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ESP Teaching Today : Current Practices, Challenges and Perspectives

 

 The #Democratic_Arabic_Center based in Germany – Berlin, is pleased to announce the International Online  Conference on

ESP Teaching Today : Current Practices, Challenges and Perspectives

March, 6th – 7th, 2022 

In collaboration with

The Laboratory of Dialects & Speech Processing (Oran 1) – Algeria

The National Research Project  P.R.F.U: Toward Critical Thinking Based EFL Class : A Must –to- Have Skill for Impacting Social Change  (ENS Oran)

Scientific Research & Studies Center- Tobruk University-Libya

Democratic Arab Center

Conference Chair : Dr. Ouafa OuarniKi – University of Djelfa ,Algeria

President of the Scientific Committee – Dr.Turqui Barkat – University of Biskra,Algeria

Honored Committee

  • Prof Dr . Besnaci Souad – Head of The Laboratory of Dialects & Speech Processing
  • Prof Dr . Berrahal Kaid Fatiha – Deputy Director in charge of Scientific Research and Technology Development (ENS, Oran, Algeria)
  • Prof Dr . Rafik Sulaiman – Director of Democratic Arabic Center – Berlin
  • Ammar Sharaan  – Head of Democratic Arabic Center
  • Ahmad E.M. Mohamed – Director of Scientific Research & Studies Center- Tobruk University

Conference management

  • General Coordinator of the Conference: Dr. Najia suliman
  • Conference Director: Dr. Karim AICHE
  • Director of Publication : Dr. Ahmed Bohko

The Scope of the Conference

As any other kind of language teaching, English for Specific Purposes is first and foremost based on the process of learning, a process which nevertheless addresses the needs of certain communities of learners, namely individuals interested in acquiring some professional skills and performing job related practices. Due to its oriented focus, ESP exhibits some characteristics that differentiate it from ESL (English as a Second Language) or EGP (English for General Purposes). First, it is language in context, this fact requiring real life learning situations, scenarios that tent to replicate the specific working or professional settings the ESP students might be related to or interested in. Instead of focusing on general grammar, vocabulary and language structures, this teaching – learning intercourse stresses the importance of practicing the necessary skills one would mostly employ in their future fields of activity

Since its emergence in the late 1960s, ESP has undergone a constant process of development, defining its scope, improving methodology, shaping its objectives and orientations, and enlarging the number of course books designed to serve its purposes. Yet, ESP teaching practices remain extremely varied depending on practitioners ,institutions and countries. Therefore, this conference focuses on today’s diversity of ESP teaching/learning. It also raises the question of the theoratical foundations of ESP practices and, as such, welcomes papers on all aspects and issues of ESP didactics

The main  objective of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners  in the field of ESP over discussions of various themes building upon their classroom experiences and field research tracking day- to- day challenges and obstacles

In sum, the encompassing ambition of the conference is to attain solutions that would, hopefully, improve the teaching of ESP by discussing the importance of developing and intorducing training programs for ESP practitioners

Main Tracks

We welcome contributions which address any aspects of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) including, but not limited to, the following

  • Development and application of ESP theories
  • ESP teaching and learning approaches and methods
  • English teaching and learning for academic/ professional purposes
  • Innovations in ESP research and Instruction
  • Curriculum development and course design in ESP
  • Needs Assessment
  • Teaching ESP in digital environment
  • Teacher training and professional development
  • Teaching Specialized discourse
  • Implementing critical thinking in ESP teaching Classrooms
  • Assessment and  testing techniques in ESP
  • Intercultural communication for ESP education
  • ESP teaching and translation

Scientific Committee

  • Pr. Zitouni Mimouna – University of Oran2, Algeria
  • Dr. Agnieszka DudzikMedical University of Bialystok,Poland
  • Dr . Rafik Sulaiman – Director of Democratic Arabic Center – Berlin
  • Pr. Berrahal Kaid Fatiha – ENS, Oran, Algeria
  • Pr. (FH) Désirée Verdonk -University of Applied Sciences,Wiener Neustadt,Austria
  • Dr.Caroline Hyde-Simon – Uniiversity of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Dr. Ouafa Ouarniki, University of Djelfa, Algeria
  • Dr. Katalin Egri Ku-Mesu University of Leicester,United Kingdom
  • Pr. Djaileb Farida  – University of Oran2, Algeria
  • Pr. Besnaci Mohamed University of Lyon 2, France
  • Dr.Saihi Hanane –  University of Biskra,Algeria
  • Pr. Benhattab Lotfi – University of Oran2, Algeria
  • Dr.Mimoun Melliti – University of Kairaouan,Tunisia
  • Pr. Seban Zoubida – University of Oran2, Algeria
  • Dr.Maha Hassan – University of Cairo,Egypt
  • Pr. Limame BARBOUCHI, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir/Morocco
  • Dr.Benmokhtari Hichem – University of Oran2, Algeria
  • Dr. Amrouch Fouiza – University of Msila, Algeria
  • Dr.Sahli Fatiha – University of Constantine,Algeria
  • Dr. Alexsandra Luczak – University of Kozminski,Poland
  • Dr. Zaghar Fatima Zahra – University Oran 2, Algeria
  • Dr. Rezig Nadia- University of Biskra,Algeria
  • Dr. Souhila Soltani – ENS Oran, Algeria
  • Dr.Salhi Ahlem – University of Biskra,Algeria
  • Dr.Benaissa Ibtissem – University of Tlemcen, Algeria
  • Ms. MilenaTanasijevic- University of Metropolitan, Belgrade
  • Dr.Sarnou Hanane, University of Mostaganem, Algeria
  • Dr.Grine Zehour, University of Tlemcen ,Algeria
  • Dr.Hanaà Berrezoug,University of Saida, Algeria
  • Dr.Manel Mizab – Tébessa University ,Algeria
  • Dr.Abir Ghaskil  – Batna University ,Algeria

Organising Committee

  • Dr.Louiza Meghari  – Relizane University (Algeria)
  • Dr. Messaoudi Fatima Constantine University,Algeria
  • Mrs.Tiaiba Imane  – Sétif University (Algeria)
  • Mrs.Kadi Zahra – Ecole Normale supérieur d’informatique ,Algeria
  • Mrs.Arab Wided Constantine University ,Algeria
  • Ms.Rahil Faiza , Boumerdas University ,Algeria

Important Notes

  • Conference Language : English and French
  • The Conference will be held online

Abstract Submission Guidelines

  • Please submit your abstract (200-250 words) with a brief biography
  • The collection of the final manuscripts will be peer-reviewed and published both in a collective book and the International Journal of Scientific Conferences

Important Dates

  • Abstracts Submission Deadline: January 31st
  • Notification of Acceptance: February 10th
  • Conference Date: 6th&7th of March 2022
  • Full paper Submission will be communicated in due time
Contact
Please send your abstract to the following e-mail : dr.ouafa-ouarniki@democraticac.de

Keynote Speakers 

The following scholars have kindly agreed to participate in the conference and deliver plenary talks

Conference Chair : Dr. Ouafa OuarniKi – University of Djelfa ,Algeria

is an associate professor in didactics of teaching ESP at the University of Djelfa, Algeria. She is also a regular presenter at conferences and her conference papers deal with teaching English for Specific Purposes, designing ESP courses, professional development of language teachers, the use of technologies in an ESP instructional enviroment. She peer-reviews papers for local national and international journals (U.S.A, Indonesia, Berlin …). Her main research areas include ESAP, syllabus design and ESP training. She is an active member in the laboratory of Dialects and Speech Processing and the national Research Project  P.R.F.U: Toward Critical Thinking Based EFL Class : A Must –to- Have Skill for Impacting Social Change  (ENS Oran) participating in all their events, running workshops and presentations, collaborating with other members.

Dr. Agnieszka Dudzik

is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Foreign Languages at the Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. Her fields of interest include English for Specific Purposes, Communicative Language Teaching, and the nature of doctor-patient communication. Her research interests lie in the area of English for Medical Purposes (EMP) training, withparticular emphasis on the teaching of medical communication skills. She has published widely on various topics of ESP training, syllabus design, and intercultural communication competence. Agnieszka is also a joint events coordinator of the IATEFL English for Specific Purposes Special Interest Group

Dr. Turqui Barkat

is an associate professor in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Analysis at Mohamed Kheider University of Biskra, Algeria. He occupied different Pedagogical and Administrative Responsibilities. His fields of interest include : Discourse Analysis- Applied Linguistics- ESP, innovative Methods of Language Teaching- Intercultural Approach to Foreign Language Teaching. He published a good number of articles and  took part in different national and international conferences

Dr . Caroline Hyde- Simone

Caroline is based in Switzerland as lecturer in English at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, a position she has held since 2012, with extensive teaching experience in ESP, particularly in the Life Sciences and in Facility Management. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics (with a focus on Second Language Acquisition) and a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics for Research Purposes. Her main research areas include ESAP course design, and testing ESP

Pr. Dr. Désirée Verdonk

is an academic member of staff at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. From 2000 to 2017 she was Head of the English Department, which offers classes at both Master and Bachelor level in business, health sciences, police leadership, training and sports. She holds an MA in interpreting and translating and a PhD in Social and Economic History both from the University of Vienna. After her MA degree she spent a year at Leicester University (UK) teaching German.  She moved on to a research assistant position at the Business History Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. Research in the area of “Bank-Industry Relations in Interwar Europe” resulted in several papers presented at international conferences and in publications. She also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Austrian Fachhochschulrat (accreditation and evaluation council for Austrian Universities of Applied Sciences). In 1997 she joined the University of Applied Sciences in Wiener Neustadt.  Since 2018 she has been General Secretary of EALTHY (European Association of Language Teachers for Healthcare.

Désirée Verdonk has been actively involved in developing and teaching ESP courses in different health sciences degree programmes at her University. Her research interests are Medical/Healthcare English, English for the Workplace (E4WP) and educational standards in Austria in EFL. She has published several papers and has presented papers at various national and international conferences

Prof. Fatiha KAÏD BERRAHAL

Prof. Fatiha KAÏD BERRAHAL

is a senior lecturer of literature at Oran’s Higher Teachers’College. Her researches in English are particularly focused in litearture and language . Teaching dealing with critical thinking as both a 21st century skill and pedagogy. She has shaped various doctorate programs since 2009/2010, an active member in many research projects both domestically and abroad.

Dr. Aleksandra Łuczak

 (PhD, MA) – an applied linguist and a legal and business English teacher, the Director of the Centre for Languages and Legal English Section at Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland. A graduate of the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw from which she also holds a doctor’s degree in applied linguistics. Her PhD thesis deals with Then Construction and Evaluation of English for Specific Purposes Syllabus and was prepared under the supervision of Prof. Hanna Komorowska.   During her teaching career, she has been successfully running various types of English courses ranging from one-to-one traditional and online sessions with prestigious clients to group classes at various levels of proficiency. Since 1997 an ESP teacher at Kozminski University in Warsaw where she has been running a variety of business English and legal English courses preparing students for international certificate examinations: LCCI and TOLES. She also lectures on Academic Skills, Plain English Writing for Lawyers, Understanding the Language of English Contracts, Business Culture, and Law in Film.

Apart from teaching, she is also a regular presenter at conferences and her conference papers deal with teaching English for Specific Purposes, modelling ESP courses, professional development of language teachers, the use of technologies in foreign language teaching. The full list of her publications can be accessed on luczak.edu.pl. She has been granted eight KU Rector’s awards for her publications. She regularly peer reviews other scholars’ papers for publication in scientific journals and post-conference proceedings.

An author of numerous teaching materials for ESP courses; a series of her legal English lessons was published in The Teacher Magazine. She cooperates with language schools and training institutions providing them with teacher training and blended learning solutions for their foreign language courses. An active member of EULETA (European Union Legal English Teachers Association) participating in its all recent events, running workshops and presentations, collaborating with other members. Her interests also include the use of the latest technologies in language teaching and her recent project, which she is particularly proud of, involved co-developing innovative software for language testing

Dr Katalin Egri Ku-Mesu

Dr Katalin Egri Ku-Mesu

is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Leicester United Kingdom  and works on the MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL programme. She is also an External Examiner in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics and a Doctor Philosophiae degree in American Literature. Her professional experience and interests include English language teaching, English language teacher training and education, EAP, academic literacies, English as a medium of instruction (EMI), language teaching management, language and culture, intercultural communication and discourse analysis. She serves on the committee of the IATEFL ESPSIG as Editor-in-Chief of the ESPSIG journal Professional and Academic English.

Dr. ZAGHAR  Fatma

is an associate professor  at the University of Oran -2– , Algeria. She earns a PhD in Didactics. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Teaching, Intercultural Studies, and Educational Psychology

 Publishing Rules

  • Research paper should be written either in English – French  as it is necessary to consider the clarity and integrity of the text and avoid grammatical, spelling and linguistic errors
  • The research paper should not include less than 4000 words and should not exceed 8000 words
  • The research paper  should be characterized by objectivity, novelty and scientific accuracy, as they should not be taken from a previous study, article, dissertations or theses
  • Papers should not be published previously in any form
  • Researchers have to adopt the scientific standards in their research studies
  • References should appear at the end of each page as follows
  • For Books: Full Name of Author, Book’s Title, Volume/issue, Place of Publication: Publishing House, Edition, Publishing Year, Page
  • For articles: full name of the author, “title of the article”, journal title, place of publication, issue, date of publication, page
  • For web sites: full name of author, “title of article”, article link, date of publication, date of access to the site
  • The researcher should send a brief biography with the article
  • Research Papers should be sent in the form of a Microsoft word to the following email

dr.ouafa-ouarniki@democraticac.de

  • The researcher should sign a pledge that the article has not been published in any form hard copy or electronically, and not submitted for publication to any other party
  • The researcher will be informed of the initial acceptance or rejection of the research
  • The scientific committee reads and reviews confidentially the submitted research articles
  • Ther reviewers’ remarks will be sent to the researcher. If the article is accepted for publication but needs some modifications,  the writer should make the required modifications within ten days of being notified of the decision of the committee
  • The scientific committee may make some necessary modifications to the submitted material for publication without changing its contents
  • The materials published in the journal reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the journal
  • Any research or article that does not meet the conditions will not be taken into consideration and will not be published regardless of its scientific value
  • The articles sent to the Journal  require the following specifications
  • Page margins should be as follows: Top 02, Bottom 02, Right 02, Left 02, Header Sheet 5, Bottom Sheet 1.5
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  • Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 200 words and not less than 150 words (Font: Times New Roman size: 13, italics)
  • Key words: (Between 05 and 08 words, Font: Times New Roman, Size: 13, Italics)
  • The Introduction should include the following components: Introducing the topic, research questions, hypothesis or hypotheses, the importance of the study, the objectives of the study, the literature of the study (previous studies), the study curricula, the study axes. (Font style: Times New Roman size: 13 between lines: 1.5)
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Participation Fees

Participation is free  of charge
The participating researcher receives an electronic copy of the conference proceedings in addition to a-  certificate that proves his/her participation.
The International Journal of Scientific Confrences,  #Democratic_Arab_Center ,Berlin,publishes research articles from the proceedings of academic conferences.
This conference will be held online through Zoom and sponsored by Democratic Arab Center

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