20.3437, Confs: Applied Linguistics, Linguistics & Literature/Australia

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Subject: 20.3437, Confs: Applied Linguistics, Linguistics & Literature/Australia

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Date: 11-Oct-2009
From: Mae Hurley < mae.hurley at plainenglishfoundation.com >
Subject: Raising the Standard - PLAIN's 7th Biennial Conference
 

	
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:13:28
From: Mae Hurley [mae.hurley at plainenglishfoundation.com]
Subject: Raising the Standard - PLAIN's 7th Biennial Conference

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Raising the Standard - PLAIN's 7th Biennial Conference 
Short Title: PLAIN 2009 

Date: 16-Oct-2009 - 17-Oct-2009 
Location: Sydney, Australia 
Contact: Plain English Foundation 
Contact Email: PLAIN2009 at plainenglishfoundation.com 
Meeting URL: http://www.plainenglishfoundation.com/tabid/3276/Default.aspx 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Ling & Literature 

Meeting Description: 

Hear the world's best plain language practitioners speak about improving the language of government, law, health, finance and insurance at PLAIN 2009.

With 40 international speakers from a dozen countries, along with a strong program of 40 Australian speakers, there will be something for everyone on the program. Between the NSW Premier's opening address and the closing address by former High Court judge Michael Kirby, PLAIN 2009 will present over 40 sessions on topics such as:

- Language and the global financial crisis
- The new plain language laws
- Case studies in finance, government, law and information technology
- Writing text for translation
- Practical workshops on forms, evaluation and document design
- Developments in communications standards and accreditation
- The relationship between plain language and other fields
- The latest software for evaluating readability and usability
- Plain language and literacy
- Plain language and literature
- Practical sessions on making the most of your software

The Plain English Foundation is hosting this event on behalf of the Plain Language Association InterNational (PLAIN). 







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