28.733, Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acq, Psycholing/France

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Subject: 28.733, Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acq, Psycholing/France

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Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:19:01
From: Rebekah Rast [rebrast at gmail.com]
Subject: Pushing for Precision on Initial Input Processing in SLA: Are We Speaking the Same Language?

 Full Title: Pushing for Precision on Initial Input Processing in SLA: Are We Speaking the Same Language? 

Date: 18-May-2017 - 19-May-2017
Location: Paris (St. Denis), France 
Contact Person: Rebekah Rast
Meeting Email: rebekah.rast at cnrs.fr
Web Site: http://initialinput.sciencesconf.org 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     French (fra)

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2017 

Meeting Description:

The primary objective of this symposium is to address input processing at the
initial stages of foreign language acquisition (including second, third and
additional) and the interface with foreign language teaching. 

Building on the richness of theories in SLA, rather than eschewing it, we wish
to discuss input processing from different perspectives with a view to
identifying overlap in our research questions, theories, methodologies and/or
findings. One objective may be to work towards finding a common terminology.
For instance, some researchers may not refer to ''input processing'' if this
is taken to mean something different from ''processing input''. Some
researchers refer to ''input'' as external to the mental system (the
linguistic input of the environment), whereas others equate ''input'' with an
internal system in which one processor produces output that serves as input to
another processor.

We therefore wish to discuss questions, such as: How is language represented
in our minds? What are the cognitive processes involved in input processing?
What is the relation between input processing, intake and acquisition? What
are implications of our research and theoretical frameworks for questions of
implicit and explicit learning? How do these implications extend to questions
of language teaching?

The symposium will conclude with a roundtable designed to identify common
themes, work to build consensus and lay out directions for future research.

Guest Speakers:

Giuliano Bernini (Università degli Studi di Bergamo)
Nick Ellis (University of Michigan)
Aline Godfroid (Michigan State University)
Alex Housen and Hannelore Simoens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Barbara Köpke (Université de Toulouse) 
Kara Morgan-Short (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Michael Sharwood Smith (Heriot-Watt University and University of Edinburgh)
Bill VanPatten (Michigan State University)

Round Table facilitators:

Heather Hilton (Université Lyon 2, France)
Daniel Véronique (Université Aix-Marseille, France)

Call for Papers:

The organizers of the GDRI-SLAT Symposium on initial input processing in SLA
invite abstract submissions for posters in research related to input
processing in L2/L3 language acquisition, especially at the early stages.

Abstracts should be no more than 450 words, including references. Please
include three key words with your abstract. Abstracts are accepted in French
and English. All abstracts should be submitted here:
http://initialinput.sciencesconf.org

Abstracts will be anonymously reviewed. Poster presentations will be featured
on both days of the symposium.

- Abstract submissions accepted: February 9, 2017 to March 15, 2017 
- Decisions sent: April 15, 2017 
- Online conference registration period: April 15 to May 3, 2017 

For further information on the symposium, please consult the conference site
at http://initialinput.sciencesconf.org

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