28.1676, Calls: Spanish, Applied Ling, Language Acquisition/USA
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Subject: 28.1676, Calls: Spanish, Applied Ling, Language Acquisition/USA
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Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 21:54:16
From: Mandy Menke [menkem at umn.edu]
Subject: Evolving Perspectives on Advancedness: A Symposium on Second Language Spanish
Full Title: Evolving Perspectives on Advancedness: A Symposium on Second Language Spanish
Date: 15-Feb-2018 - 17-Feb-2018
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Contact Person: Mandy Menke
Meeting Email: advL2Sp at umn.edu
Web Site: https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/advancedl2spanish/home
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition
Subject Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Call Deadline: 26-May-2017
Meeting Description:
Advanced language proficiency has garnered renewed attention in recent years
as universities work to graduate students with high levels of language use. In
addition to developing the skills necessary for students to analyze and
critique literary and cultural texts, foreign language programs must also
produce advanced- to superior-level users of foreign language in order to meet
professional and societal demands for multilingualism. To that end, program
assessment metrics often use descriptors such as advanced, near-native,
professional, and fluent, to name just a few, but without any shared
understanding among directors, department chairs, professors, advisors, or SLA
experts, of the meaning of such terms. What does an advanced learner “look
like” in terms of linguistic knowledge and ability to communicate? Are
linguistic analyses or native speaker perceptions better indicators of
achievement? Is studying abroad the only way for a student to become an
advanced speaker? SLA scholars have argued the need for more detailed
descriptions of high-level L2 competencies, as well as an expansive and
articulated conceptualization of advancedness, in order to address such
questions (e.g. Birdsong 2005; Norris 2006; Piller 2002; Ortega & Byrnes
2008).
This unique symposium aims to address these questions and offer new
understandings from the field of Spanish as a Second Language. The growing
body of research in Spanish SLA, in particular, has revealed interlanguage
development with significant breadth and depth, and has yielded a substantial
body of results regarding late-acquired structures. Yet, as Geeslin (2013)
explained in The Handbook of Spanish Second Language Acquisition, more work
needs to be done in order to understand differences across studies stemming
from variable research methods, as well as variability within learner groups.
The goal of this symposium is to address such issues by bringing together
researchers from a variety of methodological approaches and establish an
agenda for further exploration of advanced Spanish.
The symposium will highlight data-driven research that operationalizes the
term advanced according to one of four strands of research:
- Sophisticated language use in context. This construct of advancedness
encompasses more than linguistic phenomena; it includes aspects of literacy
and diverse manifestations of cultural competence. Topics include, but are
not limited to, voice, genre-specific features, and socio-pragmatic phenomena;
- Acquisition of late-acquired structures. Certain features, such as gender
agreement, copula selection, and mood selection, are known to develop slowly
in L2 Spanish, yet most work has focused on beginning or intermediate
learners. Presentations in this strand will explore characteristics of these
features in the language of advanced learners;
- Linguistic correlates of proficiency. A variety of standardized methods
(e.g., ACTFL OPI, ILR, CEFR, DELE, DLPT) are used to describe and assess the
L2 proficiency of individuals as well as establish criteria for enrollment or
employment. The linguistic correlates, or features, characteristic of language
at each level comprise this strand of research;
- Individual differences. Language aptitude, learning experiences,
motivation, identity, working memory, and many other learner variables are
known to impact language development and outcomes. This strand addresses those
variables, exploring issues regarding ultimate attainment, individual speaker
variables and their correlation with proficiency, variability within groups,
and the relationship of institutional status and proficiency.
In addition to the four strands described above, we welcome proposals for a
colloquium on Instructed SLA and advanced proficiency.
Call for Papers:
Proposals for paper presentations should consist of a title and an abstract
not exceeding 350 words. To assist in the anonymous evaluation of abstracts,
all identifying information (institutions, presenters) from the body of the
abstract should be removed. Abstracts should be submitted through
EasyAbstracts (EasyAbs) at the link below:
http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/AdvL2Spanish
Papers will be allotted 30 minutes, with 20 minutes for presentation and 10
minutes for Q&A. Authors may submit up to two abstracts but are limited to one
submission as first author.
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