TexFLEC and SoCALLT collaboration -- Still accepting proposals!

Will Slade sladewill at gmail.com
Tue Dec 28 17:42:26 UTC 2010


<<Please distribute to your colleagues and students.  Apologies for
multiple postings.>>

Happy Holidays!  We have received quite a few exciting proposals for TexFLEC
and we look for to seeing many more.

Please visit: www.texflec.org and http://www.socallt.org/ or read the
re-posted announcement and call for papers below.

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TexFLEC  collaboration with South Central Association for Language
Learning Technology (SoCALLT)

In addition to reminding everyone that TexFLEC is still accepting
proposals, we also want to share an exciting collaboration!  This
year, TexFLEC will be held in conjunction with the annual SoCALLT
conference, featuring the theme: "Language Teaching in an Open World."
 This collaboration will provide even more opportunities for
participants to listen to and interact with exciting language
education research!  Details are forthcoming.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Twelfth Annual

Texas Foreign Language Education Conference (TexFLEC)

April 15 - 16, 2011 on the University of Texas at Austin campus

"Language Education Across the Academic Pipeline"

Deadline for submission is January 31, 2011.

The Texas Foreign Language Education Conference (TexFLEC) invites
proposal submissions from researchers and practitioners for the
upcoming 2011 conference, which will take place on April 15-16, at the
University of Texas at Austin.

The conference will feature keynote speaker, Dr. Linda Harklau of the
University of Georgia (read more about Dr. Harklau's research and
achievements), and a panel discussion from experts from a variety of
contexts in language education.

The theme for this year’s conference emphasizes connections and gaps
that exist between levels of language education.  Teachers, students,
and researchers are encouraged to submit proposals for presentations
of papers and/or research-based teaching practices in the following
areas:

* Articulation across levels of K-16 language education
* ESL, foreign language, heritage language, and bilingual pedagogy in
K – 12, post-secondary, and/or continuing education contexts
* Analysis of policy concerning language minority students, language
planning, and language politics
* Assessment and evaluation of language learners
* Innovative material development for language education
* Language maintenance and additive multilingualism
* Learner and teacher identity in language education
* Educational technology that facilitates language learning opportunities

Preference will be given to scholarly, creative, and innovative
presentations.

Session Types:

Research-based Paper Presentations will include a 20 minute discussion
on new research by the presenter followed by a 10 minute Q&A
interaction with conference participants.

Practice-oriented Presentations  will include a 30 minute discussion,
or group-led modeling exercise of a teaching practice that applies
current research to the classroom.

Poster Presentations will be displayed during the lunch breaks and can
be used to gain valuable feedback on theses, dissertations, or
research. More information on poster presentations can be found at:
http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/ugr/poster

Submissions should be pasted  into the on-line submission form,
including sections dedicated to the background, objective, research
design, and conclusions of your study. View the submission form for
the specific word count requirements and other information.

Thank you in advance for your submission.  Please help us through the
review process by ensuring that your submission adheres to the
guidelines.  We look forward to reading your work!

TexFLEC is proudly sponsored by:

The Foreign Language Education Student Association (FLESA) at the
University of Texas at Austin,
The Foreign Language Education (FLE) Program at the University of
Texas at Austin,
The Texas Language Center (TLC) at the University of Texas at Austin,
The Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at the University of
Texas at San Antonio.


For more information, please send e-mail to <texflec2011 at gmail.com> or
visit www.texflec.org

TexFLEC Co-Chairs
Will Slade, Chelsea Sanchez, Mieca Johnson,
Shereen Bhalla, Christina Kellner, Moises Morales
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