The conference brings together members of the Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities (APETAU). However, non-members from Arab universities and colleagues from other international universities/countries are welcome.

CONFERENCE THEME: Foreign Language & Literature Education in the Arab World in the Wake of Globalization.

SUB-THEMES:

1. Arabic-English Contrastive Linguistic Studies (phonological, syntactic, discoursal,etc.)
2. Arabic-English Comparative Studies (literary & cross- cultural)
3. Studies in Arabic-English & English-Arabic Translation
4. Studies in English Language & Literature
5. Bilingual Dictionaries: New Perspectives
6. Language Planning in the Arab World: Bilingualism, Language and Identity, Language of Instruction in Higher Education, Foreign Language Education, Acquiring Arabic as an L1 (Problems & Treatment)
7. TEFL and Translation through Distance Education

CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUMS :

1. New Roles of Departments of English and Translation at Arab Universities
2. Arabicization & Translation in the Wake of Globalization
3. Teaching Foreign Literatures to Arab Students: Problems & Prospects
4. Teaching Foreign Languages to Arab Students: A New Outlook

Submission deadline: 15 May 2003