PACIFIC SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH FORUM (PacSLRF) 2001

OCTOBER 4-7, 2001

at the Imin Conference Center
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA

WEBSITE: http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf/

EMAIL: pacslrf@hawaii.edu

This conference will focus on the acquisition of second languages in instructed and naturalistic settings, particularly in East Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific languages. Paper, poster, and colloquium proposal submissions are welcome (see end of message for CALL FOR PAPERS announcement - DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2001)!

PLENARY SESSIONS:

"The state of emergentism in SLA" (KEVIN GREGG, St. Andrews University, Osaka, Japan)
"Operations and representations in second language acquisition" (WILLIAM O'GRADY, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, USA)
"Issues in second dialect acquisition" (JEFF SIEGEL, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia)
"Children acquire traits of those who feed them" (NOEAU WARNER, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, USA)
"Mind, language, and epistemology: Toward a language socialization paradigm for SLA" (KAREN WATSON-GEGEO, University of California at Davis, California, USA)
"Morphological variability in SLA: A hardy perennial" (LYDIA WHITE, McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

INVITED COLLOQUIA:

"Japanese as a second language from different perspectives" (Convener: KAZUE KANNO, UH Manoa)
"Current research in second dialect acquisition" (Convener: JEFF SIEGEL, University of New England)
"Issues in Instructed SLA" (Convener: CATHERINE DOUGHTY, UH Manoa)

For more information about PacSLRF 2001 conference pre-registration, conference schedule, lodging options, and social events, please visit our website at: http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf/

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