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Plenary Speakers

The AAAL and ACLA/CAAL 2006 Conference will feature six Plenary Sessions. 

• What makes students click:  Language and culture learning with computers and the Internet
      Dorothy Chun, University of California at Santa Barbara

• A Pedagogical Perspective on SLA: Focus on Use
      Claude Germain, University of Quebec at Montreal, and Joan Netten, Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Montréal and the discursive construction of la francité canadienne
      Monica Heller,  Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto

• Defining and measuring the construct of second-language proficiency
      Jan Hulstijn, University of Amsterdam

• Small words make big meanings
      John Sinclair,  The Tuscan Word Centre

• Dialogue in the classroom
      Gordon Wells, University of California at Santa Cruz