ACLA 2013 - Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference

ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS

Please submit your abstract for a paper, or symposium in a Word document by e-mail attachment to Mela Sarkar mela.sarkar-AT-mcgill.ca following the requirements listed below by November 16, 2012. ONLY ONE PROPOSAL PER PERSON AS FIRST AUTHOR PLEASE (See form on CAAL site)
Paper sessions will be designed for 20-minute papers followed by a 10-minute question/discussion period. Symposia will be scheduled for 3-hour blocks.
Abstracts for single papers should be no longer than 250 words, excluding references. Abstracts for symposia should include a general description of the symposium (250 words) as well as a description of each panel member presentation (250 words). One page for each.
In order to help ensure anonymity, abstracts should not contain excessive reference to its author\'s publications.
Abstracts will be evaluated according to each of the following categories:
appropriateness and significance of the topic and interest for the participants of ACLA
evidence of a theoretical framework and links to previous research
clearly stated research design in the case of empirical studies
organization and clarity
for symposium proposals, evidence of coherence and complementarity of the papers
First page: title of the presentation as well as the name, affiliation, and contact information, including e-mail addresses for all presenters
Second page: title of presentation and the abstract (without names of presenters)
Submissions must be sent as a single document which includes two separate pages:
Only abstracts meeting the above criteria will be evaluated.