Proposal Submission

Please choose one submission format:

• Individual papers: 20 minutes long with a 10-minute discussion period

• Poster presentations: Displayed for a 2-hour block of time. Opportunity for one-on-one discussions

Submissions must adhere to the following format. Both English and Chinese are welcomed.       Send submissions to tccrisls@tc.columbia.edu.

I. In the subject heading of the e-mail message please type "Poster Submission" or "Paper Submission".

II. In the body of the e-mail message, please fill out all of the following fields in the given order (you may want to copy and paste this into your e-mail):

1. TITLE OF PRESENTATION (Maximum ten words)

2. PRESENTER'S NAME (FAMILY, GIVEN)

• DEPARTMENT & AFFILIATION
• MAILING ADDRESS (Incl. CITY, STATE/PROV., ZIP/POSTAL CODE)
• COUNTRY
• PHONE
• FAX
• E-MAIL ADDRESS
• (Repeat the above fields for any Co-Presenters)

3. GENERAL RESEARCH AREA OF PRESENTATION (any that apply):

• Learners' processing of input
• Learners' negotiation of comprehensible input and output
• Learners' output-based learning
• Learners' response to pedagogical intervention
• Learning across linguistic domains
• Characteristics of learner language
• Learners' developmental trajectories
• Learners' context of acquisition: classroom, naturalistic, immersion, and study abroad
• Other

4. SUMMARY OF THE PRESENTATION (No longer than 50 words. This will be included in the program booklet if your paper is accepted.)

III. As an attachment, please include an ABSTRACT OF THE PRESENTATION. The attachment must be either a Microsoft Word document or in Rich Text Format (RTF) and include any special fonts (e.g. IPA) you have used. Please do not exceed 400 words in length. Please also ensure that the title of the paper or poster appears as the first line of the document. However, do not include the author(s)' name(s) or other obvious reference to the author(s) in the document as these abstracts will be distributed for blind review.

Deadline for Abstracts: April 15th, 2010
Notification by May 15, 2010
 
Evaluation of Proposals

• Topic must be relevant, timely and important to the field.
• Presentation must include innovative and original research.
• Research question(s), data collection procedures and analytic approaches must be clearly indicated.
• Presentation must be well-organized.