Boston University Conference on Language Development 2007-2011

描述(由申请人提供)：波士顿大学应用语言学专业的教职员工和学生寻求为期五年的资金，以支持波士顿大学语言发展会议，该会议将于2007年至2011年每年11月的第一个周末在波士顿大学举行。现在已经是第30个年头了，这次会议是国际公认的最重要的年度会议，聚集了语言习得和发展不同领域的研究人员，包括第一和第二语言习得、语言障碍、双语和识字发展。会议包括87个口头陈述和46张经同行审查选定的海报，以及受邀的主旨和全体演讲者、关于当前感兴趣的专题的专题讨论会、研究资助讲习班和出版商展览。与会者有500多名来自世界各地的语言发展研究人员，包括本科生到高级教职员工。NSF和NIH在2001-2006年期间提供的资金促进了会议质量的显著提高，这体现在杰出的研讨会、获得LCD技术的机会、在此期间出席和提交材料的人数增加了25%，以及就审查过程进行公共对话，我们认为审查过程的透明度和明确性是前所未有的。在这项提案中，要求再提供五年的资金，以进一步改善BUCLD。这笔资金将用于支持关于外地前沿专题的年度专题讨论会、对专题讨论会进行专业录像以便以后用于教学目的、增加对学生旅行研究金的资助、为每位登记学生提供一份《会议论文集》副本以及为参与组织会议的研究生和教师顾问提供结构支助。来自更高出席率的注册收入将用于支付LCD技术和前一笔拨款涵盖的一些其他费用。在这次会议上，来自世界各地的研究人员介绍并讨论了我们对人类如何学习第一语言和第二语言的最新进展，无论是典型的发展中语言还是语言障碍。他们还讨论了这项工作对我们理解大脑如何工作、如何治疗患有障碍的儿童以及如何更好地构建教育课程的影响。

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 will take place at Boston University during the first weekend each November from 2007 through 2011. Now in its 30th year, the conference is internationally recognized as the most important annual meeting bringing together researchers in different areas of language acquisition and development, including first and second language acquisition, language disorders, bilingualism, and literacy development. The meeting comprises 87 oral presentations and 46 posters selected through peer review, as well as invited keynote and plenary speakers, a symposium on a topic of current interest, a research funding workshop, and a publisher exhibit. Attendees number over 500 researchers in language development from around the world, including undergraduate students up through senior faculty. Funding from NSF and NIH for the period 2001-2006 facilitated significant improvement in the quality of the conference, as reflected in outstanding symposia, access to LCD technology, a 25% increase in attendance and submissions over that period, and the institution of public dialogue about the reviewing process which we believe is unprecedented in its transparency and explicitness. In this proposal, five more years of funding is requested to further improve BUCLD. This funding would support the annual symposium on a cutting edge topic in the field, professional videotaping of the symposium for later dissemination for teaching purposes, increased funding for student travel fellowships, one copy of the Proceedings for each student registrant, and structural support for the graduate students and faculty advisor involved in the organization of the conference. Increased registration income from higher attendance will cover LCD technology and some other costs covered by the previous grant. In this conference, researchers from around the world present and discuss the latest advancements in our understanding of how humans learn first and second languages, whether typically developing or with language disorders. They also discuss the implications of that work for our understanding of how the brain works, how children with disorders should be treated, and how to better construct educational curriculum.