Thursday, March 14, 1996



Opening remarks

James E. Alatis, Chair, Georgetown University Round Table

1996



Dedication of Conference to Earl Stevick, Independent Researcher



Plenary Address

David Crystal, University of Wales, Bangor

"Playing with linguistic problems from Orwell to Plato and

back again"



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Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, 1996



INVITED SPEAKERS:



Donna Lardiere and Andrea Tyler, Georgetown University



Anna Uhl Chamot, The George Washington University



Donna Christian, Center for Applied Linguistics



Mary Ann Christison, Snow College



Reinhold Freudenstein, IFS der Philipps-Universitaet, Marburg/Lahn,

Germany



Braj Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign



Yamuna Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign



Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California



Michael Breen, Edith Cowan University, Australia



Ronald P. Leow, Georgetown University



Joan Morley, University of Michigan



Peter Patrick, Georgetown University



Theodore Rodgers, University of Hawaii and Bilkent University,

Ankara, Turkey



Renzo Titone, University of Rome, Italy and University of Toronto,

Ontario



Walt Wolfram and Gail Hamilton, North Carolina State University

and Ocracoke School, North Carolina



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Tutorial with Stephen Krashen, School of Education, University of

Southern California



This workshop will cover, and attempt to integrate, material

presented at Krashen's GURT presentations since 1989. It will

review evidence for and against the input hypothesis, the reading

hypothesis, applications of the input hypothesis to beginning

and intermediate language and literacy development, the role of

light reading, and applications to bilingual education.



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Registration form. Please send a printout of this form and

your check or money order (payable to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY; no

credit cards) to: Carolyn A. Straehle, Coordinator, GURT 1996,

International Language Programs and Research, 306-U Intercultural

Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1045, U.S.A.



PREREGISTRATION DEADLINE: (postmarked no later than) FEBRUARY 9,

1996. After this date, on-site fees apply. A 10% handling fee

will be charged for refunds.



Badges and registration material are not mailed, but will be

available the days of the conference at the registration site in

Intercultural Center. Registration desk open from 8:45 a.m. during the

conference.



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Please note that the TUTORIAL conducted by Stephen Krashen is NOT

included with the full conference, daily, or other rates listed

below; there is an additional $40 fee to attend the tutorial

($50.00 after February 9).



NON-GEORGETOWN RATES



PREREGISTRATION On-site (after

(no later than FEBRUARY 9,

FEBRUARY 9, 1996) 1996)

Full Conference

(includes Thursday opening

plenary/reception, Friday,

Saturday) ______ $ 100.00 ______ $ 125.00

Opening plenary/reception only ______ $ 40.00 ______ $ 50.00

Friday only ______ $ 40.00 ______ $ 50.00

Saturday only ______ $ 40.00 ______ $ 50.00

Tutorial ______ $ 40.00 ______ $ 50.00



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