LINGUIST List 12.2119

Tue Aug 28 2001

Confs: Pacific Second Lang Research Forum, PacSLRF

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1. National Foreign Language Resource Center, PacSLRF 2001 Conference pre-registration deadline - August 31!

 PACIFIC SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH FORUM (PacSLRF) 2001 CONFERENCE

			 OCTOBER 4-7, 2001
			 Imin Conference Center
		 University of Hawaii at Manoa campus
		 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

		 EMAIL: pacslrfhawaii.edu
	--> WEBSITE: http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf/ <--

 ** DEADLINE FOR SPECIAL PRE-REGISTRATION RATES IS AUGUST 31, 2001 **
 (PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR PRE-REGISTRATION FORM & MORE INFO)

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The PacSLRF 2001 Conference will focus on the acquisition of second
languages in instructed and naturalistic settings, particularly in East
Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific languages.

* VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO VIEW THE PRELIMINARY PROGRAM (complete with
presenters, titles, and presentation summaries):

 --> http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf/schedule.html <--


- 6 PLENARIES! --

* WILLIAM O'GRADY (University of Hawaii at Manoa) -
	"Language Acquisition and Language Loss"
* KAREN WATSON-GEGEO (University of California, Davis) -
	"Mind, Language, and Epistemology: Toward a Language
	 Socialization Paradigm for SLA"
* JEFF SIEGEL (University of New England, Australia) -
	"Issues in Second Dialect Acquisition"
* KEVIN GREGG (St. Andrews University, Japan) -
	"The State of Emergentism in SLA"
* NOEAU WARNER (University of Hawaii at Manoa) -
	"Children Acquire Traits of Those Who Feed Them"
* LYDIA WHITE (McGill University, Canada)
	"Morphological Variability in SLA: A Hardy Perennial"


- 5 COLLOQUIA! --

* SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN STUDY ABROAD CONTEXTS
* JAPANESE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
* ISSUES IN INSTRUCTED SLA
* CURRENT RESEARCH IN SECOND DIALECT ACQUISITION
* A NEW FRONTIER?: COMPUTER-MEDIATED VOICE COMMUNICATION FOR LEARNING
 KOREAN


- OVER 100 PAPERS AND POSTERS PRESENTATIONS! --

- WAIKIKI AQUARIUM EXTRAVAGANZA! (FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5) --

- SPECIAL PRE-REGISTRATION RATES THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2001! --

 ** Pre-register now at http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf/prereg.html **



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P	 PACIFIC SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH FORUM (PacSLRF) 2001
 A 2 c/o National Foreign Language Resource Center
 C 0 University of Hawai'i at Manoa
 S 0 1859 East-West Road, #106
 L 1 Honolulu HI 96822
 R phone: (808) 956-9424; fax: (808) 956-5983
 F email: pacslrfhawaii.edu

VISIT US ON THE WEB! http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf
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