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English for International Conference Communication  Obtaining Conference Information  Outline Different kinds of meetings Major conference activities Conference information Sources of information Different kinds of meetings vocabulary quiz: meeting assembly，caucus(政党核心小组会议），colloquium， colloquy（very fml.)，conclave秘密集会，conference，congress， convention， convocation（大学之校务评议会），council（委员会会议），forum，gathering, get-together, meeting，meet, panel，powwow (infml)，roundtable， session，seminar，summit, symposium，synod(教会会议），social gathering，workshop etc. Different kinds of meetings 1.Meeting :a general and summary term of various kinds of assembly of people for a particular purpose. the 2009 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, held in Canada 2.Conference: formal, often lasting for a few days, a specialized professional or academic event, esp. at the international level. e.g. The Third International Conference on Urban Healthwill bring together members of the global research community and offer a forum for the discussion of the conference theme: The global Urban Health Agenda: Setting Priorities and Building Infrastructure. Different kinds of meetings 3. Symposium: a meeting for specialized academic discussion. Compared with conference, a symposium is usually narrower and more specific in the range of topics. In terms of scale, a symposium may be smaller than a conference, because sometimes a conference may include symposiums held simultaneously﹙as satellite symposiums﹚/. “working conference”. “ a political conference”( held by the government for political consultation ). CHINESE PEOPLES POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE Different kinds of meetings e.g. They are going to participate in the Second International Symposium on teaching English at Tertiary Level in Hong Kong next May. The teaching of language skills, language learners’ styles and strategies, new technology and methodology as well as other relevant issues will be discussed the