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The 5th Research Roundtable for Bilingualism as a First Language (BiL1) :

focus on code-switching; brain science studies and bilingualism

(I) Date: Oct. 22, 2011 (Sat.) 13:00-17:30

(II) Place: Osaka City University Umeda Satellite

Address 6F Osaka Ekimae No.2 Building,

1-2-2-600 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, 530-0001 JAPAN

http://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/english/info/access.html#umeda

 *We have arranged sign language interpreters.

(III) Programme

1. Opening address (13:00-13:10) YAMAMOTO, Masayo (Kwansei Gakuin University)

2. Workshop

13:10~14:40    "An Analysis of Japanese-English Code-switching Data"   

NAMBA, Kazuhiko (Kyoto Sangyo University)

3. BiL1 general meeting

14:40~15:10 “The 1st annual general meeting”----- This meeting is for the members of BiL1.

[For non-members this will be a break time.]

4. Special lecture

15:10~16:20  "Brain Science Studies and Bilingualism II"  

                        IKARI, Yukio (Osaka City University)

 [Break: 16:20〜16:30]

5. Post-graduate presentation

16:30~17:05 "Hemodynamic differences in the activation of the frontal lobe during a single language interview and code-switching mode interview: comparison of the effect of L2 onset age differences from fNIRS brain imaging."

NASU, Aoi (Ritsumeikan University)

6. Closing address (17:05-17:15) TAURA, Hideyuki (Ritsumeikan University)

(IV) Fee : 1000 yen (members : free)

(V) Participation: Simply turn up on the day. There is no need to RSVP.

(VI) Dinner party: We're planning dinner after the research roundtable at a restaurant nearby (18:00-20:00 at a cost of about 5,000 yen). Details will be announced later, but let us know by e-mail to tairaeiji (a) kwansei.ac.jp by Friday, Oct. 14th if you'd like to come to the dinner. In the e-mail message, please write 1) your name, 2) affiliation, 3) e-mail address and put the title of the message as “Application for BiL1 dinner party”.