LINGUIST List 22.4512 Fri Nov 11 2011 Confs: Language Acquisition/Brazil 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.     Karina Molsing , 1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition Message 1: 1st International Seminar on Language Acquisition Date: 10-Nov-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: sial.pucrsgmail.com 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. 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. I SIAL - Conference program The Organizing Committee of the I International Seminar on Language Acquisition (I Seminário Internacional de Aquisição da Linguagem) is pleased to present the updated conference program below. There will also be a workshop on Applied English Phonology given by Prof. Mehmet Yavas (Florida International University) on Saturday, Nov. 19. The workshop requires no registration or fee. An additional minicourse on The Neurobiology of Bilingualism will also be given by Prof. Jubin Abutalebi (Vita Salute San Raffaele University) on Monday, Nov. 21, and Tuesday, Nov. 22. Registration for the minicourse is R$44. For more information, please contact sial.pucrsgmail.com I SIAL website: http://www.pucrs.br/eventos/sial/ Program: 16/11 - Wednesday Morning 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 Afternoon: 14:00 to 15:30 Roundtable Topic: Linguistic Awareness and L1 Acquisition Participants: - Prof. Dr. Ana Ruth Moresco Miranda - UFPEL - Prof. Dr. Thais Cristofaro Silva - UFMG - Prof. Dr. Aniela Improta França - UFRJ Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Regina Lamprecht 15:30 to 16:00 Break 16:00 to 17:30 Communications - Language Laboratory of PUCRS (Building 8, 5th floor) - Coordinated paper sessions - Laboratory A - Laboratory B - Laboratory C 17/11 - Thursday Morning 9:00 to 10:30 Talk: L2 Acquisition and Cognition Keynote speakers: Prof. Dr. Michael Ullman - Georgetown University, Washington, EUA Coordinator: Profa. 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 Afternoon 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 Communications - Language Laboratory of PUCRS (Building 8, 5th floor) - Coordinated paper sessions - Laboratory A - Laboratory B - Laboratory C 17h to 18h - Patterns in the Acquisition of #sC Clusters: Universal or Language-Specific Mehmet Yavas 19h30min às 21h Seminar Title to be confirmed - (Building 9 Auditorium) - Leonor Scliar Cabral (UFSC)Acrescentar na programação, no dia 17 de novembro, das 19h30 às 21h uma palestra (''Seminar'' em inglês) por Profa. Leonor Scliar Cabral (UFSC), com ''título a ser confirmado'' (''title to be confirmed'' em inglês). Coloca em parênteses que vai ser realizado no auditório do prédio 9 (''Building 9 Auditorium'' em inglês). 18/11 - Friday Morning 9:00 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 10:30 to 11:00 Break 11:00 to 12:30 Communications - Language Laboratory of PUCRS (Building 8, 5th floor) - Coordinated paper sessions - Laboratory A - Laboratory C Afternoon 14h Talk: Teaching Portuguese as an Additional Language (PAL) Keynote speaker: Dr. Matilde Scaramucci - UNICAMP Coordinator:: Dr. Juliana Roquele Schoffen - UFRGS 15:30 to 16:00 Break 16:30 to 18:00 Videoconference: The Pragmatics of 2nd Language Talk - Gabriele Kasper 18:00 to 18:30 Closing session Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 11-Nov-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.