COVID-19 Updates | Let's Go Online Together!

Dear Presenters of OpenTESOL 2020,

Due to the impact of the global outbreak of Covid-19, travel restrictions, and social distancing measures, The OpenTESOL 2020 Organizing Committee would like to inform you that this year's conference will go online. 

We believe that online professional sharing and learning is the best option for your well-being in this unfortunate time and we are truly sorry for any inconvenience this decision has caused. Please find further details below:

1 Canceled events: Both the pre-conference workshops on Friday, 22 May 2020 and the culture tour on Sunday, 24 May 2020 have been canceled.

2 Main-conference day: The keynote and parallel sessions will be delivered online from 8:00 to 16:30 (GMT+7 Hanoi Time) on Saturday, 23 May 2020. 

3 Online presentation modes: You are cordially invited to make an online presentation on the main conference day, 23 May. You can choose to deliver it synchronously via our video conferencing system. Or you can deliver it asynchronously by recording your presentations, which will be uploaded and accessed on our conference website with your permission. Certificates of presentation will be issued to all successful online presenters. More information about presenters’ registration for synchronous and asynchronous presentations will be released soon. 

4 Refund: Presenters’ registration fees have been lifted. If you’ve already transferred the conference fees to our bank account, please reply to this email with a screenshot of your bank transaction or picture of the bank receipt to receive a refund (presenters will pay the transfer fee).

5 Proceedings [optional]: Conference proceedings’ fees remain unchanged. If you plan to publish your research work or teaching ideas in the conference proceedings, the OpenTESOL editors will review your paper and inform you about the follow-up stages and publication payment. The full paper submission is now extended to 31 March 2020, and the publication date is tentatively scheduled for mid-June, 2020.

We are grateful for your support and participation throughout the past 7 years. 

We will send you the registration form for online presentations on Saturday, 23 May, at the 8th OpenTESOL International Conference 2020 where we go online together.

Best wishes,

The OpenTESOL Organizing Committee

THE 2020 CONFERENCE THEME
Language Education for Global Competence:
​Finding Authentic Voices and Embracing Meaningful Practices

Guiding Questions

1. How can language educators empower learners' global skills?
2. What makes learning authentic, meaningful, culturally and socially responsive?
3. In the age of artificial intelligence, how can language educators design classroom applications that tap into human interactions?
4. Under the impact of glocalization and internationalization, what out-of-class projects will enhance meaningful learning?
5. In under-resourced, large classrooms, how can language educators design creative instructional sequences?
6. What findings and implications of practitioners' research should policymakers be informed of?

 Tracks and Sub-themes

• Multi-lingualism and Intercultural Communication
• Multi-modal Perspectives and Multi-literacies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
• The Psychology of Language Teaching: Growth Mindset, Empathy, and Well-being
• Glocalized Curriculum and Materials Development
• Language Education in the Mekong: Creativity in Low-resource Classrooms
• Teacher Education and Professional Learning: Standards, Communities and Sustainability
• Assessment for Learning, Program Management,  and Quality Assurance
• The Reading Brain in a Digital World
• Second Language Writing
• Extensive Listening and Speaking Instruction
• K-12 Teaching
• ​Applied Linguistics

and other related areas!

Dates and Online Platform

Online Platform: Video Conferencing via Zoom
Dates:   

• Deadline of Full paper submission [optional]: 31 March, 2020
• Main conference day: Saturday, 23 May, 2020​

Mentorship for New Presenters

If you have never presented at a conference but are willing to share an important teaching technique or research finding at OpenTESOL 2020, feel free to contact us at opentesolconference@ou.edu.vn for mentorship (with a subject line including 'OpenTESOL 2020 Mentorship'.
​Our experienced presenters/mentors will guide you through the process, making your first conference presentation engaging and interactive.

Presentation Awards

OpenTESOL 2020 is pleased to award up to 6 engaging, informative and thought-provoking parallel session and poster presenters at the end of the main conference day. Each award consists of:

• A certificate of recognition from the Academic Advisory Board
• Free registration of the 9th OpenTESOL International Conference 2021
• Graded readers from well-known publishers​

Invited Speakers

Invited Speakers of the 8th OpenTESOL Interntional Conference: 2020: To be announced.
Please see below for a list of past invited speakers.

Conference Proceedings

After the presenters are informed of their accepted abstracts, they can prepare and submit the full papers for consideration in the conference proceedings by 15 March 2020. The full paper must be between 2,500 and 3,500 words (excluding the title, references, and appendices). More details regarding the conference proceedings procedure will be published soon.

Conference Fees

• ​Presenter/participant [Early birds]:   500,000 VND
• Oversea participant [Early birds]:   60 USD
• Culture tour: 40 USD

The registration fee includes tea-break refreshments/snacks plus a hard copy of the conference proceedings. Please note that if presenters' full papers are successfully peer-reviewed, the presenters should pay an extra fee of 500,000 VND for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

Contact Person

For further inquiries, please contact:
Ms. Tuyen Nguyen
Faculty of Foreign Languages
Ho Chi Minh City Open University
Address: Room 503, 35-37 Ho Hao Hon St., Dis. 1, HCMC
Email:  opentesolconference@ou.edu.vn  
​Tel. 0283 838 6606

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