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Conference Theme

The theme of the conference is Emerging opportunities in new learning spaces: He akoranga hou, he huarahi hou.

This reflects a variety of contemporary challenges that exist for both learners and their teachers, such as engaging in blended and diverse learning situations, integrating content and language, increasing intercultural interactions, and building relevant needs analysis and leadership models in different teaching/learning contexts. The second language learning environment inevitably creates new spaces for those who venture into it, where comfortable norms meet up with new ways of doing and saying. We hope that this theme will both be widely inclusive and inspire you to bring your ideas to this conference.

Presentations, workshops, and colloquia that relate to the conference theme are especially welcome, but all topics relevant to language teaching and learning will be considered. Presentations may include:

• Practice-based ideas, approaches, and strategies for teaching and learning language
• Research-based inquiry into topics relevant to the conference theme and language teaching and learning
• Theory-based inquiry into topics relevant to the conference theme
  

The committee encourages first-time presenters, especially those from the primary and secondary sectors, and hopes to establish support from more experienced ones.

Presentation Formats

• Paper, 30 minutes including 10 minutes for questions/responses
• Workshop, 55 minutes
• Colloquium, 110 minutes
• Five-minute brilliant idea
• Poster (to be displayed at designated times throughout the conference)

Learn more about the presentation formats.

Please read the guidelines on how to make your submission before you start the submission process.

Abstract Submission Guidelines

Don't worry if you do not have the final version of your submission right now.   You will have the ability to login and amend your details right up until the deadline for abstract submission closes on 2 April 2012.  After this date, your submission will be sent for review for inclusion in the programme.

Evaluation of Proposals

All abstracts will be double blind reviewed. Relevance to the themes of the conference, originality and applicability to the conference audience are key considerations in the acceptance of all submissions. The Conference Committee reserves the right to decline any submission without assigning reasons. All submitters will receive a letter confirming the outcome of their proposal.

Please note:

• Each presenter may participate in a maximum of two presentations.
• The organising committee reserves the right to accept your proposal under a different category, for example, accepting paper as a poster.
• Presenters who have been accepted must register for the conference by 3 August 2012. Conference registration will open in May 2012
• Presenters are required to organise their own travel and accommodation arrangements. The Conference Organisers have secured accommodation at a variety of locations around Palmerston North and will be available for booking when registering for the conference.

Conference Publication

Conference proceedings will be produced after the conference. Further details on how to submit full papers for peer review for publication in the conference proceedings will be emailed to presenters following the conference.

Timetable for Call for Papers:

• The deadline for abstract submission is 2 April 2012
• Presenters will be informed whether their proposal has been accepted no later than mid May 2012
• All presenters will need to have registered for CLESOL 2012 by no later than 3 August 2012 in order to guarantee a place in the conference programme.

Conference Programme

The conference programme will run from the evening of Thursday 4 October through to lunchtime on Sunday 7 October 2012.

Pre-conference workshops will be held on the afternoon of Thursday 4 October. Further information about the workshops will be available when Registration opens.

The conference programme will be confirmed in June 2012.