2018 International Conference on Bilingual Learning and Teaching (2018 ICBLT) aims to encourage world-wide academics from related fields of studies to come and share their research findings and to exchange ideas related but not limited to the list of topics below.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

1) Abstract Submission

• Submission of abstracts to 2018 ICBLT can be made via EasyChair system through this link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2018icblt
• The file should be in PDF format, and the subject line should be "2018 ICBLT Abstract".
• All email submissions should follow this abstract style guide.
• The abstract should be no more than 300 words.
• The author(s) should provide a title, the name(s) of the author(s), author affiliation(s), and keywords (at least three and no more than six).
• The abstract should give a good description of the aims and key points of the paper to be presented.  

Deadline for abstract submission: 31 July 2018 (Tuesday).

Notification of acceptance: You will be notified of the results by 24 August 2018 (Friday). Upon the notification of acceptance, please complete the online registration process.
 

2) Paper Submission

For full papers to be included in the conference proceedings, they must be submitted on or before 5 October 2018 (Friday). 

Please click here for submission details and guidelines.

List of Topics

• Bilingualism and Multilingualism 
• Cognitive Linguistics 
• Corpus Linguistics
• Discourse Analysis 
• ICT in Language Education
• Intercultural Communication
• Language Acquisition
• Language and Philosophy 
• Language Assessment
• Language, Culture and Identity
• Language Pedagogy
• Language Policy
• Phonetics and Phonology
• Psycholinguistics
• Semantics and Pragmatics
• Syntax and Morphology
• Translation and Interpreting 
• World Englishes 
• 漢語作為二語/外語課堂教學
• 語言學習中的文化因素
• 漢語作為二語/外語學習的教材設計
• 作為二語/外語的漢字教學
• 信息科技與二語/外語教學
• 語言習得與學習
• 漢語方言地區的普通話教學
• 少數民族地區的普通話教學
• 語言政策與規劃
• 語言學習與心理
• 多語/多言的教育與社會實踐

Committees

Programme Committee (Surnames in alphabetical order)

• Prof. YANG Ruowei Robin (Chairman)
• Dr. CHAN Chi Wai
• Dr. CHEN Siu Ling Eve
• Dr. CHEUNG Kwok Wah
• Dr. CHOW Mei Yung Vanliza
• Dr. CHU Yuk Wo Edward
• Mr. KWOK Yan Shing Henry
• Dr. LAM Man Fong Cindy
• Dr. LAO Kam Ling Polly
• Dr. LEUNG Chung Hong Danny
• Dr. LEUNG Kit Ying Suzannie
• Dr. LIU Yiqi April
• Ms. LUK Ngan Yuk Gladys
• Dr. MA Hin Tse
• Dr. SHU Chi Yee Jack
• Dr. TANG Ko Wai William
• Dr. TANG Kwong Wai Thomas
• Dr. WONG Ming Sin Jessie 
• Ms. WONG Wai Ling Helen
• Dr. YEUNG Wai Ching Susanna
• Dr. YUNG Faye Dorcas

Organising committee (Surnames in alphabetical order)

• Dr. CHEUNG Kwok Wah (Chairman)
• Dr. LAM Man Fong Cindy
• Dr. LEUNG Chung Hong Danny
• Ms. LUK Ngan Yuk Gladys
• Dr. TANG Ko Wai William
• Dr. TANG Kwong Wai Thomas
• Prof. YANG Ruowei Robin

Invited Speakers

• Prof. Laurence ANTHONY (Waseda University)
• Prof. Becky Xi CHEN (University of Toronto)
• Prof. Liah GREENFELD (Boston University)
• Prof. Jeannette LITTLEMORE (University of Birmingham)
• Prof. ZHU Hua (University of London)

Publication

2018 ICBLT proceedings will be published in English and Chinese.

Venue

The conference will be held at The Open University of Hong Kong.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to ribilt@ouhk.edu.hk.

Sponsor

This conference is substantially funded by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (UGC/ IDS16/15).