Developmental and Learning Sciences: A Multidisciplinary Competition: Five-Year Proposal for the Boston University Conference on Language Development

美国国家科学基金会支持每年11月至2006年在波士顿大学举行的波士顿大学语言发展会议。这次会议是国际公认的第一和第二语言习得、双语、语言障碍和识字发展领域的研究人员的会议。来自世界各地的400-500名研究人员参加了这次会议。它的演示文稿由匿名同行评议选出，其会议记录由卡卡迪拉出版社出版。2002年的主旨发言人是苏珊·戈尔丁-梅朵；2002年的全体发言人是邦妮·施瓦茨。自1976年以来，波士顿大学应用语言学项目的教职员工和学生一直在组织和管理这次会议。香利·艾伦博士领导着今年的学生和教职员工组织者团队。

The National Science Foundation supports the Boston University Conference on Language Development to be held at Boston University each November from 2002 through 2006. The conference is an internationally recognized meeting for researchers in the areas of first and second language acquisition, bilingualism, language disorders, and literacy development. It is attended by 400-500 researchers from around the world. Its presentations are chosen by anonymous peer review, and its proceedings are published by Cascadilla Press. The 2002 keynote speaker is Susan Goldin-Meadow; the 2002 plenary speaker is Bonnie Schwartz. Since 1976, the faculty and students of Boston University's Applied Linguistics Program have organized and run the conference. Dr. Shanley Allen leads this year's team of student and faculty organizers.