LINGUIST List 6.795

Fri 09 Jun 1995

Calls: Congress on reading, Tai lgs & culture

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1. Margarida C. Ferreira, 16th World Congress on Reading
2. Gwyn Williams, Conference: Tai Languages & Culture

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 Subject 16' congresso mundial de leitura

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 LITERACY IN A CHANGING WORLD
 CHOICES AND CHALLENGES

 16TH WORLD CONGRESS ON READING
 INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION
 PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
 JULY 9-12, 1996

 The Congress theme is "literacy in a changing world: choices and challenges"
 and the following topics will be considered:
 family literacy; children's literature around the world; culture and literacy;
 using literacy to learn; writing and reading. connections; readers and writers
 who strggle; research directions; adult literacy; teaching: practices and
 theories.

 Proposals:
 may be submitted for the following categories: Institutes; Symposia;
 Workshops; Research Reports and Sessions until JUNE, 2, 1995.

 For more details:
 WORLD CONGRESS PROGRAM COMMITTEE, International Reading Association, 800
 Barksdale Road, PO Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-9139, USA
 FAX: 302-731-1057

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ANNOUNCEMENT -- LINGUISTIC CONFERENCE -- BANGKOK -- THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY
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 First Call for Papers -- Tai Languages & Cultures

TAI LANGUAGES & CULTURE
Thammasat University, Bangkok Thailand
7-8 December 1995

To celebrate the 72nd birthday of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, the
Liberal Arts Faculty of Thammasat University is pleased to announce an
international conference on "Tai Languages & Cultures". This conference
will be held at the main campus (Tha Prachan) of the university on
December 7th & 8th, 1995.

Papers on any aspect of Tai languages and cultures are welcome, and those
of a comparative nature (among the Tai languages) are especially welcome.

For further information and to send abstracts/papers, please contact
immediately:

 Dr. Wilaiwan Khanittanan (email: thaewipied.tu.ac.th)
 Liberal Arts Faculty
 Thammasat University
 Bangkok 10200 THAILAND
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ANNOUNCEMENT -- LINGUISTIC CONFERENCE -- BANGKOK -- THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY
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