Annual Pan-SIG Conference

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Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Pan-SIG Conference 2006: Authentic Communication (day 1 of 2)

Speaker: Plenary Speakers: J D Brown, John Maher and Donna Tatsuki
Time: 10:40 AM - 8:00 PM (Sat., May 13th, 2006)
Fee (JALT members): see web site for pricing schedule
Fee (One-Day members): see web site for pricing schedule
Prefecture: Shizuoka
City: Shimizu
Venue: Tokai University, Shimizu Campus
Description: On May 13-14, 2006, the Bilingual, Pragmatics, Teacher Education, and Testing and Evaluation SIGs and the Shizuoka chapter will sponsor the Fifth JALT Pan-SIG Conference. There are three plenary speakers: J. D. Brown, John Maher and Donna Tatsuki. J. D. Brown addresses the topic of 'authentic communication', in particular, he focuses on the grounds for 'whyzit importan' ta teach reduced forms'. John Maher�s topic is 'Knowing about Language, Knowing about Bilingualism'. Donna Tatsuki asks a key question in 'What is Authenticity?'

There will be over 50 presentations, workshops, colloquiums and posters. There is still time to submit a proposal. The deadline for the second call for papers is February 10, 2006. Please refer to the Pan-SIG home page for further details about submission guidelines, conference themes and all other aspects of the conference.

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