Interfaces of Bilingualism and Specific Language Impairment Workshop - Call for Posters

[Anat Prior]

Thanks!
Anat

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Sharon Armon-Lotem <
sharon.armonlotem at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Anat Shalom,
>
> Thanks for showing interest in the workshop.
>
> We hope to finalize the program by the end of the month and post it. I
> shall be happy to send you a copy.
>
> Best
>
> Sharon
>
>   On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Anat Prior <anat.prior at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>   Sharon Shalom,
>>
>> I'm a new faculty member in the department of Learning Disabitilies in
>> Haifa, and was very interested to receive word of the workshop you are
>> organizing. I tried following the link you provided, but apparently it isn't
>> functional. Do you have a tentative program for the workshop yet? If so,
>> would you be so kind as to send it to me?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Anat Prior
>>
>>   On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Sharon Armon-Lotem <
>> sharon.armonlotem at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Interfaces of Bilingualism and Specific Language Impairment Workshop -
>>> Call for Posters
>>>
>>> February 1-5, 2009
>>>
>>> Institute for Advanced Study, the Hebrew University, Israel
>>>
>>> The large numbers of bilinguals in the world and widespread migrations
>>> of the 1990s, have led to dramatic increases in the number of children
>>> being raised in multilingual communities. Typically developing (TD)
>>> bilinguals often look like the children with Specific Language
>>> Impairement (SLI), creating methodological and clinical diagnostic
>>> confounds. Medical, language and educational professionals have
>>> limited test instruments to distinguish language impaired migrant
>>> children from those who will eventually catch up to their monolingual
>>> peers. As a result, folk wisdom reigns, often carrying the view that
>>> bilingual children with language disorders should be educated in a
>>> single language, usually not the language of the home. In recent
>>> years, several research groups have taken upon themselves to
>>> disentangle bilingualism and SLI by establishing the relative
>>> contribution of the each to impaired language performance.
>>>
>>> Invited Speakers include:
>>> •       Galit Adam, Tel Aviv University
>>> •       Anne Baker, University of Amsterdam
>>> •       Isabelle Barriere, Brooklyn College (CUNY)
>>> •       Lisa Bedore, University of Texas
>>> •       Naama Friedmann, Tel Aviv University
>>> •       Natalia Gagarina, Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS)
>>> •       Peggy F. Jacobson, St. John's University
>>> •       Jan de Jong, University of Amsterdam
>>> •       Theo Marinis, University of Reading
>>> •       Juergen M. Meisel, University of Hamburg/University of Calgary
>>> •       Johanna Paradis, University of Alberta
>>> •       Carol Pfaff, Freie Universität Berlin
>>> •       Dorit Ravid, Tel Aviv University
>>> •       Tom Roeper, University of Massachusetts
>>> •       Monika Rothweiler, University of Hamburg
>>> •       Jeannette Schaeffer, Ben Gurion University
>>> •       Petra Schulz, University of Frankfurt
>>> •       Elin Thordardottir, McGill University
>>> •       Ianthi Tsimpli, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
>>> •       Joel Walters, Bar Ilan University
>>> •       Bencie Woll, University College London
>>>
>>>
>>> Posters are invited for a poster session on February 4th
>>>
>>> Submissions should include:
>>>
>>> 1. A cover page with the title of the poster, all authors' names and
>>> affiliations, and contact information of the 1st author (postal
>>> address, email address, telephone).
>>> 2. A one-page abstract (Times New Roman 12 font), with an optional
>>> second page for examples, data and references. No identity properties
>>> of the author should be found on the abstract page(s). Please center
>>> title of the presentation at the top.
>>>
>>> Cover page and abstract must be submitted electronically to
>>> bisli.workshop at gmail.com in PDF or word format. In the subject line of
>>> the email please state ''Abstract BISLI'' and the first author's last
>>> name.
>>>
>>> All authors will be invited to submit their papers for online
>>> proceedings.
>>>
>>> The deadline for abstract submission: November 15, 2008
>>> Notification of acceptance: December 1, 2008.
>>>
>>> There is no registration fee, but you must register by January 10,
>>> 2008 at www.as.huji.ac.il/workshops/isf/biligualism/. In addition,
>>> please send an email with your name and affiliation to
>>> bisli.workshop at gmail.com so we know how many to expect. In the subject
>>> line of the email please state ''Registration BISLI''.
>>>
>>>
>>> Organizing Committee:
>>>
>>> Sharon Armon-Lotem
>>> Jonathan Fine
>>> Joel Walters
>>>
>>> The workshop is organized by the English Department and Gonda
>>> Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University with
>>> the generous support of the Institute for Advanced Study at The Hebrew
>>> University and the Israel Science Foundation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Anat Prior, PhD
>> Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center
>> for the Study of Learning Disabilities
>> Department of Learning Disabilities
>> Faculty of Education
>> Haifa University
>> Haifa, Israel
>>
>> http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/aprior/
>>
>> Bar Ilan University
>> Ramat Gan, Israel
>>
>> >>
>>


-- 
Anat Prior, PhD
Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center
for the Study of Learning Disabilities
Department of Learning Disabilities
Faculty of Education
Haifa University
Haifa, Israel

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/aprior/

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