8th International Conference on ESP in Asia 3 rd International Symposium on Innovative Teaching and Research in ESP CALL FOR PAPERS 1. Curriculum and course design in ESP 2. Materials design and writing in ESP 3. Development and application of ESP theories 4. ESP teaching and learning approaches and methods 5. Innovations in ESP research and instruction 6. ESP teacher development 7. Development of ESP testing and assessment 8. English teaching and learning for academic purposes 9. English teaching and learning for vocational purposes 10. English teaching and research for business purposes 11. English teaching and research for legal purposes 12. Intercultural communication in ESP teaching 13. Corpus linguistics for ESP education August 19-21, 2016 Tokyo Japan Joint International Conference Conference themes Conference Website: http://www.g-edu.uec.ac.jp/jointesp2016 Organizer: The Research Station for Innovative and Global Tertiary English Education (IGTEE) The University of Electro-Communications (UEC Tokyo) Co-Organizers: The Chinese Associationfor ESP JACET ESP SIG Kanto Chapter The Undergraduate Technical English Management Committee of UEC Tokyo Taiwan ESP Association The Chinese Journal of ESP Research Centre for Professional Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Supporting organizations: JALT CUE (College and University Educators) SIG JACET ESP SIG Hokkaido Chapter Venue: The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan Plenary Speakers Laurence Anthony Waseda University Japan Yilin Sun South Seattle College TESOL International USA CAI Jigang Fudan University China John Maher International Christian University Japan Yoshimasa A. Ono RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Japan Helen L. Basturkmen University of Auckland New Zealand Paul Thompson University of Birmingham, UK Important Dates Abstract submission is now closed Notification of acceptance: by Jul 30, 2016 (23:59 GMT) Pre-registration: Till July 15, 2016 (Required for all presenters) Sign up for extra events: Till Aug 10, 2016 (JST)