Greetings from FLLT Organizers!
The conference has successfully been completed. Thank you very much for your contribution. We enjoyed having all of you here very much. Hope to see all of you again when FLLT resumes.
Here is a photo, taken at the closing ceremony. Something to remind us of a great time at the FLLT!
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Welcome!
It is with great pleasure that the Language Institute of Thammasat University announces its first International Conference on Foreign Language Learning and Teaching, 16-17 October 2009 at the Asia Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Aiming to narrow the gap between theory and practice, the conference brings together SLA theorists with classroom teachers to engage in a productive sharing of research 
findings and an exchange of ideas. While there are many worthy international conferences that are of great value to researchers and theorists, on the one hand, and EFL teachers, on the other, there is an ever-increasing need to bring both sides of the expertise continuum together. The FLLT-2009 conference serves precisely that need.
In addition, there is still only a small body of classroom-based research carried out in Thailand that addresses questions related to foreign language learning theory, despite the large population of Thai and non-Thai learners available and the abundant potential to engage in research. The conference presents a valuable opportunity for researchers with theoretical interests to share their research processes and techniques with classroom practitioners. We hope this will lead to an increase in theory-oriented research in Thailand as well as an increase in the role of Thai learners in the literature.
We are pleased to announce that plenary and VIP speakers at the conference will include:
Prof. Anne Burns, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Australia
Prof. Gita Martohardjono, the City University of New York Graduate Center, USA
Prof. Shelly Wong, President of TESOL (USA), George Mason University, USA
Prof. John McRae, Language in Literature Studies, the University of Nottingham, UK.
Dr. Netpreeya Choomchaiyo, Host of TV Program "Thailand Today", Author (Best Seller Award 2000) "Why Can't Thai People Speak English?", Director of Kru Kate’s English School
It is a most auspicious occasion for the Language Institute to host the FLLT-2009 Conference as part of the 75th Anniversary celebrations of the founding of Thammasat University. Thammasat is the second oldest university in Thailand and is renowned for its excellence in the social and physical sciences and humanities. The Language Institute provides instruction in foreign languages and promotes relevant research activities. We invite the Foreign Language Learning and Teaching community to join us for the first of what we hope will be many productive international conferences in the years to come at Thammasat University!
About the Conference
The FLLT 2009 Conference intends to provide a forum for academics in the fields of foreign language learning and teaching to report theoretical and empirical developments in their areas of specialty and to exchange ideas through paper presentations and posters. The conference aims particularly to promote collaboration between researchers in foreign language learning and classroom practitioners, both of whom can significantly inform and enrich each other through dissemination of the their research findings. Papers from all theoretical frameworks are welcome. The language for paper and poster presentations is English. Abstracts will be reviewed for clarity of the theoretical framework and methodology, originality and significance, and overall presentation and organization. Each paper is allotted 20 minutes for the oral presentation and 10 minutes for questions. For posters, please consult the guidelines for poster submission.
We welcome abstracts of approximately 300-450 words in any of the following areas:
· The Acquisition of Foreign Language Syntax/Phonology/Pragmatics/Syntax-Semantics Interface
· The Role of Input in SLA
· L2 Processing
· Functional Approaches to SLA
· Typological Universals and SLA
· Foreign Language Learning Strategies
· Foreign Language Skill Development
· Self-Access Learning/Autonomous Learners
· English for Specific Purposes
· The Application of English for Career Development
· Language Testing and Evaluation
· Teacher Education and Foreign Language Learning
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