Please find below details of the next CercleS' International Conference 
in Antwerp, 14-16 September 2000, as announced in Bulletin 11 (in press):


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                  FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
                       ANTWERP 14-16 SEPTEMBER 2000


Members will recall that previous biennial conferences were held in
Bordeaux (RANACLES, 1992), Hull (DULC, 1994), Dresden (AKS, 1996) and
Bergamo (AICLU, 1998). The 6th CercleS International Conference will be
hosted by NUT (Nederlandstalige Universitaire Talencentra) at the
University of Antwerp/UFSIA in central Antwerp. The chosen theme
promises to produce a quality event, and the conference will be held in
what is a superb venue. The theme will enable CercleS members to
consider how best to build quality into their provision.

Antwerp is particularly easy to reach by road, rail and air, and its
proximity to Brussels means that international flights are both frequent
and relatively cheap. Antwerp was European City of Culture in 1993, and
is a popular and historic Dutch-speaking Belgian city.
A more detailed programme will be published in the next Bulletin
(February/March 2000), together with registration forms and additional
guidance for those wishing to read papers.


Conference Committee:

Pol Cuvelier, Valere Meus, Guust Meijers, Annie van Avermaet, Charles
van Leeuwen, Kris Vandepoel, Bert Weltens.


Whilst the Conference will adhere to the established format for CercleS
international conferences, arrangements have been slightly modified in
the light of past experience. The key features are as follows:


Themes    Papers are invited which address quality issues in the 
following priority areas:

     o    Incorporating Intercultural Communicative Competence
     o    Languages for Special Purposes
     o    Less Widely Spoken Languages/Languages of New Member States
     o    New Challenges for Language Centre Management (new 	technologies,
distance learning,...)
     o    Quality and the European Framework/European Language Portfolio
     o    The Changing Role of Language Trainers

Members of NUT will convene the six sections once papers have been
selected in March.


Sessions:

There will be one invited plenary address and approximately forty
20-minute slots in several parallel sessions. Any person may propose a
paper, but preference will be given to speakers from member
institutions, and to papers of high quality and suitability.


Proposals for Papers:

Papers are invited which relate to one of the themes of the conference.
Proposals should consist of an abstract, preferably written in English,
some 200 words in length on a single side of A4 paper, and including
full contact details. Abstracts may be submitted by mail, email or fax.
They must be of a standard appropriate for publication in the
Conference Programme.


Deadline for Abstracts:

Abstracts will not be considered after 29 February 2000. The organising
committee and CercleS Executive will examine proposals for papers. Those
proposing papers will be contacted by convenors at the end of March.


Proceedings:

Authors will be invited to submit their papers for publication by 31
October 2000. All papers will be refereed, and selected papers will be
edited and published by CercleS in September/October 2001. They will
follow the style established in previous published Proceedings.


Conference fee:

o75 Euros for delegates from 'soft currency' countries, early-bird
     registration (by 1 May) of members of CercleS's national and
     transnational affiliates and for Associate Members
o50 Euros for students
o100 Euros for all other participants

The fee will cover admission to the conference, lunches and
refreshments, coffee breaks, and a copy of the published Proceedings.
Additional charges will be made for the conference dinner and the
cultural programme.


Conference Secretariat:

>From 15 April onwards, a conference office will help delegates book
their accommodation and plan their journeys, and will maintain
information on a conference web site.


CercleS CC:

The Co-ordinating Committee will meet before the start of the conference
on Thursday 14 September. One of its main tasks will be the election of
Officers for the period from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2002.


CercleS General Meeting:

The General Meeting will take place on Friday afternoon, 15 September
2000.



For further information please contact:

     o CercleS Secretariat
          Department of Modern Languages
          University of Plymouth
          Drake Circus
          Plymouth.
          PL8 4AA
          UK
          Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1752 232249
          Email: [log in to unmask]

     o Universiteit Antwerpen-EUFSIA
          Prinsstraat 13
          2000 Antwerpen
          Email: [log in to unmask]

     o NUT Organising Committee
          c/o Talencentrum RUG
          Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 136
          B-9000 Gent (Belgium)
          Email: [log in to unmask]


With best wishes to you and your language centre,and looking forward to
seeing you in Antwerp.

David Bickerton

Secretary General
CERCLES


Sheila Dixon
Assistant Information Officer, CTI Modern Languages
University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull  HU6 7RX, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1482 465872, Fax: +44 (0)1482 473816
Email: [log in to unmask]        <http://www.hull.ac.uk/cti>


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