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Second Language Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

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The Arabic Unit at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Al Akhawayn, in collaboration with the Free State University in South Africa, are happy to announce the international conference titled:

Second Language Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century : 

تعليم اللغات الثانية وتعلمها في ضوء مهارات القرن الواحد والعشرين

This conference is open to professionals and academic researchers specializing in the field of second language teaching. Participants will have the opportunity to partake in a wide range of professional development sessions and workshops led by experts and peers who share similar interests.

The event will span over three days, taking place from May 23rd to May 25th, 2024. For more comprehensive conference details and registration information, please visit the conference official website http://secondlanguageconf2024.aui.ma/. In addition to panels and individual sessions, we will also be offering workshops.

We invite you to submit an abstract through our website. Abstract submissions will be accepted until midnight on December 1st, 2023.

The purpose of this conference is to serve as a platform to showcase the latest advances and best practices in the use of 21st-Century skills, corpus linguistics, digital humanities, and AI technologies in second language instruction. It will allow participants to exchange ideas, share experiences, and collaborate on designing effective strategies and curricula for enhancing second language learning and instruction.

This event will bring together professionals, teachers, academics, policymakers, and curriculum developers to explore innovative techniques that promote independent language learning and equip students with essential 21st-Century skills. The conference will provide a platform to discuss key issues related to the teaching of second languages in the 21st Century. We will explore field research, share best practices, and collaborate on developing new curricula that address the evolving needs of language learners. Attendees can expect a variety of engaging sessions, including individual oral and poster presentations, workshops, panels, round-table discussions, and a world café.We are considering various opportunities for publication, including in reputable and indexed journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, or an edited book. Further details will be provided in due course.

Languages of the Conference: English and Arabic

Guidelines for submission of abstracts:

We invite submissions of abstracts related to the conference strands mentioned above. Share your latest advances and best practices in the use of 21st-Century skills, corpus linguistics, digital humanities, and AI technologies in second language instruction. Together, we will exchange ideas, share experiences, and collaborate on designing effective strategies and curricula for enhancing second language instruction. To ensure consistency, please adhere to the following guidelines:

  • Title: Clearly indicate the title of your paper (English or Arabic only).
  • Extended Abstract: Between 700 and 1000 words.
  • Paper content: should reflect both theoretical and practical aspects of the topic you will be discussing in your paper.

We look forward to your participation and contributions to this important conference on teaching second languages in the 21st century.

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A place where inspiration finds you

The 5th IEEE Conference on Smart Cities and Innovative Systems will be held at the IEEE CiSt'23 Congress, the week of December 16th – 22nd 2023, in Agadir - Essaouira, Morocco.

The main objective of this conference is to bring together academic scientists, research scholars, and industrials to share and exchange their latest developments and advances on specific aspects related to smart city technological development. Indeed, developing Smart Cities by acquiring cutting-edge technological platforms and systems is an ongoing global effort where integration and convergence of Electrical/Electronic, hardware, software, and wireless communication systems in intelligible platforms is a need for ensuring sophisticated and standardized city-scale infrastructure deployments. Yet, despite these possibilities, researchers and practitioners are still facing a broad range of conceptual and technical challenges when targeting the city as an application scenario.

Therefore, this conference is an opportunity for participants to exchange ideas on solutions and to present their latest research results, fostering the discussion on what should be the future technological trend in areas like Wireless Connectivity, Electrical/Electronic devices, Embedded Technologies, and Network architectures for building efficient and innovative solutions for smart cities.

Topics

We solicit submissions of original ideas and papers describing results and developments from both researchers and practitioners in fields addressing directions in the following interdisciplinary topics:

  • Intelligent Transportation Systems and Smart Mobility
  • Territorial Intelligence
  • Smart Services, Urban Logistics Innovations, and Smart Manufacturing
  • Smart Building and Domotic Automation
  • Smart Grids
  • Smart Electrical / Electronic devices, Microelectronic design
  • Integrated circuits and Embedded Technologies
  • Internet of Things networking and communication
  • Vehicular ad-hoc networks and wireless connectivity
  • Sensing and Smart Products for Energy, Irrigation, and Agriculture
  • Cyber Security for Smart Cities

Chair

Pr. Yassine Salih Alj, School of Science & Engineering, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco

Paper submission

Prospective authors should submit by using EDAS online paper submission platform, a paper of up to 6 pages describing their original work using the IEEE template.

Publication

Accepted papers will be published in the proceeding in the IEEE Xplore Library, Scopus, and DBLP. Furthermore, authors of high-quality contributions will be invited to submit an extended version of their work for potential publication in a special issue/section of an international journal.

Important dates

  • Paper Submission: May 07, 2023
  • Acceptance Notification: June 25, 2023
  • Camera-ready Submission: July 30, 2023
  • Author's Registration: September 13, 2023

Contact information

For any inquiry, contact us by email at: cist@ieee.ma http://www.ieee.ma/cist23/

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