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National Seminar Notice

National Seminar

on

ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION:

EXPLORING LEARNER-CENTRED APPROACHES

29 and 30 January 2013

Organised by

Department of English

Christ University, Bangalore - 560 029

The University

Christ University, a premier educational institution, is an academic fraternity of individuals dedicated to the motto of excellence and service. We strive to reach out to the star of perfection through an earnest academic pursuit for excellence and our efforts blossom into ‘service’ through our creative and empathetic involvement in the society to transform it.

The Department

The Department of English covers, enriches and reinforces the rich heritage offered by literature, facilitates ideas that provoke, prod and nurture critical as well as creative thinking, develops inherent values and builds an emotional and intellectual connectivity between the student and the society. A dynamic environment coupled with a meaningful stress on all-round educational effectiveness facilitates an attitude that lays emphasis on moral, social and intellectual ethics.

The Context

English is the most preferred mode of classroom interaction in institutions of Higher Education in India, and has retained its unique position of importance for the past many decades. At the same time, there also seems to be an academic disengagement on the part of students in today’s English classrooms. This challenge needs to be faced and resolved at the level of English pedagogies. The learner-centred approach could provide a means to circumvent this challenge. It is a philosophy of teaching that focuses on experiences, backgrounds, talents, interests, capacities, and needs of the students; and on the best practices for the enhancement of motivation, learning and achievement of all students (Mcombs 1997: Reilly, 2000) 

The National Seminar organized by Christ University seeks to explore the possibilities of the Learner-Centred Approach to identify newer pedagogical methods and practices for the English classroom.

The Design

The National Seminar intends to highlight learner-centred methodologies with regard to curriculum design, testing and classroom transaction. It provides a platform to enable students, teachers and experts in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) to present perceptions, to debate, discuss and chart new directions in learner-centred approaches with regard to curriculum, testing and classroom transaction through paper presentations, posters, documentaries, panel discussions and workshops.

The Objectives

·         To explore the feasibility of learner-centred approaches in various academic contexts

·         To understand various practices existing in curriculum and in course designs

·         To review the best practices in testing

·         To discuss existing pedagogy in the English classroom

Themes for Paper Presentation /Posters/ Documentaries in the following areas are invited:

Ø  Learner-centred approach and evaluation

Ø  Balancing learner-centred and teacher-centred teaching

Ø  Learner-centred curriculum

Ø  Teaching English in mixed ability classes

Ø  Relevance of streaming in learner-centred approach

Ø  Consultative curriculum

Ø  Evaluating learning outcomes

Ø  Crisis in English teaching

Ø  English for Specific Purposes (ESP)

Ø  English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

Ø  Participatory learning in the English classroom

Ø  Literature in learner-centred teaching

Ø  Occupational hazards of the English teacher

Ø  Building learner confidence in English Language Learning

Ø  Mapping curriculum to match disciplinary expectations

Ø  Mandatory bridge courses for ELT in higher education

Ø  Role of the diagnostic test in the English classroom

Ø  Innovations in continuous internal assessment in the English classroom

Ø  Material production for learner-centred teaching

Ø  Education Media Research Centre (EMRC) in Higher Education

Format of Papers

Draft Papers between 3000 to 7000 words, typed in a single column, with 1.5 line spacing, in Times New Roman, font 12, should reach the organising team by 30 October 2012. The first page should include the paper title with the authors name, postal address, contact number and email id at the right hand top corner of the page. The complete paper should follow the APA format. Please do not send abstracts.

For further clarifications, visit our blog: englishforum-christuniversity.blogspot.in

Select papers will be published with an ISBN number.

Full length paper should be sent to: cueltseminar@eng.christuniversity.in

Paper presentation is not mandatory to participate in the National Seminar.

The Timelines

Submission of the first complete draft paper                            : 30 October 2012

Communication about selected papers                                    : 15 November 2012

Last date to submit the final paper                                        : 08 December 2012

Format of Posters

Ø  The poster may be prepared as one chart or a maximum of 12 A4 size sheets

Ø  The poster should be prepared in English

Ø  The title, author/co-authors names and institute affiliation/s should be mentioned on the poster

Ø  The body of the poster should include Introduction, Objectives, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and a Conclusion

Ø  The font size of the poster should be at least 20+ for text and 28+for titles

Ø  The spacing between lines should be 1.5

Ø  The use of colour paper, photographs, drawings is encouraged

Ø  The abstract of the poster should reach the organisers by 30 September 2012

Ø  For further clarifications, visit our blog: englishforum-christuniversity.blogspot.in

The Timelines

Submission of the abstract of the poster                                 : 30 October 2012

Communication about selected posters                                   : 15 November 2012

Last date to submit the final poster                                       : 29 January 2013

Soft copies of the posters should be sent to: cueltseminar@eng.christuniversity.in

Format of Documentaries

Ø  The documentary should be between 8 to 10 minutes

Ø  A theme may be chosen from the themes and focus

Ø  2 DVD/CD copies must be sent to Arya Aiyappan, Department of English, Christ University,  Bangalore 560 029, Karnataka, India

Ø  A synopsis of the documentary should reach the organisers by 30 September 2012

Ø  The synopsis should have the documentary title and the credits

Ø  Please download the form from the blog and send it along with the synopsis

Ø  Please send a soft copy of the poster/s to the organisers

Ø  For further clarifications, visit our blog: englishforum-christuniversity.blogspot.in

The Timelines

Submission of the synopsis, filled application form                    : 30 October 2012

Communication about selected documentary                            : 15 November 2012

Last date to submit the final documentary                              : 15 December 2012

Download the application form for the documentary from the blog. And filled in forms should be sent to: cueltseminar@eng.christuniversity.in

The Participant Profile

Academic experts in English language teaching, research scholars and students doing UG and PG programmes

Registration

Students       :Rs. 500/- per participant (includes seminar kit and tea)

Others          :Rs. 1500/- per participant (includes seminar kit, tea and lunch)

Last date for registration for outstation participants                 : 15 January 2013    

Payment Details

DD drawn in favour of “Christ University, Bangalore”, payable at Bangalore.

For further information, contact:                                             

Joseph Edward Felix

Convenor, National Seminar                             

Christ University, Bangalore - 560 029    

Karnataka, India   

Email: joseph.edward@christuniversity.in            

Phone: 91-800-4012-9362                                                              

Mobile: 08861845690                                       

Indira Ramaswamy

Core team member, National Seminar

Christ University, Bangalore - 560 029

Karnataka, India

Email:indira.ramaswamy@christuniversity.in

Phone: 91-800-4012-9644

Mobile: 09845013156

Registration Form and Documentary Sumbmission

Click Here to download the DOCUMENTARY submission form.

Click Here to download the REGISTRATION form.

Watch and Tell

As promised, the videos of the Panel Discussion are here. Have a look and let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

Photos from the Pre-Seminar Panel Discussion

Here are just a few snippets of the Panel Discussion!

Keep checking in with us, the videos will be up soon so you can tell us what you think here!