"Dear Colleague,

You are cordially invited to Marmara University English Language Teaching Conference (MELT) hosted by the Department of English Language Teaching and School of Foreign Languages in Istanbul, Turkey on October 11 - 12, 2019. The conference theme is: "Changing Identities, Agencies and Mindsets: 21st Century English Language Learning and Teaching"

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

·         Acquisition of English as a Second/Foreign Language

·         Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching/Learning

·         Approaches and Methods in English Language Education

·         Autonomy in Language Teaching/Learning

·         Bilingual Education

·         Corpus-Based Language Teaching/Learning

·         Discourse Analysis

·         Distance Language Education

·         Early English Education

·         English as an International Language

·         English for Specific Purposes

·         English Language Curriculum Design

·         English Language Teaching Materials Development

·         Intercultural Communication

·         Language Policy and Planning

·         Language Education and Identity

·         Language Assessment

·         Life-long Language Learning

·         Literature and English Language Teaching

·         Professional Development in ELT

·         Teacher Training and Education

·         Teaching English as a Lingua Franca

·         Technology in Language Education

·         Translation Studies and Language Teaching

The deadline for abstract submission is June 25, 2019. Abstracts should be in English for paper, workshop, teaching practice, and poster presentations.

All abstracts will be published in the online Conference Abstract Book. In addition, selected conference papers will be published in an edited book by Marmara University Publishing.

We look forward to seeing you and sharing new ideas and research studies with you at MELT 2019.

Sincerely,

Dilek Uygun-Gökmen,

On behalf of MELT 2019 Organizing Committee

For more information please visit the official conference website at: https://melt.congress.marmara.edu.tr

If you require further information, please contact us at melt.congress@marmara.edu.tr"