--- Forwarded Message from National Foreign Language Resource Center <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:05:33 -1000 (HST) >From: National Foreign Language Resource Center <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: 2007 Pragmatics & Language Learning Conference (in Hawaii): Call for Proposals >To: [log in to unmask] Our apologies for any cross-postings . . . The National Foreign Language Resource Center, in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies and the Department of Second Language Studies, at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa are pleased to announce the . . . 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRAGMATICS & LANGUAGE LEARNING Hawai'i Imin International Conference Center Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA March 26-28, 2007 http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll/ The conference will address a broad range of topics in pragmatics, discourse, interaction and sociolinguistics in their relation to second and foreign language learning, education, and use, approached from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. PLENARY SPEAKERS: * Junko Mori, University of Wisconsin-Madison * Steven Talmy, University of British Columbia INVITED COLLOQUIA: * Learning how to talk in a foreign language: A language socialization perspective on study abroad experiences (Convener: Haruko Cook, University of Hawai'i) * Negotiating the self in another language: Discourse approaches to language learning as cross-cultural adaptation (Convener: Christina Higgins, University of Hawai'i) CALL FOR PROPOSALS (DEADLINE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2006): Proposals for presentation are welcome on topics such as * L2 talk and text * Developmental L2 pragmatics * Pragmatics in language education * Pragmatics in language assessment * Pragmatics in computer-mediated communication * Theory and methodology in pragmatics Proposals may be submitted for PAPERS (20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for discussion) and POSTERS. Abstracts for all presentation formats undergo blind peer review. ONLINE ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS: DEADLINE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 For more information about the conference or to submit a proposal online, visit our website at: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll/ ************************************************************************* N National Foreign Language Resource Center F University of Hawai'i L 1859 East-West Road, #106 R Honolulu HI 96822 C voice: (808) 956-9424, fax: (808) 956-5983 email: [log in to unmask] VISIT OUR WEBSITE! http://www.nflrc.hawaii.edu ************************************************************************* *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************