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Mon 30 Jan 1995

Confs: Acquisition of Spanish, GURT 1995 preregistration notice

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1. "Ana Teresa Perez-Leroux", Acquisition of Spanish Conference (call)
2. , GURT 1995 - Preregistration notice

CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS

Penn State Conference on the
Acquisition of Spanish as a First or Second Language
October 12-14, 1995

Keynote Speakers:

 James Lantolf, Cornell University
 Bill VanPatten, University of Illinois--Urbana
 Suzanne Flynn, MIT
 Thomas Roeper, University of Massachusetts--Amherst
 Susana Lopez Ornat, la Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Session topics to include:

 Acquisition of Spanish syntax, morphology, phonology, and lexicon
 Acquisition of Spanish syntactic parameters
 Differences between L1 and L2 acquisition
 Input and interaction and the acquisition of Spanish
 Role of consciousness and the acquisition of Spanish
 The effects of formal instruction on the acquisition of Spanish
 Classroom research on reading, writing, listening, and speaking

Guidelines for submission of abstracts:

- Three (3) copies of anonymous abstract with title--not to exceed more than
one page in length (double-spaced, typed). Abstract may be in English or
Spanish.
- One (1) copy of short version of abstract with title, your name, and
academic affiliation--not to exceed a rectangle area of 9 X 11.6 cm(fits in
1/4th of a standard 8 1/2 X 11). This version will be included in conference
program if the paper is accepted.
- One (1) 3 x 5 card with the following information: title of abstract, your
name, academic affiliation, mailing address, phone number, fax number,
and e-mail address, and any additional information necessary to locate you
during the months of May and June.
 We regret that we cannot accept electronic submissions.
 Send to:
 Conference on Language Acquisition
 The Pennsylvania State University
 Department of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese
 352 N. Burrowes Bldg.
 University Park, PA 16802
 Deadline for submission: MAY 1, 1995

Conference Chairs: William R. Glass wrg3psuvm.psu.edu
 Ana Perez-Leroux atp2psuvm.psu.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS

 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ROUND TABLE
 GURT 1995
Linguistics and the Education of Second Language Teachers:
Ethnolinguistic, Psycholinguistic and Sociolinguistic Aspects

 MARCH 6 - 11, 1995

 PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE February 4, 1995
 (on-site rates apply thereafter)

For more information contact Carolyn A. Straehle, GURT '95
Coordinator, Georgetown University School of Languages and
Linguistics, 303 Intercultural Center, Washington, DC
20057-1067
email: gurtguvax.georgetown.edu
tel: 202/687-5726
fax: 202/687-5712