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<div style="text-align: center; "><b>First call for papers for the next Child Language Seminar</b></div>
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<div>CLS 2011 will be held at Newcastle University, 13<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> & 14<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> June 2011 (with registration and wine reception on the evening of the 12<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> of June). </div>
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<div>The Child Language Seminar (CLS) is an interdisciplinary conference with a long tradition which attracts a diverse international audience of, among others, psychologists, linguists and speech and language therapists, and provides a forum for research on
language acquisition in all its diversity. </div>
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<div>Proposals for papers and posters are invited relating to all aspects of child language acquisition and disorders. Those which speak to the four key themes of the conference are particularly welcome.</div>
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<div>CLS 2011 will focus on four key themes in the field of child language research </div>
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<li>Child Language and Literacy</li><li>Children with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)</li><li>Capturing change in child language</li><li>Bilingual and cross-linguistic perspectives on child language</li></ul>
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<div><b>Keynote speakers:</b></div>
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<div>We are very pleased to announce that our confirmed keynote speakers are:</div>
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<li>Professor Maggie Snowling (University of York)</li></ul>
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<li>Professor James Law (Newcastle University)</li></ul>
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<li>Professor Sheena Reilly (University of Melbourne)</li></ul>
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<li>Professor Elizabeth Pena (University of Texas)</li></ul>
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<div>More details to follow soon</div>
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<div>(Our webpage is in development and further calls and links to the webpage will be circulated in due course)</div>
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<div><b>Call for papers:</b></div>
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<div>Proposals are invited for papers and posters related to all aspects of child language</div>
<div>acquisition and disorders.</div>
<div>Proposals will be considered on children’s first or subsequent language development (e.g., grammar, phonology, lexicon, pragmatics, discourse, literacy, bilingualism, sign language, psycholinguistic processing) or on any aspect relating to children with
language difficulties (e.g., description, assessment, remediation). </div>
<div>The CLS is a peer-reviewed research conference and all proposals will be reviewed anonymously by members of the organising committee.</div>
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<div><i>Presentation format</i></div>
<div>Proposals should indicate whether an oral presentation or poster is preferred. The programme committee views both formats as having equal value but reserves the right to switch formats to suit the programme. Presenters will be notified about the final
format of their presentation at the time their proposal is accepted.</div>
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<div><i>Proposal format</i></div>
<div>Proposals must be written in English and include the following:</div>
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<div><i>Cover Page:</i></div>
<div>Title of presentation</div>
<div>Authors’ names and affiliations</div>
<div>Name, address, telephone number and email address of contact person</div>
<div>Preferred presentation format (oral presentation or poster)</div>
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<div><i>Abstract:</i></div>
<div>Title of presentation</div>
<div>Summary of research undertaken (300 words maximum, single spaced)</div>
<div>Do not include authors’ names</div>
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<div><i>Submitting proposals:</i></div>
<div>Proposals must be composed in either MS Word or RTF format with paper size set to A4 and submitted as an attachment to an email (not as part of the mail body of the email) to: <a href="mailto:cristina.mckean@ncl.ac.uk"><font color="#0000FF"><u>cristina.mckean@ncl.ac.uk</u></font></a></div>
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<div><b>Key dates:</b></div>
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<div>Submission of abstracts: 1<font size="1"><sup>st</sup></font> January 2011</div>
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<div>Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1<font size="1"><sup>st</sup></font> February 2011</div>
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<div>Registration open: 1<font size="1"><sup>st</sup></font> February 2011</div>
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<div>Programme published on website: 1 April 2011</div>
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<div>Early registration deadline (reduced fee): 15<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> April 2011</div>
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<div>Registration and wine reception: 12<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> June</div>
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<div>CLS meeting: 13<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font>-14<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> June 2010, with conference dinner 13<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> June</div>
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<div><b>Registration:</b></div>
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<div>Exact costings have not been finalised and will be published as soon as possible on the conference website. We will offer an early registration discount and a discount for students. </div>
<div>As a guide, fees will not differ significantly from those for CLS 2010.</div>
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<div><b>Venue:</b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-right: 15pt; ">The CLS 2011 will be hosted by <b>Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University</b>, one of the UK's leading universities. Newcastle is a research - intensive university, with a
reputation for teaching and learning of the highest quality and for its role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. </div>
<div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-right: 15pt; ">Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University is one of the leading teaching and research units in the UK devoted to the study of normal communicative processes and communication
disorders in children and adults. </div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-right: 15pt; ">The core aims of Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle is to deliver high quality teaching, and excellent research and to work collaboratively with the profession to impact on practice. These activities
contribute to our high standing within health and education both nationally and internationally. </div>
<div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-right: 15pt; ">Newcastle was the first university in the UK to award a degree in Speech and Language Therapy (1967), recently celebrated 50 years of Speech and Language Therapy Training and continues
to be one of the UK’s leading SLT training programmes. </div>
<div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-right: 15pt; ">Our <a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/research/speechlanguage/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>research</u></font></a> involves the study of normal and impaired human communication processes,
assessment and intervention for individuals with communication disorders, and sociolinguistics, the RAE 2008 can be found <a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/rae/rae2008/uoa58.htm"><font color="#0000FF"><u>here</u></font></a>. Many staff are members of larger
collaborative research groups within the university, including the <a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences</u></font></a> and the <a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ihs/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>Institute
of Health and Society</u></font></a>. We also collaborate with researchers throughout the UK and abroad (Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand).</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-right: 15pt; "><b>Newcastle:</b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-right: 15pt; "><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.visitnewcastlegateshead.com/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Newcastle upon Tyne</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
was voted England's favourite city break destination by readers of the Guardian and Observer for four consecutive years and has been voted </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">the UK’s best University City 2010 by MSN travel. </font></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; padding-right: 15pt; ">Located in the <a href="http://www.visitnortheastengland.com/?utm_source=splash&utm_medium=click&utm_campaign=visitneengland"><font color="#0000FF"><u>North East of England</u></font></a>,
the city is easily accessible by rail (1½ hours from Edinburgh, 3 hours from London) and air (direct flights to over 25 destinations and excellent connections though London and Amsterdam).
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Known for the friendly welcome visitors receive, the city has impressive Georgian architecture, inspiring cultural venues and is within easy reach of the beautiful Northumbrian coastline, Hadrian's Wall, the Scottish Borders and stunning Durham city and cathedral.
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<div><b>Accommodation:</b></div>
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<div>We are asking delegates to kindly book their own conference accommodation. There are many excellent places to stay within the city and good public transport links to and from the university.</div>
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<div>More details of specific accommodation and transport arrangements will be available soon on the conference website.</div>
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<div>Further details will be circulated in due course and the conference website launched in the near future. If you have any queries please contact Cristina McKean <a href="mailto:cristina.mckean@ncl.ac.uk"><font color="#0000FF"><u>cristina.mckean@ncl.ac.uk</u></font></a></div>
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<div>We look forward to welcoming you to the CLS in 2011</div>
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<div><i>Cristina McKean, Helen Stringer, James Law</i></div>
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<div>Co-chairs CLS 2011 organising committee</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2" color="#365F91">Dr Cristina McKean | Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology |(Developmental Speech and Language Disorders) | Speech and Language Sciences Section |School of Education Communication and Language
Sciences |Room 2.18a |King George VI Building |Newcastle University | Queen Victoria Rd |NE1 7RU | 0191 222 6528</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="3" color="#1F497D"><b>CPD for SLTs & Allied Professionals: Accredited, advanced modules in Professional Practice </b><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/sltcpd"><font color="#4F81BD"><u><b>www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/sltcpd</b></u></font></a></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#1F497D"><b>F</b><font size="3"><b>or </b></font><font size="3" color="#17365D"><b>information about the MSc in Evidence Based Practice in Communication Disorders go to </b></font><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ebpcd"><font size="3" color="#4F81BD"><u><b>http://</b></u></font><font size="3" color="#4F81BD"><u><b>www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ebpcd</b></u></font></a><font size="3" color="#4F81BD"><b>
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