LSP 2026

The 14th Language for Specific Purposes International Conference 2026

The New LSP Professional: Integrating Digital Humanities, Global Networks and Community Knowledge

 

24-26 Sep 2026

Fraser’s Place, Puteri Harbour,

Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Theme

The New LSP Professional: Integrating Digital Humanities, Global Networks and Community Knowledge

Sub-Themes

  • ⁠AI in Language and Education
  • AI in Translation
  • ⁠Applied Linguistics
  • ⁠Corpus Linguistics
  • Cross-Cultural Communication
  • Digital Humanities
    • ⁠Digital Literacy ⁠
    • Discourse Analysis
    • Health Communication
      • Intercultural Communication ⁠
      • Language Assessment
      • Language for Business
          • ⁠Language for Engineering
          • Language for Law
          • Language for Medicine

          • ⁠Language Teaching
          • ⁠Linguistics
          • Literature

          • ⁠Multimodality 
          • Second Language Acquisition 
          • ⁠Sociolinguistics 
          • Tourism Communication 

          3 Types of Presentation

          1. Poster Presentation

          2. Paper

          (Keynote, Plenary, Parallel sessions)

          3. Symposia

          (Themed presentations in English, Bahasa Melayu, or other languages)

          Presentation Languages

          1. English

          2. Bahasa Melayu

          Speakers

          Prof. Dr Surinderpal Kaur A/P Chanan Singh

          Prof. Dr Surinderpal Kaur A/P Chanan Singh

          Keynote Speaker

          Universiti Malaya
          Malaysia

          Prof. Christoph Hafner

          Prof. Christoph Hafner

          Keynote Speaker

          City University of Hong Kong
          Hong Kong

          Prof. Dr. Hadina Habil

          Prof. Dr. Hadina Habil

          Plenary Speaker

          Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
          Malaysia

          Dr Nguyen Dang Nguyen

          Dr Nguyen Dang Nguyen

          Plenary Speaker

          University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH),
          Vietnam National University, Ho ChiMinh City (VNUHCM)
          Vietnam

          UTM Open Day