World Englishes 2010, Vancouver, Canada

FINAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT
WORLD ENGLISHES 2010
JULY 25 - 27
VANCOUVER, CANADA
http://www.worldenglishesvancouver2010.com/index.html

The 16th Annual Conference of the International Association for World
Englishes (IAWE 16) is being hosted by Simon Fraser University at the Morris
J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, Canada from July 25 to 27, 2010.

The conference program and registration information is available via the
conference website.

The conference theme is:

World Englishes Today: A Critical Reevaluation of Theory, Methodology, and
Pedagogy in Global Contexts

The following plenary speakers will address this year's annual meeting:

- Dr. Braj B. Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA:
'World Englishes Today: Panditocracy vs. Pragmatic Reality'

- Dr. Sue Wright, University of Portsmouth, UK:
'English and Europe: The Legacies Of Nationalism, the Requirements of
Europeanisation and the Influence of Globalisation'

- Dr. Nkonko Kamwangamalu, Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA:
'English in Language Policy and Ideologies in Africa: Challenges and
Prospects for Vernacularization'

In addition, focus lectures will be given by:

- Dr. Yamuna Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA:
'World Englishes and Corpus Linguistics'

- Dr. Murray Munro, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada:
'How Accents Do and Don't Matter: The Role of Pronunciation in
Communication'

- Dr. Elizabeth Martin, California State University, San Bernardino, USA:
'Seducing the French with English: Bilingual Advertising Practices in
France'

- Dr. Jamie Shinhee Lee, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA:
'English for Entertainment: Accidental and Not-so-accidental Humor On Korean
TV'

For further information regarding the conference, please visit the IAWE 2010
Conference website.

Dr. Suzanne K. Hilgendorf
Associate Professor, Dept. of Linguistics
Chair, Organizing Committee for the 2010 World Englishes
Conference (July 25-27 in Vancouver)
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6
CANADA

tel: 778-782-8583
fax: 778-782-5659
e-mail: skh7@sfu.ca