--- Forwarded Message from National Foreign Language Resource Center <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:11:23 -1000 (HST) >From: National Foreign Language Resource Center <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: TBLT 2007 registration reminder >To: [log in to unmask] Our apologies for any cross-postings . . . Dear colleague, The early-bird registration deadline for the Hawaii TBLT 2007 conference is May 15, 2007. Registration forms and instructions are available on the TBLT 2007 web site at: http://www.hawaii.edu/tblt2007/registration.html **Important note for participants registering from outside of the U.S.: It is possible to pay registration fees via a direct bank-to-bank wire transfer, should you need to do so. If you would like to utilize this method for paying your registration fees, please send a message to us at [log in to unmask] and we will provide you with further instructions. Here is an overview of the TBLT 2007 schedule. For more information, please consult the web site. All conference events will take place in the Imin International Conference Center on the University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus. Please see the "Transportation" page on the web site for directions to the conference venue. The only exception will be the Friday evening optional social event hosted at the Waikiki Aquarium. Thursday, September 20 2:30-4:30 pm: Registration 4:30-6:00 pm: Welcome and Plenary Session #1: Kris Van den Branden, Task-based language education: from theory to practice... and back again. 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening Reception Friday, September 21 8:00-8:30 am: Registration (ongoing throughout the day) 8:30-10:00 am: Concurrent Presentation Sessions 10:00-10:30 am: Coffee Break 10:30-11:30 am: Concurrent Presentation Sessions 11:30-1:00 pm: Lunch 1:00-2:30 pm: Concurrent Presentation Sessions 2:30-3:00 pm: Coffee Break 3:00-4:00 pm: Concurrent Presentation Sessions 4:00-4:30 pm: Break 4:30-6:00 pm: Plenary Session #2: Peter Robinson, Rethinking-for-speaking and L2 task demands: The Cognition Hypothesis, task classification and sequencing AND Peter Skehan, Evidence and interpretation: Attentional limitations and the Cognition Hypothesis in task-based performance 6:30-9:00 pm: TBLT 2007 Social at the Waikiki Aquarium (extra ticketed event) Saturday, September 22 8:00-8:30 am: Registration & Poster Set-up (viewing available throughout the day) 8:30-10:00 am: Concurrent Presentation Sessions 10:00-10:30 am: Coffee Break 10:30-11:30 am: Concurrent Presentation Sessions 11:30-12:30 pm: Lunch 12:30-1:30 pm: Poster Viewing with Presenters on site 1:30-2:30 pm: Concurrent Presentation Sessions 2:30-3:00 pm: Coffee Break 3:00-4:00 pm: Concurrent Presentation Sessions 4:00-4:30 pm: Break 4:30-6:00 pm: Closing and Plenary Session #3: Virginia Samuda, Tasks, design, and the architecture of pedagogic spaces We look forward to seeing you in Hawaii in September. Sincerely, TBLT 2007 Organizing Committee *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************