LINGUIST List 21.2259 Tue May 18 2010 Confs: Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition/UK Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Heather Marsden, Applied Generative Second Language Acquisition Workshop Message 1: Applied Generative Second Language Acquisition Workshop Date: 18-May-2010 From: Heather Marsden <hm536york.ac.uk> Subject: Applied Generative Second Language Acquisition Workshop E-mail this message to a friend Applied Generative Second Language Acquisition Workshop Date: 24-Jun-2010 - 24-Jun-2010 Location: York, United Kingdom Contact: Heather Marsden Contact Email: sla-workshopevents.york.ac.uk Meeting URL: http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/lang/hosted/agsla Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition Meeting Description: The objective of this one-day workshop is to explore ways of promoting crossfertilisation between theoretical, second language acquisition research and language teaching research- two related fields that have thus far rarely engaged in dialogue. Specifically, we aim to consider how the findings of generative second language acquisition research might apply to language teaching. Invited Speaker: Roumyana Slabakova Pre-registration by 6 June 2010 is FREE! See the workshop website. After 6 June, a £5 registration fee applies. 9:15-9:45 Registration 9:45-10:00 Welcome and Introduction 10:00-10:30 Kook Hee Gil, Heather Marsden & Melinda Whong (University of Sheffield, University of York, University of Leeds): Negative Evidence and L2 Knowledge of 'any' 10:30-11:00 Neal Snape (Gunma Prefectural Women's University): Language Acquisition at the Interfaces: Implications for L2 Article Instruction 11:00-11:30 Tea and coffee break. Posters. 11:30-12:00 Clare Wright (Newcastle University): ''I Still Can't Questions'': Asymmetries in the Longitudinal Development of L2 English Questions in an Immersion Setting 12:00-12:30 Tom Rankin (University of Vienna): V2 Transfer by Instructed L1 German Learners of English 12:30-14:00 Lunch break 14:00-15:00 Invited speaker: Roumyana Slabakova (University of Iowa): Generative SLA Meets Focus on Form 15:00-15:30 Tea and coffee break. Posters. 15:30-16:00 Dora Alexopoulou, Helen Yannakoudakis & Ted Briscoe (University of Cambridge): L1 Effects and Personalised Learning in Globalised Learning Settings 16:00-16:30 Melinda Whong (University of Leeds): Applying Generative SLA to the Language Classroom 16:30-17:00 Concluding discussion 18:00- - Workshop dinner Posters: Ruwayashid Alruwaili (University of York): Optionality in Classrooms: are L2 Classroom Learners Different from L2 Immersion Learners? Wei Ku (University of Sheffield): Can Pragmatic Competence be Taught? Fakhrisadat Shariati (Islamic Azad University): EFL Learners' Writing Assessment Revisited: Peer and Teacher Feedback Seyed Omid Tabatabai & Masoume Yakhbi (Islamic Azad University): The Effect of Comprehensible Input and Comprehensible Output on the Accuracy and Complexity of Iranian EFL Learners Oral Speech Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 18-May-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.