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From https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/

You are invited to submit proposals for presentation at the International Conference: “Investigating Arabic Second Language Learning: Empirical Findings and Trends” to be held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, September 24-25, 2016.

The conference is an open forum for scholars interested in exploring empirically the different aspects of Arabic second/foreign language learning within current approaches, including:

- Formal (generative, functional, typological)
- Cognitive (processability, attention, noticing and awareness)
- Input-based (input processing, input, interaction and output)
- Frequency and corpus-based
- Usage-based
- Sociocultural
- Sociocognitive
- Language socialization
- Neurobiological
- Discourse, Conversation, or Pragmatic
- Code-switching
- Diglossia
- Ideology
- Identity

Topics can also deal with the theory and practice of Arabic second/foreign language teaching, including but not limited to:

- Application of classroom approaches or specific techniques to teach language skills and components (speaking, listening, reading, writing, culture, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation)
- Technology-mediated learning and teaching
- Local versus study-abroad environment
- L1 transfer in L2 acquisition
- L2 transfer in L3 acquisition
- L2 maintenance and attrition
- Learning strategies
- Individual differences and external variables (aptitude, anxiety, attitude, distance, and motivation)
- Learner perception
- Accuracy
- Fluency
- Foreign language testing
- Second language acquisition-testing interface
- Heritage learners
- Teacher education

Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: February 28, 2016

View the full call for papers at https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/arabic-sla-conference/call-for-papers/