2023 BCLTS Annual Conference

Conference programme

The 20^th International Conference on Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education

The 2023 Annual International Conference of the British Chinese Language Teaching Society

The 6^th Conference on Chinese Teaching in Scotland

29 June – 1 July 2023, University of Edinburgh

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Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in the New Normal

Cross-Disciplinary Theory and Practice

新常态视角下国际中文教育的跨学科理论与实践

The 20^th International Conference on Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education

* The 2023 Annual International Conference

of the British Chinese Language Teaching Society

* The 6^th Conference on Chinese Teaching in Scotland

29^th June-1^st July 2023

Organised by the British Chinese Language Teaching Society

Hosted and Co-organised by

Confucius Institute for Scotland, the University of Edinburgh, UK

We invite submission of abstracts for conference oral presentation (25 minutes), workshops and/or panel discussions (60-minutes) and posters (see examples here). Every abstract submitted will be peer reviewed and a selection of papers will be published in the Conference Proceeding. The working languages for this conference are English and Chinese.

The theme for this conference is cross-disciplinary theory and practice and we particularly welcome submissions in the following areas:

1. Teaching Chinese in a multilingual, multicultural context
2. Applied linguistics and science of language learning
3. Design and development of teaching and learning materials
4. Technology-enhanced language learning
5. Standards and benchmarks for assessing Chinese learning
6. Second language acquisition
7. Corpus linguistics
8. National language policies
9. Teacher education and development
10. Translation and literature
11. Teaching Chinese for specific purposes

Keynote speakers

1. Thomas BAK, the University of Edinburgh, UK

    Learning Chinese in the 21^st Century: a Cognitive Neuroscientist’s Perspective

    二十一世纪的汉语学习：认知神经科学家视角

2. Professor LIU Shijuan, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Future of Chinese language teacher in the SMART Technology Era

    智能化时代下中文教师的前景

3. LU Yang, University of Nottingham, UK

    Looking Forward: Formative Assessment and Its Importance to Learning and Teaching of L2 Chinese

    展望前景：进程评估对汉语教学与学习的重要性

4. Professor WANG Lijun, Beijing Normal University, China

    基于汉字属性资源库的对外汉字教学策略

    Teaching Strategies of Chinese Characters to Foreigners Based on the Character Attribute Database

5. Professor George Xinsheng ZHANG, Richmond American University London, UK

    The Chinese Proficiency Grading Standard for International Chinese Education and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in the UK

   《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》与英国汉语外语教学

Important dates

• 1^st April 2023: Deadline for abstract submission
• 30^th April 2023: Notification of abstract acceptance
• 5^th May 2023: Early-bird registration closes
• 1^st June 2023: Conference registration closes
• 29^th June – 1^st July 2023: Conference
• 30^th September 2023: Conference full paper submission closes
• May 2024: Planned Conference proceedings completion

Abstract submission

You can submit your abstract online via this link or scan the QR Code here.  

Please make sure to include the following information.

• Full name and affiliation of the author(s)
• An abstract of approximately 260 words in English, or 400 characters in Chinese
• The corresponding author’s email address

Conference fees

Please note:

• Fees include refreshments for on-site participants
• All welcome for an optional Conference dinner (£35)
• Graduate students to supply student card identification at registration

For any further inquiries, please email Dr XU Shejiao (W.Xu1@westminster.ac.uk). If you wish to submit a full paper, please also email this to Dr XU. Visit the following websites (BCLTS) for the most up-to-date conference information.

2023 BCLTS Annual Conference Organising Committee