CALL FOR PAPERS NATIONAL COLLOQUIUM 26-27 NOVEMBER 2011

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UNIVERSITY SAAD DAHLAB OF BLIDA
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
CALL FOR PAPERS
NATIONAL COLLOQUIUM
26-27 NOVEMBER 2011

The English Department of the University of Blida is organizing its first national colloquium on the following theme: “Perspectives of Research in Didactics, Literature and Civilization of Foreign Languages.”

INTRODUCTION

Research paradigms, approaches and perspectives are reflective of an interdisciplinary dimension as they combine various critical tools used in: Ethnography compatible with a learner-centred approach; psychology which implies a variety of approaches as social psychology, second language acquisition, ethnolinguistics, cultural and popular psychology; ethnomethodology with its focus on cognitive psychology, sociocultural representations that underlie language and its culture, more compatible with an ecological approach. Another new paradigm is sociocultural anthropology, by nature a comparative discipline, with its emphasis on in-depth examination of context and intercultural comparisons.

All these reflections will contribute to take new research orientations in didactics, literature and civilization of foreign languages according to our sociocultural realities while teaching and learning the language and the culture of the other.

The aim of this national colloquium is to set up and validate a common Maghrebian framework of reference with theoretical and methodological models of research in foreign languages.

SUGGESTED TOPICS (non-exhaustive list):

1- Postcoloniality in literary and civilizational research
2- New perspectives of research in teaching, learning and evaluating foreign languages
3- Sociocultural anthropology of communication:
- Intercultural perspectives in teaching and learning foreign languages
- Sociocultural anthropology and context-based dimension
4- ESP and FOS perspectives:
- Which scientific discourse at university level?
- Towards efficient descriptive models to improve ESP and FOS teaching and learning

CONDITIONS TO TAKE PART IN THE COLLOQUIUM:

1- Papers can be written in Arabic, English or French

2- Select ONE topic only

3- Submit unpublished works only

4- Do not exceed 10 pages

5- Papers should be submitted on paper and floppy disk (Time 12)

6- Send abstracts (100 words max)online before 15 August, and papers online before 15 September

CONTACT:

For further information please contact:

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Dr Brakni Dalila (organizer): Cell phone: 0771 19 92 09; email: dalila.brakni@gmail.com
- Ms Kechida Nawal (co-organizer and Head of the Department of English)
- Mr Ezzeroug Omar (co-organizer and Deputy Head in charge of Postgraduate Studies), email: ezzerougomar@gmail.com
LOCATION: Central Library, University of Blida

HONORARY PRESIDENT: Pr Abdelatif BABA AHMED : CHAIRMAN OF UNVERSITY OF BLIDAR

VICE-PRESIDENT: Dr Othmane MEDAHI DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Dr Brakni Dalila (organizer)

Ms Kechida Nawal (co-organizer and Head of the Department of English)

Mr Ezzeroug Omar (co-organizer and Deputy Head in charge of Postgraduate Studies)

Mr. Bouchama Redha (Deputy Head in charge of the Department of English)

Members:

Mrs. Arar, lecturer

Mrs. Yerboub, lecturer

Mrs. Saidi, lecturer

Mrs. Saïl Hynd, lecturer

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

Pr Bekkat Amina, President, Department of French Studies, University of Blida

Dr Brakni Dalila, Vice-President, Department of English, University of Blida

Members:

Pr Miliani Mohamed, University of Oran

Pr Bensemanne Faïza, Department of English, University of Bouzareah, Algiers

Pr Bensemanne M’Hamed, Department of English, University of Bouzareah, Algiers

Pr Saci Mohamed, Department of Arabic, University of Blida

Dr Afkir Mohamed, Department of English, University of Blida