Call for Papers

[Benjamin Rifkin]

Dear SEELANGers:

On behalf of my colleagues with whom I serve on the MLA  Divisional
Committee on Applied Linguistics, I bring you the following call for papers.
Please note that the MLA Convention is held in conjunction with the AATSEEL
Conference, both in San Francisco in late December 1998.

Ben Rifkin

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CALL FOR PAPERS  (Deadline: March 2, 1998)


MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION 1998 CONVENTION
DIVISION ON APPLIED LINGUISTICS
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
27-30 DECEMBER 1998


The Division on Applied Linguistics is sponsoring three separate sessions.

Session 1: Second Language Fluency: Definitions and Issues

While reference to "L2 fluency" is common, informed discussion about its
definition, measurement and acquisition is rare.  This session explores
both theoretical issues and research on L2 fluency in speech, reading or
writing.

Session 2: Technology in Second Language Learning: What Does Research Tell Us?

This session explores the consequences of using computer technology in
language instruction.  Papers should report on original research or make
connections between research, theory, and teaching practice.

Session 3: Emotion and Language: Implications for Language Learning

This session presents recent research on the relationship between affect
and language learning.  Papers should report on original research or make
connections between research, theory, and teaching practice.

One-page blind abstracts accompanied by a card with the presenter's name,
address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address should be sent to:

                Richard Kern
                Dept. of French
                University of California, Berkeley
                Berkeley, CA 94720-2580
                fax (510) 642-2194
                e-mail: kernrg at uclink.berkeley.edu

Deadline for RECEIPT of abstracts: March 2, 1998
Faxed and e-mail submissions will be accepted but should be followed up by
a hard-copy submission.
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Benjamin Rifkin

Associate Professor of Slavic Languages
Coordinator of Russian-Language Instruction

Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI  53706  USA

voice:  608/262-1623
fax:  608/265-2814
e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu

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