22.2863, Confs: Language Acquisition/Brazil

Tue Jul 12 16:56:53 UTC 2011

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Subject: 22.2863, Confs: Language Acquisition/Brazil

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Date: 08-Jul-2011
From: Karina Molsing [karina.molsing at pucrs.br]
Subject: 1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition

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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:55:43
From: Karina Molsing [karina.molsing at pucrs.br]
Subject: 1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition

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1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition 
Short Title: I SIAL 

Date: 16-Nov-2011 - 18-Nov-2011 
Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 
Contact: Karina Molsing 
Contact Email: sial.pucrs at gmail.com 
Meeting URL: http://www.pucrs.br/eventos/sial/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Meeting Description: 

The 1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition (I Seminário 
Internacional de Aquisição da Linguagem) will be held from November 16 to 
18, 2011, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto 
Alegre, Brazil. 

The Seminar touches on a variety of topics in the area of acquisition, 
including the acquisition of native and foreign languages, linguistic awareness 
and literacy, bilingualism, language reorganization in aphasics, LIBRAS, 
Portuguese as an Additional Language (PAL) and foreign language reading.

Invited Speakers: 

Gabriele Kasper - University of Hawaii (USA)
Jubin Abutalebi - Vita Salute San Raffaele University (Italy)
Mehmet Yavas - Florida International University (USA)
Michael Ullman - Georgetown University (USA)
Adriana Thoma - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Ana Ruth Moresco Miranda - Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil)
Aniela Improta França - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Augusto Buchweitz - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Cátia de Azevedo Fronza - University of the Valley of Sinos (Brazil)
Cristina Becker Lopes Perna - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do 
Sul (Brazil)
Ingrid Finger - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Juliana Roquele Schoffen - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Lêda M. B. Tomitch - Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil)
Lilian Scherer - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Lodenir Becker Karnopp - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Luciene Simões - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Margarete Schlatter - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Maria Bernadete Abaurre - University of Campinas (Brazil) 
Márcia Cristina Zimmer - Catholic University of Pelotas (Brazil)
Matilde Scaramucci - University of Campinas (Brazil)
Regina Lamprecht - CNPq Researcher
Ronice Müller de Quadros - Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil)
Simone Sarmento - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Vilson Leffa - Catholic University of Pelotas (Brazil)
Viviane Heberle - Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil)

Registrations:

All participants must register on the event website by November 8, 2011. 
After this date, registrations can only be done at the Events Department on 
the main campus of PUCRS, building 40, room 201. Open hours from 
Monday to Friday from 8am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 7pm. Telephone for 
contact 3320.3680 and email proexsecretaria at pucrs.br 

16/11 -Wednesday
8:30
Registration

9:30
Opening - The tradition of PUCRS in events in the area of Language 
Acquisition 
Prof. Dr. Yavas Mehmet 

10:30
Inaugural talk - Bilingualism and Cognition
Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Jubin Abutalebi - Vita Salute San Raffaele 
University - Milan/Italy 
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Lilian C. Scherer - PUCRS

12:00
Break

14:00 to 15:30
Roundtable
Topic: Linguistic Awareness and L1 Acquisition
Participants: 
- Prof. Dr. Ana Ruth Moresco Miranda - UFPEL 
- Prof. Dr. Aniela Improta França - UFRJ 
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Regina Lamprecht - CNPq researcher

15:30 to 16:00
Break

16:00 to 17:30
Topic Rooms - Language Laboratory of PUCRS (Building 8, 5th floor)
Coordinated paper sessions

17/11 - Thursday 
9:00 to 10:30
Talk: L2 Acquisition and Cognition
Keynote speakers: Prof. Dr. Michael Ullman - Georgetown University, 
Washington, USA and Prof. Dr. Ingrid Finger - UFRGS
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Márcia Cristina Zimmer - UCPel

10:30 to 11:00
Break
11:00 to 12:30
Roundtable
Topic: Language Acquisition and literacy
Participants:
- Prof. Dr. Maria Bernadete Abaurre - UNICAMP
- Prof. Dr. Luciene Simões - UFRGS
- Prof. Dr. Cátia de Azevedo Fronza - UNISINOS
Debater: Prof. Dr. Simone Sarmento - UFRGS 

14:00 to 15:30
Roundtable
Topic: Foreign Language Reading and Cognition
Participants:
- Prof. Dr. Lêda M. B. Tomitch - UFSC
- Prof. Dr. Viviane Heberle - UFSC
- Prof. Dr. Vilson Leffa - UCPel 
Debater: Prof. Dr. Augusto Buchweitz - UFRGS 

15:30 to 16:00
Break

16:00 to 17:30
Topic Rooms - Language Laboratory of PUCRS (Building 8, 5th floor)
Coordinated paper sessions
18/11 - Friday

9:00 to 10:30
Roundtable
Topic: Teaching Portuguese as an Additional Language (PAL)
Participants:
- Prof. Dr. Margarete Schlatter - UFRGS
- Prof. Dr. Matilde Scaramucci - UNICAMP
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Juliana Roquele Schoffen (UFRGS)

10:30 to 11:00
Break

11:00 to 12:30
Roundtable
Topic: Libras and Bilingualism
Participants: 
- Prof. Dr. Ronice Muller de Quadros - UFSC
- Prof. Dr. Lodenir Becker Karnopp - UFRGS
Debater: Prof. Dr. Adriana Thoma - UFRGS

14:00 to 15:30
Roundtable
Topic: Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL): Pragmatic Aspects
- Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kasper - University of Hawaii
Debater: Prof. Dr. Cristina B. Perna - PUCRS

15:30 to 16:00
Break

16:30 to 17:30 
Topic Rooms - Language Laboratory of PUCRS (Building 8, 5th floor)
Coordinated paper sessions

18:00 to 18:30
Closing session

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