第八届汉语作为第二语言研究国际会议征稿通知

The 8th International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language Research

会议议题

CASLAR-8 invites proposals for presentations that are related to research in any area of Chinese as a Second Language (CSL). Those wishing to participate should prepare abstracts for 20-minute oral presentations or poster presentations. Below there are some suggested categories for topics, though submissions need not be limited to these areas.

Suggested Topic Areas:
• Acquisition and development of CSL: phonetics & phonology, semantics, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, etc.
• Chinese character acquisition and development of CSL reading and writing
• Application of linguistic theories to Chinese L2 data
• Cognitive aspects of CSL acquisition
• Motivation to learn Chinese
• Role of culture in the acquisition of CSL
• Discourse in CSL
• Technology and CSL: Corpus and Learner Errors, Distance Learning in CSL, etc.
• Curriculum and instruction
• Research-based Language Teaching Methodology for CSL at all levels
• Designing materials for CSL
• Conceptual socialization in the process of developing CSL
• Assessment of proficiency in CSL

Please submit abstracts to EASYABS at http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/caslar-8

摘要提交

Abstract submission will be open from December 1, 2024

Abstract Guidelines:
• Abstracts should be written in English or Chinese and be submitted as a WORD doc (not a PDF file).
• Your personal information such as name, affiliation, and email can NOT be included in the abstract. The personal information will be collected before uploading your abstracts on EasyAbs.
• Each proposal should include: the title, the abstract, three to five keywords and a summary (A4 or Letter size, 12 points in single space). The first keyword should indicate the topic area of your study, such as ‘Phonology,’ ‘Pragmatics,’ ‘Textbook,’ etc. (please refer to the aforementioned “Suggested Topic Areas”). The summaries may be used in the conference program.
• You will be asked to indicate your proposal category on EasyAbs. Both Individual Presentations and Panels are acceptable.
- Individual Presentations: This category is for proposals to give a 20-minute oral presentation (15 minutes plus 5 minute Q & A) or in the format of poster presentation. The abstract should not exceed 350 English words (or about 600 Chinese characters) with title and keywords. The abstract should summarize the purpose of the study, methods, main results, and implications (if relevant). A summary of your proposal should not exceed 60 English words (or 90 Chinese characters). Poster presentations usually focus on an on-going project. They combine text and graphics to present the project in a way that is visually interesting and accessible. The format of the presentations will be subject to the Organizing Committee’s final decision.
- Panels: This category is for an hour-long panel comprised with three, or four, presentations on a common theme. Each panel must have a representative submitting a proposal, which should include: a) the main theme of the panel; b) individual topics and abstracts; c) five key words and a summary. The proposal should not exceed 500 English words in total (or 750 Chinese characters) and the summary should not exceed 100 English words (or about 150 Chinese characters). Conference participants may use the google docs below to organize panels and look for potential panel contributors, if needed.

会议费用

Registration fees:
Early Bird by April 15, 2025
Full time students 140 euro,
All other participants: 220 euro
Regular by May 15, 2025
Full time students: 180 euro,
All other participants 260 euro
Late/Onsite after May 15, 2025
Full time students: 220 euro,
All other participants: 300 euro
Conference Dinner (optional): $55 euro

The registration fee covers access to all plenary, breakout, and workshop sessions, the lunches and coffee breaks specified in the conference program. Conference dinner is optional and not included in the conference registration fee.
Contact: CASLAR-8 Organizing Committee at caslar8@unitbv.ro

The CASLAR-8 conference is co-organized by the Faculty of Letters at Transilvania University of Brasov, the leading and largest university in the central region of Romania. The school has two departments: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics and Literature and Cultural Studies and coordinate programs of undergraduate and graduate studies in Romanian, English, German, French and Chinese.

会务组

- Distinguished Professor Istvan Kecskes, Chairman of CASLAR, Editor-in-Chief of Intercultural Pragmatics and the CASLAR journal, State University of New York, Albany, USA.
- Mihaela Gheorghe, Professor of Linguistics, Vice-President of Transilvania University of Brașov, senior researcher at the Romanian Academy „Iorgu Iordan” Linguistics Institute.
- Adrian Lacatus, Dean of the Faculty of Letters, Transilvania University of Brașov, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, vice-president of the Romanian Association of Comparative Literature.