7.138, Confs: European Second Language Association, GURT 96

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-138. Sun Jan 28 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  357
 
Subject: 7.138, Confs: European Second Language Association, GURT 96
 
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Date:  Thu, 25 Jan 1996 16:20:41 PST
 
 
2)
Date:  Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:26:32 EST
From:  GURT at guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
Subject:  GURT96: REMINDER
 
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1)
Date:  Thu, 25 Jan 1996 16:20:41 PST
 
 
 
                                EUROSLA 6
                    scientific programme at a glance
 
 
                              friday may 31
 
Registration from 08.30. University Auditorium and
 
Conference
Centre
 
Official opening by professor Theo J.M. van Els, Rector of the university
 
 
SUNDAY JUNE 2
 
Closing Plenary 14.00 - 15.00. University Auditorium and
Conference Centre
 
The programme will consist of plenary presentations and
parallel sessions.
We also plan to arrrange a guided visit to the
 
Max-Planck-
Institut f81r Psycholinguistik during the Friday lunch
 
break.
 
Principal speakers
Anne Cutler            Max-Planck-Institut, Nijmegen
Roeland van Hout       Tilburg University
Gabriele Kasper        University of Hawai'i
Clive Perdue           University of Paris VIII
 
Organizing committee
Eric Kellerman, Departments of English and Applied Linguistics
Bert Weltens, University Language Centre
Jacqueline Berns, Conference Centre
 
 
                           GENERAL INFORMATION
 
Venue
University Auditorium and Conference Centre
Comeniuslaan 2, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
 
Important Dates
March 1, 1996          Deadline for receipt of abstracts
March 31, 1996         Mailing notification of acceptance of abstracts
April 15, 1996         Deadline for receipt of registrations
May 31, 1996           Registration opens at 08.30 hrs. in the
                       University Auditorium and Conference
                       Centre
 
Registration fees
Members of Eurosla and An82la      NLG 230 (approximately GBP 92 or USD 146)
Non-members                       NLG 280 (approximately GBP 112 or USD 186)
 
The registration fee includes daily coffee and tea breaks and three
lunches.
 
If you apply as a member of The European Second Language Association
or An82la (The Dutch association of applied linguistics) at the same
time as you register for the conference, you will also be entitled to
the reduced fee of NLG 230. The membership fee of Eurosla is NLG 50
and of An82la it is NLG 60. If you decide to become a member of one of
these associations, please transfer the money together with the
registration fee.
 
Payments
Complete registration forms should be returned by
 
Monday,
April 15, 1996 with full payment. Money orders and
 
cheques
must be made payable to Congress organization,
 
University of
Nijmegen, Comeniuslaan 2, Nijmegen:
-     Bank-to-bank transfer: account number 53.77.28.783
 
 
of the
      ABN/AMRO Bank Nijmegen. The swiftnumber of the
 
 
bank is
      ABNANL2R;
-     Certified cheques (e.g. Eurocheques, valid maximum NLG 300);
-     Credit card: Euro/Master Card, VISA or American Express.
The participant's name, address and project number 3020.. must
be marked on the money order or cheque.
 
 
Cancellations
Refunds on registrations are applicable as follows:
Before May 1, 1996           75% refund
After May 1, 1996            no refund
 
Hotel Accommodation
Special prices have been arranged with various hotels in
Nijmegen. There are three categories of hotels:
 
Category A             single NLG 150         double NLG 180
Category B             single NLG 95          double NLG 125
Category C             single NLG 55          double NLG 110
 
Please note that accommodation should be paid for at the hotel as you
check out. In the case of no show you will receive a bill for the
first night.
 
Insurance The organizing committee will not be responsible for any
medical expenses, loss or accidents during the conference and we
recommend that participants insure themselves in this respect.
 
Letter of invitation
 
A letter of invitation will be sent upon request. This letter, however
does not consitute any obligation on the part of the organizing
committee to cover travel expenses, registration fee or any other
costs connected with participation in the conference.
 
Correspondence
In connection with the scientific programme:
Eric Kellerman
EUROSLA 6
Department of English, University of Nijmegen
PO Box 9103
6500 HD  Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Fax  +31 24 361 59 39
E-mail  u260005 at vm.uci.kun.nl
 
In connection with registration/accommodation details:
Jacqueline Berns
Conference Agency, University of Nijmegen
PO Box 9111
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Telephone  +31 24 361 59 68
Fax  +31 24 356 79 56
E-mail  J.Berns at buro.kun.nl
 
 
REGISTRATION FORM
 
EUROSLA 6
Friday, May 31 until Sunday, June 2, 1996, Nijmegen,
 
The
Netherlands
 
Name, Mr./Mrs.                                Title
 
 
Institution/Affiliation
 
 
Mailing address
 
 
Postal code/Zip code/City/Country
 
 
Telephone              Fax              E-mail
 
 
 
wishes to register for: O  EUROSLA 6          O  An82la
  O
 
Eurosla
and has transferred the amount of NLG               to the
Conference Agency by:
 
O     Bank-to-bank transfer: account number 55 77 28
 
783 of the
      ABN/AMRO Bank Nijmegen, swiftnumber
 
ABNANL2R
O     Certified cheques (e.g. Eurocheques, valid
 
maximum NLG
      300)
O     Euro/Mastercard        O  Visa Card     O  American
 
 
Express
 
Card number                             Expiry date
Name of the cardholder
 
Hotel reservation
Category A                   O single NLG 150      O double
 
 
NLG 180
Category B                   O single NLG 95       O double
 
NLG 125
Category C (without          O single NLG 55       O double
 
 
NLG 110
 
   bathroom)
 
Date of arrival                       Date of departure1A
 
 
 
 
 
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Date:  Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:26:32 EST
From:  GURT at guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
Subject:  GURT96: REMINDER
 
PREREGISTRATION DEADLINE: (postmarked no later than) FEBRUARY 9,
1996.  After this date, on-site fees apply.  A 10% handling fee
will be charged for refunds.
 
For more information, visit this www-site:
>> http://www.georgetown.edu/conferences/gurt96/gurt96.html
...or contact the GURT staff at the address  below:
e-mail: gurt at guvax.bitnet or gurt at guvax.georgetown.edu   *
voice: 202/687-5726   *   fax: 202/687-0699
 
 
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
 
              Georgetown University Round Table
               on Languages and Linguistics 1996
 
  Linguistics, language acquisition, and language variation:
              Current trends and future prospects
 
                    March 14 - March 16, 1996
 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
                   Thursday, March 14, 1996
 
Opening remarks
     James E. Alatis, Chair, Georgetown University Round Table
     1996
 
Dedication of Conference to Earl Stevick, Independent Researcher
 
Plenary Address
     David Crystal, University of  Wales, Bangor
     "Playing with linguistic problems from Orwell to Plato and
     back again"
 
                    *****
 
    Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, 1996
 
INVITED SPEAKERS:
 
Donna Lardiere and Andrea Tyler, Georgetown University
 
Anna Uhl Chamot, The George Washington University
 
Donna Christian, Center for Applied Linguistics
 
Mary Ann Christison, Snow College
 
Reinhold Freudenstein, IFS der Philipps-Universitaet, Marburg/Lahn,
Germany
 
Braj Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
Yamuna Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California
 
Michael Breen, Edith Cowan University, Australia
 
Ronald P. Leow, Georgetown University
 
Joan Morley, University of Michigan
 
Peter Patrick, Georgetown University
 
Theodore Rodgers, University of Hawaii and Bilkent University,
Ankara, Turkey
 
Renzo Titone, University of Rome, Italy and University of Toronto,
Ontario
 
Walt Wolfram and Gail Hamilton,  North Carolina State University
and Ocracoke School, North Carolina
 
                          *****
 
Tutorial with Stephen Krashen, School of Education, University of
Southern California
 
This workshop will cover, and attempt to integrate, material
presented at Krashen's GURT presentations since 1989.  It will
review evidence for and against the input hypothesis, the reading
hypothesis, applications of the input hypothesis to beginning
and intermediate language and literacy development, the role of
light reading, and applications to bilingual education.
 
 
 
For more information, please contact Carolyn A. Straehle,
Coordinator   *   GURT 1996   *   Georgetown University
International Language Programs and Research   *   306-U
Intercultural Center   *   Washington, DC  20057-1045
e-mail: gurt at guvax.bitnet or gurt at guvax.georgetown.edu   *
voice: 202/687-5726   *   fax: 202/687-0699
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