First call for papers for the next Child Language Seminar June 2011

[Cristina McKean]

First call for papers for the next Child Language Seminar

CLS 2011 will be held at Newcastle University, 13th & 14th June 2011 (with registration and wine reception on the evening of the 12th of June).

The Child Language Seminar (CLS) is an interdisciplinary conference with a long tradition which attracts a diverse international audience of, among others, psychologists, linguists and speech and language therapists, and provides a forum for research on language acquisition in all its diversity.


Proposals for papers and posters are invited relating to all aspects of child language acquisition and disorders. Those which speak to the four key themes of the conference are particularly welcome.

CLS 2011 will focus on four key themes in the field of child language research

*       Child Language and Literacy
*       Children with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
*       Capturing change in child language
*       Bilingual and cross-linguistic perspectives on child language

Keynote speakers:

We are very pleased to announce that our confirmed keynote speakers are:

*       Professor Maggie Snowling (University of York)

*       Professor James Law (Newcastle University)

*       Professor Sheena Reilly (University of Melbourne)

*       Professor Elizabeth Pena (University of Texas)

More details to follow soon

(Our webpage is in development and further calls and links to the webpage will be circulated in due course)

Call for papers:

Proposals are invited for papers and posters related to all aspects of child language
acquisition and disorders.
Proposals will be considered on children's first or subsequent language development (e.g., grammar, phonology, lexicon, pragmatics, discourse, literacy, bilingualism, sign language, psycholinguistic processing) or on any aspect relating to children with language difficulties (e.g., description, assessment, remediation).
The CLS is a peer-reviewed research conference and all proposals will be reviewed anonymously by members of the organising committee.

Presentation format
Proposals should indicate whether an oral presentation or poster is preferred. The programme committee views both formats as having equal value but reserves the right to switch formats to suit the programme. Presenters will be notified about the final format of their presentation at the time their proposal is accepted.

Proposal format
Proposals must be written in English and include the following:

Cover Page:
Title of presentation
Authors' names and affiliations
Name, address, telephone number and email address of contact person
Preferred presentation format (oral presentation or poster)


Abstract:
Title of presentation
Summary of research undertaken (300 words maximum, single spaced)
Do not include authors' names

Submitting proposals:
Proposals must be composed in either MS Word or RTF format with paper size set to A4 and submitted as an attachment to an email (not as part of the mail body of the email) to: cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk<mailto:cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk>


Key dates:

Submission of abstracts: 1st January 2011

Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1st February 2011

Registration open: 1st February 2011

Programme published on website: 1 April 2011

Early registration deadline (reduced fee): 15th April 2011

Registration and wine reception: 12th June

CLS meeting: 13th-14th June 2010, with conference dinner 13th June

Registration:

Exact costings have not been finalised and will be published as soon as possible on the conference website. We will offer an early registration discount and a discount for students.
As a guide, fees will not differ significantly from those for CLS 2010.

Venue:

The CLS 2011 will be hosted by Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, one of the UK's leading universities. Newcastle is a research - intensive university, with a reputation for teaching and learning of the highest quality and for its role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England.
Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University is one of the leading teaching and research units in the UK devoted to the study of normal communicative processes and communication disorders in children and adults.
The core aims of Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle is to deliver high quality teaching, and excellent research and to work collaboratively with the profession to impact on practice. These activities contribute to our high standing within health and education both nationally and internationally.

Newcastle was the first university in the UK to award a degree in Speech and Language Therapy (1967), recently celebrated 50 years of Speech and Language Therapy Training and continues to be one of the UK's leading SLT training programmes.
Our research<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/research/speechlanguage/> involves the study of normal and impaired human communication processes, assessment and intervention for individuals with communication disorders, and sociolinguistics, the RAE 2008 can be found here<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/rae/rae2008/uoa58.htm>. Many staff are members of larger collaborative research groups within the university, including the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/> and the Institute of Health and Society<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ihs/>. We also collaborate with researchers throughout the UK and abroad (Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand).

Newcastle:
Newcastle upon Tyne<http://www.visitnewcastlegateshead.com/> was voted England's favourite city break destination by readers of the Guardian and Observer for four consecutive years and has been voted the UK's best University City 2010 by MSN travel.
Located in the North East of England<http://www.visitnortheastengland.com/?utm_source=splash&utm_medium=click&utm_campaign=visitneengland>, the city is easily accessible by rail (1½ hours from Edinburgh, 3 hours from London) and air (direct flights to over 25 destinations and excellent connections though London and Amsterdam).
Known for the friendly welcome visitors receive, the city has impressive Georgian architecture, inspiring cultural venues and is within easy reach of the beautiful Northumbrian coastline, Hadrian's Wall, the Scottish Borders and stunning Durham city and cathedral.

Accommodation:

We are asking delegates to kindly book their own conference accommodation. There are many excellent places to stay within the city and good public transport links to and from the university.

More details of specific accommodation and transport arrangements will be available soon on the conference website.


Further details will be circulated in due course and the conference website launched in the near future. If you have any queries please contact Cristina McKean cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk<mailto:cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk>


We look forward to welcoming you to the CLS in 2011

Cristina McKean, Helen Stringer, James Law

Co-chairs CLS 2011 organising committee




Dr Cristina McKean | Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology |(Developmental Speech and Language Disorders) | Speech and Language Sciences Section |School of Education Communication and Language Sciences |Room 2.18a |King George VI Building |Newcastle University | Queen Victoria Rd |NE1 7RU | 0191 222 6528

CPD for SLTs & Allied Professionals: Accredited, advanced modules in Professional Practice www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/sltcpd<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/sltcpd>


For information about the MSc in Evidence Based Practice in Communication Disorders go to http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ebpcd





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