Dear Colleagues,

The Confucius Institute at The University of Iowa is pleased to
announce the First International Symposium on Chinese Applied
Linguistics to be held in Iowa City, Iowa on April 11-12, 2008.  We
invite your submissions.  (If you have colleagues and graduate
students working on Chinese applied linguistics, please also forward
this message.   Thank you.)

Following is the Call for Proposals which outlines the abstract
requirements (this can also be found at the bottom of this email).
Electronic submissions should be sent to the Int'l Symposium on
Chinese Applied Linguistics at iscal@uiowa.edu by December 31, 2007.
All submissions should include two separate files (the abstract and
the author information).

Please direct questions to Ms. Qiao Zhengwei or Ms. Yang Bei at
iscal@uiowa.edu.  We look forward to hearing from you in the near
future.

Sincerely,

Rebecca Kessler

Rebecca Kessler, Assistant to the Director

The Confucius Institute at The University of Iowa

Confucius Institute (www.uiowa.edu/confucius/)

1120 University Capitol Centre

Iowa City, IA  52242-5500

319-335-0159

Fax 319-335-3345

confucius@uiowa.edu

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Call for Proposals

First International Symposium on Chinese Applied Linguistics

The First International Symposium on Chinese Applied Linguistics will
be held at The University of Iowa on April 11-12, 2008.  The
Symposium will be co-organized by The University of Iowa and East
China Normal University.

This Symposium will serve as a platform for researchers on Chinese
applied linguistics around the world to generate ideas, cross
disciplinary boundaries, and disseminate research about issues and
concerns in the learning and teaching of Chinese as a non-primary
language (including heritage language learning) across different
acquisition stages in different settings.  The symposium is also
connected to the launching of a new refereed journal entitled Journal
of Chinese Applied Linguistics.  Proposals of theory-based and
original studies on the following topics are invited:

Language acquisition

Language pedagogy

Curriculum development and/or material development
Language testing and assessment
Language and technology
Articulation
Program development and/or program evaluations
Learner characteristics
Teacher development
Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics
Sociocultural and language learning research
Corpus linguistics and language teaching


Abstract requirements:

Papers are presented within a twenty-minute period.  All abstracts
will be blind and peer reviewed.  Submissions include two separate
files: 1) the abstract and 2) author information.

Abstract

Abstracts should include the following components: title of paper,
significance of the study, theoretical framework/background, research
procedure, major findings, and references.  Abstracts can be written
in Chinese (1,000 characters) or English (500 words).  Please do not
include author's information in the abstract.  Please use xxx to
replace name(s) of institution(s) where data are collected.

Author information

Author information includes:  title of the paper, name of the author
(s), email address(es), phone numbers, and affiliation(s).

Submission deadline:  December 31, 2007.   Please submit both files
(abstract and author information) electronically to iscal@uiowa.edu

Notification of abstract acceptance: January 31, 2008

Registration fee: $20 for students, $40 for non-students.
Registration deadline:  February 29, 2008

Accommodations:

Room and board for all presenters will be covered by the Symposium.