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Please find below the Call for Papers for a two-day seminar on French SLA (also attached). Please advertise! BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS/CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS B.A.A.L. / C.U.P. SEMINAR PROGRAMME 2002 WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRENCH LANGUAGE STUDIES (AFLS) LINGUISTIC DEVELOPMENT IN FRENCH 18-19 JULY 2002 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, UK Seminar Coordinators: Florence Myles, Ros Mitchell, Sarah Rule, Emma Marsden, University of Southampton CALL FOR PAPERS Proposals for papers (30 minutes) are invited for this two-day seminar on French SLA. The aim of the seminar is three-fold: 1. To document linguistic progression in learners of French. Papers are invited which aim to further our understanding of developmental stages in French, by documenting and analysing the development of a range of morphosyntactic structures, such as sentence structure, verbal morphology, gender, interrogation, negation, embedding, pronominal reference etc... 2. To inform current theoretical debates The seminar will aim to inform current theoretical debates about linguistic development in second language learners, in terms of the different learning mechanisms available to classroom learners (e.g. innate or learnt), and in terms of the impact of classroom instruction on development (comparison with naturalistic learners; role of formulaic language). Papers are also invited in this context. 3. To define a research agenda for French SLA A final objective of the seminar will be to discuss a research agenda for the study of French SLA. This will be achieved through a round-table at the end of the seminar. Plenary speakers: Roger Hawkins (Essex), and Daniel Véronique (Paris) Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2002 Further information and abstracts to: Florence Myles ([log in to unmask]) or Sarah Rule ([log in to unmask]) Dr Florence Myles Senior Lecturer in French and Linguistics School of Modern Languages University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ UK tel (0)23 80 592269 fax (0)23 80 593288 e-mail: [log in to unmask]