair Stuart D. B. Picken is the founding chairman of the IAFOR International Advisory Board. The author of a dozen books and over 130 articles and papers, he is considered one of the foremost scholars on Japan, China, and Globalization in East Asia. As an academic, Professor Picken has devoted more than 30 years to scholarship in Japan, notably as a professor at the International Christian University in Tokyo, where he specialized in ethics and Japanese thought, and as International Adviser to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Mie prefecture). He has also served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun Ashida Ltd., Mitsui Mining and Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Air Lines.