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Call for Proposals

December 2011

MERC is pleased to announce the 11th round of research awards and invites proposals from qualified
researchers. Deadline for receiving proposals in their final format is 15 November 2011. While open to all
research ideas and topics, the program encourages proposals that apply rigorous social science methodologies
and theories particularly in the following areas:

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The Higher Language Institute at Damascus University

Holds The 9^th International TEFL Conference

03-05 December 2009

TEFL DAMASCUS

Broad Conference Themes

1. Constructivist learning	15. Visuals and language learning
2. CLIL	16. Games and jokes in ELT classes
3. Educational psychology	17. Colloquial and standard English in ELT classes
4. Teacher development: awareness, reflection and sharing	18. Integrating the four skills in the language classroom
5. Teacher–student interaction and turn-taking	19. Teaching translation in ELT classes
6. Teacher–learner autonomy	20. CALL and Virtual EFL classrooms
7. Oral presentations in ELT classes	21. Cross- cultural issues in ELT
8. Effective writing skills	22. Classroom observations
9. Evaluation and assessment	23. Classroom management
10. Error correction	24. Classroom research
11. Enhancing critical thinking	25. Large classrooms
12. Creativity in the classroom	26. Accuracy and fluency
13. National curriculum: design, application and goals	27. World English or worse English
14. Material supplementation, adaptation and elision	Other related topics