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nagora — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:58:41 CDT

Khmel'nyts'kyi National University

Khmel'nyts'kyi National University

The 2-nd International Students’ Internet-conference NATIONAL CULTURES: Unique place in worldwide integration

will be held Monday through Friday April 20 - 24, 2009. Hosted by Business Foreign Languages Department of Khmelnitsky National University the Internet-conference invites full-time and part-time students enrolled in EFL/ESP programs and related fields to submit proposals for presentation and discussion. Working languages of the conference - Ukrainian, English, German, Polish, and Russian.
The suggested topics for discussion are:

Modern approaches in teaching foreign languages.
National aspects of intercultural communication.
Learning and teaching Literature of English speaking countries.
Innovative trends in modern country studies.
Foreign Languages through distance learning.

To register, please, e-mail the title of your report-to-be and information about the author (name, patronymic and surname, the educational establishment, its address, the department/chair, group and specialty, your e-mail address and the choice of the session mentioned above as topic for discussion) by April 13, 2009 to the following address:

ASOC_UA@googlegroups.com

On line discussions of the reports sent will be held Monday through Friday April 20 - 24, 2009 at

http://dim-khnu.blogspot.com/

Registration form is enclosed. Proposals must be submitted through e-mail by April 13, 2009. To submit proposals join the E-group by sending your e-mail to the following address: ASOC_UA@googlegroups.com
The Internet-conference papers will be published on condition that they are relevant to the suggested topics and meet the following requirements: one page, size 14, Times New Roman, 1,5 spaced.

For further information contact: Sergiy Sokolovskiy at: ssokolovskiy@yahoo.com

Nina Lyulkun at: nina.lyulkun@gmail.com
Sergiy Kustovskiy at: skustovsky@gmail.com

Listen to the Walls Talking A Graffiti Project

nagora — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:09:53 CDT

Amazing project started by Saša Sirk (TŠC Nova Gorica, Slovenia)

Description: The idea is to 'listen' to the graffiti talk around us (on our walls, doors, desks, chairs, floors, T-shirts, schoolbags, etc.), and to record and share interesting finds. If other interested teachers, students, people spread across the cyberspace respond by posting graffiti photos and related info, this could turn into a nice project of the wall/s/talking in our schools, streets, towns, countries, world. Sketches, squiggles, doodles and other more sophisticated street art around us is the part of public spaces usually walked by, unnoticed by most people. Read more here

More Conferences Online

nagora — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:34:22 CST

If you are interested in participation in other conferences online find information here:

Positive Behavior Support Online Conference
Youth in the Global World ... (Lviv, Ukraine: April 1-15, 2009, deadline: March 1-15)
Language, Education, Culture (Vinnytsia, Ukraine: March 30 - April 1, 2009, deadline: March 20)
International Online Language Conference ( July 25 & 26, 2009, deadline: abstract is to be submitted by March 28, 2009; full paper must be made by May 28, 2009.

If you are a teacher and interested in participation in other conferences find information here:

Международная научно-практическая конференция «Проблемы иноязычного образования в поликультурном мире» Детальніша нформація ТУТ
Всеукраїнська науково – теоретична конференція "Іноземні мови у вищому навчальному закладі: теоретичні засади та прикладні аспекти"Детальніша інформація ТУТ
II International ESP Students’ Internet-Conference "Youth in the Global World: Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Aspects" Lviv, Lodz, April 1-15, 2009 Детальніша нформація ТУТ

International Online Language Conference

nagora — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:58:01 CST

July 25 & 26, 2009

International Online Language Conference (IOLC 2009) is a two-day conference aiming to provide a forum for academics, practitioners, consultants and students to debate current
international issues and challenges in the broad area of language learning and teaching.

The second International Online Language Conference (IOLC 2009) invites professors, master and PhD students, and all academicians around the world to submit papers to this International event in the areas related to the conference theme.

The conference will be held online. All the submitted papers will undergo peer review process and selected papers will be considered for the conference proceedings and e-book titles.

Call for Papers:

A 200 to 300-word abstract is to be submitted by March 28, 2009. Abstracts should be sent in the form of a word file attachment and must be emailed to iolc2009@ioksp.com before
the deadline.

Notice 1: Notification of acceptance of your paper will be made within two weeks of your papers submission (Before May 15, 2008). This means, the sooner you submit your abstract,
the sooner you will be notified about its review result and therefore you will have more time for preparing your full paper in case of acceptance. That's why we encourage you to submit your abstract as soon as possible.

Notice 2: Submission of full paper must be made by May 28, 2009.

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact the conference manager at: iolc2009@ioksp.com

Important Dates
Abstract Submission: March 28, 2009
Authors Notification: Maximum 2 weeks after submission

Early Registration: February 20, 2009
Full Paper Submission: May 28, 2009
Normal Registration: June 31, 2009
Online Conference: July 25 & 26, 2009
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Language, Education, Culture

nagora — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:47:03 CST

The 8-th Annual International Students’ Internet-conference
LANGUAGE, EDUCATION, CULTURE:
Integrative perspectives in EFL/ESP context

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The 8-th Annual International Students’ Internet-conference
LANGUAGE, EDUCATION, CULTURE: Integrative perspectives in EFL/ESP context
will be held Monday through Wednesday March 30 - April 1, 2009. Hosted by Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University named after M.Kotsyubynskiy the Internet-conference invites full-time and part-time students enrolled in EFL/ESP programs and related fields to submit proposals for presentation and discussion.

The suggested topics for discussion are:
1. Modern methods of EFL teaching at different levels.
2. Cross-cultural aspects in EFL/ESP learning.
3. Problems of teaching and learning literature of English-speaking countries.
4. Innovative trends in modern linguistics.
5. Applied linguistics.
6. Interactive FL teaching.
7. Distance learning.

To register, please, e-mail the title of your report-to-be and information about the author (name, patronymic and surname, the educational establishment, its address, the department/chair, group and specialty, your e-mail address and the choice of the session mentioned above as topic for discussion) by March 20, 2009 to the following address: students_vspu@yahoogroups.com

Registration form is enclosed.
Proposals (a) papers, and (b) poster sessions must be submitted through e-mail by March 20, 2009.
To submit proposals join the E-group by sending your e-mail to the following address: students_vspu@yahoogroups.com

The Internet-conference papers will be published on condition that they are relevant to the suggested topics and meet the following requirements: one page, size 14, Times New Roman, 1,5 spaced.

For further information contact: Eugene Gromov at: students_vspu@yahoogroups.com
Svitlana Chugu at: magic@mail.vinnica.ua
Olena Zmievska at: olenka_zm@mail.ru
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Вінницький державний педагогічний університет
імені Михайла Коцюбинського
Восьма міжнародна студентська Інтернет-конференція
МОВА, ОСВІТА, КУЛЬТУРА:
Інтеграційні тенденції в сучасному світі
30 березня -1 квітня 2009 року

Шановні колеги і студенти,
Запрошуємо Вас до участі у Восьмій міжнародній студентській Інтернет-конференції, яка буде проводитись інститутом іноземних мов Вінницького державного педагогічного університету імені Михайла Коцюбинського 30 березня - 1 квітня 2009 року.

До обговорення пропонуються такі теми:
1. Викладання іноземної мови на різних етапах навчання.
2. Проблеми міжкультурної комунікації
3. Викладання і вивчення літератури англомовних країн.
4. Новітні напрямки в сучасній лінгвістиці.
5. Прикладна лінгвістика.
6. Інтерактивне навчання іноземних мов.
7. Дистанційне навчання.

Форма участі у конференції:
- електронні повідомлення - тези;
- електронні повідомлення - постери;
- обговорення повідомлень в режимі on line та електронної пошти.
Мова конференції – англійська.

Передбачається видання матеріалів Інтернет-конференції (вимоги: 1 сторінка тексту, шрифт Times New Roman, розмір - 14, інтервал - 1,5).

Для реєстрації на участь у конференції просимо до 20 березня 2009 р. надіслати назву повідомлення і заявку з інформацією про автора (прізвище, ім”я, по-батькові, навчальний заклад, адреса навчального закладу, інститут/ факультет/ кафедра, група, спеціальність, електронна адреса, а також назва тематичної секції з переліку тем для обговорення) на адресу students_vspu@yahoogroups.com

Електронні повідомлення просимо надсилати до 20 березня 2009 року на адресу students_vspu@yahoogroups.com .
Обговорення повідомлень 30 березня - 1 квітня 2009 року в режимі on line за адресою students_vspu@yahoogroups.com

Оргкомітет конференції
Телефон для довідок: 8- 0432 – 276375 (дирекція інституту іноземних мов)
Вінницький державний педагогічний університет
імені Михайла Коцюбинського
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Восьма міжнародна студентська Інтернет-конференція
МОВА, ОСВІТА, КУЛЬТУРА:
Інтеграційні тенденції в сучасному світі
30 березня - 1 квітня 2009 року

ПРОГРАМА КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ

До 20.03.2009 р. проведення реєстрації на участь у конференції - назва повідомлення і заявка з інформацією про автора (прізвище, ім”я, по-батькові, навчальний заклад, адреса навчального закладу, інститут/ факультет/ кафедра, група, спеціальність, електронна адреса, а також назва тематичної секції з переліку тем для обговорення).
До 20 березня 2009 року прийом електронних повідомлень (тез та постерів) за темами:
1. Викладання іноземної мови на різних етапах навчання.
2. Проблеми міжкультурної комунікації
3. Викладання і вивчення літератури англомовних країн.
4. Новітні напрямки в сучасній лінгвістиці.
5. Прикладна лінгвістика.
6. Інтерактивне навчання іноземних мов.
7. Дистанційне навчання.

30 березня 2009 року
10:00 – Початок ргоботи Інтернет-конференції
30 березня - 1 квітня 2009 року
9:00 – 21:00 - обговорення повідомлень в режимі on line та електронної пошти.
1 квітня 2009 року
13:00 завершення роботи Інтернет- конференції, підведення підсумків.

До 1 травня 2009 видання тез учасників Восьмої міжнародної студентської Інтернет-конференціі. Всі автори можуть отримати електронний або друкований примірник тез за умови, що представлені ними доповіді відповідають вимогам до змісту та оформлення (1 сторінка тексту, шрифт Times New Roman, розмір - 14, інтервал - 1,5).

Оргкомітет конференції

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8 Annual International Students’ Internet-conference
LANGUAGE, EDUCATION, CULTURE:
Integrative perspectives in EFL/ESP context

March 30 - April 1, 2009

REGISTRATION FORM

Name, patronimic and surname of the participant ____________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
The educational establishment_________________________________________________
Its post address ___________________________________________________________
Faculty/chair_____________________________________________________________
Group, Year of study, Specialty /position (for teachers) _________________________________
E-mail address ___________________________________________________________
The session you would like to participate in _________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
The title of your report-to-be __________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

“Youth in the Global World ...”

nagora — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:27:10 CST

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE
IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV
FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR HUMANITIES
ACADEMIC LINGUISTIC SOCIETY “UKRAINE – LANGUAGE – WORLD”
SECTION OF COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
SECTION OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
SECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Dear ESP Educators
We invite you and your students to participate in the
II ESP Students’ Internet-Conference
Youth in the Global World:
Legal and Environmental Aspects
Dates of the conference: April 1-15, 2009

ESP undergraduate and post-graduate students are invited to participate in the II ESP Students’ Internet-Conference “Youth in the Global World: Legal and Environmental Aspects” organized by Department of Foreign Languages for Humanities of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and Academic Linguistic Society “Ukraine – Language – World”.
You are welcome to participate in the work of the following sections:
● Legal Studies / Research
● Legal English in Legal Studies
● Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
● Other: __________________________________

The form of the participation in the conference is on-line / e-mail discussion.
The working languages are: English and German.

The conference book will be published before the conference. The conference books will be sent out to the participants by regular post in the period of April 1-25, 2009. The registration fee is 50 UAH (the sum includes 40 UAH for the publication and 10 UAH for the postal expenses within Ukraine), for international participants the registration fee is 25 USD. The registration fee should be transferred to the following address: Liliya Rafailivna Kuznetsova, 73 Knyahyni Olhi Str., apt. 25, Lviv, 79060, UKRAINE.
To register e-mail to Ukrconference@gmail.com by March 15, 2009:
1. Your proposal form (see: Attachment # 1).
2. The e-version of your conference abstract [1-2 A4 format pages (font # 14, interval: 1,5, and all margins 2)].
The messages will be discussed on-line / by e-mail on April 1-15, 2009.

Attachment # 1
Dear Everyone,
As far as our conference is taking place on-line, and we won’t be able to meet in person, the Organizing Committee suggests submitting the proposal form with your portrait to let all the participants see their new friends and colleagues. Your portraits will be included into the book of conference abstracts together with the abstracts of your reports. We do hope that you will support the idea.

PROPOSAL FORM
II ESP Students’ Internet-Conference
Youth in the Global World:
Legal and Environmental Aspects
April 1-15, 2009

Your smiling picture ☺!	First name
Your smiling picture ☺!	Last name
Institution
Year of study
Faculty
Address of the institute
Home address
E-mail
Title of the abstract
Section

Positive Behavior Support Online Conference

nagora — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:18:47 CST

LearningTimes is pleased to announce a very special online conference developed through our work in District 75 of the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) with students who are severely emotionally challenged, multiply disabled, and/or on the autism spectrum.

The first ever "Positive Behavior Support Online Conference" will take place live over the internet January 21 and 22 from 3:15 to 5:00 pm EST (New York Time). This unique event brings four esteemed experts - and hundreds of peers - right to your computer for live collaboration, learning and networking. For more information and to register, click here:

http://district75.net/behaviorconference/

Nationally-recognized researchers and experts will outline evidence-based systems and practical tips. Speakers will include:

- Dr. Lucille Eber (Director, IL PBIS Network)
- Dr. Nicholas Long (founder of the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute)
- Dr. Marc Brackett (Yale University)
- Dr. Laura Riffel (Behavior Doctor Seminars)

The Online Conference will include:

• Practical tips for designing classroom and community-based positive behavior support systems that support all students

• Understanding why children engage in disruptive behaviors, and interventions for breaking the conflict cycle when supporting children in crisis

• The basic tenets of emotional literacy, including how to understand and regulate your own emotional responses when faced with stressful situations in the classroom

The conference will be held live online January 21 and 22, 3:15-5:00 PM on both days. The registration fee is $95 per person. (Group rates are available.)

For more information on the conference, please visit:

http://district75.net/behaviorconference

Warm regards,
LearningTimes
and

Bonnie Brown
Superintendent, District 75
New York City Department of Education

International Projects

nagora — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:43:09 CST

Dear colleagues, it's my pleasure to share these messages with info about International collaborations. I guess it might be a great motivation and help for polishing English as well as mutual projects for our students. Explore the links and invite your students to collaborate in.

Yours,
Nina Lyulkun

" Folks,
On my recent visit to Japan I went to Waseda University in central Tokyo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waseda_University ) to meet with a couple of lecturers who are involved in a very interesting project they set up called 'Cross Cultural Distance Learning' in which their learners have regular guided video conferences with learners in other universities (solely in Asia, currently). The course is all planned and running, but they are looking for partner institutions outside of Asia who might want to get involved.
At the same time they are also looking for creative contacts in the primary and high school sectors with which to establish working relationships. If anyone on this list is interested in initial contact, please get in touch with me and I will pass your details on.

Thanks in advance,
Gavin " mailto: Gavin Dudeney <dudeney@gmail.com>

"I have been involved with this project for the past two years now, and still going on. The course, World Englishes and Miscommunications II, is offered to undergraduates and as of last year, there are about 5 universities in Asia who have been participating in video conferences and asynchronous discussions. The course ends with a face-to-face meeting in Singapore with participating professors and 3 selected students from all participating unis. This meeting is actually a week-long seminar where students attend lectures and discussions. During this time, they also engage in a collaborative task project which they need to present on the last day of the seminar. Professors are expected to write reports, do lectures, and write articles on the topic (WE). Hotel accommodations (not airfare) for students are all paid by the Cross-Cultural Distance Learning sponsors organized by Waseda University- teachers are well taken care of as well.

I shared this project with BaWers, I think, last year http://www.slideshare.net/aidenyeh/baw2007-blended-learning

and also at Hongkong Association of Applied Linguistics conference
http://www.slideshare.net/aidenyeh/making-it-work-across-boundaries

For 2008, course will begin in September. If you're interested in participating, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Aiden Yeh"

Would like to join? International Edubloggers Directory

nagora — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:23:36 CDT

There is no abstract available for this page revision.

Workshops

nagora — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:26:20 CDT

I. TEACHING ENGLISH WITH MOODLE - Workshop by Nina Ruda (Khmelnytskyi National University)

Intensive Course of English Grammar (Moodle)

English for Adult Beginners

Moodle Tutorial

Graphic Organizers and Mindmapping

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II. Use of Internet Tools with EFL Students - Workshop by Nina Lyulkun (Khmelnytskyi National University)

The Conference you might enjoy in WIKI immensely

Social software: Blogs and Blogging:

A blog is a website where a person will write periodically about things of interest to him/her. A blog is generally created using web-based software that automatically creates rss feeds. Once a blog has been setup it is easy to maintain and update with new posts. More ...

Take a look at these ones :
Larry Ferlazzo's Blog
Carla Arena's Blog
Virtual Book Club
Daniela Munca's Blog at WebQuest

Social software: WIKI

A blog is a website where a person will write periodically about things of interest to him/her. A blog is generally created using web-based software that automatically creates rss feeds. Once a blog has been setup it is easy to maintain and update with new posts. More ...

Take a look at these ones :
Daniella Munca's Funland
http://namckeand.wordpress.com/
Awardees for WorldCALL-2008
http://ictforeflteacher.wetpaint.com/

How Can I Become A Better Teacher?

Using Internet Resources to Teach the Core Curriculum
Learning at Higher Levels with Technology
Classroom Instruction that Works
Internet Resources at Your Fingertips
Using the School Computer Lab for Core Curriculum
T4 Professional Development Opportunities
T4 Teacher Resources

IATEFL Conference online:

Welcome to Exeter Online!
If you have not done so already, you should edit your profile page
within the course so that we can learn more about you:
http://exeteronline.britishcouncil.org/user/view.php?id=923&course=2

CALL4Participation

nagora — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:25:36 CDT

The 7-th Annual International Students’ Internet-conference

LANGUAGE, EDUCATION, CULTURE:

Integrative perspectives in EFL/ESP context

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The 7-th Annual International Students’ Internet-conference
LANGUAGE, EDUCATION, CULTURE: Integrative perspectives in EFL/ESP context

will be held Tuesday through Friday, March 25-28, 2008. Hosted by Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University named after M.Kotsyubynskiy the Internet-conference invites full-time and part-time students enrolled in EFL/ESP programs and related fields to submit proposals for presentation and discussion.

The suggested topics for discussion are:
1. Modern methods of EFL teaching at different levels.
2. Cross-cultural aspects in EFL/ESP learning.
3. Problems of teaching and learning literature of English-speaking countries.
4. Innovative trends in modern linguistics.
5. Applied linguistics.
6. Interactive FL teaching.
7. Distance learning.

To register, please, e-mail the title of your report-to-be and information about the author (name, patronymic and surname, the educational establishment, its address, the department/chair, group and specialty, your e-mail address and the choice of the session mentioned above as topic for discussion) by March 19, 2008 totesol-ua_students@yahoogroups.com vdpu2004@yahoo.com
(Registration form is enclosed below as an attachment.)
To subscribe (to join the E-group), please, e-mail any (even empty) message to the following address:
students_vspu-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To unsubscribe (to abandon the E-group), please, e-mail any (even empty) message to the following address:
students_vspu-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
Proposals (a) papers, and (b) poster sessions must be submitted through e-mail by March 25, 2008 To submit proposals join the E-group by sending your e-mail to the following address:
students_vspu@yahoogroups.com

The Internet-conference papers will be published on condition that they are relevant to the suggested topics and meet the requirements: one page, size 14, Times New Roman, 1,5 spaced.

For the latest information contact:
Eugene Gromov at: vdpu2004@yahoo.com
Svitlana Chugu at: svetachugu@mail.vinnica.ua
Svitlana Gladio at: agladio@svitonline.com

eLearning

nagora — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:14:28 CDT

eLearning thoughhts by Talia

Technology Integration

nagora — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:41:04 CDT

There is no abstract available for this page revision.

IATEFL Conference online

nagora — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:38:25 CDT

Hi Folks,

Just a reminder that the IATEFL / British Council Exeter Online site is now up-and running and gearing up for the launch of the face-to-face conference starting next Monday in Exeter, UK. To date we have nearly 1,700 people registered online, from over 100 countries and some very lively debates going on in the Special Interest Forums.

From Tuesday next week we will be adding recordings of over 50 sessions (audio + PowerPoint and handouts) from the conference, as well as 20 video sessions and the following live streamed events:

TUESDAY 8 APRIL

Plenary session by Alastair Pennycook

Pecha Kucha session
Jeremy Harmer
Scott Thornbury
Susan Barduhn
Lindsay Clandfield
Gavin Dudeney
Margit Szesztay
Jenny Johnson
Rose Senior
Adrian Tennant

THURSDAY 10 APRIL

British Council signature event
Mike Solly
Fiona Bartels-Ellis
Dr. Catherine Walter
Harry Kucheh
Rod Bolitho
David Valente

FRIDAY 11 APRIL
Final Plenary session by Radmila Popovic

Our online delegates also have the opportunity of winning a variety of excellent prizes generously offered by exhibitors and supporters of the Exeter Online project. See the site for more details.

To join this free online event, go to:
http://exeteronline.britishcouncil.org

This initiative builds on the earlier collaboration between the British Council and IATEFL in Aberdeen last year, which brought together 1,600 teachers and trainers at the actual conference, and 2,500 online.
This year we expect a much larger audience, and this is a real opportunity to take part in the biggest online ELT training community. We look forward to meeting you online, and hope that you will share this information with your colleagues worldwide.

Gavin Dudeney [ Secretary, IATEFL ] and
Julian Wing [ British Council Exeter Online Project Manager ]

Participants' theses and papers.

nagora — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:06:38 CDT

Dear participants of the The 7-th Annual International Students' Internet-conference LANGUAGE, EDUCATION, CULTURE: Integrative perspectives in EFL/ESP context,

We arw glad to greet you with the first day, which was opened with the topic of The style of official documents. by Marina Rolinskaya and Inna Idris, and ' Socio-Cultural Awareness as ...' by 'Maryna Poberezhna My congratulations to you all.

Let me introduce myself first:
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THE STYLE OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

There is one style of language within the scope of standard literary English which has become singled out, and that is the style of official documents, or "officialese" as it is sometimes called. Like other styles, it is not homogeneous and is represented by the following substyles or variants:
1. the language of business documents,
2. the language of legal documents,
3. that of diplomacy,
4. that of military documents.
The main aim of this type of communication is to state the conditions binding two parties in an undertaking. These parties may be: the state and the citizen, or citizen and citizen (jurisdiction); a society and its members (statute or ordinance); two or more enterprises or bodies (business correspondence or contracts); two or more governments (pacts, treaties); a person in authority and a subordinate (orders, regulations, instructions, authoritative directions); the board or presidium and the assembly or general meeting (procedures acts, minutes), etc.
In other words the aim of communication in this style of language is to reach agreement between two contracting parties.
This most general function of the style of official documents predetermines the peculiarities of the style. The most striking, though not the most essential feature, is a special system of cliches, terms and set expressions by which each substyle can easily be recognized, for example:
I beg to inform you, I beg to move, I second the motion, provisional agenda, the above-mentioned, hereinafternamed, on behalf of, private advisory, Dear Sir, We remain, your obedient servants.
In fact each of the subdivisions of this style has its own peculiar terms, phrases and expressions which differ from the corresponding terms, phrases and expressions of other variants of this style.
Thus in finance we find terms like extra revenue, taxable capacities, liability to profit tax.
Terms and phrases like high contracting parties, to ratify an agreement, memorandum, pact, Charge d'affaires, protectorate, extra-territorial status, plenipotentiary will immediately brand the utterance as diplomatic. In legal language, examples are: to deal with a case; summary procedure; a body of judges; as laid down in.
Besides the special nomenclature characteristic of each variety of the style, there is a feature common to all these varieties — the use of abbreviations, conventional symbols and contractions, for example: M. P. (Member of Parliament), Gvt (government), H. M. S. (His Majesty's Steamship), $ (dollar), £ (pound), Ltd (Limited).
There are so many of them that there are special addendas in dictionaries to decode them.These abbreviations are particularly abundant in military documents. Here they are used not only as conventional symbols but as signs of the military code, which is supposed to be known only to the initiated. Ex.: D. A. O. (Divisional Ammunition Officer); adv. (advance): atk (attack); obj. (object); A/T (anti-tank); ATAS (Air Transport Auxiliary Service).
Another feature of the style is the use of words in their logical dictionary meaning. Just as in the other matter-of-fact styles and in contrast intrinsically to the belles-lettres style, there is no room for words with contextual meaning or for any kind of simultaneous realization of two meanings. In military documents sometimes metaphorical names are given to mountains, rivers, hills or villages, but these metaphors are perceived as code signs and have no aesthetic value, as in:
"2.102 d. Inf. Div. continues atk 26 Feb. 45 to captive objs Spruce Peach and Cherry and prepares to take over objs Plum and Apple after capture by CCB, 5th armd Div."
Words with emotive meaning are also not to be found in the style of official documents. Even in the style of scientific prose some words may be found which reveal the attitude of the writer, his individual evaluation of the facts and events of the issue. But no such words are to be found in official style, except those which are used in business letters as conventional phrases of greeting or close, as Dear Sir, yours faithfully.
Perhaps the most noticeable of all syntactical features are the compositional patterns of the variants of this style. Thus business letters have a definite compositional pattern, namely, the heading giving the address of the writer and the date, the name of the addressee and his address.
Here is an example of a business letter:

Smith and Sons
25 Main Street
Manchester
9th February, 1967

Mr. John Smith
29 Cranbourn Street
London
Dear Sir,
We beg to inform you that by order and for account of Mr. Julian of Leeds, we have taken the liberty of drawing upon you for £ 25 at three months' date to the order of Mr. Sharp. We gladly take this opportunity of placing our services at your disposal, and shall be pleased if you frequently make use of them.
Respectfully yours,
Smith and Sons
by Jane Crawford

Almost every official document has its own compositional design. Pacts and statutes, orders and minutes, codes and memoranda all have more or less definite forms and it will not be an exaggeration to state that the form of the document is itself informative, inasmuch as it tells something about the matter dealt with (a letter, an agreement, an order, etc).
In this respect we shall quote the Preamble of the Charter of the United Nations which clearly illustrates the most peculiar form of the arrangement of an official document of agreement.

CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS1
"We the Peoples of the United Nations Determined
TO SAVE succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
TO REAFFIRM faith in fundamental rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
TO ESTABLISH conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
TO PROMOTE social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
And For These Ends
TO PRACTICE tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and
TO UNITE our strength to maintain international peace and security, and
TO ENSURE, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and
TO EMPLOY international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,
Have Resolved to Combine Our Efforts to Accomplish These Aims.
Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the City of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations."
As is seen, all the reasons which led to the decision of setting up an international organization are expressed in one sentence with parallel infinitive object clauses. Each infinitive object clause is framed as a separate paragraph thus enabling the reader to attach equal importance to each of the items mentioned.
1 The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, N.Y., 1967, p. 1941.
The separate sentences shaped as clauses are naturally divided not by full stops but either by commas or by semicolons.

Here is another sample of an official document maintaining the same principles:

United Nations Economic Distr. Limited
and Social Council R/TAC/L. 89/Rev. 2
29 Nov. 1955
Original: English

Technical Assistance Committee
Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance
Review of the Programme for 1956
Australia and Egypt: revised draft resolution.
The Technical Assistance Committee,
RECALLING THAT according to Economic and Social Council resolution 542 (XVIII) the preparation and review of the Expanded Programme and all other necessary steps should be carried out in a way that TAC ought to be in a position to approve the over-all programme and authorize allocation to participating organizations by 30 November at the latest,
CONSIDERING THAT a realistic programme such as the Expanded Programme cannot be planned and formulated without prior knowledge of the financial resources available for its implementation,
CONSIDERING THAT TAC, with the assistance of such ad hoc subcommittees as it may find necessary to establish, will normally need about one week to carry out the task referred to in the resolution mentioned above, bearing in mind the necessary consultations with the representatives of the participating organizations,
1. ASKS the Secretary-General to seek to arrange each year that the Pledging Conference should be convened as early as possible taking due account of all factors involved;
2. DECIDES that the Secretary-General should in future work on the assumption that in carrying out the functions of approving the programme and authorizing allocations as required by Economic and Social Council resolution 542 (XVIII), the TAC will usually need to meet for one week;
3. REQUESTS further the Secretary-General to transmit this resolution to all States Members and non-members of the United Nations which participate in the Expanded Programme."
55—29330
In no other style of language will such an arrangement of utterance be found. In fact the whole document is one sentence from the point of view of its formal syntactical structure. The subject of the sentence “The Technical Assistance Committee” is followed by a number of participial constructions — 'Recalling'—, 'Considering' —, 'Considering' —, is cut off by a comma from them and from the homogeneous predicates, 'Asks', 'Decides', 'Requests'. Every predicate structure is numbered and begins with a capital letter just as the participial constructions.
As is seen from the different samples above, the over-all code of the official style falls into a system of subcodes, each characterized by its own terminological nomenclature, its own compositional form, its own variety of syntactical arrangements. But the integrating features of all these subcodes emanating from the general aim of agreement between parties, remain the following:
1) conventionality of expression;
2) absence of any emotiveness;
3) the encoded character of language; symbols (including abbreviations) and
4) a general syntactical mode of combining several pronouncements into one sentence.

The official style
1. What's the aim of official style?
a) to reach agreement between two contracting parties;
b) to separate two parties in an undertaking;
c) to protest the interruption of the other party;
2. What terms can we find in official style if speaking about finance?
a) taxable capacities;
b) to ratify an agreement;
c)summary procedure;
3. What is the feature common to all the varieties of official style?
a) complete sentences;
b) abbreviations;
c) conventional symbols;
4. The words in official documents are used in:
a) synonymic meaning;
b) indirect meaning;
c) logical dictionary meaning;
5. Metaphorical names in military documents are sometimes given to:
a) animals, birds and plants;
b) rivers, mountains and villages;
c) people;
6. Are the emotional words used in official style?
a)depending on the mood of a person;
b)yes, if the addressee is your friend;
c)no such words can be found in official style;
7. Almost every official document has its own compositional design.
a)No, they all have the same structure.
b) Yes, but some details can be the same.
c)Yes, they have different pacts and statutes, orders and minutes, codes and memoranda.
d) Yes, it depends on the matter of the document - a letter, an agreement, an order, etc.

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