35.2729, Calls: The 8th International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language Research

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Subject: 35.2729, Calls: The 8th International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language Research

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Date: 02-Oct-2024
From: Istvan Kecskes [ikecskes at albany.edu]
Subject: The 8th International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language Research


Full Title: The 8th International Conference on Chinese as a Second
Language Research
Short Title: CASLAR-8

Date: 30-May-2025 - 01-Jun-2025
Location: Brasov, Romania
Contact Person: Adrian Lacatus
Meeting Email: caslar8 at unitbv.ro
Web Site: https://caslar8.unitbv.ro

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; General
Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Pragmatics
Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
                     English (eng)

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2025

Meeting Description:

CASLAR is a biennial conference with the goal to bring together
scholars from all over the world whose research focuses on the
acquisition, development and use of Chinese as a second language to
survey available knowledge in the field, exchange ideas and initiate
research projects. The conference is a part of the CASLAR movement
that aims to transform a field from a primarily experienced-and
practice-based discipline into a discipline based on and supported by
research and theory. Another means supporting the CASLAR movement is a
bilingual journal Chinese as a Second Language Research 漢語作為第二語言研究
published by De Gruyter Mouton; Berlin/New York. Website of the
journal: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/caslar

Conference Co-Chairs:
 - Distinguished Professor Istvan Kecskes, Chairman of CASLAR,
Editor-in-Chief of Intercultural Pragmatics and the CASLAR journal,
State University of New York, Albany, USA.
 - Mihaela Gheorghe, Professor of Linguistics, Vice-President of
Transilvania University of Brașov, senior researcher at the Romanian
Academy „Iorgu Iordan” Linguistics Institute.
 - Adrian Lacatus, Dean of the Faculty of Letters, Transilvania
University of Brașov, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature,
vice-president of the Romanian Association of Comparative Literature.

Registration fees:
Early Bird by April 15, 2025
Full time students 140 euro,
All other participants: 220 euro
Regular by May 15, 2025
Full time students: 180 euro,
All other participants 260 euro
Late/Onsite after May 15, 2025
Full time students: 220 euro,
All other participants: 300 euro
Conference Dinner (optional): $55 euro

The registration fee covers access to all plenary, breakout, and
workshop sessions, the lunches and coffee breaks specified in the
conference program. Conference dinner is optional and not included in
the conference registration fee.
Contact: CASLAR-8 Organizing Committee at caslar8 at unitbv.ro

The CASLAR-8 conference is co-organized by the Faculty of Letters at
Transilvania University of Brasov, the leading and largest university
in the central region of Romania. The school has two departments:
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics and Literature and Cultural
Studies and coordinate programs of undergraduate and graduate studies
in Romanian, English, German, French and Chinese.

CASLAR-8 invites proposals for presentations that are related to
research in any area of Chinese as a Second Language (CSL). Those
wishing to participate should prepare abstracts for 20-minute oral
presentations or poster presentations. Below there are some suggested
categories for topics, though submissions need not be limited to these
areas.

Suggested Topic Areas:
 • Acquisition and development of CSL: phonetics & phonology,
semantics, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, etc.
 • Chinese character acquisition and development of CSL reading and
writing
 • Application of linguistic theories to Chinese L2 data
 • Cognitive aspects of CSL acquisition
 • Motivation to learn Chinese
 • Role of culture in the acquisition of CSL
 • Discourse in CSL
 • Technology and CSL: Corpus and Learner Errors, Distance Learning in
CSL, etc.
 • Curriculum and instruction
 • Research-based Language Teaching Methodology for CSL at all levels
 • Designing materials for CSL
 • Conceptual socialization in the process of developing CSL
 • Assessment of proficiency in CSL

Please submit abstracts to EASYABS at
http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/caslar-8

Abstract submission will be open from December 1, 2024

Abstract Guidelines:
 • Abstracts should be written in English or Chinese and be submitted
as a WORD doc (not a PDF file).
 • Your personal information such as name, affiliation, and email can
NOT be included in the abstract. The personal information will be
collected before uploading your abstracts on EasyAbs.
 • Each proposal should include: the title, the abstract, three to
five keywords and a summary (A4 or Letter size, 12 points in single
space). The first keyword should indicate the topic area of your
study, such as ‘Phonology,’ ‘Pragmatics,’ ‘Textbook,’ etc. (please
refer to the aforementioned “Suggested Topic Areas”). The summaries
may be used in the conference program.
 • You will be asked to indicate your proposal category on EasyAbs.
Both Individual Presentations and Panels are acceptable.
    - Individual Presentations: This category is for proposals to give
a 20-minute oral presentation (15 minutes plus 5 minute Q & A) or in
the format of poster presentation. The abstract should not exceed 350
English words (or about 600 Chinese characters) with title and
keywords. The abstract should summarize the purpose of the study,
methods, main results, and implications (if relevant). A summary of
your proposal should not exceed 60 English words (or 90 Chinese
characters). Poster presentations usually focus on an on-going
project. They combine text and graphics to present the project in a
way that is visually interesting and accessible. The format of the
presentations will be subject to the Organizing Committee’s final
decision.
    - Panels: This category is for an hour-long panel comprised with
three, or four, presentations on a common theme. Each panel must have
a representative submitting a proposal, which should include: a) the
main theme of the panel; b) individual topics and abstracts; c) five
key words and a summary. The proposal should not exceed 500 English
words in total (or 750 Chinese characters) and the summary should not
exceed 100 English words (or about 150 Chinese characters). Conference
participants may use the google docs below to organize panels and look
for potential panel contributors, if needed.



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