Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution for Higher Education “National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University”

Institute of Power Engineering

Department of Foreign Languages

CALL FOR PAPERS

Department of Foreign Languages at the Institute of Power Engineering

Tomsk Polytechnic University

invites you to take part in

XVII International Conference

“Linguistic and Cultural Studies: Traditions and Innovations”,

which is to be held 11 – 13 October 2017

at Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia.

Website: http://portal.tpu.ru/science/konf/lkti/eng

The conference focuses on theory, research, scientific achievements, and best practices in the fields of pedagogics, linguistics, and language teaching and learning.

Proposals for participation should be in line with the following conference sections:

1. Modern issues and approaches in contemporary linguistics.

2. Ethnohermeneutics and Siberia studies.

3. Traditions and innovations in language teaching and learning.

4. Linguistic training of university graduates. Quality assessment in secondary and higher education.

5. Psychological and pedagogical aspects of modern educational technologies.

6. Higher professional education and regional culture.

We welcome the following types of presentations:

·  Plenary sessions – presentations of research papers will be 20 minutes in length (including 5 minutes for questions and answers).

·  Section presentations – presentations of research papers will be 10 minutes in length (including 3 minutes for questions and answers).

·  Workshops will be 45 minutes in length. Workshops must involve active participation and focus on participants being able to develop skills or get practical ideas for future implementation of the experience acquired.

·  Poster presentations are organized for the participants being unable to present personally their research papers at conference sections. For poster presentations, please submit a 250 word abstract in addition to the paper. Abstracts must include the aims and objectives of the research, methods used, results found, and conclusions.

Important dates:

Registration: / 1 April 2017
Registration fee payment: / 30 May 2017

Remember, the deadline for full aper submission is20 September, 2017.

Conference Fees:

Regular Authors / $ 8
Students / $ 5

Please, find the payment details at the conference website http://portal.tpu.ru/science/konf/lkti

All participants, including speakers and session chairs, must register at http://portal.tpu.ru/science/konf/lkti/z1 .
PAPER SUBMISSION:
Papers 4 to 6 A4-size pages in Word and PDF format should be
sent to . You can download the template of paper at at http://portal.tpu.ru/science/konf/lkti
All submitted papers will be reviewed and evaluated on the basis of relevance, originality, quality and clarity. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings.

Contacts:

Postal address: ul. Usova 7, Office 129, Department of Foreign Languages, Institute of Power Engineering, Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia.

Tel.: 8(3822) 701-777 (ext. 1983 / 3413).

E-mail:

Application forms and papers, submitted after the given deadlines or written without following the instructions, will not be accepted.

We look forward to your contribution!