LINGUIST List 17.3384: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/Canada

LINGUIST List 17.3384

Sun Nov 19 2006

Calls: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/Canada

Editor for this issue: Dan Parker <danlinguistlist.org>

Directory 1. Tanja Collet-Najem, 4th Ontario Conference on Applied Linguistics

Message 1: 4th Ontario Conference on Applied Linguistics
Date: 16-Nov-2006
From: Tanja Collet-Najem <tcolletuwindsor.ca>
Subject: 4th Ontario Conference on Applied Linguistics

Full Title: 4th Ontario Conference on Applied Linguistics Short Title: OCAL 2007
Date: 19-May-2007 - 20-May-2007 Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada Contact Person: Tanja Collet-Najem
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.uwindsor.ca/ocal
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English; French

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2007

Meeting Description:

The 4th Ontario Conference on Applied Linguistics (OCAL 2007) will be held at the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) on May 19 and 20, 2007. The Ontario Conference on Applied Linguistics is a fully bilingual annual event which specializes in second-language learning and teaching as well as in related issues dealing with bilingualism. The deadline for the first call for papers is January 15, 2007. For more information, please visit the conference web site at http://www.uwindsor.ca/ocal.

Premier appel a communications(The English version follows.)

4e Colloque ontarien de linguistique appliquée, OCAL 2007University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada19 et 20 mai 2007

Conféncières Invitées:Josiane Hamers (Université Laval, Québec, Canada)Shana Poplack (University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Comité D'Organisation:Tanja Collet-Najem, présidente, French Studies, University of Windsor,tcolletuwindsor.caNathalie Dolbec, Concurrent B.A. in French Studies/B. Ed., University of WindsorJean-Guy Mboudjeke, French Studies, University of WindsorVictor Sevillano Canicio, Certificate in Second Language Teaching, University of WindsorMoshé Starets, French Studies, University of Windsor

- Notification of Acceptance/RefusalBeginning of March, 2007

- AbstractsAbstracts of not more than 250 to 300 words written in either English or French should clearly state the research questions or problems addressed and give some indication of results or conclusions.

Please visit our website at http://www.uwindsor.ca/ocal and click on Abstract Submission to electronically submit your abstract to the conference chair, Tanja Collet-Najem. While filling out the form, take special care to clearly indicate your name and affiliation as well as the names and affiliations of any co-authors.

- Selection CriteriaA selection committee consisting of at least two members will blindly review all abstracts using the following criteria:

- adherence to the conference themes;- originality, i.e. original and innovative contribution to the field of Applied Linguistics;- overall scientific quality of the proposal.

- Conference ThemesThe Ontario Conference on Applied Linguistics, first organized by the University of Western Ontario in June 2002, specializes in second-language learning and teaching.

The OCAL 2007 organizing committee welcomes proposals focusing on second-language learning and teaching as well as on related issues dealing with bilingualism. Proposals with a strong Canadian content are especially solicited. The committee is particularly interested in receiving proposals which examine the following topics within the Canadian linguistic realm:- recent advances in Applied Linguistics and how they apply to second-language teaching and learning;- the objectives of second-language teaching methods and the ways in which these objectives are being met;- the relationship between second-language teaching methods and the spread of societal bilingualism;- the role schools play in the propagation of societal bilingualism;- impediments to second-language learning;- sociolinguistic attitudes towards bilinguality, i.e. bilingualism of the individual;- sociolinguistic attitudes towards societal bilingualism;- sociolinguistic attitudes towards second-language teaching methods, such as French immersion.

Papers examining similar issues but in a different linguistic landscape will also be considered.

- Conference FormatEach paper will be allotted 20 minutes for its delivery followed by a 10-minute question period.

- Conference LanguagesEnglish and French

- Conference SponsorsOCAL 2007 has received funding from the following sponsors:- the offices of the President, the Provost and the Vice-President, Research;- the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences;- the Faculty of Education;- the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures;