INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CREATIVITY

Communicating in Multilingual
Contexts meets the Enterprises
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CREATIVITY and INNOVATION
in
LANGUAGE STUDIES
December 14-15, 2009, Università della Calabria
Promoted and sponsored by the CMC_E Project, an initiative funded with the support of the Lifelong
Learning Programme of the European Union, and patronized by the Associazione Italiana dei Centri
Linguistici Universitari (AICLU).
The organising committee of the 1st International Conference on Creativity and Innovation in
Language Studies is pleased to announce the CILS Conference to be held at the University of
Calabria, on December 14th and 15th , 2009.
Call for papers
Faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars are invited to submit abstracts for 20-minute
papers on any aspect of :
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creativity in language usage;
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creativity and technology;
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linguistic creativity in business settings.
Papers are welcome from a range of subtopics, including:
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playing with language;
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multicultural discourse;
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classroom discourse;
Communicating in Multilingual
Contexts meets the Enterprises
The CMC_E project has been funded with support from the European
Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and
the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of
the information contained therein.
For further information about the CMC_E Project surf the website www.cmceproject.it
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innovation in language centre labs;
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learning on the web;
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language tutors and creativity;
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creating language materials for the business world;
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doing business in less used languages;
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evaluating linguistic competence in business settings.
Abstracts
Abstracts are due September 12, 2009 and should be 300 words in length. They will undergo anonymous
review. Please, visit www.cmceproject.it (News Section) to send your abstract.
Dates
6HSWHPEHU 2, 2009: Deadline for submission of abstracts
2FWREHU 10, 2009: Notification of decisions on abstracts
October 31, 2009: Registration closes
December 14-15, 2009: Conference
Scientific Committee
Carmen Argondizzo, Università della Calabria, Italy
Beata Czereova, Technickà Univerzita V Kosiciach, Slovakia
Isabel Figueiredo e Silva, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ignacio Martines Palacios, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Jim Pavitt, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Christopher Taylor, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy.
Conference Fee: 120 euros
Contacts
For more information concerning the CILS Conference or its organization, check the website
www.cmceproject.it (News Section)
Communicating in Multilingual
Contexts meets the Enterprises
The CMC_E project has been funded with support from the European
Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and
the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of
the information contained therein.
For further information about the CMC_E Project surf the website www.cmceproject.it