Task 5. Match the words (1-7) with the correct definition of the word as it is used in the announcements.

1. session

a) a formal meeting or series of meetings of an organization such as a parliament or a law court

b)a period of time or meeting arranged for a particular activity

2. key

a) a piece of metal that is used for opening or closing a lock, starting a car engine, etc.

b) any of the set of controls that you press with your fingers on a computer or

musical instrument to produce letters, numbers or musical notes (noun)

с) very important and having a lot of influence on other people or things (adj.)

3 .to hold

a) to take and keep something in your hand or arms

b) to believe an idea or opinion

с) to make something, especially a meeting or an election, happen

d) to have something, especially a position or money, or to control something

4. culture

a) ways of working that are typical of an organization

b) the ways of life, customs and beliefs of a group of people

с) activities involving music and the arts

d) the act of growing crops

5. forum

a) a situation or meeting in which people can talk about a problem or matter

especially of public interest

b) a place on the internet where people can leave messages or discuss particular subjects with other people

6. to advance

a) to go or move something forward

b) to pay someone some money before the regular time

с) to develop or improve something

7. particular

a) special, great

b) specific, this and no other

с) demanding that close attention should be given to every detail

Task 6. Look at these expressions with the word paper. Which ones have the same meaning of paper in the conference announcements?

1. to paper walls 5 a foreign policy paper

2. a paper on nanotechnology 6 paper money

3. to recycle paper 7 to submit a paper

4. a paper outline 8 a paper document

Task 7. Make sure you understand the meaning of these words and phrases from a call for papers.

to provide a platform interdisciplinary

to submit papers welcome contributions

areas of research take place

registration fee abstracts
to announce

Task 8. Work in pairs. Where do you think the words and phrases in task 7 will appear in a call for papers?

a) near the beginning

b) in the main part

с) near the end

 

Task 9. Complete the text below with words and phrases from task 7. How many of your predictions were correct?

 

For International Young Scholars Symposium

Discourse, ideology and Society (DIS)

Organised by the Discourse and Culture Academic Society (DISCAS)

Paris, France, 18-20 October 2018

Call for papers deadline: 10 August 2018

First Circular - Call for Papers

 

We would like 1____ that the first international young scholars symposium on Discourse, Ideology and Society will 2_______in France, on 18-20 October 2018. Our goal is 3____where young researchers can share their expertise, interests and passion for discourse and its multiple social, political, and cultural contexts.

This 4______ conference intends to explore the notion of discourse as socially constituted, historically shaped and ideologically conditioned, and to promote multidisciplinarity and integration across various fields of discourse and representation-related research. Bridging the gap between qualitative and quantitative approaches, we want to look for new solutions and tools that will allow us to cope with methodological challenges and will make it possible to address the discourse-society dialectics in a novel and comprehensive way.

We 5_______ from all of the following areas: linguistics, sociology, political studies, psychology, journalism and media studies, advertising, culture studies and business
communication. The contributions of BA, MA and PhD students and young researchers areparticularly encouraged. Possible 6____________ include, but are by no means limited to, the following:

- perspectives on discourse and communication

- qualitative and quantitative methodologies in discourse studies

- political discourse and communication

- stereotypes and discrimination in discourse

- discourse, ideology and conflict

- persuasion, manipulation and propaganda

- business and corporate communication

- advertising discourse

- visual communication

Confirmed keynote speakers

- Professor Jean Paul Jolly

- DrMartine Abdallah-Pretceille

- Professor Jason Gardener

 

Abstract submission

Papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions. The language of theconference is English.7_____of no more than 350 words (excluding references) should be sent by email as a Word attachment to [email protected] by 10 August 2018. Please include your name, affiliation, email address and paper title in the body of the email. Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated via email by 10 September 2018.

Proceedings

Presenters will be invited 8_______ based on the general theme for publication in a post-conference volume. A selection of papers will also be published in Papers in Pragmatics in printed and electronic formats.

Registration

The 9_______ covers a set of conference materials, coffee breaks with refreshments and access to internet facilities. The regular fee is?80. Participants from France, East European countries and other developing states (please contact the organisers to check if you qualify) will be offered a reduced fee of?50 (conference fee). Fees should be transferred by 30September 2018 to this bank account.