CFP: COTSEAL/SEASSI 2008 Annual Conference (Abstract Deadline: April 30th, 2008)

[Doug Cooper]

COTSEAL/SEASSI 2008 Annual Conference on Southeast Asian
Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics

Call for Papers and Presentations
18th Annual Conference on Southeast Asian Language Teaching and Applied 
Linguistics
July 18-19, 2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL) and the 
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) at the University of 
Wisconsin-Madison sponsor the 18th Annual Conference on Southeast Asian 
Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics on Friday July 18th, and Saturday, 
July 19th, 2008 at the Pyle Convention Center, University of 
Wisconsin-Madison. The theme for the conference is "The Theory and Practice 
of the Communicative Approach in SEA Language Teaching." Papers and 
presentations about language teaching, approaches, and materials  development 
relevant to Southeast Asian languages and cultures are welcome. Each 
presentation should take no more than thirty minutes (20 minutes for 
presentation and 10 minutes for questions and discussion).

     Abstract Deadline:  April 30th, 2008
     Notification of Acceptance:   May 16th, 2008

Abstract Submission
Please submit a one-page abstract (8.5"x11", or A4) which should include the 
title, a brief description of not more than 100 words, and your address, 
phone, fax, and e-mail.

1) By e-mail: Send an email attachment (Microsoft Word) of your abstract 
/proposal to:
         Lopao Vang orchidhomes at tds.net
      & Bac Hoai Tran     bact at calmail.berkeley.edu

       2)  By postal mail/fax:  Send your hard copy to:
                         Lopao Vang
                         Center for Southeast Asian Studies-SEASSI
                         207 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
                         Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A.
             Fax:  (608) 263-3735 (The fax cover page should have Lopao Vang's 
name on it.)

For more information about the conference, please contact:
                               Bac Hoai Tran  bact at calmail.berkeley.edu
                               Lopao Vang      orchidhomes at tds.net

The conference announcement, hotel information, and updates are also available 
from COTSEAL's e-journal website:
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/jsealt/