CFP: 2008 SLRF Conference (Hawaii)

[Francis Hult]

The Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaii at
Manoa is pleased to announce. . .

CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

31st Annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF)
October 17-19, 2008
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/

Call begins: December 2007 (online proposal submissions - open
             mid-January, 2008)
Call deadline: April 15, 2008
Notification of selection: Mid-May 2008

Theme:  EXPLORING SLA: PERSPECTIVES, POSITIONS, AND PRACTICES

Plenary speakers:
- Dr. Harald Clahsen (University of Essex)
- Dr. Alan Firth (Newcastle University)
- Dr. Eva Lam (Northwestern University)
- Dr. Richard Schmidt (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)


We welcome all areas of second language research, including, but not
limited to:
- Instructed SLA
- Acquisition of grammar and phonology
- Child SLA
- L2 Processing
- Language and learner characteristics
- Language and cognition
- Discourse and interaction
- Language and socialization
- Bilingualism and multilingualism
- Language and ideology
- Literacy development
- Learner corpora
- Language learning and technology
- Second language measurement


1) PAPERS:
Individual papers will be allotted 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes for
discussion).

2) POSTERS:
Posters will be displayed for a full day.  Posters are intended for
one-on-one discussion or reports of work in progress.

3) COLLOQIUA:
The colloquia/panels consist of individual paper presentations that relate
to a specific or related topics of interest.  They are offered in 2-hour
sessions.


Please see our website for submission instructions and additional updates:
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/.

Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2008.

For any proposal submission questions, please contact the SLRF 2008
Program Chairs at slrf2008program at gmail.com.


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