[EDLING:613] SLRF 2004: Call for Proposals

[Eun Sung Park]

SLRF 2005 Call for Proposals

The Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) invites proposals for papers 
and posters regarding theory and research in second language 
acquisition for its annual conference, to be held at Teachers College, 
Columbia University from October 7-9, 2005. We solicit colloquia, 
individual papers, and poster presentations relevant to the conference 
theme: “SLA models and second language instruction: Broadening the 
scope of inquiry.” We welcome submissions from a variety of 
perspectives which investigate SLA as it relates to various aspects of 
second language instruction ranging from classroom practices to 
syllabus design, material development, curriculum development, policy 
making, and assessment.

Submitters should specify one of the general research strands below 
under which they wish their proposal to be evaluated.
   

General submission strands:

· Biological processes and effects
· Cognitive processes and effects
· Neurological processes and effects
· Developmental sequences
· Environmental influences
· Socio-cultural influences
· Linguistic analyses
· Pragmatic analyses
· Individual differences
· Research methodology
· Use of learner-corpora
· Evaluation, assessment, and testing


Proposals will be accepted for the following formats:

  · Paper Presentations: 30 minutes long with a 10-minute discussion 
period. Submissions should include an abstract of no more than 400 
words and a program summary of no more than 50 words.

  · Poster Presentations: to be displayed for a 2-hour block of time. 
Posters should meet basic size and design specifications to be supplied 
by the SLRF conference organizers.

  Those interested in submitting a proposal should visit the conference 
website at http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/tesol/SLRF2005.

 
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2005

Contact information: slrf2005 at tc.columbia.edu

The SLRF 2005 Organizing Committee (Co-chairs: Andrea Revesz, Eun Sung 
Park, Charles Combs, Ji Hyun Kim; Faculty Advisor: Prof. ZhaoHong Han)

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