BATA 4th Annual International Conference, 27 – 28 June 2024

BATA 4th Annual International Conference, 27th – 28th June 2024, Al-Maktoum College

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Submission of abstracts

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The British Association of Teachers of Arabic (BATA) and Al-Maktoum College are very pleased to invite you to the 2024 BATA 4th Annual International Conference, to be held at Al-Maktoum College, Dundee, Scotland, 27th – 28th June 2024. All presentations are expected to be delivered in person.

The Conference is designed to offer a platform for teachers, students and research scholars of Arabic language, culture, literature, linguistics and translation from the United Kingdom and beyond, to exchange ideas, share good practice and disseminate their scholarship and research to a wider audience. It also aims at facilitating greater collaboration and links between teachers, students and scholars in the field in the UK and abroad.

In this spirit, we look forward to proposals considering the following themes and sub-themes: Submission of abstracts will open in September.

Key Themes and Sub-themes

1. Teaching Arabic and Culture 2. Arabic Translation 3. Arabic Literature and Literary Criticism 4. Arabic Linguistics

  1. Teaching Arabic and culture
  • Curriculum design and development
  • Arabic for special purposes
  • Developing vocabulary skills
  • Teaching Arabic skills
  • Assessment and feedback
  • Autonomous learning
  • Classroom interaction
  • Teaching Arabic and professional development
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching Arabic
  • Teaching Arabic online: opportunities and challenges
  • Technology-based e-learning Arabic
  • Varieties in Arabic
  • Teaching Arabic post Covid-19
  • Teaching Arabic: transition from Schools to Higher Education

2. Arabic Translation

  • Translation of news
  • Translation and ideology
  • Translation of technical texts
  • Translation of scientific texts
  • Literary translation
  • Translation of legal texts
  • Machine translation

3. Arabic Literature and Literary Criticism

  • Postmodernism
  • Arabic literature and diaspora
  • Gender and literature
  • Classical and modern literature

4. Arabic Linguistics

  • Sociolinguistics of Arabic language
  • Arabic discourse analysis studies
  • Arabic media studies
  • Arabic Stylistics
  • Arabic semantics
  • Arabic Historical Linguistics
  • Conversation analysis
  • Arabic phonetics and phonology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Arabic Pragmatics
  • Multimodality & Critical Discourse Analysis

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Abstracts can be submitted in both Arabic and English. Arabic abstracts should be accompanied with a brief summary in English. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words, with clear goals and relevance to the theme of the conference.

The Conference invites abstracts from individuals and panels. Individual papers will be grouped by themes and assigned a chair.

Panels should consist of a minimum of four papers, with a clear objective and relevance to the theme of conference.

All abstracts should be submitted by no later than October 31, 2023. Proposals will be blind reviewed by members of the organising Committee. Participants will be notified of the outcome of their submission by no later than November 28, 2023. Below are guidelines for submission of individual presentations, panels, workshops and posters.

Presentation Proposals:

Submissions should contain the following:

  1. Author name(s),
  2. Affiliation and a contact e-mail address,
  3. Title of the presentation,
  4. Abstract in the language of the presentation (250 words). The language used in the abstract will be considered the language of presentation at the Conference.
  5. A short summary of your abstract (max. 150 words) in English (if the language of the presentation is not English)
  6. References and figures can be added.
  7. Each presentation will be allocated 20 minutes and 10 minutes for Q/A.

Panel Proposals:

Panel proposals need to consider the following:

  • Title of the proposed panel
  • Names and contact information for chair and discussant(s), if known.
  • A brief (up to 300 words) statement summarizing the rationale for the panel.
  • For each presentation on the panel: title, 200-word abstract, and a bio. for each presenter. These can be submitted by the panel organiser or corresponding author.
  • Panels should consist of a minimum of 3 papers, with a clear objective and relevance to one of the themes/sub-themes of the conference.
  • Each Panel is expected to be 90 minutes long.

Workshop proposals: The proposal must contain the following:

  1. Author name(s),
  2. Affiliation and a contact e-mail address,
  3. Title of the workshop
  4. Abstract in Arabic or English (250 words).
  5. A short summary of your abstract (max. 150 words) in English (if the language of the workshop is not English)
  6. A workshop is expected to be 45/50 minutes long.

Poster proposals must contain the following:

  1. Author name(s),
  2. Affiliation and a contact e-mail address,
  3. Title of the poster,
  4. Abstract in Arabic or English (250 words).
  5. A short summary of your abstract (max. 150 words) in English (if the language of the poster is not English)

Organising Committee:

Prof. El Mustapha Lahlali, University of Leeds (Conference Chair)

Prof. Daniel Newman, University of Durham

Mr. Mohammed Bouabdallah, University of Westminster

Dr Sara Al Tubuly, Al Maktoum College

Dr. Abdelghani Mimouni, University of Manchester

Dr. Mohammed Dayoub, University of Warwick

Dr. Salwa El-Awa, Swansea University

For any queries about the Conference, please email: Bata.conference2024@outlook.com

For queries about BATA membership, please email: bata@leeds.ac.uk