28.2573, Calls: Applied Ling/USA

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Subject: 28.2573, Calls: Applied Ling/USA

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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:48:32
From: Maryann Parada [mparada1 at csub.edu]
Subject: American Association for Applied Linguistics

 
Full Title: American Association for Applied Linguistics 
Short Title: AAAL 2018 

Date: 24-Mar-2018 - 27-Mar-2018
Location: Chicago, IL, USA 
Contact Person: Ellen Serafini
Meeting Email: eserafi2 at gmu.edu
Web Site: http://www.aaal.org/page/2018CFP 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 10-Jul-2017 

Meeting Description:

'Situating language learner selves in context: Theoretical, empirical, and
practical implications'

While traditional views of second language acquisition (SLA) typically
acknowledge a role for the contexts in which language learning occurs,
contexts and learners are nonetheless treated as separate entities within a
one−directional relationship, in which the external (i.e., contexts) acts upon
the internal (i.e., learner characteristics) (Mercer, 2015, 2016; Ushioda,
2009, 2015). However, the 'dynamic turn' in SLA research has increasingly
questioned this view and argued for a conceptual shift towards considering
individuals’ dynamic interactions with diverse contexts in which the learner
and his/her environment are in an ongoing, mutually influential relationship
(Dörnyei & Ryan, 2015; Larsen−Freeman, 1997, 2015; Ushioda, 2009, 2015). Under
this view, contexts are conceived at both micro− and macro−level scales that
include cognitive, social, cultural, pedagogical, physical, and temporal
factors (Dörnyei, MacIntyre, & Henry, 2015; King, 2016; Larsen−Freeman &
Cameron, 2008).

Over the last decade, the construct of second language (L2) motivation has
received the most theoretical and empirical attention in this realm, primarily
within Dörnyei's socio−dynamic L2 Motivational Self System (Dörnyei, 2005,
2009; Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2009), which seeks to understand motivational
dynamics of possible selves (Markus & Nurius, 1986) in relation to context and
temporal fluctuation (Dörnyei, MacIntyre, & Henry, 2015). While this model has
spurred significant research output in the last 10-12 years (Al−Hoorie, 2017),
studies have almost exclusively been conducted in instructed contexts of
English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL). This crucial gap limits our
understanding of the range of potentially relevant contextual factors that
interact with how learners perceive and construe their possible selves within
different learning environments, such as study abroad (Irie & Ryan, 2015) and
heritage contexts (Kurata, 2015), and in relation to other target languages,
like Chinese (Xie, 2014) and Spanish (Serafini, In Press). 

The goal of the current colloquium aims to contribute to closing this gap by
fostering productive dialogue around the need to contextually situate learner
selves in relation to relevant historical, psychological, social, cultural,
and pedagogical factors that characterize contexts where target languages
other than English are under study. In this vein, the present call for
proposals invites original conceptual, empirical, methodological, and
practically–oriented work that sheds light on the dynamic, co−adaptive nature
of context and learners' self-concept in order to not only gain theoretical
and methodological insight but also practical insight for educators working in
a variety of settings (e.g., Lasagabaster, Doiz, & Sierra, 2014).


Final Call for Papers:

American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL 2018)
Chicago, March 24-27, 2018
 
Colloquium Organizer: Maryann Neilson Parada, California State University
Bakersfield
 
Colloquium title/theme: ''Applied Onomastics''
 
This is a call for participation in a colloquium session on Applied
Onomastics.  Names are linguistic elements that figure prominently in our
social identities and interactions as individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and societies. Factors as varied as geography, culture,
socioeconomic status, legal constraints, and marketing strategies influence
names and naming. The study of names (onomastics), including personal, place,
and commercial names, among others, is both multi- and interdisciplinary.
Because of the ubiquity and important functions of names, they are also of
''enduring interest to the wider public'' (Hough 2016), confirmed by the long
tradition of collaboration between academics and non-academics in name
studies. The aim of this colloquium is to demonstrate how onomastics can offer
practical solutions and insights to issues encountered in a wide range of
contexts. Proposals are invited on any topic relating to Applied Onomastics,
including but not limited to:
 

names and education
names and media
names and lexicography / name dictionaries
onomastic aspects of marketing and tourism
onomastic aspects of language planning
name-related policies, regulations and laws
onomastics and forensic linguistics
onomastics and psychology or cognition
name-based data mining and technologies
names and bi/multilingualism
cross-cultural naming practices
societal trends in naming
the relationship between Applied Onomastics and Applied Linguistics
the aims of Applied Onomastics as a field
 
Please send proposals containing a title, key words, abstract (300 words), and
brief summary (50 words) by July 10th 2017 to Maryann Parada
(mparada1 at csub.edu). Notifications will be sent by July 20th, 2017.




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