ABSTRACT GUIDELINES
Title: It should be no more than 15 words and use title case style (the first letter of each word is capitalized, except for small words).
Abstract: It should be between 150 and 200 words (Please do not add any in-text citations)
For research-based submissions (20 minutes presentation), the abstract should include:
- Background of the study
- Research gaps
- Research aims
- Methodology (Design, Participants, data collection and analysis)
- Key results/ Key findings
- Implications (if any)
- 3-5 Keywords
For practice-based ( 20-minute workshops) submissions, the abstract should include:
- Rationale
- Theoretical support
- Brief description of practices
- Participants’ outcomes
- 3-5 Keywords
Sub-themes: You’re invited to make an abstract submission to one of the sub-themes below:
- Language Teaching Methodologies and Classroom Practices
- Teacher Education and Professional Development in Language Education
- Learner Identity, Motivation, and Agency
- Technology in Formal and Informal Contexts
- AI and Power in Language Education
- Critical Digital Literacies and Teacher/Student Agency
- Globalization, Decolonization and Language Policy
- Accountability Frameworks in Language Education
- High-Stakes Language Assessment and Educational Governance
- Teacher Well-Being, Emotion Labor, and Professional Identity
- Student Well-Being and High-Stakes Language Testing
- Well-Being, Equity, and Social Justice in Language Education
- Teaching Chinese/ Japanese/ Korean
Profile: The presenter should include their a profile (approx. 80 words) including their position, institution, country, skills taught, research interests and experiences.
Important notes:
- Reject: The abstract will be rejected immediately if it does not meet the word count requirement, contain many language inaccuracies, and/or plagiarism is detected.
- Submission limit: each speaker will be limited to one abstract submission in which the speaker is a main presenter and one abstract submission in which the speaker is a co-presenter.
- Review process: All submissions will undergo a supportive, fast-track review process. Abstract submission results will be released in March, 2025.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION SYSTEM
Instructions for submitting an abstract to OpenTESOL’s conference platform (https://program.opentesol.org/) can be found below.
NOTE:
The submission process is completed when you can see your abstract posted on the system, and there is no noticing email for a successfully posted abstract sent to your mailbox.
If you cannot find the ‘enroll me’ button. Please sign out, close the tab/ browser, access https://program.opentesol.org (do not sign in yet), click on ‘the 14th openTESOL’ in the webpage, sign in, then click the ‘self enroll’ button in the webpage.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
For technical support, please direct your request to opentesolconference@ou.edu.vn
