CALL for PAPERS

Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition

LESLLA

Newcastle upon Tyne, England
September 13, 14, and 15, 2007

The third annual LESLLA Forum will be held at Newcastle University, UK, as 
part of the 17th European Second Language Association Conference (EuroSLA)

On the final day of the EuroSLA conference taking place from 11-14 
September, a special colloquium will focus on research on Interfaces in 
Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition. This colloquium 
consists of 30-minute papers on research in second language acquisition 
and/or second language literacy development by low-educated adults, on the 
interaction of language and literacy with each other and/or with 
additional factors.

On Saturday, September 15, a day-long event entitled International 
perspectives on LESLLA practice and policy 
 involves panels of classroom researchers and professionals involved in 
issues regarding low-educated adults? L2 acquisition/literacy development. 
Each panel will have an hour to focus on a country or region.


>From Thursday to Saturday there will also be poster/demonstration 

sessions.

If you are interested in attending and/or submitting a paper/poster or 
would just like to know more about this event, please read the attached 
document for Call for Papers. 

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Nancy R. Faux
ESOL Specialist
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 
nfaux at vcu.edu
http://www.valrc.org
1-800-237-0178
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