Programme (last update 6th July)

Schedule

All times refer to CEST (Central European Summer Time, Barcelona, Spain)

You can use the following converter to find out the time you should attend each of the events.

 

NOTE: Unless indicated othewise, paper presentations are online.

 

Wednesday 7th of July

(asynchronous/pre-conference) On-line participants’ registration

On-site registration

9.30-10.00

AELFE-TAPP 2021 Conference opening

10.10-11.10

Keynote 1 - Francesca Helm (University of Padua, Italy)
"Researching EVE (Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange): Opportunities and Challenges"

11.10-11.40

Coffee break

11.40-13.50

Parallel Sessions 1

13.50-15.00

Lunch break

15.05-17.15

Parallel Sessions 2

15.05-17.15

Technical and Professional Communication Symposium
Chairs: Bruce Maylath (North Dakota State University, USA) and Kirk St.Amant (Louisiana Tech, USA)

16.00-17.15

Roundtable: Exploring Synergies Between LSP Initiatives Around the Globe
Panelists: Violeta Jurkovic (University of Slovenia), Mary Risner (University of Florida, USA), Nadezda Stojkovic (University of Nis, Serbia), Maria Laura Mecias (Universidad Católica Argentina, Instituto Elebaires)

17.15-17.30

Break

17.30-18.30

Online Keynote 2 - Marie C. Paretti (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, USA)
"Beyond Learning to Write and Writing To Learn: Developing Engineers Through Integrated Content and Language Teaching"

19.00-20.15

Musical event by the Mediterranean: in the Vilanova Lighthouse gardens, "El Far", and online (live videostreamed).

 

Thursday 8th of July

9.00-11.10

Parallel sessions 3

11.10-11.40

Coffee break

11.40-13.20

Parallel sessions 4

9.00-13.20

Symposium: Multilingualism in EU Institutions and EU Law
Chairs: Karin Luttermann (Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany) and Jan Engberg (Aarhus University, Denmark)

11.40-16.25

Forum for Young Researchers

13.20-14.40

Lunch break

14.45-16.25

Parallel sessions 5

16.30-17.30

Online Keynote 3 - Sonia Vandepitte (Ghent University, Belgium)
"Translation in virtual collaborative networks"

17.35-18.35

AELFE General Assembly

17.35-18.35

Informal online networking discussions (LSP and Virtual Exchange): Topics and tracks to be announced.
Participants will be able to join the track of their interest through the MyEvent platform

20.30

Conference dinner (on-site)

 

Friday 9th of July

9.15-11.25

Parallel Sessions 6

10.55-11.25

Presentation of the AELFE Association and Ibérica journal

11.25-11.55

Coffee break

12.00-13.00

Keynote 4 - David Block (ICREA, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain)
"English-medium instruction in (neoliberalized) higher education: Questioning some assumptions"

13.10-13.30

AELFE Award ceremony (young researchers' and Enrique Alcaraz awards)

13.30-14.00

AELFE /TAPP closing - farewell (raffles)

 

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