Month: July 2025

The Department of English at the School of Humanities and Social Science, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, and International TESOL Union (ITU) are pleased to announce that the International TESOL Union Conference on Trailblazing Advances in Applied Linguistics (TAAL) will be held on August 15-16, 2025 at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.

The ITU 2025 conference welcomes proposals in all areas of applied linguistics and TESOL. We are particularly interested in innovative and rigorous topics that demonstrate strong methodological and/or theoretical approaches to understand applied linguistics and TESOL. Additionally, we encourage postgraduate students who are nearing completion of their theses to submit proposals as well. Frontline TESOL teachers are equally welcome to participate.

Keynote Speakers

Gavin Bui, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Lixian Jin, City University of Macau

Luxin Yang, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Marina Dodigovic, University of Slavonski Brod

Mark Teng Feng, Macau Polytechnic University

Yuen Yi Lo, The University of Hong Kong

Abstract/Paper Submissions

An abstract needs to be about 300 words and clearly indicates the objectives, methods, and (preliminary) results where appropriate. Format the email subject line as “ITU2025+Author Name” and send the abstracts/full papers to info@tesolunion.org.

Important Dates

Abstract submission due: July 5, 2025

Notification of abstract acceptance: July 8, 2025

This conference is free to staff members and students from the HSUHK. They are welcome to attend the conference.