<div>We are extending the deadline for submission of abstracts of the captioned workshop, please find the details below:</div> <div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>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></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in
0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The workshop aims at attracting research on sign bilingualism in the Asia-Pacific region from researchers working within this region as well as from other parts of the globe.</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>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. </FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>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></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New
Roman">Programme:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>10 December 2008 (Wed)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Paper presentation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><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></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Deadline for submission of abstract: <B>30 June, 2008</B> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </div> <div 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 size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please send your submissions to the following email address, in the following manner: <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div 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="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">¡¤<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">To: </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #358076"><A href="mailto:cslds@arts.cuhk.edu.hk">cslds@arts.cuhk.edu.hk</A></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div 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="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">¡¤<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Subject: Sign Bilingualism Workshop <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><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></FONT></SPAN></div> <div 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: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list:
Ignore">¡¤<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">1. title of paper <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div 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: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">¡¤<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">2. name(s) of author(s) <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 43.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18.75pt;
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">7. keywords (about 5 words) </SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div 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: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #787878; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Title and abstract<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><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></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">(a) Format<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>1. Number of pages<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><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></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>2. Paper size: A4<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>3. Margins:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Top and bottom: 30mm, Left and Right: 25mm<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>4. Font: Times New Roman<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><FONT size=3><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></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=3><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></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Interpretation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">The languages of the workshop are English and Hong Kong Sign Language.
</SPAN>Interpretation between Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) and English will be provided; speakers of other signed / spoken languages may bring their own interpreters. </FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Contact us<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><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">cslds@arts.cuhk.edu.hk</A></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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