CFP: ACLA/CAAL

[Francis Hult]

CALL FOR PAPERS 
Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics 
Annual Conference
in conjunction with the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences
May 27-29, 2009

Carleton University, Ottawa

Plenary Sessions
Pierre Calvé 
Norme et bon parler : les grandes confusions

Nina Spada (OISE/UT)
Beyond form-focused instruction: Present and future directions

Kelleen Toohey (Simon Fraser University)
Multiliteracies for multilingual schools

Invited Symposia 
Tracey Derwing (University of Alberta) & Murray Munro (Simon Fraser University)
Accentuating the positive: Directions in pronunciation research

Peter MacIntyre (University of Cape Breton)
Perspectives on motivation for second language learning on the 50th anniversary of Gardner & Lambert (1959)

Submission Deadline for Proposals: November 15, 2008

Program Co-Chairs: Sylvie Roy (University of Calgary) & Monique Bournot-Trites (University of British Columbia)
Local Arrangements Coordinator: Guillaume Gentil (Carleton University)  

ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS


1.	Please submit your abstract for either a paper or symposium in a Word document by e-mail attachment to Monique Bournot-Trites at monique.bournot-trites at ubc.ca following the requirements listed below by November 15, 2008. 
2.	Paper sessions will designed for 20-minute papers followed by a 10-minute question/discussion period. Symposia will be scheduled for 3-hour blocks. 
3.	Abstracts for single papers should be no longer than 250 words, excluding references. Abstracts for symposia should include a general description of the symposium (250 words) as well as a description of each panel member presentation (250 words). 
4.	In order to help ensure anonymity, abstracts should not contain excessive reference to its author's publications. 
5.	Abstracts will be evaluated according to each of the following categories:
	

	*	appropriateness and significance of the topic 
	*	evidence of a theoretical framework and links to previous research 
	*	clearly stated research design in the case of empirical studies 
	*	organization and clarity 
	*	for symposium proposals, evidence of coherence and complementarity of the papers
		

6.	Submissions must be sent as a single document which includes two separate pages:
	

	*	First page: title of the presentation as well as the name, affiliation, and contact information, including e-mail address, for all presenters 
	*	Second page: title of presentation and the abstract (without names of presenters)
		




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