Fifth International Conference on
Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism

3 - 5 September 2007
University of Stirling, Scotland, UK

Abstracts should indicate the topic of the paper, the issues the paper raises, how it relates to other research in its area, an outline of the methodology if relevant with the results and conclusions if available. Abstracts should be a maximum of 3,000 characters (with spaces), giving enough detail for the reviewers to assess its contribution to research into multilingualism. Abstracts will be double-blind reviewed.

Abstract/s. Please indicate:

• whether your abstract is for a 20 minute parallel session paper or part of a symposium
• title of the paper
• name of the presenter/s
• affiliation (name of university)
• equipment required, eg, computer and projector for Powerpoint, OHP
• text of abstract (maximum 3,000 characters with spaces - English version).

Formatting:

• single spaced, Times New Roman, justified (English version)
• the abstract/s for each language/s of presentation should each appear in a separate attachment to the email, labelled with your family name followed immediately by your given/first name and the name of the language (so you might have 2 or 3 attachments).
• the abstract for each language should also be given in the main body of the email.
• in the subject of the email, put L3abstract (one word) followed by your family name followed immediately by your first name.
  

For example, a participant called ‘Lily WANG’ wants to present in Mandarin with a bilingual Mandarin and English powerpoint presentation. Dr Wang would send her email with the subject L3abstract WangLily in the title. She would attach her files L3abstract WangLily English and L3abstract WangLily Mandarin to her email. She would also give her two abstracts in the body of her email.