学术英语写作unit 1 conference notice

SDP and Community Participation SDP and Education Management and Administration SDP and Student Centred Teaching and Management SDP and Monitoring and Evaluation of School Achievement SDP and National Curriculum Reform (School Based Curriculum, Teacher Development and Appraisal etc.)
Title of the conference
Participation ·Innovation ·Transformation Notice of an International Conference on School Development Planning
Conference Description/Objectives
Introduction of International Conference

International conference is a kind of formal meeting, often lasting for a few days. It is organized on a particular subject to bring people together who have common interests. The planning progress for holding a conference should begin very early. A chairperson is selected to make the plan. Various committees are formed, with members in charge of specific activities. These committees generally consist of Conference Organizing Committee and Conference Academic Committee. The committees are then to work out a general program, including Conference Notice, Letters of Invitation, Conference Agenda, a Call for Conference Papers, etc.
Introduction

Since we are in the academic circle, from time to time we’ll have to understand a conference notice. Sometimes we may be the organizing/ steering organization of an international conference. Then we must be able to understand or write a conference notice. That’s why we have the task here today.




Background Information


The Gansu Basic Education Project (GBEP) started in 1999. The purpose of the project is to increase enrolment in poor minority areas － thereby helping achieve universal basic education (UBE) －and to reduce the inequalities which exist in the education system. The project’s lessons are being disseminated provincially, nationally and internationally. GBEP is mainly operated in four of Gansu’s poorest counties in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (a majority Muslim area): Kangle, Hezheng, Jishishan and Dongxiang. It is funded by the British Government Department for International Development (DFID) and managed by the Gansu Provincial Education Department with support from a team of international and national consultants provided by Cambridge Education Consultants(CEC), UK The main activities of GBEP include: ……
Unit 1 Conference Notice



introduction Pedagogical Suggestions Introduction of International Conference and conference notice The Process of a Conference Conference notice sample Format and content of a conference notice Words to be used in a conference notice A summary of the lecture Writing Task
Conference Noticotice sometimes overlaps with the call for papers（征稿通知） in content. However, it is a formal way to inform the concerned parties and participants of details and requirements of the conference: such as major topics to be discussed, specific requirements, registration, accommodation, etc. Conference notice is different from invitation letter（邀请信） in that it is directed to all that might attend the conference. Thus it should provide information on conference title, time, venue and major topics to be discussed.
Dates: September 12th to 16th 2004 Venue/Location: Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China

Theme of the conference

The overall theme of the conference is School Development Planning in practice. Posters may be presented on this theme or on sub-themes as follows:
Agenda
Organisation of the Conference Conference Schedule

Organisation of the Conference

Presenters will be invited to present their project’s work in the form of a poster presentation. Posters will be mounted on a wall and author will be available to answer questions from other participants. Three poster authors will be selected to elaborate on their theme for 30 minutes on the final day of the conference.
To introduce and share GBEP experiences with the SDP pilot; To share lessons and experiences from other SDP initiatives in China and abroad

Dates and location of the Conference
Pedagogical Suggestion 教学要求



Group work of five (of the same major better), reading the samples together Analyze the layout of the samples in the group One group member is to hand in your writing after class in an e-copy, in which the group members’ names must be shown, telling who is in charge of which part. 平时分50分，期末考试50分，合计100分。