University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC).(NEWS FROM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS)

The University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center engages in research and materials development projects and conducts Summer Institutes for language professionals among its many activities.

2007 PRAGMATICS & LANGUAGE LEARNING CONFERENCE

The NFLRC is pleased to be organizing and co-sponsoring the 17th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning (PLL) on March 26-28, 2007 in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The University of Hawai'i National Resource Center for East Asia (NRCEA) and the Department of Second Language Studies (SLS) also serve as co-sponsors of the event. The conference will address a broad range of topics in pragmatics, discourse, interaction, and sociolinguistics in their relation to second and foreign language learning, education, and use, approached from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. Highlights will include plenary talks by Junko Mori (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Steven Talmy (University of British Columbia) and two invited colloquia. We are currently accepting online proposal submissions for paper and poster sessions--deadline September 30, 2006. For more information about the conference, visit http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll

NEW NFLRC PUBLICATIONS

Pragmatics and Language Learning conference proceedings, volume 11 edited by Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Cesar Felix-Brasdefer, & Alwiya S. Omar

This volume features cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research on pragmatics and language learning among a wide-variety of learners in diverse learning contexts from a variety of language backgrounds (English, German, Japanese, Persian, and Spanish) and target languages (English, German, Japanese, Kiswahili, and Spanish). This collection of papers from researchers around the world includes critical appraisals on the role of formulas in interlanguage pragmatics and speech-act research from a conversation-analytic perspective. Empirical studies examine learner data using innovative methods of analysis and investigate issues in pragmatic development and the instruction of pragmatics.

Perspectives on teaching connected speech to second language speakers edited by J. D. Brown & Kimi Kondo-Brown

This book is a collection of fourteen articles on connected speech of interest to teachers, researchers, and materials developers in both ESL/EFL (ten chapters focus on connected speech in English) and Japanese (four chapters focus on Japanese connected speech). The fourteen chapters are divided up into five sections:

* What do we know so far about teaching connected speech?

* Does connected speech instruction work?

* How should connected speech be taught in English?

* How should connected speech be taught in Japanese?

* How should connected speech be tested?

Check out these and our other publications at http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/

ONLINE JOURNALS SOLICIT SUBMISSIONS

Reading in a Foreign Language is a refereed online journal, jointly sponsored by the University of Hawai'i NFLRC and the Department of Second Language Studies. RFL serves as an excellent source for the latest developments in the field, both theoretical and pedagogic, including improving standards for foreign language reading. For more information on submission guidelines, visit the RFL Web site.

Language Learning & Technology is a refereed online journal, jointly sponsored by the University of Hawai'i NFLRC and the Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR). LLT focuses on issues related to technology and language education. For more information on submission guidelines, visit the LLT Web site.

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