LINGUIST List 7.1605

Wed Nov 13 1996

Calls: Pragmatics & Language Learning, Pragmatics & English

Editor for this issue: Susan Robinson <robinsonemunix.emich.edu>

Directory

1. Atsushi Fukada, Call for Papers
2. Atsushi Fukada, Call for papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

11th Annual International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning

April 17-19, 1997

Organized by The Division of English as an International Language and
its Intensive English Institute University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign

Papers are welcome on any of the following topics:

1. the contributions of pragmatic competence to overall language
 proficiency
2. descriptions of specific facets of English discourse
3. contrastive pragmatics/discourse analysis
4. developments in pragmatic research and methodology
5. integrating pragmatics into the language problem
 ... and related topics

Papers should be 20 minutes long with 10 minutes for discussion.
Submit 3 copies of an abstract of 300 words and a sheet with your
name, address, telephone number, FAX number, and, if possible, email
address

DEADLING FOR ABSTRACTS: NOVEMBER 18, 1996

Lawrence F. Bouton, Coordinator
Division of English as an International Language
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3070 Foreign Languages Building
707 South Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-1506
FAX: (217) 244-3050
email: l-boutonuiuc.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS

A Parasession: PRAGMATICS & ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES IN ACADEMIC
AND WORKPLACE CONTEXTS -- THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1997

The parasession will be held in conjunction with the 11th Annual
Inter- national Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning (April
18-19)

Sponsored by The Division of English as an International Language of
the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Papers are welcome on ANY of the following topics:

>> Pragmatics as a Tool in Conducting the Needs Analysis

>> Empirical Descriptions of the Discourse Skills Needed by Language
 Learners from Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology, or the
 Business Community -- in Academe or in the Workplace

>> A Language Course for Learners from any of the fields listed in (2):
 What, If Anything, Makes It Different from Main Stream ESL?

>> Preparing Teachers to Work in an ESP Context

Papers should be 20 minutes long with 10 minutes for discussion.
Submit 3 copies of an abstract of 300 words and a sheet with your name,
address, telephone number, FAX number, and email address to:

Lawrence F. Bouton, Coordinator
Division of English as an International Language
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3070 Foreign Languages Building
707 South Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-1506
FAX: (217) 244-3050
email: l-boutonuiuc.edu

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING ABTRACTS: NOVEMBER 19, 1996


The URL for this conference is:
 http://www.sla.purdue.edu/linguistics/pragpara.html