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Under the kind patronage of Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob (T.A), the Worthy Vice Chancellor, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and Prof. Dr. Jawed Hassaan Chandio, Dean, Faculty of Arts & Languages, IUB, a Hybrid International Symposium on “Advances in Corpus Linguistics” was successfully organized by the Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur on July 5, 2022. Nine national and six international guest speakers participated in the Symposium and 10 poster presentations were presented by Ph.D. and M.Phil. scholars. 

Prof. Martin Weisser, University of Bayreuth, Germany, Dr. Benet Vincent, the Coventry  University, England, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manvender Kaur, the Universiti Utara, Malaysia, Dr. Muhammad Shakir , the University of Münster, Germany, Prof. Susana Sotillo,  the Montclair University, USA, Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Al-Shorman, the Ministry of Education, Jordan, Mamoun Mahmoud Atieh Alqura'an , Umm Alqura University, Mecca, KSA, Prof. Dr. Asim Mehmood , Dean , Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, GC University Faisalabad, Dr. Mujahid Alam Shah, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Dr. Tehseen Zahra ,  Air University, Islamabad, Dr. Akhtar Abbas,  Air University, Islamabad, Dr. Zafar Ullah, Virtual University, Islamabad, Dr. Abdul Qayyum and Dr. Shahid Nawaz, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur presented their onsite/virtual talks in the symposium. 

The Symposium was started with an introduction given by Dr. Tahira Asgher, Symposium Secretory, Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics.  Prof. Dr. Jawed Hassaan Chandio, Dean, Faculty of Arts & Languages appreciated the efforts of the department of English Linguistics in promoting research in the discipline. Dr. Riaz Hussain, the focal person of the event and head, Department of English Linguistics gave vote of thanks and presented the outcomes of the symposium.

Under the kind patronage of Engr. Prof. Dr Athar Mahboob, Worthy Vice Chancellor, IUB and Prof. Dr Jawed Hassaan Chandio, Dean Faculty of Arts & Languages, the Dept. of English Linguistics organized an online international conference on linguistics titled ‘’21^st Century Issues, Methods &  Trends in Linguistics’’. At the conference, eminent speakers from Turkey, Malaysia, the USA, China, Botswana and Pakistan delivered their talks and showcased their research findings on various aspects, issues, trends and methods of contemporary linguistics.   The conference which was organized on June 16, 2022, was the 4^th international conference that the teaching and research faculty of English Linguistics organized at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Dr Riaz Hussain, Head, Dept. of English

 Linguistics, was the chief organizer of the conference.

1st International Conference on Linguistics & Language Teaching, November 25-27, 2013

Recommendations

1. There is a need to regulate the teaching of languages in Pakistan by establishing a council for English teachers / language teachers / linguists / on the pattern of ‘Pakistan Engineering Council’.
2. To facilitate intercultural communication among people of the four provinces and to neutralize language conflicts in Pakistan, the government should encourage plurilingualism.
3. The areas of forensic linguistics, cognitive linguistics and clinical linguistics were briefly touched by the paper presenters at the conference; there is a need to encourage research in these areas of linguistics.
4. Indigenized foreign language learning software and teaching material should be developed to reduce the cognitive load on the minds of the learners.  
5.  Keeping in view the demand of Urdu in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, there is a need to promote and facilitate learning of Urdu in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf in the form of USP (Urdu for Specific Purpose) courses.
6. Audiovisual aids should be used in English language classrooms to maximize language learning.  
7. There is a need to strengthen long-standing linguistic and cultural ties with the central Asian states.
8. There is a need to encourage studies that focus on similarities between Urdu and Central Asian languages.
9. Similar conferences should be held on regular basis for profitable exchange of ideas and experiences.