conference announcement language knowledge unpacking text first series biennial conferences topic language knowledge date 9 11 septmember 1996 venue department english language literature national university singapore call papers practical theoretical papers welcome organisers conceive papers falling following categories common sense educational knowledge language amd cognition language preschool child multilingual environment role language school language across curriculum langage classroom formal teaching grammar materials development genre metaphor etc _ teaching literature whose literature b language awareness society languages power multilingual dimension english mandarin malay tamil etc language media language gender language marginalization c technacy literacy future literacy electronic medium creating text electronic means consequences worldwide networking access knowledgedata bases note papers longer 7000 words delivery time 40 mintues 20 minutes question answer selected papers published abstracts papers approx 350 words directed dr sunita anne abraham conference secretary dept english lang lit national university singapore 10 kent ridge crescent singapore 0511 tel 065 772 3928 fax 065 773 2981 abstracts double space reach dr abraham 31 january 1996 following format name designation institution category paper title paper conference registration fees 31 1 96 80 2 40 3 gst 31 1 96 100 3 00 3 gst overseas participants requiredto pay 3 gst documentary proof overseas insitutional funding however necessary time payment expatriates working singapore required pay 3 gst