CAN-Asia
8th Symposium on
L2 Interaction
May 10-11, 2025
Pusan National University (PNU)
Busan, South Korea
Photo by Iwy*
Banquet
We will hold a party on the Saturday evening at a nearby shabu-shabu (샤브샤브) restaurant. The cost is 24,000 won (Drinks are extra).
You must indicate your intention to participate in the banquet when you register for the symposium. Changes cannot be made after May 1st.
Contact Eunseok Ro by email if you have any questions
roeunseok(at)pusan.ac.kr
Please pay Eunseok in cash at the symposium
Proceedings
The symposium proceedings will be available online here.
The deadline for submitting a paper to the proceedings will be 31 March 2025.
Venue
We look forward to seeing you in May, 2025. The symposium will be held face-to-face at Pusan National University, South Korea.
Register
We have reached capacity and unfortunately we can no longer accept new requests for registration this year.
The registration fee for salaried workers is 10,000 Won. Payment can be made in person at the event. This registration fee is waived for full-time students.
A boxed lunch will be provided free of charge on each day of the symposium
Schedule
The preliminary symposium schedule and abstracts can be found in these pdf files.
Please check your presentation time and plan accordingly.
Download the proceedings papers before the symposium in lieu of paper handouts.
Poster session
Due to the high number of submissions this year, we have decided to hold some of the presentations as a poster session. This will give presenters a great opportunity to talk with the audience informally about their work.
Organizers:
Site: Eunseok Ro (Pusan National University)
Program: Tim Greer (Kobe University)
Treasurer: Eric Hauser
(University of Electro-Communications and
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
Proceedings: Eric Hauser
Come join us
The Symposium on L2 Interaction invites participation from researchers and students interested in the micro-analysis of interaction involving second language users.
Student travel scholarships
In order to help graduate students attend the symposium, we are offering scholarships of up to ¥10,000. Because funds are limited, we can only provide a few scholarships.
In order to qualify for a scholarship, you must:
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be enrolled as a student at the time of the symposium;
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not have a full-time salaried position, or multiple part-time positions;
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not be receiving travel support from other sources;
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be traveling to the symposium venue from another city; and
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be a presenting participant.
If you meet these qualifications and would like to apply for the scholarship, please email Tim Greer at tim@kobe-u.ac.jp by March 31, 2025.
About
The symposium will feature data-based presentations of micro-analytic research on interaction involving L2 users, followed by open discussions among the presenters and participants.
In order to prioritize quality feedback and discussion, the number of presentations and the number of non-presenting participants will be limited.
This year, the symposium is hosted by the Pusan National University Office of Research Affairs, Department of English Education.
Pre-event data session
For those who want to take part, we will be holding an optional data session prior to the symposium.
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Friday 9 May, 2025
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5pm to 7pm
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Room 201
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Data provider: Eunseok Ro
Please make sure to sign up by 2 May, as places are limited.
* This image was originally posted to Flickr by LWY at https://www.flickr.com/photos/86688834@N00/2198930983. It was reviewed on 18 January 2008 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.