FINAL REMINDER - PacSLRF 2001 Conference (in Hawai'i!): General Announcement and Call for Papers (DEADLINE - APRIL 30, 2001)

National Foreign Language Resource Center pacslrf at hawaii.edu
Thu Apr 26 00:38:33 UTC 2001


Of interest to teachers and researchers of Southeast Asian languages!
(Please feel free to forward this announcement to interested colleagues!)


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	    PACIFIC SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH FORUM (PacSLRF) 2001

			      OCTOBER 4-7, 2001
			at the Imin Conference Center
			University of Hawai'i at Manoa
			   Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA

		WEBSITE:  http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf/
			 EMAIL:  pacslrf at hawaii.edu

This conference will focus on the acquisition of second languages in
instructed and naturalistic settings, particularly in East Asian,
Southeast Asian, and Pacific languages.  Paper, poster, and colloquium
proposal submissions are welcome (see end of message for CALL FOR PAPERS
announcement - DEADLINE:  APRIL 30, 2001)!

	PLENARY SESSIONS:
	* "The state of emergentism in SLA" (KEVIN GREGG, St. Andrews
	  University, Osaka, Japan)
	* "Operations and representations in second language acquisition"
	  (WILLIAM O'GRADY, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, USA)
	* "Issues in second dialect acquisition" (JEFF SIEGEL, University
	  of New England, New South Wales, Australia)
	* "Children acquire traits of those who feed them" (NOEAU WARNER,
	  University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, USA)
	* "Mind, language, and epistemology:  Toward a language
	  socialization paradigm for SLA" (KAREN WATSON-GEGEO, University
	  of California at Davis, California, USA)
	* "Morphological variability in SLA:  A hardy perennial" (LYDIA
	  WHITE, McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

	INVITED COLLOQUIA:
	* "Japanese as a second language from different perspectives"
	  (Convener:  KAZUE KANNO, UH Manoa)
	* "Current research in second dialect acquisition" (Convener:
	  JEFF SIEGEL, University of New England)
	* "Issues in Instructed SLA" (Convener: CATHERINE DOUGHTY, UH
	  Manoa)

For more information about PacSLRF 2001 conference pre-registration,
conference schedule, lodging options, and social events, please visit our
website at:

			http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf/

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    ANNOUNCING THE 4TH PACIFIC SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH FORUM (PACSLRF)
			    * CALL FOR PAPERS *

Proposals for papers, posters, and colloquia regarding any aspect of
research in second language acquisition, particularly in Asian and Pacific
languages, are invited:

INDIVIDUAL PAPERS will be allotted 40 minutes (30 minutes plus 10 minutes
	for discussion).
POSTERS will be displayed for one day during the conference; posters are
	intended as a format for reports of work in progress.
COLLOQUIA will be allotted 2 hours and 10 minutes. Distribution of this
	time will be left to the discretion of the colloquium organizers,
	who are encouraged to include ample time for audience response and
	discussion.

Proposals can be submitted as follows. Choose one submission format only.

Either fill out and submit a proposal on the World Wide Web at the PacSLRF
2001 Website (http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf) OR submit the information
listed below either via email (pacslrf at hawaii.edu) or on floppy disk. If
sent on a floppy disk or as an email attachment, make sure that the
proposal is in MICROSOFT WORD, WORD PERFECT, or plain text format.  (Or
you may also send a hard copy proposal via regular mail.  Be sure to
include 3 copies if you choose this option)

For INDIVIDUAL PAPERS and POSTERS, include in the following order:
	1. presentation category (paper or poster)
	2. title of the presentation (maximum ten words)
	3. language of presentation
	4. presenter contact info: last name, first name, department,
	   affiliation, mailing address, phone, and e-mail address
	5. co-presenter(s) contact info: last name, first name,
	   department, affiliation, mailing address, phone, and e-mail
	   address
	6. 50-word (maximum) single-spaced English language summary of the
	   paper or poster
	7. 300-word (maximum) single-spaced English language abstract of
	   the paper or poster

For COLLOQUIA, include in the following order:
	1. presentation category (colloquium)
	2. title of colloquium (maximum ten words)
	3. language of presentation
	4. colloquium organizer contact info:  last name, first name,
	   department, affiliation, mailing address, phone, and e-mail
	   address
	5. 50-word (maximum) single-spaced colloquium summary (in
	   English)
	6. 300-word (maximum) single-spaced abstract (in English),
	   explaining theme and structure of the colloquium
	7. For each individual colloquium presentation, send:
		a) title of the presentation
		b) language of presentation
		c) presenter contact info: last name, first name,
		   department, affiliation, mailing address, phone, and
		   e-mail address
		d) 50-word (maximum) single-spaced presentation summary
		   (in English)
		e) 300-word (maximum) single-spaced presentation abstract
		   (in English)

SNAIL MAIL/DISK SUBMISSIONS: Pacific Second Language Research Forum 2001
			     c/o National Foreign Language Resource Center
			     University of Hawai'i at Manoa
			     1859 East-West Road #106
			     Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822 USA

EMAIL SUBMISSIONS:  pacslrf at hawaii.edu

ONLINE WEB SUBMISSIONS:  http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf

The DEADLINE for receipt of all submissions for PacSLRF 2001 has been
extended to MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2001. Notification of acceptance will be
sent by the end of May, 2001.

Thank you for your interest,

Jim Yoshioka
Conference Chair, PacSLRF 2001


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 A   2        c/o National Foreign Language Resource Center
  C   0       University of Hawai'i at Manoa
   S   0      1859 East-West Road, #106
    L   1     Honolulu HI 96822
     R        phone: (808) 956-9424; fax: (808) 956-5983
      F       email: pacslrf at hawaii.edu

VISIT US ON THE WEB!   http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf
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