THIRD CIRCULAR ELT Department of Faculty of Education, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey 4 th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Language in Focus: Multiple Perceptual Frames on ELT and SLA Famagusta, Cyprus March 2-4, 2017 Dear Colleague, The process of revising the proposals by our Scientific Committee has finished and we are very happy to inform you that we have more than 200 conference participants. We would like to kindly remind you about the payment. CONFERENCE FEE The conference / registration fee (paper / workshop / poster and participation), which covers registration fee, conference materials, welcome cocktail, ultra all-inclusive accommodation (March 1-4, 2017 - three days) refreshments during the coffee breaks, conference dinner and the cost of subsequent publication is: 425 (early registration fee paid by December 16 th, 2016) o if paid via Mail Order with Credit Card, additional 9 transaction fee) 450 (regular registration fee paid by January 20 th, 2017) o if paid via Mail Order with Credit Card, additional 10 transaction fee)!!! The conference / registration fee COVERS all-inclusive accommodation including all meals and drinks for 24 hours!!! The conference fee if sent via bank transfer should be paid according to the following bank details:
Name of the Bank: TURKIYE GARANTI BANKASI A.S. IBAN: TR61 0006 2000 0510 0009 089141 Account Holder: MFM TRIO TURIZM SEYAHAT ORGANIZASYON VE OTO KIRALAMA TIC. LTD. Currency: EUR SWIFT (BIC) Code: TGBATRIS The title of the payment: LIF2017 + your name. If you wish to pay via Mail Order, please check the website for Mail Order Form. All authors willing to participate as speakers in the conference need to pay their registration fee by December 16 th, 2016 (early registration fee) or by January 20 th, 2017 (regular registration fee) and send the scanned transaction document to the conference e-mail: lif2017@languageinfocus.org The copy of a bank transfer / credit card payment will be the proof of payment; mandate of payment will not be sufficient.!!! Please, note that bank transaction fees will be covered by the participants and once the conference fee is paid it will NOT be returned!!! CONFERENCE VENUE The conference fee covers accommodation in a 5* hotel Kaya Artemis Resort for three nights (arrival date: 1 st of March 2017 / departure date: 4 th of March 2017). However, if you plan to arrive earlier or stay longer in the hotel, please send us your requests and we will arrange everything with the hotel. TRANSFER FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE HOTEL The fastest and most comfortable way of reaching the conference venue is using the airway. The nearest airports are Larnaka Airport (Greek Part of Cyprus) and Ercan Airport (Turkish Part of Cyprus). Turkish Airlines operates several direct (nonstop) flights from Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST) We are going to arrange transport, which is going to take you directly to the conference venue on 1 st of March 2017 and back to the airports on 4 th of March 2017. All the details will be provided in our 4 th circular in January 2017.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME The conference programme will be published on our website and distributed to our conference participants on 5 th of February 2017. In order to help you organise your travel, we would like to provide you with a preliminary programme: Thursday 2 March 2017 8.00-9.00 Conference registration 10.00-12.00 9.00-9.15 9.15-10.45 Opening statements: Plenary Sessions 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-14.45 Plenary Session 14.45-15.00 Coffee break 15.00-17.00 Sessions 17.00-17.15 Coffee break 17.15-19.15 Sessions 19.30-21.00 Dinner Friday 3 March 2017 10.00-12.00 Conference registration 9.15-10.45 Plenary Sessions 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-14.45 Plenary Session 14.45-15.00 Coffee break 15.00-17.00 Sessions 17.00-17.15 Coffee break 17.15-19.15 Sessions 20.00-??? Conference Dinner Saturday 4 March 2017 9.15-10.45 Plenary Session 13.00-13.15 Closing remarks 13.15-14.15 Lunch
AVAILABLE TOURS We have received a lot of e-mails in which our conference participants ask us about available tours during the conference. Please, find the initial information concerning the tours available below: 1. Full Day Kyrenia (Gyrne) Tour (available every day / 2-4 March 2017) price: 70 2. Full Day Nicosia (Lefkosa) Tour (available every day / 2-4 March 2017) price: 70 3. Full Day Karpoz Tour (available every day / 2-4 March 2017) price: 70 4. Full Day Famagusta (Gazimağusa) Tour (available every day / 2-4 March 2017) price: 70 5. Full Day Morphou (Güzelyurt) Tour (available every day / 2-4 March 2017) price: 70 A detailed description of the tours together with the prices will be provided in our 4 th circular in January 2017. It will be possible to you sign up for the tours during the conference and pay on-site. FURTHER INFORMATION We would like to invite you to join us on facebook (LIF-Language in Focus Conference) and twitter (LIFconference) Queries regarding the event can be sent to lif2017@languageinfocus.org All those wishing to present papers, posters, prepare a workshop or just to attend presentations are welcome to participate in the conference. In the meantime, we wish you a very peaceful winter and A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017! MAY ALL YOUR PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC DREAMS COME TRUE
We look forward to hearing from you. With best regards, Conference Organisers: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cem Can Assist. Prof. Dr. Abdurrahman Kilimci Dr. Katarzyna Papaja Conference Assistants: Tuğba Şimșek, MA Fatih Ünal Bozdağ, MA Conference website: http://www.languageinfocus.org Conference e-mail: lif2017@languageinfocus.org