CFP: SLRF 2004

[Francis M Hult]

> SLRF 2004
> Convergence and Collage
> Collaboration in Applied Linguistics and the Language Sciences
>
> October 14 – 16, 2004
> State College, PA, USA
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> hosted by The Pennsylvania State University
>
> We invite you to join us for the 27th annual Second Language Research Forum
> (SLRF) conference, a prestigious and internationally renowned conference which
> brings together researchers in second language acquisition from all over the
> world. The theme of this year's conference is "Convergence and Collage,"
> reflecting the breadth and collaborative nature of the field of Second Language
> Acquisition. The theme captures the diversity of perspectives on applied
> linguistics found at Penn State, which includes research from psycholinguistic,
> structural, generative, socio-cultural, discourse, functional and
> cognitive-based perspectives on second/other language acquisition, development,
> and instruction. We are pleased to welcome as plenary speakers:
>
> Ellen Bialystok, York University
> Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawai’i
> Juana Liceras, University of Ottawa
>
> Proposals for papers, posters, and colloquia are invited in the research strands
> below, especially interdisciplinary approaches to second language acquisition,
> in keeping with the conference theme "Collage and Collaboration." See the
> conference website for submission details.
>
> 1. Theoretical and empirical approaches to foreign/second/other language
> acquisition and development
>
> 2. Theoretical and empirical approaches to foreign/second/other language
> instruction (including,but not limited to, classroom research and pedagogy)
>
> 3. Linguistic analyses (including, but not limited to, phonetics/phonology,
> discourse analysis, conversation analysis, and syntax) *
>
> 4. Bi- and multi--lingualism *
>
> 5. Language, culture, and society *
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> 6. Language, neuroscience, and cognition *
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> 7. Language testing, planning, and policy development *
>
> * as related to foreign/second/other language acquisition, development,
> instruction, and/or use
>
> Proposal Submission Deadline: JUNE 1, 2004 (Please note--our submission deadline
> has been extended!!)
>
> For more information and/or to submit a proposal,
> please visit the conference website at:
> http://lals.la.psu.edu/slrf2004/
>
> Questions? Write to slrf_2004 at yahoo.com
>
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