we look forward to meeting everyone again in Korea in October, 2024.
Thank you to the Universitas Kristen Indonesia for a very enjoyable 2023 event. We all enjoyed the friendly hospitable atmosphere.
Our 2022 conference took place in Vietnam at Ton Duc Thang University (Ho Chi Minh City) in Vietnam. John Baker and his team did a wonderful job in organising one of our biggest conferences. Thank you.
Our 2021conference took place online in Oman on 4-5 December, 2021 hosted by Dhofar University Many thanks to Vijay Thakur and his team.
Our last face-to-face conference was held in Jalandhar, Punjab, India in collaboration with Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, March 6-8, 2019. Some information is available here
Thank you to Kanya Maha Vidyalaya in Jalandhar for their warm welcome. The whole college was fully involved in the academic and cultural activities. We have excellent feedback from ESBB delegates about the conference and the welcome we received. Kanya Maha Vidyalaya was a pioneer in women’s education in India with a long history of success. It provides an excellent holistic education to its students – a model for us all.
We will upload more information and information about submitting to our journal soon.
Our conference planned in Izmir, Turkey (March 19-20, 2020) had to be canceled due to covid. travel restrictions. Thank you to Dr Ahmet Acar for agreeing to coordinate the conference and for all the work preparing.
Toyama, Japan
23 March – 25 March, 2018
ESBB’s 5th International Conference was titled “ESBB 2018 Conference and Symposium on English Academic Writing in a Global World”
March 23 was devoted to the Symposium on English Academic Writing in a Global World, where a number of invited speakers will present on the theme of English academic writing, including Dr. John Unger, Dr. Sivakumar Sivasubramaniam, and Dr. Atsushi Iida. The schedule for the Symposium is online here.
March 24 and 25 included invited Plenary presentations, concurrent short paper presentations, and poster presentations on the more broad themes outlined in our call for papers below. The schedule can still be accessed here.
Call for Presentation Proposals
While the conference theme is English Beyond Borders, our intention is always to embrace the global along with the local, including supporting teachers grappling with local EFL/ESL issues. We are keen to hear from presenters wishing to discuss a very local issue.
Our conferences explore the diverse kinds of borders and boundaries that English teachers and scholars must negotiate to achieve success and benefit learners.
We invite papers on the following themes:
- Research related to English language teaching and learning at the college or university level
- General research related to English language teaching and learning, TEFL/TESL, and TESOL
- English for research publication purposes
- Studies which critically investigate academic publishing from the perspectives of authors, reviewers/editors, and Open Access;
- Multilingual scholars in study and publication
- Non-blind dialogic review
- Multi/bilingual issues in language learning and linguistics
- EAP/ESP across borders
- English literature across borders
- CLIL (Content and Language Integrated learning)/EMI (English Medium Instruction)
- Study abroad and International exchange
- Interdisciplinary issues in TESOL
- Encouraging (cultural) diversity in voice and agency
- New directions in critical thinking and reasoning
- Using technology to cross borders
- Corpora in language teaching and research
- Migrants and refugees in language learning
More information about the conference, including access and accommodation information, will be made available on the ESBB 2018 Conference and Symposium page as planning process proceeds. If you have a question about the conference, you are welcome to contact the Conference Chair, Theron Muller.
ESBB’s 4th International Conference Proceedings in Leeds
June 29 – July 1, 2017 information
We also extend many thanks to Naeema and her team for organizing a stimulating and interactive conference in Leeds. Some presentations were recorded and are available for viewing here.