Promoting the success of the International Graduate Research Symposium (IGRS) for MA and PhD students, which has been held at the University of Languages and International Studies – Vietnam National University, Hanoi (ULIS-VNU) for five consecutive years, ULIS-VNU continues to organize the 7^th IGRS in 2024. The organizing committee respectfully announces and invites national and international MA and PhD students to register and submit full papers to participate in the Symposium. Specific information is as follows.

Call for papers of 2024 IGRS in Vietnamese, click here!

Call for papers of 2024 IGRS in English, click here!

1.  Dates: October 24-26, 2024

– October 24-25, 2024: Pre-symposium workshops and seminars

– October 26, 2024: Symposium plenary and parallel sessions

2. Venue: the University of Languages and International Studies – VNU, No. 2 Pham Van Dong Str., Cau Giay Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam.
3. Key-note Speakers

Dr. Raqib Chowdhury, Monash, Australia: Family language policy (FLP) in Vietnamese context

Assoc. Prof. Melissa Barnes, Monash, Australia: Authentic language use: Explicitly teaching and assessing language competencies

Dr. Edwin Creely, Monash, Australia: Innovating Language Learning: Creativity, Creative Pedagogies and Technologies in the 21st Century

Asoc. Prof. Jonathan Newton, Victoria Wellington, New Zealand: Why do teachers teach? How do teachers teach? So what?

4. Content areas– Linguistics: Phonetics and Phonology, Grammatical approaches (Functional Grammar, Transformational-Generative Grammar, Structural Grammar, etc.), Lexicology, Semantics, Stylistics, Rhetoric, Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, Conversation Analysis, Pragmatics, Cross-Cultural Pragmatics, Cognitive Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, etc.

– Foreign Language Education: Foreign Language Teaching Methods, Psychology in Foreign Language Teaching, Second Language Acquisition, Theories of Learning, Bilingual Education, Curriculum and Materials Development, Testing and Assessment, Technology in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, Language Policy and Language Policy Implementation, World Englishes, Foreign Language Teaching for Specific Purposes, Literature in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, etc.

– Interdisciplinary Studies: International Studies, Regional Studies, American Studies, Socio-linguistics, Socio-cultural Linguistics, Literary Linguistics, Intercultural Communication, Translation Studies, Language and Media, etc.

5. Languages of the papers: Vietnamese or foreign languages
6. Languages of the presentations: Vietnamese or foreign languages
7. Symposium proceedings: Full papers will be peer-reviewed and edited to be published in the Symposium proceedings with ISBN by VNU Press.
8. Registration and paper submission

8.1. Registration

– Attendance registration form, paper title, and abstract should be submitted to the organizing committee before March 31, 2024, online through the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScx7WAohDT9yRLd48hKTchXp9B9sseWiCiExl9fXyVWrMtXqw/viewform?usp=pp_url

– Paper title: a maximum of 20 words

– Abstract:  250-300 words

8.2. Full papers:

– Full papers must be submitted online through ulis.grs@gmail.com. The email subject should be “2024 IGRS presentation”.

     – Full papers should be 6 to 12 pages (around 3,000 to 6,000 words).

+ Format: Times News Roman font at 13 or 14 for English, Russian, and French; 13.5 or 14 for Chinese; and 12 for Japanese and Korean. Character spacing is at normal level; the space between characters must not be compressed or expanded; Line spacing is set at 1,5 lines (1.2 lines for Japanese and Korean); top margin 3.5 cm; bottom margin 3 cm; left margin 3.5 cm; right margin 2 cm.

– The paper presentation order:

1. Paper title: Upper case & bold letters at 14 in word size; Full name of the author(s): lower case, bold letters (e.g: Nguyen Van A); The training institution name: lower case, bold letters (e.g: University of Languages and International Studies – VNU); Workplace(s): lower case, bold, italic letters (e.g: University of Languages and International Studies – VNU); Email address; Phone number.
2. Abstract: 250 – 300 words;
3. Keywords: 4-5 words or phrases;
4. Main text: Main headings in the main text: upper case, bold letters; Sub-headings in the main text: lower case, bold letters;
5. References: APA (7^th Edition) style.

Notes:

– Papers written in Vietnamese or foreign languages other than English must include the title, abstract and keywords in English at the end of the paper after the reference page.

– Papers written in English must include the title, abstract and keywords in Vietnamese at the end of the paper after the reference page. (NB: this requirement does not apply to international students).

The deadline for the submission of full papers or posters: July 31, 2024.

– Presenters will be notified of the paper review result and acceptance by September 30, 2024.

8.3. Presentation at the Symposium:

– Oral presentation: Each paper includes 10 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. The presentation slides should be prepared in PPT software 2010 according to the agenda of the organizing committee.

– Poster presentation: Each poster is presented on a 60 x 160 cm page with jpg format. The poster should be submitted in jpg format before September 30, 2024, online to the email address: ulis.grs@gmail.com. The email subject should be “2024 IGRS Poster Presentation”. The posters must be prepared by the presenters. The organizing committee will arrange the poster frame in accordance with the regulated size.

8. Symposium attendance fee and payment method

8.1. Symposium attendance fee

– Participant attending the Symposium, having a paper published in the proceedings and receiving a printed copy of the Symposium proceedings, and enjoying a buffet lunch: 2.900.000 VND

     – Participants attending the Symposium, receiving a printed copy of the Symposium proceedings and enjoying a buffet lunch: 1.000.000 VND

     – Participants attending the Symposium and receiving a printed copy of the Symposium proceedings: 700.000 VND

     – For Symposium attendance only: 300.000 VND

8.2. Payment Method: bank transfer

– Domestic transfer:

Beneficiary: TRUONG DAI HOC NGOAI NGU – DHQGHN

Account Number: 21510008969696

Beneficiary Bank: Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Cau Giay Branch

The details of the bank transfer should include: Full name, Attendance fee of IGRS 2024

– Overseas transfer:

Beneficiary: TRUONG DAI HOC NGOAI NGU – DHQGHN

Account Number: 21510008969696

Beneficiary Bank: Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Cau Giay Branch

The details of the bank transfer should include: Full name, Attendance fee of IGRS 2024

Add: 99 Tran Dang Ninh Str., Cau Giay Dist., Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Swift Code: BIDVVNVX

8.3. Deadline for payment: July 31, 2024

Notes: On paying the Symposium attendance fee, the candidate’s attendance will be officially confirmed. If the candidate submits the paper without paying the fee, the paper will not be peer-reviewed for publication.

9. Contact Information:

For further information, please contact Ms. Tran Thi Phuong Nhung, M.A., Tel.: 84-988738588 or Ms. Nguyen Thi Ai Anh, M.A, Tel: 84-936244005 – Staff members of the Graduate Studies Faculty, the University of Languages and International Studies – Vietnam National University. Email: ulis.grs@gmail.com.

This Call for papers is also available at: https://saudaihoc.ulis.vnu.edu.vn/igrs or http://www.ulis.vnu.edu.vn.

The organizing committee hopes to receive the attention and participation of national and international agencies, institutions, scholars, faculty, MA and PhD students.

Sincerely./.