LINGUIST List 8.62

Mon Jan 20 1997

Calls: Celtic, 2nd Lg Acquisition

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <seelylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Jim/Roz Ladrew, Celtic Lang. Conf.
2. Philippe Prevost, GENERATIVE APPROACHES TO SECOND LG ACQUISITION

3rd Celtic Language Learning Conference
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
May 31, 1997

 3rd CALL FOR PAPERS

Extended Deadline: January 30, 1997

This conference is being organized by the North American Association for
Celtic Language Teachers (NAACLT). Proposals for individual papers are
welcome on the following topics involving any one or more of the modern
Celtic languages:=20

computer-assisted instruction
dialect choice in language learning
language acquisition
language and gender
language-learning materials
language policy and planning
language testing and teacher certification
syllabus design

Papers will be 20 minutes long with a 10-minute discussion period
following. Send three double-spaced printed copies of a 300-word
proposal with name, address, voice and fax number, e-mail address, and
institutional affiliation on the first copy. Second and third copy
should have no identification. Also send one copy of a 50-word summary
to be included in the conference program and book of abstracts. Submit
these in printed form as well as the computer texts by e-mail. Texts
will be accepted on disk for those without e-mail access. If submitted
on disk, be sure to indicate DOS or Macintosh and the word-processing
program used.

Send proposals and abstracts to:
Dr. Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew/NAACLT=9297		
Penn Language Center		
401 Lauder-Fischer Hall		
University of Pennsylvania		
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6330	 U.S.A.
e-mail: jladrewchesco.com 	 

All other inquiries to:
Dr. Kenneth Nilsen
Celtic Studies/NAACLT=9297
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5
CANADA
e-mail: knilsenjuliet.stfx.ca

This conference will follow the Celtic Language Teachers Professional
Development Day on May 30, also to be held at St. Francis Xavier. A
pre-conference field trip and post-conference one-day Scottish Gaelic
immersion course are also being planned.

DEADLINE EXTENSION!!!

The deadline for the submission of abstracts to GASLA 1997 has been
extended to JANUARY 31, 1997.


 CALL FOR PAPERS

 GENERATIVE APPROACHES TO SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 


 - GASLA 97 -



We invite original research papers on:

Implications of UG on
 Second Language Acquisition
 Second Language Processing
 Bilingualism


Dates:		May 9-10-11, 1997
Location:	McGill University, Montreal, Canada


Please send 5 copies of an anonymous abstract (single-spaced, 2 pages
maximum incl. examples and references) and a 3x5 card with name(s) of
author(s), title of paper, affiliation, phone number and e-mail address

to:

GASLA 97
Dept. of Linguistics
McGill University
1001 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, Que H3A 1G5
Canada

Submissions by e-mail will not be considered


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DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: 31 January 1997
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For more information: gaslalangs.lan.mcgill.ca
Visit the GASLA 1997 web page:
 http://web.cs.mcgill.ca/~mordru/gasla.html