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ICLLT 2015
November 24-26, 2015

Department of English
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Higher Education Commission of Pakistan

&
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
PR E S E N T
2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE TEACHING

ICLLT BAHAWALPUR, NOV 24-26, 2015

Event & Information

Department of English

Welcome to
the land of the great Sufi poet of peace and love

Hazrat Khawaja Ghulam Farid (RA)

Whom the creatures struggle to seek

He is with Farid every morn and eve

TIME-HONORED OASIS OF EXCELLENCE

The patronage of Sufis and scholars has always blessed the land of southern
Punjab. Khawaja Ghaluam Farid, Shah Rukne Alam, Bahaudin Zakria Multani are
some of the few saints who quenched the thirst of the knowledge seekers. The
state of Bahawalpur was lucky to have some knowledge friendly patrons as its
rulers who left no stone unturned to plant the flowers of learning in the
otherwise sandy dunes of Cholistan. Since its inception in 1974, the Islamia
University Bahawalpur has strived hard to follow the footsteps of the great
saints and has filled the mind and hearts of the youth of this area with an urge
to seek knowledge. The scholars of the land also contributed to this mission and
helped in the development of this great institution of the renowned state. The
rapidly growing university which has been working for years for the educational
and socio-economic betterment of the people of the region is going to reach
another milestone by welcoming the scholars to the 2nd International
Conference on Linguistics and Language Teaching in November 2015 at its
Baghdad-ul-jadedcampus in Bahawalpur, a prominent city of the Southern
Punjab.

Success Story of Academic Excellence

From the concerted platform of our prestigious institution and the
indulgent Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, we feel proud to
announce the commencement of the 2nd International Conference on
Linguistics and Language Teaching 2015. This reflects the unyielding
determination of our institution and unflinching support of the Higher
Education Commission of Pakistan to promote research and learning in
southern region of Punjab. The Journey towards excellence has borne
fruits now in the form of scintillating galaxy of the scholars serving in high
ranking Universities of Pakistan. The culmination of the transformative
drive launched by HEC will be beautifully seen in the academic
congregation which is to be held in November where we will offer red
carpet welcome to all our guests from far off areas of Pakistan.

OUR AIMS & OBJECTIVES

The objective of this three-day conference is to provide an educational platform
or forum for interaction to national and international delegates, researchers,
scholars and experts in the field of linguistics and language teaching. Through
the oral and poster presentations and plenary speakers talks, the conference
shall provide our academic staff, indigenous scholars and postgraduate students
an exposure to the latest research achievements made in the field. In addition
to that, the event will provide an exciting opportunity to build academic
relationships

and

explore

possibilities

and

capabilities

of

research

collaborations, long lasting cooperation on national and international levels.

The papers presented at the conference shall be published in the Book of
proceedings. Thematic scope of the conference is wide open and focuses on
various areas of linguistics and language teaching such as applied linguistics,
sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, language therapy and English Language
Teaching (ELT). Our aim is to provide a platform to the budding researchers in
the field of linguistics. The young researchers will get exposure to the foreign
and local studies done in the field of linguistics. The young mind will come to
know how theoretical knowledge can be made practical and applicable.

ICLLT 2013 HIGHLIGHTS

Three-day conference
7 plenary sessions in the Main Auditorium conducted by
Prof. Dr. ShazraMunnawer (NUML Islamabad)
Monica Loungo ( Italy)
Dr. Habibullah Pathan (Mehran University, Sindh)
Prof. Dr. Saiqa Imtiaz Asif ( Bahauddin Zakariya Multan)
Prof. Dr. Robert J. Dickey (South Korea)
Bushra Ahmad Khurram (University of Karachi)
Ms Kamola Ergasheva (Institute of Oriental languages, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan)
Prof. Dr Anwar Al-Athwary ( Najran University, KSA)

5 Academic sessions
124 parallel (oral) presentations in 7 conference rooms
on Applied linguistics, CALL, Sociolinguistics, Stylistics,
language and gender, discourse, Phonetics and
phonology , Urdu linguistics, Central Asian languages and
Urdu and Regional Languages of Pakistan.
5 poster presentations
4 plenary sessions by foreign speakers

 Giving out Certificates and conference kits (bags,

program book, book of abstracts, pen and notebook) to
conference attendees
Lunch & tea for the participants and presenters
Online and on the spot registration
City tour

ICLLT 2013 IN PICTURES

SEMINAR ON LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE FEB 10, 2015 , IN PICTURES

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR ICLLT 2015

Language is the most vital aspect of human existence. Language brings us closer
to our fellow beings and becomes an important instrument in our socio-cultural
life. A global language like English has reduced the geographical distances and
has widened the scope of global contacts. This all pervasive impact of this
language has drawn the attention of the scholars to make it subject of inquiry
and we have a large store house of research works on English language teaching
and foresee to have much more through our academic congregation.

This conference focuses not only on issues related to language pedagogy but
also helps explore what researchers of linguistics can do to resolve social
problems related to language, notably the conflicts which claim lives at large. In
order to discuss these and other such issues of applied linguistics,
sociolinguistics and other areas of linguistics, the English department of the
Islamia University of Bahawalpur is organizing the Second International
Conference on Linguistics &Language Teaching.

The conference is scheduled to be held in November 2015. The aim of the

conference is also to boost research on linguistics and language teaching in
Pakistan by providing a broad and multi-disciplinary platform to the national
and international researchers to discuss the recent findings of their studies in
linguistics and language teaching. The event will provide an exciting opportunity
to build academic relationships and explore possibilities and capabilities of

research collaboration on national and international levels. You are cordially

invited to send abstracts of your papers to icllt2015@gmail.com by September
21, 2015. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words (for thirty-minute
presentations). Abstracts should be sent as attachments in MS Word format. Do
not forget to include your biographical details in the body of the email.
Abstracts are invited in any area of linguistics but we especially welcome those
that deal with areas listed on the next page. The conference offers oral and
poster modes of presentations. Selected papers will be published in the book of
the proceedings of the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES
Last Date for Submission of Abstracts September 21, 2015.
Intimation of abstract approval: September 27, 2015
Last date for registration: October 15, 2015
Full Paper Submission: October 17, 2015
Opening ceremony of the Conference: Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Second day of the Conference: Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Closing ceremony of the Conference: Thursday, November 26, 2015
Registration Fee
Local Participants: Pakistani Rupees 3000.
Foreign Participants: $ 70

For details contact :

Prof. Dr. Mamuna Ghani
Principal Organizer of the Conference
Dean Faculty of Arts
& Dean Faculty of Islamic learning
Ph.: 0092629255465
E-mail: drghani2009@yahoo.com
Icllt2015@gmail.com

CONFERENCE VENUE
The conference will take place at Baghdad-ul-jadid campus of the Islamia
University of Bahawalpur. The campus is situated on Hasilpur Road at twentyminute drive from the city and houses departments of various disciplines,
hostels for students and faculty members , central library, a grand mosque, a
bank, a post office and a medical centre. This peaceful oasis of knowledge,
learning and research is decked with flowerbeds, green lawns, farms and
orchards. The opening and closing ceremonies and the plenary sessions will take
place at the Main Auditorium of the campus. Non-plenary presentations will
take place in conference rooms at the same campus. The university buses
shuttle between its city campus and Baghdad-ul-jadid campus every 30 minutes
on working days.

CONFERENCE FOCAL PERSON

Prof. Dr. Mamuna Ghani, one of the most prolific research supervisors in
linguistics in Pakistan, is the principal organizer of the conference. She did her
PhD under the supervision of Phil Scholfield in 2002 from the University of
Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom. These days, she is the Dean Faculty of Arts
and Islamic learning. She is also the current chairperson of the department of
English at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

She is member of a

number of academic bodies of various universities and editorial boards of the

Journal of Language by LAP, (Linguistic Association of Pakistan) and the research
journal IJRAH by the University of Sindh, Pakistan.

For the past 25 years, our linguist has written extensively in Pakistani and
foreign journals of linguistics on issues related to TEFL, applied linguistics and
sociolinguistics.

Her special interests include motivation and anxiety in

language learning, multilingualism, code-switching, language and social class,

language and gender, effects of attitude and motivation on second and first
language learning. This renowned educationist of Pakistan wants to go extra
mile in spreading education to the remote areas of the country. Under her
supervision, students from the far flung areas of Pakistan have secured M.Phil
and doctorate degrees. She has been offering PhD admissions to students since
2003.She has produced 12 PhDs within a short span of 12 years. Her students
are serving in the field of ELT in various national and foreign educational
institutes, colleges and universities.

She has visited a number of universities of the USA and UK on official

educational trips in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, she attended worlds renowned
TESOL conference entitled The TESOL International Convention & English
Language Expo held in Portland Oregon, USA on 26-29 March 2014. The TESOL
convention gave her opportunities to develop research collaborations with the
eminent linguists from across the world. She worked and teamed up with other
educationists and linguists on educational leadership, professional development
and evaluation methodology, English language program planning, educational
policy development, budgeting and finance for higher education integrating
university-based ESL programs. In 2015 she toured the University of Glasgow
with a group of educationists of Pakistan.

She likes to stage research events to facilitate innovative display of indigenous

research scholars. She organized the

2013 International Conference on

Linguistics & Language Teaching 2013 (ICLLT 2013), One-day National Seminar
on Linguistics and Literature, February 10, 2014 and several workshops on
research and language learning held at the department of English , the Islamia
University of Bahawalpur. The current conference is another milestone in her
phenomenal career.
With her incessant struggle, personal sacrifices and singlehanded efforts, she
has created an oases of learning, quality higher education and research in
Bahawalpur despite limited resources. She believes in giving opportunities to
young scholars and promising researchers. She has tried to make a difference in
the professional lives of hundreds of people. In fact, the vision of this visionary
is multiplying day by day when we consider the large number of her research
scholars who are working with her and expanding the frontiers of linguistics and
social sciences in Pakistan.

Looking forward to see you

Bahawalpur
Nov 24-26
2015

Department of English
The Islamia University
of Bahawalpur
Pakistan