26.4273, Calls: Arabic, Language Acquisition/USA

Tue Sep 29 22:42:29 UTC 2015

LINGUIST List: Vol-26-4273. Tue Sep 29 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.4273, Calls: Arabic, Language Acquisition/USA

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:42:22
From: Mohammad Alhawary [abuamr at umich.edu]
Subject: Investigating Arabic Second Language Learning: Empirical Findings and Trends

Full Title: Investigating Arabic Second Language Learning: Empirical Findings and Trends 
Short Title: Arabic SLA Conference 

Date: 24-Sep-2016 - 25-Sep-2016
Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA 
Contact Person: Mohammad Alhawary
Meeting Email: abuamr at umich.edu
Web Site: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)

Call Deadline: 28-Feb-2016 

Meeting Description:

You are invited to submit proposals for presentation at the International Conference: “Investigating Arabic Second Language Learning: Empirical Findings and Trends” to be held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, September 24-25, 2016.

The conference is an open forum for scholars interested in exploring empirically the different aspects of Arabic second/foreign language learning within current approaches, including:

- Formal (generative, functional, typological)
- Cognitive (processability, attention, noticing and awareness)
- Input-based (input processing, input, interaction and output)
- Frequency and corpus-based
- Usage-based
- Sociocultural
- Sociocognitive
- Language socialization
- Neurobiological
- Discourse, Conversation, or Pragmatic
- Code-switching
- Diglossia
- Ideology
- Identity

Topics can also deal with the theory and practice of Arabic second/foreign language teaching, including but not limited to:

- Application of classroom approaches or specific techniques to teach language skills and components (speaking, listening, reading, writing, culture, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation)
- Technology-mediated learning and teaching
- Local versus study-abroad environment
- L1 transfer in L2 acquisition
- L2 transfer in L3 acquisition
- L2 maintenance and attrition
- Learning strategies
- Individual differences and external variables (aptitude, anxiety, attitude, distance, and motivation)
- Learner perception
- Accuracy
- Fluency
- Foreign language testing
- Second language acquisition-testing interface
- Heritage learners
- Teacher education

Languages of the conference: English and Arabic

Co-Sponsors at U-M:

- Department of Near Eastern Studies
- Department of Linguistics
- CMENAS

Inquiries:

Please contact the conference organizer, Prof. Mohammad Alhawary: abuamr at umich.edu

Call for Papers:

To present a paper, an abstract is required. To submit an abstract, please visit the following site: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/submissions/

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: February 28, 2016
Notification of abstract acceptance: March 30, 2016

Publication:

Following the conference, papers which are recommended by external peer reviewers will be published in a book under contract with Routledge.

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