1st International Conference on Language Studies, Translation and Education was held on 15-16 of Novemberin Istanbul (Turkey).
The conference was aimed to bring experts, academicians and practitioners working in the fields of translation and language studies, education and technologies.
Experts from various countries of the world supplied their abstracts and presented their studies at the conference. It is remarkable that the representatives of all the worlds continents attended the event and it was a good opportunity to share different visions of the problems of language training, extinct languages, social factors determining the quality of language education and the learning outcomes.
Conference Program
| THURSDAY, 15 of November | |
| THURSDAY | 9.00 – 19.00 Registration |
| 14.00 – 15.00 Welcoming Coffee (Snacks included) | |
| Pre-Conference Workshops | |
| 15.00 – 16.30 Workshop “Project Management in Social Sciences, Language Studies and Education” | Prof. Dr. Iryna Sekret (Turkey) |
| 17.00 – 18.00 Workshop “Web 2.0 Tools for Integrating Technologies in Learning: Tips for Classroom Teachers” | Assis. Prof. Orhan Curaoglu (Turkey) |
| Friday, 16 of November | |
| FRIDAY | 8.00 – 09.00 Registration |
| 9.00 – 9.30 Opening the Conference | Prof. Dr. Iryna Sekret (Turkey) |
| 9..30 – 10.30 Keynote Speech: Media Mindset as a Language for Learning | Prof. Piet Kommers (Netherlands) |
| 10.30 – 11.00 Linguistic Variation as Marker of Regional Identity: A Sociolinguistic Perspective | Bushra Nawaz (Pakistan) |
| 11.00 – 11.30 Academic Writing Challenges of EFL Learners and Teachers’ Proficiency in Pakistani Higher Education | Khalid Mahmood(Pakistan) |
| 11.30 – 12.00 Improving Vocabulary of through Short Stories at Elementary Level: An Analysis (online presentation) | Prof. Muhammad Safdar Bhatti (Pakistan) |
| 12.00 – 12.30 The Impact of Feedback on the Development of Multiple Draft Composition Writing at O-Level in Lahore | Ana Ramsha(Pakistan) |
| 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Time | |
| 13.30 – 14.00 Changes in Uses of Salutations in British English (online presentation) | Ahdi Hassan(Pakistan) |
| 14.00 – 14.30 The functions of code switching in the ELT classrooms: A case study of NUML Lahore | Ana Ramsha(Pakistan) |
| 14.30 – 15.00 Realia: An Effective Tool for Improving Young Learners’ Vocabulary Skills (online presentation) | Prof. Muhammad Safdar Bhatti (Pakistan) |
| 15.00 – 15.30 Digital ELT – An Effective Aid | Isela Coronado (Bolivia) |
| 15.30 – 16.00 Developing English Communicative Skills: Feeling, Thinking, Analysing… | Prof. Dr. Iryna Sekret (Turkey) |
| 16.00 – 16.30 From Face-to-Face Teaching to Online Tutoring: Challenges, Solutions, Perspectives | Assist. Prof. Orhan Curaoglu (Turkey) |
| 16.30 – 17.30 Round Table “Global Perspective Upon the Future of the Social Sciences, Language Studies, and Education” | Prof. Piet Kommers (Netherlands) |
| 17.30 – 18.00 Closing the Conference: Conclusions and Recommendations |
