2007 Pragmatics & Language Learning Conference (in Hawaii): Call for Proposals

[National Foreign Language Resource Center]

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The National Foreign Language Resource Center, in conjunction with the
Center for Japanese Studies and the Department of Second Language Studies,
at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa are pleased to announce the . . .


    17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRAGMATICS & LANGUAGE LEARNING
	     Hawai'i Imin International Conference Center
		        Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
			   March 26-28, 2007

		 http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll/


The conference will address a broad range of topics in pragmatics,
discourse, interaction and sociolinguistics in their relation to second
and foreign language learning, education, and use, approached from a
variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives.


PLENARY SPEAKERS:
	* Junko Mori, University of Wisconsin-Madison
	* Steven Talmy, University of British Columbia

INVITED COLLOQUIA:
	* Learning how to talk in a foreign language: A language
	  socialization perspective on study abroad experiences
	  (Convener: Haruko Cook, University of Hawai'i)
	* Negotiating the self in another language: Discourse approaches
	  to language learning as cross-cultural adaptation
	  (Convener: Christina Higgins, University of Hawai'i)


CALL FOR PROPOSALS (DEADLINE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2006):

Proposals for presentation are welcome on topics such as

	* L2 talk and text
	* Developmental L2 pragmatics
	* Pragmatics in language education
	* Pragmatics in language assessment
	* Pragmatics in computer-mediated communication
	* Theory and methodology in pragmatics

Proposals may be submitted for PAPERS (20 minutes for presentation, 10
minutes for discussion) and POSTERS. Abstracts for all presentation
formats undergo blind peer review.

ONLINE ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS: DEADLINE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2006


For more information about the conference or to submit a proposal online,
visit our website at:

	http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll/



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