The Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is pleased to announce. . .

ONLINE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION SYSTEM OPEN!
(See Call for Proposals section for complete details and instructions for proposal submissions)

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 15, 2008
Notification of selection: Mid-May 2008

Theme: EXPLORING SLA: PERSPECTIVES, POSITIONS, AND PRACTICES

Plenary speakers:
- Dr. Harald Clahsen (University of Essex)
- Dr. Alan Firth (Newcastle University)
- Dr. Eva Lam (Northwestern University)
- Dr. Richard Schmidt (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)

We welcome all areas of second language research, including, but not limited to:
- Instructed SLA
- Acquisition of grammar and phonology
- Child SLA - L2 Processing
- Language and learner characteristics
- Language and cognition - Discourse and interaction
- Language and socialization
- Bilingualism and multilingualism
- Language and ideology
- Literacy development
- Learner corpora
- Language learning and technology
- Second language measurement

1) PAPERS: Individual papers will be allotted 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes for discussion).
2) POSTERS: Posters will be displayed for a full day. Posters are intended for one-on-one discussion or reports of work in progress.
3) COLLOQIUA: The colloquia/panels consist of individual paper presentations that relate to a specific or related topics of interest. They are offered in 2-hour sessions.

Please see our website for complete proposal submission instructions and additional updates: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/.
Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2008.

For any proposal submission questions, please contact the SLRF 2008 Program Chairs at slrf2008program@gmail.com.

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