LINGUIST List 22.2863 Tue Jul 12 2011 Confs: Language Acquisition/Brazil Editor for this issue: Zac Smith <zaclinguistlist.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.     Karina Molsing , 1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition Message 1: 1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition Date: 08-Jul-2011 From: Karina Molsing <karina.molsingpucrs.br> Subject: 1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition E-mail this message to a friend 1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition Short Title: I SIAL Date: 16-Nov-2011 - 18-Nov-2011 Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Contact: Karina Molsing Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.pucrs.br/eventos/sial/ Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition Meeting Description: The 1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition (I Seminário Internacional de Aquisição da Linguagem) will be held from November 16 to 18, 2011, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The Seminar touches on a variety of topics in the area of acquisition, including the acquisition of native and foreign languages, linguistic awareness and literacy, bilingualism, language reorganization in aphasics, LIBRAS, Portuguese as an Additional Language (PAL) and foreign language reading. Invited Speakers: Gabriele Kasper - University of Hawaii (USA) Jubin Abutalebi - Vita Salute San Raffaele University (Italy) Mehmet Yavas - Florida International University (USA) Michael Ullman - Georgetown University (USA) Adriana Thoma - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Ana Ruth Moresco Miranda - Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil) Aniela Improta França - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Augusto Buchweitz - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Cátia de Azevedo Fronza - University of the Valley of Sinos (Brazil) Cristina Becker Lopes Perna - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Ingrid Finger - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Juliana Roquele Schoffen - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Lêda M. B. Tomitch - Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) Lilian Scherer - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Lodenir Becker Karnopp - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Luciene Simões - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Margarete Schlatter - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Maria Bernadete Abaurre - University of Campinas (Brazil) Márcia Cristina Zimmer - Catholic University of Pelotas (Brazil) Matilde Scaramucci - University of Campinas (Brazil) Regina Lamprecht - CNPq Researcher Ronice Müller de Quadros - Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) Simone Sarmento - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) Vilson Leffa - Catholic University of Pelotas (Brazil) Viviane Heberle - Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) Registrations: All participants must register on the event website by November 8, 2011. After this date, registrations can only be done at the Events Department on the main campus of PUCRS, building 40, room 201. Open hours from Monday to Friday from 8am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 7pm. Telephone for contact 3320.3680 and email proexsecretariapucrs.br 16/11 -Wednesday 8:30 Registration 9:30 Opening - The tradition of PUCRS in events in the area of Language Acquisition Prof. Dr. Yavas Mehmet 10:30 Inaugural talk - Bilingualism and Cognition Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Jubin Abutalebi - Vita Salute San Raffaele University - Milan/Italy Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Lilian C. Scherer – PUCRS 12:00 Break 14:00 to 15:30 Roundtable Topic: Linguistic Awareness and L1 Acquisition Participants: - Prof. Dr. Ana Ruth Moresco Miranda - UFPEL - Prof. Dr. Aniela Improta França - UFRJ Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Regina Lamprecht - CNPq researcher 15:30 to 16:00 Break 16:00 to 17:30 Topic Rooms - Language Laboratory of PUCRS (Building 8, 5th floor) Coordinated paper sessions 17/11 - Thursday 9:00 to 10:30 Talk: L2 Acquisition and Cognition Keynote speakers: Prof. Dr. Michael Ullman - Georgetown University, Washington, USA and Prof. Dr. Ingrid Finger – UFRGS Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Márcia Cristina Zimmer – UCPel 10:30 to 11:00 Break 11:00 to 12:30 Roundtable Topic: Language Acquisition and literacy Participants: - Prof. Dr. Maria Bernadete Abaurre - UNICAMP - Prof. Dr. Luciene Simões - UFRGS - Prof. Dr. Cátia de Azevedo Fronza - UNISINOS Debater: Prof. Dr. Simone Sarmento - UFRGS 14:00 to 15:30 Roundtable Topic: Foreign Language Reading and Cognition Participants: - Prof. Dr. Lêda M. B. Tomitch - UFSC - Prof. Dr. Viviane Heberle - UFSC - Prof. Dr. Vilson Leffa - UCPel Debater: Prof. Dr. Augusto Buchweitz - UFRGS 15:30 to 16:00 Break 16:00 to 17:30 Topic Rooms - Language Laboratory of PUCRS (Building 8, 5th floor) Coordinated paper sessions 18/11 – Friday 9:00 to 10:30 Roundtable Topic: Teaching Portuguese as an Additional Language (PAL) Participants: - Prof. Dr. Margarete Schlatter - UFRGS - Prof. Dr. Matilde Scaramucci - UNICAMP Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Juliana Roquele Schoffen (UFRGS) 10:30 to 11:00 Break 11:00 to 12:30 Roundtable Topic: Libras and Bilingualism Participants: - Prof. Dr. Ronice Muller de Quadros - UFSC - Prof. Dr. Lodenir Becker Karnopp - UFRGS Debater: Prof. Dr. Adriana Thoma – UFRGS 14:00 to 15:30 Roundtable Topic: Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL): Pragmatic Aspects - Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kasper - University of Hawaii Debater: Prof. Dr. Cristina B. Perna – PUCRS 15:30 to 16:00 Break 16:30 to 17:30 Topic Rooms - Language Laboratory of PUCRS (Building 8, 5th floor) Coordinated paper sessions 18:00 to 18:30 Closing session Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 12-Jul-2011       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.