X SIGET: call for symposium on genre studies

Aiming to promote a debate about processes of socialization towards academic literacy, the symposium (E.A.022 - Academic literacy in English: pedagogical practices in times of internationalization), part of the X Simposio Internacional sobre Estudios de Géneros Textuales (SIGET), welcomes presentations on pedagogical interventions and/or socialization initiatives which have a clear relationship between theory and practice. 

Suggested topics:
- Pedagogical experiences that promoted academic literacy in higher education
- Undergraduate/postgraduate students´ academic literacy learning process
- Critical socialization to the conventions of the discourse community
- Challenges to promote academic literacy in higher education
- Undergraduate /postgraduate students´ reaction to the conventions of the international publication
- General writing skills and its relationship with academic literacy

Abstracts can be submitted in English, Portuguese or Spanish and the language for presentation can also be negotiated during the symposium. 
X SIGET will take place on 16th, 17th, 18th September 2019 at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.
Submission deadline: April 30th

Please contact Marília Mendes Ferreira ([email protected]), ALES member, regarding any question you may have.