--- Forwarded Message from National Foreign Language Resource Center <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:04:37 -1000 (HST) >From: National Foreign Language Resource Center <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: FINAL REMINDER: 2008 SLRF Conference Call for Proposals deadline April 15 >To: [log in to unmask] Our apologies for any cross-postings . . . The SLRF 2008 Call for Proposals deadline (April 15) is fast approaching. Submit your proposal online today! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is pleased to announce. . . CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 31st Annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) October 17-19, 2008 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, Hawaii http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/ ONLINE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION SYSTEM OPEN! (See Call for Proposals section for complete details and instructions for proposal submissions) PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 15, 2008 Notification of selection: Mid-May 2008 Theme: EXPLORING SLA: PERSPECTIVES, POSITIONS, AND PRACTICES Plenary speakers: - Dr. Harald Clahsen (University of Essex) - Dr. Alan Firth (Newcastle University) - Dr. Eva Lam (Northwestern University) - Dr. Richard Schmidt (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) We welcome all areas of second language research, including, but not limited to: - Instructed SLA - Acquisition of grammar and phonology - Child SLA - L2 Processing - Language and learner characteristics - Language and cognition - Discourse and interaction - Language and socialization - Bilingualism and multilingualism - Language and ideology - Literacy development - Learner corpora - Language learning and technology - Second language measurement 1) PAPERS: Individual papers will be allotted 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes for discussion). 2) POSTERS: Posters will be displayed for a full day. Posters are intended for one-on-one discussion or reports of work in progress. 3) COLLOQIUA: The colloquia/panels consist of individual paper presentations that relate to a specific or related topics of interest. They are offered in 2-hour sessions. Please see our website for complete proposal submission instructions and additional updates: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/. Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2008. For any proposal submission questions, please contact the SLRF 2008 Program Chairs at [log in to unmask] ************************************************************************* 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 (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]) ***********************************************