About PSU LCR2025

This symposium is organized and hosted by the Language and Communication Research Lab (LCRL) at the College of Humanities and Sciences, Prince Sultan University (PSU). It aims at promoting language and communication research in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Area through bringing together international names and high-quality research in various language and communication disciplines. These include, but are not limited to, Translation and Stylistics, Second Language Acquisition, Assessment, Corpus Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Communication Studies and Cross-cultural Studies, among others.

Theme

Multimodality in Language and Communication: Unlocking Research Potentials

Committees

Honorary Program Chair Dr.Ahmed Al-Yamani President, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA
Chair Prof. Mahmoud Al Mahmoud Dean,College of Humanities and Sciences , Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA
Co-Chair Prof. Dina El-Dakhs Leader, Language and Communication Research Lab , Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA
Scientific Committee Co-Chair Dr. Anna Siyanova-Chanturia Victoria University of Wellington
Logistics Committee Chair Ms. Soha Ashi Research Assistant,Language and Communication Research Lab, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA
Media Committee Chair Ms. Afrah Alenezi Research Assistant,Language and Communication Research Lab, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA
Logistics Committee Chair Ms. Soha Ashi Research Assistant,Language and Communication Research Lab, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA

Program

Coming Soon

Keynote Speakers

Coming Soon

Symposium Strands

The symposium will address, but will not be limited to, the following themes:

  • Foreign Language Learning
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Language Assessment and Evaluation
  • Language Literacy Studies
  • Language Policy
  • Language Teaching and Technology
  • Corpus Linguistics
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Bilingualism
  • Vocabulary Acquisition
  • Translation and Interpretation Studies
  • Stylistics
  • English & the Corporate World
  • Communication studies
  • Cross-cultural studies

Symposium Guidelines

    Individual papers

  • Paper presentations should be 20 minutes long with an additional 10 minutes for discussion.
  • The abstract should range between 250 - 300 words in length with a clear title (12 words maximum) and a short blurb (50 words). The abstract should reflect the research gap, methods, and findings/implications.

    • Posters

  • Posters will be presented for 45 min. during the lunch break.
  • Post-graduate students are encouraged to apply under this category which allows them to communicate face-to-face with national and international scholars in their field for immediatefeedback on their research.
  • Thee abstract should range between 150 - 200 words in length with a clear title (12 words maximum).

Registration

  • Participation in LCR2025 is open for all interested, free-of-charge.
  • The Zoom registration links will be posted by mid-October 2025.
Registration

Contact

00966 11 494 8201
00966 55 352 0556
allab@psu.edu.sa
@LCRL_PSU

Prince Sultan University Rafha Street, Salah Ad Din Quarter Riyadh 12435, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Address: Language and Communication Research Lab,