Submitting a Proposal

The Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the call for papers
for the 12^th edition of the Oman International ELT Conference

“Quality in ELT: Raising Pedagogical Standards”.

The deadline for submission is December  31, 2011.

Completed proposal forms should be e-mailed to eltconf@squ.edu.om

A proposal will only be accepted if: 

• It has not been presented at any other regional conferences.
• It is directly relevant to the conference theme.
• It has a clear focus and communicates original ideas.
• It reports on a recently completed research project or a significant phase of the research.
• It has practical use for the audience, and if theoretical, must include useful applications.
• It is linguistically clear and accurate.
• It reflects what the speaker is going to talk about.
• It is submitted within the deadline set for proposal submission.

Any proposal submitted after the deadline, will not be considered.

• Word number must not exceed the assigned limit.
• All fields must be completed.
• The subject area(s) must be identified.
• The best proposal in each sub-theme will be given priority.
• Only one submission per presenter is allowed.
• A maximum of two presenters per submission is allowed.
• Abstracts with language problems will not be processed.
• Submissions with practical applications are highly encouraged.

Below is a description of each submission type followed by a link for downloading the form. Each proposal form has guidelines to help you while completing the form.

Paper Presentation:

Download the form here

This is a 40-minute presentation that is usually interactive and/or followed by 10 minutes for questions. Although the presentation can be delivered in the form of a lecture, reading from paper or slides is highly discouraged. Feedback from participants in the previous conferences showed that presenters who read their presentations are given very low ratings and are considered uninteresting and unpopular.

Workshop:

Download the form here

This is a 40- minute activity or task- based session followed by 10 minutes for questions. Workshop objectives and procedure or steps should be clearly spelt out in the proposal.

Poster:

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A poster is self-explanatory information displayed on a board or screen in an assigned place, with or without handouts. The poster could contain text, drawings and pictures. It may be in a paper form such as a large paper poster or an electronic form such as one-slide PowerPoint display on a computer screen. There are no specific rules for the size of the poster, but it should generally be big enough to attract the passing audience. The poster session is usually assigned a room or hall for the display for around one hour. There is no designated presentation, or specific audience, but the conference participants wander around the hall, and can ask questions or require clarification from the poster presenter. The posters are not published in the proceedings of the conference.

For paper presentation and poster proposals you will need to prepare:

• a title (7 words maximum)
• an abstract (75 words maximum)
• paper Summary; (150 words maximum)

For workshop proposals you will need to prepare:

• a title (7 words maximum) 
• an overview of workshop (100 words maximum) 
• workshop objectives (70 words maximum) 
• workshop procedure (150 words maximum)  

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