CFP: Intercultural Competence through Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

[Francis Hult]

http://www.cercll.arizona.edu/pdf/ICC_2010_Call_for_Proposals.pdf

 

Aiming for "The Third Place:" Intercultural Competence through Foreign Language Teaching and Learning 

 

Second International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural competence 

 

January 29-31, 2010 

The University of Arizona 

Tucson, AZ 

 

Submissions will close June 15th, 2009

 

Keynote Speaker 

Claire Kramsch, Ph.D. - University of California, Berkeley 

Professor of German and Foreign Language Acquisition; Founding Director of the Berkeley Language Center 

 

Intercultural competence is [the ability] "to see relationships between different cultures - both internal and external to a society - and to mediate, that is interpret each in terms of the other, either for themselves or for other people." It also encompasses the ability to critically or analytically understand that one's "own and other cultures'" perspective is culturally determined rather than natural. 

- Michael Byram, Professor, University of Durham 

 

Globalization, having brought individuals in contact with one another at an unprecedented scale, has also brought forth a general challenge to traditionally recognized boundaries of nation, language, race, gender, and class. For those living within this rapidly changing social landscape, intercultural competence--as defined by Michael Byram above--is a necessary skill, and the cultivation of such intercultural individuals falls on the shoulders of today's educators. They should provide students with opportunities to help them define and design for themselves their "third place" or "third culture," a sphere of interculturality that enables language students to take an insider's view as well as an outsider's view on both their first and second cultures. It is this ability to find/establish/adopt this third place that is at the very core of intercultural competence. The conference aims to bring researchers and practitioners across languages, levels and settings to discuss and sh
 are research, theory, and best practices and foster meaningful professional dialogue on issues related to Intercultural Competence teaching and learning. 

 

This conference is organized by the 

Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) 

and co-sponsored by the 

Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Program, 

Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) 

at the University of Arizona

 

Strands: Proposals are invited for the following strands: 

Intercultural Competence and Theory 

Intercultural Competence and Classroom Instruction 

Making Intercultural Competence Instruction Possible 

Intercultural Competence and International Education 

Intercultural Competence and the Global World 

Intercultural Competence and Media Representation 

Intercultural Competence and Language Practice 

Assessing Intercultural Competence 

Critical Considerations of Intercultural Competence 

 

Submitting a Proposal:

 

Proposal types: 

Workshop (3 hours) on Friday and Sunday mornings (9-12): Workshops are meant to be interactive and delve into a topic more deeply than a 60-minute paper or poster session allows. Workshop proposals should include an outline of the specific planned activities and a detailed time schedule for each segment of the workshop. Only a limited number of workshop proposals will be accepted. 

 

Paper session (25 minutes per paper). Papers will be grouped thematically. Grouped paper presentation sessions will include three papers followed by 25 minutes of discussion after all of the papers have been presented. Each grouped paper presentation (100 minutes in length) is limited to three presenters. 

 

Poster session (60 minutes). Each poster presenter must be at his/her poster display during the assigned 60-minute time frame that is published in the conference program, so that attendees can view the poster and discuss the topic with the presenter. 

 

Proposal submission guidelines: 

Restrictions: No more than two proposals per person may be submitted. The primary presenter may submit up to two (2) proposals. Submitting more than two will eliminate the proposals from consideration. Submissions with similar titles and content will also be eliminated from consideration. 

 

Online proposal submission form: http://www.cercll.arizona.edu/icc_2010_submit.php 

Submissions will be accepted beginning March 2nd, 2009. 

Submissions will close June 15th, 2009. 

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