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Applied Linguistics

Submission 2023

Call for Abstracts

The theme of this year is Our Words and Worlds. The world shapes our words, yet our words also construe different worlds. In this conference, we provide a space for participants to reflect on their words and worlds in various strands of applied linguistics.

Abstract submission deadline: 10th April 2023 

All successful applicants will be notified of their acceptance by Sunday, 30th April 2023

Guidelines for Submissions

What to Submit?

We encourage submissions of empirical, conceptual/ theoretical nature and findings from dissertations/ PhD at different stages.  

Submissions must be within our core Conference tracks:

  1. Discourse Analysis
  2. Language Teaching and Learning
  3. Intercultural Communication
Who Should Submit?
  • Postgraduate students who are still studying or have recently graduated (in 2022 or 2023).
  • Undergraduate students.

You may apply to present either individually or as a group.

Advice on Abstracts

Abstracts should be no more than 2,100 characters (250 words) in length.

Make sure that your abstract includes:

  • An introduction has a clear background and rationale,
  • Well defined, reachable research objectives which are related to the topic of the abstract, and address the research purpose,
  • A clearly detailed methodology, even if at this stage it is just a proposed methodology,
  • Results/expected results which are well presented, understandable for the audience, and are related to the methodology and rationale of the study,
  • A conclusion consistent with the introduction and rationale of the abstract.

All abstracts will be double-blind reviewed and are subject to final approval by the conference committee.

 

Notification of Acceptance

Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their paper at the WICAL 2023. They will be notified of their acceptance by 30th April 2023.

Paper Presentations

Each presentation should not exceed 30 minutes (20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Q&A session). You can apply to present either individually or as a group.

Conference Proceedings

Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to have their abstract published in the Conference’s digital booklet. We will not be publishing full papers.

 

If you have any inquiries, please contact wical2023@warwick.ac.uk

Online Submission Form

This form is closed and is no longer accepting any submissions.

Thank you for your time.

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