[EDLING:1229] CFP: Language Acquisition and Bilingualism

[Francis M Hult]

> >CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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>  Language Acquisition     and Bilingualism:
> >Consequences for a Multilingual Society
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> >
> >May 4-May 7, 2006
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> >Courtyard by Marriott, Toronto, Canada
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> >http://www.psych.yorku.ca/labconference
> >Contact: labconf at yorku.ca
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> >TOPICS
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> >Language acquisition in bilingual environments
> >Cognitive implications of early bilingualism
> >Bilingual language acquisition for special populations
> >Bilingual development in different  
> >social contexts
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> > LIST OF SPEAKERS
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> >Shanley Allen (USA)                       Ellen Bialystok  
> >(Canada)                  Martha Crago (Canada)
> >Jim Cummins (Canada)                    Fred Genesee  
> >(Canada)                     Esther Geva (Canada)
> >Kenji Hakuta (USA)                        Annick De Houwer  
> >(Belgium)            Kenneth Hyltenstam (Sweden)
> >Rachel Mayberry (USA)                   Jurgen Meisel  
> >(Germany)                  Elena Nicoladis (Canada)
> >Johanne Paradis (Canada)                  Barbara Pearson  
> >(USA)                     Michael Sharwood Smith (Scotland)
> >Ludo Verhoeven (Netherlands)           Marilyn Vihman  
> >(Wales)                   Janet Werker (Canada)
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> >Opening remarks :  Dr. Dyane Adam, Commissioner of Official Languages
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> >Conference participants will include researchers, graduate  
> >students, postdoctoral fellows, practitioners, educators, ESL and  
> >language specialists, and others interested in issues relating to  
> >language, society, and bilingualism.
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> >We invite submissions for posters through our website.
> >Submissions deadline February 28, 2006
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> >Conference accommodation is provided by Courtyard by Marriott in  
> >Downtown, Toronto.
> >To make reservations, visit http://www.courtyard.com/YYZCY