ICON–ELT 2023: The 2nd
International Conference on English Language Teaching
“Breakthroughs in ELT in the Post-Pandemic” Date: 14 May 2023
Venue: Buriram Rajabhat University, Thailand & Online
Rationale
During the seventeenth century, the English language began to be transferred, transplanted, and modified as a result of exploration expeditions and territorial and administrative colonization activities. Later in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, British and American imperial expansion spread the English language over Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan. According to the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), the concept of world Englishes within a sociolinguistic framework dates back to the early 1960s and mid 1970s (Kachru 1965). (Smith 1976). However, it wasn’t until 1978 that concerted attempts to examine the concept of world Englishes and its formal and practical implications were launched. World Englishes are indigenized variants of English, particularly those created in territories influenced by the United Kingdom or the United States. According to Yumin Shen and Hongyu Guo (2022), the outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in significant changes in English instruction, which has transitioned from an offline mode prior to the pandemic to an online format during the epidemic. However, in the post-pandemic era, there are still many issues with the effective implementation of the English language teaching process, resulting in an inability to achieve better results in the quality and efficiency of English language teaching (ELT), as well as effective cultivation of students’ practical application ability.
In order to insightfully study the development of World Englishes and to explore the
breakthroughs and innovations in English language teaching in the post-pandemic era, the Ph.D. Program in English Language Teaching (ELT) under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Buriram Rajabhat University will be hosting the ICON-ELT 2023: The 2nd International Conference on English Language Teaching under the theme “Breakthroughs in ELT in the Post-Pandemic.” This ICON-ELT 2023 will provide a venue for researchers, academics, and scholars to present academic and research works pertinent to ELT, with a focus on World Englishes in the post-pandemic and digital era. The symposium will also bring together top international specialists on World Englishes to debate the impact of English variations on standard Englishes and their implications for English Language Teaching.
Conference Purposes
- To disseminate research and innovative works on English Language Teaching that address the conference theme and sub-themes such as Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), English as an International Language (EIL), World English, and English as a Global Language, among others.
- To provide a forum for academics, scholars, lecturers, and students from both within and beyond the country to exchange knowledge and experiences, as well as to present high-quality academic and research work in English Language Teaching (ELT) and World Englishes (WE).
3. To build academic networks both in Thailand and abroad