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The 1st Shanghai Undergraduate Symposium
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The 1st Shanghai Undergraduate Symposium
Call for Submissions
Symposium Theme: Environment and Sustainability
Symposium Time: June 12, 2015
Symposium Venue: School of Foreign Langauges, College of Arts and Sciences, Shanghai Second Polytechnic University
Symposium Goals:
l 1) provide undergraduate students from various disciplines with opportunities to interact and share their views on the issue of environment and sustainability from different perspectives;
l 2) raise the awareness of future engineers and scientists of the role of environment in their respective research fields and workplaces;
l 3) foster college and university students’ ability of using English to engage their disciplinary study, research and work in the international context.
Topic areas are broadly defined as, but not limited to, the following:
human evolution and the environment
environment and transportation
environment and economy
environment protection and legal system
environment and urbanization
future of our planet
environment and human health
environment and food safety
humanistic reflections on environment
global environmental protection
role of the double-edge sword
powering the future
higher education and environmental protection
Guidelines for Submissions
A full paper of no less than 1200 words in length is required, which shall include the following elements:
1) a title page (title of research, author’s name, date, school/university)
2) body of the paper (content comprised of abstract, key words, introduction, clear statement of research questions and your thesis, a brief review of the literature, methodology, results/findings, discussion and conclusion)
3) headings and subheadings
4) documentation, including in-text citations and footnotes or endnotes (you may add notes to your paper if necessary)
5) works cited (bibliography that gives credit to the primary and secondary information or an annotated bibliography)
6) visuals (you are encouraged to include tables, charts, pictures, etc. in the paper to better illustrate your idea)
Preliminary Schedule
The one-day symposium will consist of:
1) Parallel discussion(morning session)
You are expected to make a 6-minute presentation (with PPT) to briefly introduce your research to the audience in your parallel. Get prepared to be challenged by the questions from other authors from the group after your presentation.
2) Plenary presentations (afternoon session)
Two top-performing presenters selected from each parallel session will make an 8-minute presentation (with PPT), followed by a 5-minute Q & A session.
Deadline: Please submit your full paper by May 15, 2015
Submission to: jinghe@fudan.edu.cn
Working Language: English
Symposium host: Shanghai Advisory Committee on College English Teaching (SACCET)
Symposium website: http://www.shtefl.org.cn/
Shanghai Advisory Committee on College English Teaching (SACCET)
China English for Academic Purposes Association (CEAPA)