LEC 2012 - Language and Education Conference 2012 (LEC2012)

Parallel to the world’s latest development, the mastering of knowledge is significantly vital for mankind. In Islam, knowledge is categorized into two, namely the eternal knowledge (ukhrawi) or perennial knowledge, and knowledge that is sought (duniawi) or acquired knowledge. The knowledge and mastery of Arabic Language is considered as the ukhrawi knowledge as it is the language of the Al Quran. While the knowledge and mastery of English Language and other languages, and Education field related knowledge can be regarded as the duniawi knowledge.
This conference is named ‘Language and Education Conference (LEC)’ to reflect its broad scope which includes all languages such as Arabic, English, Malay, Mandarin, French, and Japanese and also education. Flexibility in the framework of the conference is deemed necessary to attract a wider range of paper presenters and participants that would be able to benefit from the conference.
The previous conference, LEC 2011 brought together scholars, practitioners, researchers and educational entrepreneurs in the English Language, Arabic Language and Education fields to share their knowledge, experience and skills. Hence, LEC 2012 is an extension of the previous conference which was, Alhamdulillah, successfully organized. The theme for LEC 2012 is “Language and Education: Needs, challenges and strategies”. We hope to gather academics, educators, language practitioners and professionals, teachers and teacher trainers, students of institutions of higher learning and industries in an assembly to discuss the needs and challenges in the field of language and education today, and strategies to address the needs and challenges.