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波士顿大学语言发展会议将于2002年至2006年每年11月在波士顿大学举行。该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会议。来自世界各地的400-500名研究人员参加了会议。它的介绍是通过匿名同行审查选择的，其会议记录由卡斯卡迪亚出版社出版。2002年的主旨发言人是Susan Goldin-Meadow; 2002年的全体发言人是Bonnie Schwartz。自1976年以来，波士顿大学应用语言学课程的教师和学生组织和举办了会议。尚利艾伦博士领导今年的学生和教师组织者团队。

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.