Re: Reminder for CHAT SIG Call for Proposals

tanea (tanea who-is-at ibm.net)
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:16:21 -1000

Dr. Pedro R. Portes wrote:
>
> >
> >>Below is a reminder and also a way to share what is going on, if you would
> >like to help, organize, suggest or contribute to these sessions below,
> >please let us (The CHAT SIG "officers") know
> >>

> >>1) Bilingualism and CHAT (If anyone knows how to contact J.
> >>Cummins or M. Swain, please let us know) also consider Cultural identity and
> >>ESL . The Bilingual SIG program chair has indicated a strong willingness
> >to collaborate on this topic, Eugene Garcia was mentioned as a possible
> >participant..>. We may also co-sponsor with the Language and Social Process
> >SIG in a Language and Ideology session.

Depending on submissions, we (SIG: Research on the Education of Deaf
Persons) may have a paper that deals with American Sign Language and
Deaf Identity, and would be interested in co-sponsorship.

> >>also of potential interest would be papers or a session concerning
> >> "lessons of
> >>research on the blind and deaf" (Bakhurst--?)

SIG: Research on the Education of Deaf Persons also responding here,
too.

Contact people (who also happen to be members of CHAT):
Tane Akamatsu (tanea who-is-at ibm.net)
Connie Mayer (cmayer who-is-at oise.utoronto.ca)
Program co-chairs for SIG: Research on the Education of Deaf Persons

Thank you.