The 4th Annual Conference of Asia ESP & the 9th Chinese National Symposium on ESP
Guangxi University·China
17-19 August, 2021
Final Call for papers: The 4th Annual Conference of Asia ESP & the 9th Chinese National Symposium on ESP
Submission deadline extended to 1st Aug 2021 (Sun)
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the 4th Annual Conference of Asia ESP & the 9th Chinese National Symposium on ESP will be held from 17 to 19 August, 2021 in Nanning, Guangxi after the postponement of the original date due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will be hosted by the School of Foreign Languages of Guangxi University.
In January 2021, the Ministry of Education issued a notice to officially add “interdisciplinary subjects” as the 14th discipline in China. Interdisciplinary disciplines and research have become the direction of new engineering, new medical science, new agricultural science and new liberal arts. ESP, the study of the language of various disciplines in English, will play a more active role in the construction of interdisciplinary disciplines. Thus, it is decided that the theme of this conference is: The Construction of ESP in an Interdisciplinary Context.
We invite paper presentations, poster presentations and thematic panels and workshops that address any aspect of the conference theme including but not exclusively limited to the following themes of the conference:
● ESP language studies
● ESP course design
● ESP research & teaching method innovation
● EAP and EOP teaching and research
● ESP education policy
● ESP material development & design
● ESP testing & assessment
● ESP corpus-driven study & teaching
● Cross-cultural studies in ESP context
● Other related research
You may choose one of the following formats except for 1 and 2.
1. Keynote speeches by 4 or 5 speakers (to be confirmed)45 minutes per speaker
2. Colloquiums by 5 speakers (to be confirmed)
35 minutes per speaker
3. Workshops
About 4 sessions with a common theme. Each workshop consists of 4 speakers
4. Individual presentation
20 minutes per speaker
Keynote Speakers
Hajime Terauchi, Professor of English language Education and President of Takachiho University in Tokyo, and a former President of the JACET. He received his BA in Civil Law from Keio University and MA and PhD in English Language Teaching from University of Warwick (UK).
Viviana Cortesreceived her PhD in Applied Linguistics from Northern Arizona University and worked for the Program of Applied Linguistics and TESL at Iowa State University before starting her current position (associate professor) at Georgia State University in the fall of 2008. Her research interests include English grammar, corpus-based discourse analysis, formulaic language, and academic writing, as well as English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and the use of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education.
Vu Thi Thanh Nhareceived her MA TESOL from Vietnam National University, PhD in Education from the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is currently the dean of the Faculty of English, the University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University (ULIS). Before working at ULIS, Nha was responsible for teaching and developing syllabi for General English and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU.
Jigang Caiis a full professor at the Foreign Languages and Literature Department of Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He is currently President of the Chinese Association for ESP. In addition, he works for the Shanghai government as Chair of the Shanghai Advisory Committee on EFL teaching at Tertiary Level. His research interests include contrastive linguistics to applied linguistics and ESP/EAP studies. He has been promoting the implementation of ESP and EAP at the tertiary level in mainland China.
Youzhong Sunis currently professor and vice president of Beijing Foreign Studies University, director of Foreign Language and Literature Teaching Advisory Board under the Ministry of Education, chair of China English Language Education Association, executive vice chair of Translators Association of China, chair of China Association for Intercultural Communication, vice chair of The Chinese Association of American Studies, editor-in-chief of International Forum, Chinese Journal of ESP, Intercultural Studies Form and Chinese Journal of Australian Studies. His research interests include foreign language education, cross-cultural studies and American studies.
Winnie Chengis former Professor, and former Director of Research Centre for Professional Communication in English (RCPCE), of Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is a founding fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. Her research interests include corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, discourse intonation, EAP, ESP, intercultural communication, pragmatics, and writing across the curriculum.
Chensong Yanis a Junwu Special-Term Professor of Guangxi University, on the faculty of School of Foreign Languages. He is Professor Emeritus of the PLA University of Foreign Languages. Prior to retirement, he was a professor of English, PhD supervisor in linguistics, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages. He received both his MA and PhD degrees in linguistics from Sun Yat-Sen University and was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He served a term of four years as Vice-President of the China Association of Comparative Studies between English and Chinese (CACSEC), and is currently a Standing Director of the association. His research interests cover functional-cognitive linguistics and research methodology in social sciences. He has been working on the study of modern Chinese, and the contrastive study between English and Chinese.
Colloquiums（35 minutes per speaker）
·Prof. Yang Ruiying,Applied Linguistics, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Title：Challenges Faced by ESP Teachers in China and the Paths for Teacher Development
·Prof. Weng Fengxiang,Vice President of Nanchang Institute of Technology
Title:Comments on Hot Issues of BES
·Prof. Shi Jie,National University of Electro-Communications (UEC Tokyo)& Prof. Yuka Ishikawa,Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech)
Title：Enhancing Productivity: The Genre- Based Approach for Teaching Research Article Writing to GraduateStudents of EST in Japan
·Prof. Li Liwen,School of English for Specific Purposes, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Title：Fostering Intercultural Competences in Undergraduate Students in ESP-Oriented Oral English Courses: An Action Research
English for Multiple Purposes (EMP) Workshops (90-120 minutes)
·Session 1: Art Workshop
·Session 2: Medical Science Workshop
·Session 3: Energy Workshop
·Session 4: Engineering Workshop
·Session 5: Agriculture & Forestry Workshop
Working language
English
Guidelines for submissions
1) All abstracts must be written in English (200 - 400 words), including names, positions, affiliations and email addresses.
2) Abstracts and registration forms must be submitted to gxuasianesp@163.com.
Important dates
Deadline of Abstract Submission: 01 Aug, 2021
Notification of Acceptance: 08 Aug, 2021
Registration date: 17 Aug, 2021
Conference Date: 18-19 Aug, 2021
Registration fee
● Participant: 1000 (RMB)
● Member: 800 (RMB)
● Student: 500 (RMB)
Conference Co-organizers
Chinese Association for ESP, Asian Association for ESP
Conference Host
School of Foreign Languages, Guangxi University
Co-organizer
Chinese Journal of ESP
For more information, please join QQ group 228608420 with your real name and affiliation,
or contact Yaoming He, 15677153528.
Attachment
Call for Outstanding Annual Conference Papers
The Chinese Association for ESP will select 20 outstanding conference papers from the annual ESP conference: 3 first prizes, 7 second prizes and 10 third prizes will be awarded with the selected papers published in Chinese Journal of ESP. Teachers interested in competing for the award must submit a full paper to chinaespc@163.com one month prior to the ESP conference for review. Awards will be presented at the closing ceremony of the conference.
Secretariat of Chinese Association for ESP
亚洲ESP学会第四届年会
暨全国第九届专门用途英语研讨会
中国·广西大学
2021年8月17-19日
(3号通知)
会议主题
学科交叉背景下的ESP内涵建设
提交摘要截止日期延长至2021年8月1日（星期日）
经学会理事讨论，暂停一年后的“亚洲ESP学会第四届年会暨全国第九届专门用途英语研讨会”将于2021年8月17日—19日在广西南宁市举行，由亚洲ESP学会和中国英汉语比较研究会专门用途英语专业委员会主办，188金宝搏官网 承办，我们诚邀您莅临广西大学参加亚洲ESP学会第四届年会暨全国第九届专门用途英语研讨会。届时，主办方将邀请国际ESP领域著名专家学者、教育实践家与您共同分享ESP研究和实践的最新成果，共同展望未来ESP发展方向并探讨合作之途。本次会议不但包括国际ESP领域著名专家学者主旨发言，更将组织论文报告、论坛、专家引领工作坊等多种交流形式。
一、会议主题与范围
2021年1月，国务院学位委员会、教育部印发通知，将“交叉学科”正式新增为我国第14个学科门类。交叉学科已成为新工科、新医科、新农科和新文科的发展方向。ESP的经典定义是用英语研究各学科的语言。因此，ESP在交叉学科建设中将发挥其积极的作用。为此经过讨论，我们将本次大会的主题确定为：学科交叉背景下的ESP内涵建设。
为保证与会代表畅所欲言，会议将兼顾各方兴趣及热点所在，欢迎各位踊跃投稿，分享您的创新实践与研究。您的兴趣所在可以是学科交叉背景下以下任何一项或几项：
● ESP语言研究
● ESP课程设置和设计研究
● ESP研究与教学方法创新
● EAP与EOP教学与研究
● ESP教育政策
● ESP 教材建设与开发
● ESP教学测试与评估
● ESP语料库研究与教学
● 其它相关研究
二、会议形式
1）国外专家主旨发言
Hajime Terauchi，英国华威大学英语语言教育学博士，东京高千穗大学校长，教授，博士生导师，曾任日本大学英语教育学会会长。
Viviana Cortes，北亚利桑那大学应用语言学博士，佐治亚州立大学副教授，《专门用途英语》期刊编委。研究兴趣：英语语法、基于语料库的语篇分析、程式化语言、学术写作、专门用途英语、英语作为教学语言（EMI）。
Vu Thi Thanh Nha，越南河内国家大学英语教育学硕士，澳大利亚新南威尔士大学教育学博士，越南河内国家大学下属社会与人文科学大学（ULIS）英语学院教授、院长。研究兴趣：项目式学习、教育变革、英语作为教学语言（EMI）、专门用途英语(ESP)、课堂研究、需求分析。
2）国内专家主旨发言
蔡基刚，博士，复旦大学外国语言文学学院教授，博士生导师。曾任教育部高等学校大学外语教学指导委员会副主任委员，现任全国专门用途英语研究会会长、亚洲学会专门用途英语研究会常务副会长、上海高校大学英语教学指导委员会主任。研究兴趣：对比语言学、应用语言学、专门用途英语、学术英语。
孙有中，博士，北京外国语大学副校长、教授、博士生导师，教育部高等学校外国语言文学类专业教学指导委员会主任，中国英汉语比较研究会英语教学研究分会会长，中国翻译协会常务副会长兼跨文化交流研究委员会会长，中华美国学会副会长，《国际论坛》、《中国ESP研究》、《跨文化研究论丛》、《澳大利亚研究》等期刊主编。研究兴趣：外语教育、跨文化研究、美国研究。入选“新世纪百千万人才工程”，中宣部“文化名家暨‘四个一批’人才计划”，国家 “万人计划”哲学社会科学领军人才。
Winnie Cheng，博士，香港理工大学教授，曾任英语专业交流研究中心（RCPCE）主任，香港人文学院创始人之一。研究兴趣：语料库语言学、会话分析、批评性话语分析、话语语调、学术英语、专门用途英语、跨文化交际、语用学和贯穿整个课程的写作。
严辰松，博士，广西大学君武特聘教授、博士生导师，中山大学博士，国家社科基金项目鉴定专家，中国英汉语比较研究会常务理事（原副会长）、英汉语言对比学科委员会主任、认知语言学专业委员会常务理事，曾任解放军外国语学院英语首席教授、博士生导师、《解放军外国语学院学报》主编，1996年至1997年美国加州大学圣巴巴拉分校语言学系高级访问学者。研究兴趣：功能-认知语言学、人文科学研究方法、现代汉语、英汉对比研究。
3）专题发言（每人35分钟）
·杨瑞英教授西安交通大学外国语学院
发言题目：“Challenges Faced by ESP Teachers in China and the Paths for Teacher Development”
·翁凤翔教授南昌理工学院副校长
发言题目：“Comments on Hot Issues of BES”
·史杰教授The National University of Electro-Communications (UEC Tokyo)& YukaIshikawa教授Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech)
发言题目：“Enhancing Productivity: The Genre-Based Approach for Teaching Research Article Writing to Graduate Students of EST in Japan”
·李莉文教授北京外国语大学专用英语学院
发言题目：“Fostering Intercultural Competences in Undergraduate Students in ESP-Oriented Oral English Courses: An Action Research”
4）工作坊(每场大约90-120分钟)
·艺术英语教学工作坊
·医学英语教学工作坊
·能源学术英语工作坊
·工程英语教学工作坊
·农林英语教学工作坊
5）小组交流
每人20分钟
三、会议工作语言
英语
四、摘要提交要求
1. 会议接受小组个人交流和工作坊发言的摘要（200-400字）。请提交摘要及参会回执，回执信息请用中英双语填写。
2.摘要及回执请提交至以下邮箱：gxuasianesp@163.com。
五、会议重要日程
摘要提交截止日期：2021年8月1日
摘要录用结果通知：2021年8月8日
会议报到日期：2021年8月17日
会议日期：2021年8月18-19日
六、会务费
参会者：1000元(人民币)
学会会员：800元(人民币)
学生：500元(人民币)
● 会议共同主办方：
中国英汉语比较研究会专门用途英语专业委员会、亚洲ESP学会
●会议承办方：
188金宝搏官网
● 会议协办方：
《中国ESP研究》
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ESP学会自2018年起每年评选20篇年度优秀论文，设立3个一等奖，7个二等奖，10个三等奖，颁发获奖证书，获奖论文将在《中国ESP研究》发表。有意参加评奖活动的教师必须在ESP年会召开前1个月提交全文给chinaespc@163.com，经学会组织的专家进行评审，年会闭幕式进行颁奖。
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