Third CASLAR Conference held in 2014 第三届汉语作为第二语言研究国际研讨会召开

The 3rd International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language Research

August 28-30, 2014

http://www.caslar2014.unipr.it/

Location: Department of Arts and Literature, History and Social Studies of the University of Parma, Italy.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Teaching Methodology, Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Pragmatics

Language(s): Chinese, English

Organizers:

Department of Arts and Literature, History and Social Studies, University of Parma

Department of Science of the Antiquity and Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Parma

Department of Economics, University of Parma

Conference Co-Chairs:

Professor Istvan Kecskes, Chairman of CASLAR, Editor-in-Chief of Intercultural Pragmatics and CASLAR journal, State University of New York, Albany, USA.

Professor Marco Mezzadri, Director of the Laboratory on Teaching Methodology, Department of Arts and Literature, History and Social Studies, University of                                         Parma, ITALY.

Professor Carlotta Sparvoli, Department of Science of the Antiquity and Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Parma, ITALY.

Important Dates:

- Abstract Submissions Due: March 20, 2014

- Acceptance Notification (by email): April 20, 2014

- Early Birds Registration:  up to May 30, 2014

- Conference Dates: August 28-30, 2014

- Full Paper Submissions Due: December 31, 2014

(for post-conference publication)

Meeting Description

CASLAR is a biennial conference with the goal 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 available knowledge in the field, exchange ideas and initiate research projects. The conference is a part of the CASLAR movement that aims to transform a field from a primarily experienced-and practice-based discipline into a discipline based on and supported by research and theory. The first CASLAR conference was held at ZhejiangUniversity, in 2010, the second one was in Taipei, Taiwan in 2012.