ASSOCIATION OF SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTS of AUSTRALIA
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
(2nd October - 5th October)
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG
From:
o literacy controversies,
o to students' language development and the
benchmarking debate,
o to the newest and challenging research on language as a
cultural tool,
o and to fascinating work on language, the brain and mind...
This year's Conference presents a series of plenary
speakers, panels and papers that represent some of the most
stimulating and thought provoking work on language and literacy,
and applications to concerns such as education and the workplace.
Speakers include:
o Prof Joe Lo Bianco, Language Australia and University of
Wollongong - The new literacy contest: moral authority, technical
dilemmas and economic ideology.
o Dr Clare Painter, University of N.S.W. - Preparing for school:
learning a semantic style for educational knowledge
o Dr David Butt, Macquarie University - The grammatic, semantic,
and cultural evaluation of abstract tools
o Ass Prof Christian Matthiessen, Macquarie University -
Language, thought and the brain in a stratified model: a systemic
perspective
o Panel on new research in language and semiotics as applied to
domains such as the media, cultural sites and educational
systems.
o Colloquium on computational linguistics and educational
applications.
o Papers on diverse topics:
* Academic English and
student literacy problems
* English as a Second
language
* Language and art
* Literacy in Primary
and Secondary school
* Language and legal
issues
* Language and the
workplace
* Asian languages
For further details
contact:
Conference Secretariat:
Kim Roser, Centre for Language Education, University of
Wollongong.
Ph: 042 214678
Fax: 042 214657
Email: kim_roser@uow.edu.au