[EDLING:2399] CFP: 9th Association for Language Awareness Conference

[Tamara Warhol]

Full Title: 9th Association for Language Awareness Conference
Short Title: ALA Conference 2008

Date: 26-Jun-2008 - 29-Jun-2008
Location: Hong Kong, China
Contact Person: Scarlet Poon
Meeting Email: scarletwshku.hk
Web Site: http://www.hku.hk/clear/ala

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language 
Acquisition

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2007

Meeting Description:

Main Objectives of the Conference:
One theme that unites all those involved with language awareness, as 
researchers
and/or practitioners, is engagement with language. The 9th International
Conference of the Association for Language Awareness aims to bring together
researchers and practitioners to discuss and share research, theory and 
best
practice relating to different aspects of engaging with language. The 
Conference
will address language awareness in the learning and teaching of 
languages; in
literature; and in broader educational, social, professional, and cultural
dimensions. A particular aim of the 2008 ALA Conference is to promote 
language
awareness research and practice within the region.

Main Areas:

-    Language Awareness in language learning
-    Language Awareness in language teaching
-    Language Awareness and language use
-    Critical Language Awareness
-    Language Awareness in the workplace
-    Language Awareness and multilingualism

We welcome abstracts for paper presentations, colloquia and posters 
discussing
research in relation to any areas that fit within the theme of the 
Conference:
'Engaging with language'. We also welcome proposals for workshops, 
sharing good
practices related to the conference theme.

For details about the types of sessions and guidelines for submission, 
please
visit http://www.hku.hk/clear/ala/papers.html