First CASLAR Conference held in 2010 (第一届汉语作为第二语言研究国际研讨会于2010年召开)

Time:  August 27-29, 2010

 

Venue: Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

 

Organizers:

Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Zhejiang University 

Center for the Study of Language and Cognition, Zhejiang University

 

Conference Co-Chairs:

Professor Huang Huaxin, Director, Center for the Study of Language and Cognition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China

Professor Istvan Kecskes, Editor-in-chief of Intercultural Pragmatics, State University of New York, Albany, USA

 

Scientific Committee:

Chair: Professor Fan Jieping, Dean of Falculty of Humanities, Zhejiang University

 

Organizing Committee:

Professor Huang Jianbin, Chinese Culture International Promotion Center/ School of International Studies, Zhejiang University

Peng Lizhen, Associate Professor, Center for the Study of Language and Cognition, Zhejiang University

Liu Hui, Vice dean of International College of Education, Zhejiang University

Wang Xiaolu, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Zhejiang University

 

Meeting Description:

With rapidly growing interest in Chinese as a second language in the world, scholars and institutions involved in the study of Chinese as a second language have a very important task. They should transform a field from a discipline primarily based on experience and practice into one based on and supported by research and theory. Therefore, the goal of the conference is to bring together scholars from all over the world whose research focuses on the acquisition, development and use of Chinese as a second language to survey knowledge available in the field, exchange ideas and initiate research projects. The keynote speakers will be leading national and international scholars.