Boston University Conference on Language Development 2007-2011

美国国家科学基金会为波士顿大学语言发展会议提供支持，该会议将于2007年至2011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、语言障碍和读写能力发展领域研究人员的会议。每年有来自世界各地的500-600名研究人员参加。会议报告由匿名同行评议选出，会议记录由卡斯卡迪拉出版社出版。自1976年以来，波士顿大学应用语言学专业的教师和学生一直组织和运行该会议。Drs。香莉·艾伦和M.凯瑟琳·奥康纳领导了2007年会议的组织者团队。

The National Science Foundation is providing support for the Boston University Conference on Language Development to be held at Boston University each November from 2007 through 2011. 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 500-600 researchers from around the world each year. Its presentations are chosen by anonymous peer review, and its proceedings are published by Cascadilla Press. Since 1976, the faculty and students of Boston University's Applied Linguistics Program have organized and run the conference. Drs. Shanley Allen and M. Catherine O'Connor lead the team of organizers for the 2007 conference.