PacSLRF 2001 Conference (in Hawai'i!): General Announcement

[National Foreign Language Resource Center]

	    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 website for CALL FOR PAPERS
information - 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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Thank you for your interest,

Jim Yoshioka
Conference Chair, PacSLRF 2001


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