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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Call for Papers: Workshop on Sign Bilingualism in the Asia-Pacific Region<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">As part of the Conference on Bilingual Acquisition in Early Childhood (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/conference/baec/), a workshop on sign bilingualism will be held at the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chinese</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:place w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:place> on 10 December 2008. The workshop is organized by the Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The workshop aims at attracting researchers from all over Asia-Pacific region who are interested in language development of Deaf and hard of hearing children who grow up in a sign bilingual environment. Over the past two decades there has been a growing awareness of the need for Deaf children to have a natural sign language as their first language and learn spoken language (written / oral) as their second language. The bilingual acquisition of Deaf children may be a different process and may have a different pathway from that of hearing children. We are interested in the properties of the language input that Deaf children receive and also the impact of their first language on the development of their second language. We would like to invite papers on theoretical issues concerning the development of sign bilingual Deaf children learning any combination of sign language and spoken
language, including written language, within the Asia-Pacific region. <U><o:p></o:p></U></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">We hope that this workshop will create a platform for educators of the Deaf and researchers to work together in discussing the theoretical issues that arise from the sign bilingual model, so that we can arrive at a better understanding on the language development of Deaf and hard of hearing children. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Programme:<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">10 December 2008 (Wed)</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Each author may submit one proposal as the first author and another as co-author. Each presentation will be 15 minutes in length, followed by 15 minutes of discussion. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Deadline for submission of abstract: <B>15 June, 2008</B> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG></STRONG><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please send your submissions to the following email address, in the following manner: <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 43.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please send the following information in the main text of your email and your abstract as an attachment no later than 15 June 2008. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Title and abstract<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The abstract review process will be conducted anonymously; please do not include any information in your abstract which may reveal your identity. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman">(a) Format<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>1. Number of pages<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Paper: maximum 2 pages A4 (including title, tables, figures, & references)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>2. Paper size: A4<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>3. Margins:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Top and bottom: 30mm, Left and Right: 25mm<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>4. Font: Times New Roman<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>5. Font size: 12 point for text, 10 point for references<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>6. Length of abstract & line spacing: single-space, 500 words maximum</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Interpretation<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Email: </B><SPAN style="COLOR: #358076"><A href="mailto:cslds@arts.cuhk.edu.hk"><FONT color=#0000ff>cslds@arts.cuhk.edu.hk</FONT></A></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Include “Sign Bilingualism Workshop” in the subject line. </FONT></P></DIV>
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