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<H4 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Second Language
Research Forum (SLRF) invites proposals for papers and posters regarding theory
and research in second language acquisition for its annual conference, to be
held at Teachers College, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> from <st1:date w:st="on"
Year="2005" Day="7" Month="10">October 7-9, 2005</st1:date>. We solicit
colloquia, individual papers, and poster presentations relevant to the
conference theme: “<st1:place w:st="on">SLA</st1:place> models and second
language instruction: Broadening the scope of inquiry.” We welcome submissions
from a variety of perspectives which investigate <st1:place
w:st="on">SLA</st1:place> as it relates to various aspects of second language
instruction ranging from classroom practices to syllabus design, material
development, curriculum development, policy making, and assessment.</SPAN><SPAN
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size=3>Submitters should specify one of the general research strands below under
which they wish their proposal to be evaluated. </FONT></P>
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size=3>General submission strands:</FONT></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Biological processes and
effects<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Cognitive processes and
effects<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Neurological processes and
effects<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Developmental
sequences<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Environmental
influences<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Socio-cultural
influences<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Linguistic analyses<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Pragmatic analyses<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Individual
differences<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Research methodology<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Use of
learner-corpora<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Proposals will be accepted for the following
formats: </FONT></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Paper
Presentations: 30 minutes long with a 10-minute discussion period. Submissions
should include an abstract of no more than 400 words and a program summary of no
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Poster
Presentations: to be displayed for a 2-hour block of time. Posters should meet
basic size and design specifications to be supplied by the SLRF conference
organizers. <SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3>Those interested in submitting a proposal should visit the conference
website at </FONT><A
href="http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/tesol/SLRF2005"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/tesol/SLRF2005</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Submission Deadline: <st1:date w:st="on" Year="2005"
Day="15" Month="4"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">April 15,
2005</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
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size=3>Contact information: </FONT><A
href="mailto:slrf2005@tc.columbia.edu"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>slrf2005@tc.columbia.edu</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><BR></FONT><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The SLRF
2005 Organizing Committee (Co-chairs: Andrea Révész, </FONT><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Eun</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sung</st1:PlaceName><BR><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, Charles Combs, Ji Hyun Kim; Faculty
Advisor: Prof. ZhaoHong Han)<BR></FONT></FONT></I><SPAN
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