5th International Conference
Foreign Languages and Tourism
12-13 November, 2021 – Online Conference
The Foreign Languages and Tourism conferences jointly organized biannually by the University of Primorska (Slovenia), the University of Rijeka and the University of Zadar (Croatia), and the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (Austria) aim to bring together teachers and researchers of languages for tourism and tourism discourse, and open up space for dialogue with colleagues, exchange of research findings and teaching practices and discussions of the future of our discipline and its contribution to the world around us.
Keynote Speakers: Stefania M. Maci, University of Bergamo, Italy; Sabrina Francesconi, University of Trento, Italy.
Call for Papers
We invite contributions on the following conference topics:
- Languages for tourism and curriculum design,
- Languages for tourism and language skills (speaking, writing, reading, listening, vocabulary),
- Languages for tourism and assessment,
- Languages for tourism and materials design,
- Online/Blended learning and teaching of languages for tourism,
- Academic languages for tourism studies,
- Tourism genres and teaching/learning languages for tourism,
- Interdisciplinary teaching of languages for tourism,
- Intercultural pragmatics in tourism settings,
- Translation and interpretation in tourism,
- Other topics concerning languages for tourism.
Submissions
The conference has three working languages: English, German and Italian. Submissions are limited to one contribution per author/co-author.
Extended deadline for submission of abstracts: 8th September, 2021
Maximum abstract length: 300 words
Notifications of abstract acceptance: 27 September, 2021
Submit your abstract here: https://1ka.arnes.si/a/18349.
Conference Fees:
Participation at the conference will be free of charge.
Further Information:
For further information please visit http://blog.turistica.si/foreign-languages-and-tourism/ or write to foreign.languages.and.tourism@gmail.com.
