[EDLING:1084] CFP: FOREIGN / SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

[Francis M Hult]

http://uranos.cto.us.edu.pl/~icfsla/firstcircular.htm

XVIIIth  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on FOREIGN / SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Szczyrk, Poland, 18-20 May 2006

Multi-disciplinary perspectives on SLA studies
 
FIRST CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS
 
The Institute of English at the University of Silesia is pleased to announce the 18th 
International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition. Traditionally, this 
conference focuses on research in foreign language learning, concentrating each year on 
different aspects of the research field. This time we would like to give priority to SLA’s 
research connections with other fields of investigation and explore the intersection of 
SLA studies with neurolinguistics, cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics and 
socio-cultural studies, among others. Since many aspects of the process of Second/Foreign 
Language Acquisition are best accounted for by making references to other fields of 
research and combining interdisciplinary insights, we hope that the theme proposed by the 
organisers will allow participants to enlarge their points of view and find many 
interesting and thought-provoking ideas. All those wishing to contribute papers or just to 
attend presentations are welcome to participate in the conference. 

The event will be held in Szczyrk, a resort town in the Beskid Mountains of Southern 
Poland, from 18th to 20th May 2006. For those who wish to stay in double rooms the 
all-inclusive conference fee (covering the participation, conference materials, 
accommodation and all meals with the Conference Dinner) of approximately 700 zloty (175 
euro) will be collected on arrival at the conference desk. Accomodation in single rooms 
(subject to availiability) involves an additional cost of 25 euro (100 zloty). For those, 
however, who are willing to transfer the fee in advance (by 31 January 2006), we offer an 
early bird bonus of  25 euro (100 zloty), on the condition that the money is paid into 
our conference account at the University of Silesia. The account number is 74 1050 1214 
1000 0007 0000 7909, the beneficiary: Uniwersytet Slaski w Katowicach, ul. Bankowa 12, 
40-007 Katowice, Poland, the title of the payment: ICFSLA + your name. The swift code of 
the bank is INGBPLPW. It is very important that you mark the payment with the sub-account 
name ICFSLA and your name, because otherwise the financial department will not know where 
to allocate the money and we will not have your name on the list of those who have paid.

Paper abstracts should be sent before 31 January 2006 to the Institute of English. The 
registration form, including the paper abstract, may be posted or sent by fax or as an 
attachment to an e-mail. If you pay the fee into our account, please send us also a fax of 
the payment document. 

For conference-related matters, contact Professor Janusz Arabski, or Conference 
Organisers, at the following address:

Institute of English, University of Silesia

ul. Zytnia 10

41-205  Sosnowiec

POLAND

tel/fax: (48  32)  291 74 17

e-mail: szczyrkconference at op.pl

enoffice at ares.fils.us.edu.pl