The Center for International Business Research (CIBER) at Florida International University (USA) and the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE) hosted in Spain are jointly organizing the 1st International Seminar on Languages for Business: A Global Approach.

Date: 5-6 June 2009
Location: Avila, Spain

The seminar intends to be a meeting point for academics carrying out research on languages for business from multidisciplinary fields. Papers on textual and discoursal analyses of languages for business, pragmatic, intercultural and cross-cultural aspects on business communication, socio-rhetorical and genre views of professional practices, as well as pedagogical implications and applications of languages for business are welcomed.

Visit the seminar website at

http://ice.unizar.es/portfolio/?page_id=97

or download the call for papers from

http://ice.unizar.es/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/borrador-call-for-papers.pdf .