BACKGROUND

2026 PAC, ENG.SU-APLX & ETA 35th Anniversary International Symposium on English Language Teaching and Learning,themed Transformative English Education: Integrating Technology, Humanity and Sustainability, highlights the urgent need to rethink the purposes and practices of English language teaching in the 21st century. With rapid technological innovations reshaping communication, teaching and learning environments, and assessment, educators must explore how digital tools can enhance language acquisition while preserving humanistic values. Equally pressing are global concerns of equity, inclusion, and sustainability, which demand that English education move beyond functional skills to foster intercultural understanding, social responsibility, and ecological awareness. By bringing together perspectives from applied linguistics, pedagogy, technology, cultural studies, and translation and interpreting, this symposium aims to generate critical dialogues on how to integrate technological advancement with human-centered and sustainable approaches. It provides a platform for scholars and practitioners to share empirical research, pedagogical innovations, and policy insights, thereby contributing to a transformative vision of English education that is responsive to both local needs and global challenges.

 

AREAS & TOPICS

Abstracts are welcome in any area of English education, applied linguistics, and translation/interpreting studies, including but not limited to:

1. Technology and Innovation in English Education: AI-assisted learning, digital platforms, blended learning, mobile-assisted language learning, virtual exchange, gamification, and other technology-enhanced pedagogies.
2. Sustainability in Language Education: eco-pedagogies, global citizenship education, intercultural communicative competence, language learning for sustainable development, and related initiatives.
3. Human-Centered English Education: learner autonomy, social-emotional learning, inclusive education, multilingual practices, identity and voice, equity and diversity in ELT.
4. Applied Linguistics and Language Learning: pragmatics, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, multimodality, language and culture, language assessment, and related areas.
5. Bilingual and Multilingual Education: English medium instruction (EMI), CLIL, bilingual teacher education and professional development, and bilingual acquisition.
6. ESP Research and Teaching: English for professional and academic purposes across fields such as business, management, science, technology, and tourism; ESP curriculum design and innovation.
7. Translation and Interpreting Studies: translation/interpreting theory and practice, translation/interpreting and technology, multimedia/audiovisual translation, intercultural mediation, localization, and news translation.
8. Other Topics: literature and language teaching, creative pedagogy, interdisciplinary approaches to English education.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

• Abstracts should be 200–300 words.
• Abstract submission deadline: March 1, 2026.
• Notification of abstract acceptance: April 15, 2026.
• Full paper submission: September 1, 2026.
• Notification of full paper acceptance: October 15, 2026.

TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS

1. Oral Presentation: Each paper will be allocated 25 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion.
2. Workshop: Each workshop will be allocated50 minutes for presentation.
3. Panel Discussions: Each panel will be allocated 50 minutes for discussion.
4. Poster Presentation: A dedicated area and time slot will be arranged for display and discussion of posters.