Hi,

Before New Sounds 2010 cited below, there is another conference in Poland about
English pronunciation at Łódź, called Accents 2009. This is an
annual event.

http://filolog.uni.lodz.pl/Accents2009/

I will copy the Call for Papers below:

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We are pleased to announce the third conference on Native and Non-native Accents
of English – �eAccents 2009�f. �eAccents�f is an annual conference
continuing the tradition of earlier meetings of researchers and teachers of
phonetics, phonology and EFL interested in the issue of accent in English spoken
as a native or non-native language. The main theme of this year�fs conference is
accent variability in time and space. We invite papers in this area, however we
hope to continue the discussion of other issues, including the following

· variability in native accents of English
· variability in non-native accents of English
· native- non-native accent continuum
· the norm / reference accents in EFL
· the use and acquisition of English speech by non-native speakers
· socio-phonetics
· methodology of accent studies
· pedagogical implications

Call for papers
Papers related to the above issues and other aspects of accent studies are
invited. The deadline for abstract submission is September 13, 2009. Please send
two copies of an abstract of about 400 words (excluding references) to
accents@..., with your name and affiliation written under the title in
one copy. Papers will typically last about 20 minutes with 10 minutes for
questions. After the process of peer-revision, e-mail notifications will be sent
out by October 11, 2009.
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Takehiko Makino, Tokyo, Japan.


--- In iatefl_pronsig@..., "pronsig_mod" <pronsig_mod@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> Jonathan Marks just passed me this info about a symposium in Poland you may be
interested in. Please take a look.
> If there are any events happening near you, please post the details here too,
as there may be other members who can attend. I'll also add events to the
Calendar (see left-hand menu).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex.
> PronSIG Discussion List Moderator.
>
>
>
> NEW SOUNDS 2010
> Sixth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech
> 1-3 May, 2010
> Poznan, Poland
>
> email: newsounds@... <mailto:newsounds@...>
> http://ifa.amu.edu.pl/newsounds/
>
>
> FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> We are happy to announce that the Sixth International Symposium on the
> Acquisition of Second Language Speech New Sounds 2010 will take place
> on 1-3 May 2010 in Poznan, Poland. The Symposium will be organised by
> the School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan.
>
> Following the unanimous decision taken by the participants of the
> New Sounds 2007 conference held in Florianópolis, Brazil, we intend
> to continue the tradition of the symposiums on the acquisition of
> foreign language speech, organized originally by Allan James and
> Jonathan Leather, at regular 3-year intervals.
>
> The conference will cover a variety of themes related to the acquisition
> of a foreign language phonology, including among others:
>
> - speech perception and speech production
> - theories of acquisition of L2 phonology
> - phonetics and phonology in SLA
> - acquisition of second language phonotactics
> - multilingualism and the acquisition of third language phonology
> - the application of new technologies
> - neuro- and psycholinguistic aspects of phonological acquisition.
>
>
> SUBMISSIONS
>
> Proposals of papers and posters related to the acquisition of second
> language speech are invited. The deadline for abstract submission is
> 1st December 2009. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words (excluding
> references) and will be reviewed anonymously. Detailed abstract submission
guidelines
> will be available on our website shortly.
>
> Full papers are expected to be submitted prior to the conference by
> 15th March 2010 (the required style sheet will be available online in
> due course). Each paper will be assigned a 30-minute slot, including
> 10 minutes for discussion. The language of the conference is English.
> The conference proceedings will be edited on a CD and included in the
> conference package. Selected papers will be published later as an edited
> collection in a volume issued by Peter Lang.
>
> The submissions will be reviewed by our International Advisory Board:
>
> Catherine Best (University of Western Sydney)
> Ocke-Schwen Bohn (Aarhus University)
> Juli Cebrián (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
> James Flege (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Professor Emeritus)
> Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (University of the Basque Country)
> Ulrike Gut (Augsburg University)
> Valerie Hazan (University College London)
> Paul Iverson (University College London)
> Allan James (University of Klagenfurt)
> Roy Major (Arizona State University)
> Ineke Mennen (University of Bangor)
> Thorsten Piske (Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gm�Ed)
> Linda Shockey (University of Reading)
> Rajendra Singh (University of Montreal)
> Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (University of Lódz)
> Steven H. Weinberger (George Mason University)
> Martha Young-Scholten (Newcastle University)
>
>
> Invited plenary speakers are:
>
> James Flege (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Professor Emeritus)
> Allan James (University of Klagenfurt)
> Martha Young-Scholten (Newcastle University)
>
>
> IMPORTANT DATES
>
> Submission deadline for all abstracts 1 December 2009
> Notification of acceptance 15 January 2010
> Submission deadline for full papers 15 March 2010
> Early registration before 15 March 2010
>
>
> REGISTRATION
>
> Conference fee
>
> Early registration (before 15 March 2010):
> Regular fee: 180 Euro
> Student fee: 80 Euro
> Late registration (after 15 March 2010)
> Regular fee: 200 Euro
> Student fee: 100 Euro
>
> The conference fee will cover the conference package with
> CD proceedings, coffee/tea and snacks during conference breaks,
> the conference reception and banquet, and an organised
> sight-seeing tour of Poznan.
>
>
> THE VENUE:
>
> The conference will be held in the newly renovated Collegium Maius
> of Adam Mickiewicz University (http://amu.edu.pl/), which is located
> in the centre of Poznan.
>
> Poznan is a city in west-central Poland with over 600 000 inhabitants.
> Poznan is Poland's fifth largest city and fourth biggest industrial
> centre. Located on the Warta river, it is one of the oldest historical
> cities in Poland and a vibrant centre of trade, industry, and education.
> Pozna 's cathedral is the oldest in the country, containing the tombs
> of the first Polish rulers. Poznan was the host city for the UN Climate
> Change Conference that took place in December 2008. It boasts the title
> of the "city of know-how".
>
> Academic Poznan hosts over 150 thousand students at its institutions
> of higher education, 55 thousand at Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU).
> AMU is one of the 3 largest, oldest and most prestigious universities in
> Poland.
>
>
> Looking forward to seeing you in Poznan in 2010!
>
> New Sounds 2010 Organising Committee
>
> Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk
> Magdalena Wrembel
>
>
> CONTACT DETAILS
>
> New Sounds 2010 Organising Committee
> School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University
> al. Niepodleglosci 4
> 61-874 Poznan, Poland
> tel: (+48 61) 829 3506
> fax: (+48 61) 852 3103
> email: newsounds@... <mailto:newsounds@...>
> http://ifa.amu.edu.pl/newsounds/
>