[PN] 1st Online Conference on L2 (16 Jan. 2004)

[Steve McCarty]

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* Online Conference call for abstracts

First International Online Conference on Second and Foreign
Language Teaching and Research - September 25-26, 2004
The basic aim of this conference is to provide a venue for educators,
established scholars and graduate students to present work on a wide
variety of pedagogical, theoretical and empirical issues as related to
the multi-disciplinary field of second and foreign language teaching
and research. On these two days we will gather to share information
and capitalize on each others' learnings, experiences and contributions.
This conference will also give you an opportunity to make global
connections with people in your field. The two days of sessions
will be supplemented by keynote presentations delivered by
distinguished professionals.
For more information visit
http://www.readingmatrix.com/onlineconference/index.html
For a list of possible conference topics visit
http://www.readingmatrix.com/onlineconference/callforpapers.html
If you would like to participate as a presenter,
please submit an abstract online at:
http://www.readingmatrix.com/onlineconference/abstract.html
Important Deadlines
Submission of Abstracts - April 30, 2004
Notification of accepted abstracts - May 30, 2004
Submission of presentation materials - June 15, 2004
Registration US50$ - July 30, 2004
For more information visit
http://www.readingmatrix.com/onlineconference/index.html
Information will be posted online as it becomes available.
Please join us as a presenter or attendee. For further information,
contact: editors@readingmatrix.com
Editors-The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal
http://www.readingmatrix.com/journal.html

* Reference Websites

Using English for Academic Purposes
A Guide for International Students
Andy Gillett, University of Hertfordshire, UK
http://www.uefap.co.uk/

* Periodical articles

My so-called blog
Emily Nussbaum, New York Times, January 11, 2004
[Long article on communication lifestyle of American youth - Ed.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/magazine/11BLOG.html

Bush Sought to Oust Hussein From Start, Ex-Official Says
Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, January 12, 2004
"President Bush was focused on removing Saddam Hussein
from power more than seven months before the Sept. 11
attacks,  former Treasury secretary Paul H. O'Neill said."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/12/politics/12ONEI.html
[See also:] The Awful Truth
By Paul Krugman, New York Times, January 13, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/13/opinion/13KRUG.html
[And see also:] Paul O'Neill, Unplugged
By Andres Martinez, New York Times, January 14, 2004
Published: January 14, 2004

Second Thoughts on Free Trade
Charles Schumer and Paul Roberts, New York Times, January 6, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/06/opinion/06SCHU.html
[Letters in response]
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/opinion/L11TRAD.html

America's Red Ink
Editorial, New York Times, January 12, 2004
"Who was in for a scolding from the International Monetary
Fund last week? Haiti? Argentina? Mexico? Not exactly. It was
the United States." [All the more astonishing to a reader of
_Globalization and its Discontents_ by Joseph Stiglitz. - Ed.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/12/opinion/12MON2.html

Collegially, Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan
News and Views: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/pdx.html
Online library: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
E-mail (including items for Papyrus News): steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp