6.1040, Calls: Language and Knowledge: unpacking of text

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-1040. Wed Aug 2 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  92
 
Subject: 6.1040, Calls: Language and Knowledge: unpacking of text
 
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Date:  Thu, 03 Aug 1995 10:56:07 +0800
From:  ellabrah at leonis.nus.sg ("Sunita Abraham")
Subject:  CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
 
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Date:  Thu, 03 Aug 1995 10:56:07 +0800
From:  ellabrah at leonis.nus.sg ("Sunita Abraham")
Subject:  CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
 
                LANGUAGE AND KNOWLEDGE: THE UNPACKING OF `TEXT'
        The first of a series of biennial conferences on the topic of
                        Language and Knowledge
 
        Date:   9 - 11 Septmember 1996
        Venue:  Department of English Language & Literature
                National University of Singapore
 
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Both practical and theoretical papers are welcome. The organisers
conceive of papers falling into the following categories:
 
A. COMMON SENSE AND EDUCATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
        * language amd cognition
        * language of the preschool child in a multilingual environment
        * the role of language in the school
                - language across the curriculum
                - langage in the classroom
                - the formal teaching of `grammar'
                - materials development (genre, metaphor, etc._)
                - the teaching of literature (whose literature?)
 
B. LANGUAGE AWARENESS IN SOCIETY
        * the languages of power (the multilingual dimension: English,
                                Mandarin, Malay, Tamil, etc.)
        * language and the media
        * language and gender
        * language and marginalization
 
C. TECHNACY, THE LITERACY OF THE FUTURE
        * literacy in the electronic medium
        * creating `text' through electronic means (what are the consequences?)
        * world-wide networking and access to knowledge-data bases
 
NOTE:
Papers should be no longer than 7000 words (delivery time 40
mintues with 20 minutes for question/answer). SELECTED PAPERS WILL BE
PUBLISHED.
 
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS (Approx. 350 words) should be directed to:
        Dr Sunita Anne Abraham
        Conference Secretary
        Dept of English Lang. & Lit.
        National University of Singapore
        10 Kent Ridge Crescent
        Singapore 0511
        Tel: (065) 772 3928     Fax: (065) 773 2981
Abstracts (in double space) should reach Dr Abraham by 31 January 1996
and have the following format:
        Name:
        Designation/Institution:
        Category of Paper:
        Title of Paper:
 
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES:
Before 31/1/96: S$80  + S$2.40 (3% GST)
After  31/1/96: S$100 + S$3.00 (3% GST)
Overseas participants are not requiredto pay the 3% GST. Documentary
proof of overseas insitutional funding will, however, be necessary at
time of payment. (Expatriates working in Singapore are required to pay
the 3% GST.)
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