Boston University Conference on Language Development

描述(由申请人提供)：该项目的教职员工和学生 波士顿大学应用语言学寻求五年资金支持 波士顿大学语言发展会议，于 波士顿大学每年11月的第一个周末，从2002年到 2006年。今年是大会第26个年头，国际公认的 语言研究领域最重要的年度会议 习得和发展，包括第一和第二语言习得， 语言障碍、双语和识字发展。这次会议 包括90篇通过同行评审选出的提交的论文，以及受邀的论文 主旨演讲者和全体演讲者以及出版商展览。出席者包括一些 来自世界各地的400-500名语言发展研究人员，包括 本科生一直到高级研究人员。使用此应用程序， 我们寻求资金以增加现有服务如下：一次午餐研讨会 邀请三位演讲者就当前感兴趣的主题(将 根据该领域的发展，每年确定)，学生旅行 研究金方案，改善视听支持，以适应 该领域的技术发展，以及对毕业生的结构支持 参与会议组织的学生和教师顾问。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Faculty and students of the Program in Applied Linguistics at Boston University seek five years of funding to support the Boston University Conference on Language Development, which takes place at Boston University during the first weekend each November from 2002 through 2006. Now in its 26th year, the conference is internationally recognized as the most important annual meeting for researchers in the areas of language acquisition and development, including first and second language acquisition, language disorders, bilingualism, and literacy development. The meeting comprises 90 submitted papers selected through peer review, as well as invited keynote and plenary speakers and a publisher exhibit. Attendees include some 400-500 researchers in language development from around the world, involving undergraduate students up through senior researchers. With this application, we seek funding to add to current offerings as follows: one lunch symposium featuring three invited speakers on a topic of current interest (to be identified each year depending on developments in the field), a student travel fellowship program, improvement of audio-visual support to accommodate technology developments in the field, and structural support for the graduate students and faculty advisor involved in the organization of the conference.