GRDS International Conference Summary held at Singapore, November 2017

CONFERENCE SUMMARY

GLOBAL PSYCHOLOGY AND LANGUAGE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (GPLRA)

24th International Conference on Psychology & Language Research (ICPLR)
Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore

This summary captures a two day program with presentations, panel discussions and interactive dialogue. Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA) conference is one of best academic event in Psychology and Language theme, which took place on 9th & 10th of November, 2017 at Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore. The event brought together few Participants from around 06 different countries to review and discuss the latest challenges of Psycholinguistics. Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA) is known to have valuable networking opportunity and set the stage for further cooperation among the participants of different countries.

The conference began with opening remarks by Honourable Keynote speaker highlighting the main context on Psycholinguistics.

The main aim of this conference was:

1. To discuss latest challenges/researches being faced by the Society regarding Language,    communication gap 
2. Generating academic and professional relationships 
3. Boosting morale and confidence of researchers in an international platform Networking among the participants 
4. Providing a holistic experience of academic tourism 

5. We would begin with session 

 The details are as below.

Session 1: Welcome and opening Speech

In the Opening of the conference, Our Honourable Keynote speaker enlightened the participants with their Speech to the conference highlighting the problem emerging all around the world.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Nurkhamimi Zainuddin

(Deputy Director, Global Open Access Learning, Immersive Technology and Quality Assurance, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysia)

Patricia Lorenz

(Lecturer and Coordinator, Department of German Language, Centre for Modern Languages , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Session 2: Technical Session 

In this technical session Participants of Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA) presented their papers related to their Research and Study. Some of the major issues that were discussed can be outlined as:

1. "Teaching Strategies To Help Pupils With Learning Disabilities" Presented by Slah Eddine Ben Fadhel Affiliated toPsychological Sciences Department, College Of Education.,Qatar University,Doha, Qatar

2. "Technical Jargons in Promotion of Brand Messages: Is it a " Just Do It " Factor Without Consumer Sense?" Presented by Prof Gajendra Singh Chauhan Affiliated to Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,BITS Pilani,India

In each, GRDS International conference, best paper award is given to best researches. In Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA), Best paper award is given to the participants with best scholarly paper submitted and presented at the conference. In Global Psychology and Language Research Association (GPLRA) conference, Best Paper Award was given to paper:

 1. "Learning Style Based Instruction To Minimise The Ratio Of Individual Variations In Achievement Level" Presented by Maheswara Krukkal Saravanapava Iyer Affiliated to English Language Teaching Centre, Faculty Of ArtsFaculty of Arts,University Of Jaffna,Jaffna, Sri Lanka

2. "Revisiting The Relationship Between Language Learning Strategies And Language Proficiency Of First-YearUniversity Students" Presented by Marga Stander Affiliated to Department Of English,Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley,South Africa

• The conference picture gallery is available here:https://www.facebook.com/pg/gplraconferences/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1815873538702732

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• Video gallery can be downloaded here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3MBTOb7CF59680aD1QYEQw