27.77, Calls: Lang Acq/Japan

Tue Jan 5 16:32:55 UTC 2016

LINGUIST List: Vol-27-77. Tue Jan 05 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.77, Calls: Lang Acq/Japan

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Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:32:46
From: Bruno Di Biase [b.dibiase at westernsydney.edu.au]
Subject: 16th Annual International Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition

Full Title: 16th Annual International Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition 
Short Title: PALA 

Date: 07-Sep-2016 - 08-Sep-2016
Location: Tokyo, Japan 
Contact Person: Bruno Di Biase
Meeting Email: b.dibiase at westernsydney.edu.au

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2016 

Meeting Description:

16th Annual International Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition will be held at Chuo University Tokyo on 7-8 September 2016 on the theme Processability and Multilingualism.

Symposium Description:

The 16th International Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition (PALA) will cover a wide range of topics relating to current research on Processability Theory and Second Language Acquisition including theoretical, empirical and applied issues, around the theme Processability and Multilingualism, which highlights the challenges and opportunities facing researchers in an ever changing, and ever more multilingual, world.

The symposium is open to everyone, with no participation fees, but participants will be required to register with Yumiko Yamaguchi yyamaguchi at tokai-u.jp

Call for Papers: 

We are pleased to invite proposals for the 16th PALA Symposium. 

Deadline for abstract submissions:	31 March 2016
Notification of acceptance will be notified by: 1 May 2016

Please upload your 300 words abstract (excluding title and references) on the Symposium’s PALA16 website 

Proposals for papers and posters may not have been previously published. Each author may submit no more than one individual and one co-authored abstract. All submissions will be reviewed anonymously and evaluated in terms of originality, clarity, and significance of findings and conclusions. 

- Papers will be 25 minute long (20 minutes for presentation, and 5 for discussion). 
- Posters will be allocated a time for discussion.

Submissions for papers and posters should include the following: 

- title of the paper, and abstract of 300 words (excluding references and title)
- name and affiliation of the author(s)
- first author's postal and e-mail addresses
- type of presentation intended: please indicate whether your proposal is to be considered for a paper, a poster, or either

Possible topics include (but are not limited to):

- L1-L2-L3 similarities and differences
- Bilingual and multilingual acquisition
- Learning and Teaching Heritage Languages	
- Language Acquisition in Special Populations
- Cross-linguistic comparisons
- Pragmatics/syntax-interface in language development
- Role of PT in Learning, Teaching, Testing and Assessment
- PT and Technology in the classroom and outside

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