naaclt 2nd call (fwd)

[Andrew Carnie]

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Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 14:38:21 +0100
From: Jim/Roz Ladrew <jladrew at chesco.com>
Subject: naaclt 2nd call


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3rd Celtic Language Learning Conference
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
May  31, 1997

 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline: December 20, 1996

This conference is being organized by the North American Association for
Celtic Language Teachers (NAACLT).  Proposals for individual papers are
welcome on the following topics involving any one or more of the modern
Celtic languages:

computer-assisted instruction
dialect choice in language learning
language acquisition
language and gender
language-learning materials
language policy and planning
language testing and teacher certification
syllabus design

Papers will be 20 minutes long with a 10-minute discussion period
following.  Send three double-spaced printed copies of a 300-word
proposal with name, address, voice and fax number, e-mail address, and
institutional affiliation on the first copy.  Second and third copy
should have no identification.  Also send one copy of a 50-word summary
to be included in the conference program and book of abstracts.  Submit
these in printed form as well as the computer texts by e-mail.  Texts
will be accepted on disk for those without e-mail access.  If submitted
on disk, be sure to indicate DOS or Macintosh and the word-processing
program used.

Send proposals and abstracts to:
Dr. Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew
NAACLT’97
Penn Language Center
401 Lauder-Fischer Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA  19104-6330
U.S.A.
e-mail:   jladrew at chesco.com
or:         rblyn at sas.upenn.edu

All other inquiries to:
Dr. Kenneth Nilsen
Celtic Studies
NAACLT’97
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, NS  B2G 2W5
CANADA
e-mail: knilsen at juliet.stfx.ca


This conference will follow the Celtic Language Teachers’ Professional
Development Day on May 30, also to be held at St. Francis Xavier.  A
pre-conference field trip and post-conference one-day Scottish Gaelic
immersion course are also being planned.