SLRF 2011 Call for Proposals

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Call for Proposals for SLRF 2011 at Iowa State University

Celebrating SLRF's 30th Anniversary in 2011

Innovation in Second Language Acquisition Research: Converging Theory and Practice

October 6-9, 2011

http://apling.public.iastate.edu/slrf2011/ <https://exchange.iastate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=b95a89775f9d4720beb7d1bb3fa81681&URL=http%3a%2f%2fapling.public.iastate.edu%2fslrf2011%2f> 

The Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) organizers invite proposals for papers, posters, and colloquium presentations for the 2011 conference at Iowa State University.

We welcome proposals for papers and posters in the following areas of second language research:

?                   Formal Approaches to SLA
?                   Functional Approaches to SLA
?                   Conversation Analysis (CA for SLA)
?                   Second Language Testing and Assessment
?                   Heritage Language Acquisition
?                   Psycholinguistic Approaches to SLA
?                   Second Language Classroom Research
?                   Naturalistic SLA
?                   Technology and SLA
?                   Learner Corpora and SLA
?                   Second Language Phonetics and Phonology

We are especially interested in contributions that explore the theme of the conference - "Innovation in Second Language Acquisition Research: Converging 

Theory and Practice" - which could involve a wide range of areas including (though not limited to) methodology, data collection, ethical issues, materials development, assessment and learning, multilingualism, technology and research-practice interfaces.

Please refer to this link for more information about proposal submissions: http://apling.public.iastate.edu/slrf2011/proposals.html <https://exchange.iastate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=b95a89775f9d4720beb7d1bb3fa81681&URL=http%3a%2f%2fapling.public.iastate.edu%2fslrf2011%2fproposals.html> .

Call Deadline: April 30, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: July 4, 2011

Invited Speakers

J.H. (Jan) Hulstijn, University of Amsterdam
Roumyana Slabakova, University of Iowa
Nina Spada, University of Toronto
Steven L. Thorne, Portland State University & University of Groningen

Colloquia & Workshop

(Why) Does SLA Need a Bilingual Turn?
Social Influences on the Acquisition of L2 Phonetics and Phonology
Interfaces bewtween Second Language Acquisition and Language Assessment: The Next Generation
Corpora & Second Language Acquisition

Call for Contributors for a Special Colloquium

Interfaces between Second Language Acquisition and Language Assessment:  The Next Generation

Carol A. Chapelle and Dan Douglas, Iowa State University

We invite submissions for a special colloquium to be organized for SLRF 2011 on current issues in the SLA-Language Assessment interface. Submissions are invited from prospective participants whose research is discovering areas of necessary interface between second language acquisition and language assessment. Such areas arise for many reasons, but particularly in view of the technology-rich environments in which many language learners study and perform on a daily basis. In classroom and laboratory research computer technology is used for task construction as well as data collection, storage, summarization, and analysis. The capabilities for new forms of research task design and detailed data collection raise questions about sampling learners' performance, data reduction, and validation. Capabilities for ongoing, detailed language assessment create new opportunities for research-informed assessments. Moreover, the opportunities for assisted second language performance raise questions about the nature of language ability and performance. In short, the needs for a well-articulated interface between second language acquisition and language assessment are even stronger today than they were in 1998 when Bachman & Cohen published their book entitled Interfaces between Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing (Cambridge University Press).

This SLRF colloquium aims to revisit the issue of interface raised in that volume particularly in view of the pervasive use of computer technology in second language research and assessment contexts. We invite 200-word proposals from prospective participants whose research prompts them to raise issues at the interface of SLA and language assessment. We are particularly interested in including papers from graduate students and researchers wishing to report on research in progress. Papers that are issue raising rather than problem solving are welcome. Examples of general areas of interest are the following:

?           Description of conditions of online performance relative to conditions in previous studies
?           Selection and summarization of learners' language performance that is sensitive to change over the course of a study
?           Reliability of performance samples gathered during online performance
?           Analysis and interpretation of learner language gathered online longitudinally
?           Validation of score meaning from research or assessment tasks
?           Testing of findings from SLA in adaptive learning systems

Those wishing to propose a contribution for the colloquium should send a 200-word abstract to Carol A. Chapelle at carolc at iastate.edu <https://exchange.iastate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=b95a89775f9d4720beb7d1bb3fa81681&URL=mailto%3acarolc%40iastate.edu>  by April 30, 2011. The abstract should indicate the point(s) of interface between SLA and language assessment addressed, the nature of the project in which the issue arises, and the approach the presenter will use to describe the issue. Helpful points to include in the abstract are 1) connections to issues raised in Bachman and Cohen's book and in the call for proposals, 2) a description of how you will discuss the issue, and 3) how technology amplifies the need for an interface between SLA research and language assessment. Acceptances will be sent by May 15, 2011.

 We look forward to receiving your proposals!

SLRF 2011 Graduate Student Chairs

Sarah Huffman | Ruslan Suvorov | Diana Tai | Erik Voss

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Bicultural-Bilingual Studies 
University of Texas at San Antonio
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