The aim of the conference is to create a forum for discussion and exchange of experiences for practitioners, teachers, translators, representatives of business and administration, theoreticians, researchers who specialize in specialist languages, business communication, international cooperation. The conference will be divided into three sections: didactics of specialist languages, translation of specialist texts, linguistic studies in the area of specialist languages and discourse.

PLENRARY LECTURES

dr hab. prof. UR Paweł Bąk
dr Joseph Ohimor

THEMATIC AREAS

The didactics of specialist languages:
- the specificity of teaching specialist languages,
- the application of new methods and technologies in teaching specialist languages,
- new methodologies and modern solutions in didactics,
- the development of specialist language teaching programmes, taking account of the individual needs of learners and the requirements of both the labour market and employers,
- teacher training in the field of specialist languages.

Specialist translatology:
- problems related to the translation of specialist texts,
- tools used in the translation of specialist texts,
- methods enhancing the process of translation,
- the development of databases and comparison of specialist terminology,
- the extra-linguistic knowledge of the translator and the development of his competences.

Linguistic studies:
- types of specialist languages and attempts to define them,
- comparative studies in the field of specialist languages, including the comparative analyses of the specialist languages and general language,
- corpus studies, discourse analysis and issues related to the syntax, semantics and stylistics of specialist languages,
- genre-specific features of specialist languages,
- specialist languages and the theory of general communication.

REGISTRATION

If you are interested in presenting a paper, submit an abstract (200-350 words) in English or in Polish.

Registration is available at:
http://languages2023.ur.edu.pl/en/registration.php

IMPORTANT DATES

31 May 2023 – deadline for submission of abstracts
15 June 2023 – notification of abstract proposal acceptance
30 June 2023 – deadline for payment for presenting participants and non-presenting participants

PUBLICATION

We are planning to publish an edited volume after the conference.
31 October 2023 – deadline for submission of full texts of articles for publication

CONFERENCE FEE

The conference fee is 450 PLN/100 EUR or participants with a presentation. The fee includes conference materials, certificate of attendance, coffee breaks, as well as the publication of articles (after a positive review) in a monograph.

The conference fee for participants without a presentation is 120 PLN/30 EUR. Payments should be made into the bank account of the University of Rzeszów.

Transfer name: “Specialist Languages."

For payments in Polish currency:

Account number: 26 1240 6960 1562 0000 0220 0145

For payments in foreign currency:

Account number: 90 1240 2614 1111 0000 3970 213

Scientific Committee
prof. zw. dr hab. Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (PWSZ Konin)
prof. zw. dr hab. Sambor Grucza (Uniwersytet Warszawski)
prof. zw. dr hab. Olena Petrashchuk (Uniwersytet Warszawski)
prof. nadzw. dr hab. Teodor Hrehovčik (Prešovská univerzita)
prof. nadzw. dr hab. Piotr Mamet (Nauk Społecznych i Filologii Obcych Politechniki Śląskiej)
prof. nadzw. dr hab. Stanisław Goźdź-Roszkowski (Uniwersytet Łódzki)
prof. nadzw. dr hab. Łukasz Grabowski (Uniwersytet Opolski)
prof. nadzw. dr hab. Agnieszka Uberman (Uniwersytet Rzeszowski)
prof. José Mateo Martínez (Universidad de Alicante)
prof. nadzw. dr hab. Anna Bączkowska (Uniwersytet Gdański)
dr hab. Karolina Kaczmarek (Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu)
dr hab. Konrad Klimkowski (Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski)
dr Jolanta Łącka-Badura (Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach)
dr Sławomir Schultis (Uniwersytet Rzeszowski)

Organising Committee
dr hab. prof. UR Marcin Grygiel
dr Sławomir Schultis
dr Marta Kobylska
mgr Magdalena Nowosad-Księcikowska