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<DIV align=center>CFP - 2012 Intercultural Competence Conference<BR>PLEASE SHARE WIDELY<BR></DIV>CALL FOR PAPERS – EXTENDED DEADLINE September 23, 2011<BR> <BR><B>Intercultural Competence and Foreign/Second Language Immersive Environments<BR>Third International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence</B><BR>Tucson, AZ<BR>Westward Look Resort<BR>January 26-29, 2012<BR> <BR>Organized by the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) at the University of Arizona<BR> <BR><B>Proposals are accepted for papers, panels and pre- and post-conference workshops.</B><BR> <BR>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.<BR> Byram, M. (2000). Assessing intercultural competence in language teaching.<BR><I>Sprogforum</I>, 18 (6), 8-13.<BR> <BR>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.<BR>For this conference we are seeking papers that address issues of intercultural competence development and assessment in immersive environments, which include but are not limited to the following themes:
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<LI><B>overseas stays </B>[e.g., study abroad, internship abroad, service learning abroad, etc.]
<LI><B>virtual environments </B>[e.g., Web. 2.0 technologies (e.g., blogs and wikis), telecollaborative partnerships, social virtualities (e.g., Second Life), massively multiplayer online games (e.g., World of Warcraft), and synthetic immersive environments (SIEs)]
<LI><B>immersion education </B>[e.g., one way, two way, developmental bilingual education, heritage language instruction, indigenous immersion, Language Across the Curriculum (LAC), Culture and Language Across the Curriculum (CLAC), content-based language instruction] </LI></UL>The conference aims to bring researchers and practitioners across languages, levels, and settings to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and to foster meaningful professional dialogue on issues related to the development and assessment of Intercultural Competence in a foreign or second language.<BR> <BR><B>Proposal Types:</B>
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<LI><B>Workshop </B>[3 hours (half day) or 6 hours (full day)]: Workshops are meant to be interactive and delve into a topic more deeply than a 25-minute paper session allows. Workshop proposals should include an outline of the specific planned activities and a detailed time schedule for each segment of the workshop.
<LI><B>Paper</B>: A paper involves a 25-minute presentation on a topic related to one of the three themes above.
<LI><B>Panel</B>: A panel consists of four papers (as above) on a related theme. </LI></UL>Remote Presentations: Authors who are unable to attend the conference may have the opportunity to present their paper as a “virtual presentation” (these will not be simultaneous with the conference).<BR> <BR><B>Publication</B>:<BR>Presenters at the conference can choose to submit their papers to be considered for inclusion in a Selected Conference Proceedings to be published in late 2012.<BR> <BR><B>Proposal Submission: </B><BR>All proposals <B>must be submitted using the <A href="http://arizona.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12f26b83017c8223bcb1241ee&id=73ef099ca6&e=97e6b66068">online submission form </A></B>and following the complete guidelines at: <A href="http://arizona.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=12f26b83017c8223bcb1241ee&id=d28c7ef018&e=97e6b66068">http://cercll.arizona.edu/doku.php/development/conferences/2012_icc/callforpapers</A> <BR> <BR><B>Proposal Submission Deadline: 11:59 pm (Pacific Standard Time) on September 23, 2011</B>. Confirmation of receipt will be sent via email. Presenters will be notified by email about the program committee’s decision on their acceptance status by October 21st, 2011.<BR> <BR><B>Additional conference information is available on CERCLL’s website: </B><BR><B><A href="http://arizona.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12f26b83017c8223bcb1241ee&id=6d06b1ce48&e=97e6b66068">http://cercll.arizona.edu/doku.php/development/conferences/2012_icc</A> </B><BR><BR>Contact CERCLL at: <A href="mailto:cercll@email.arizona.edu">cercll@email.arizona.edu</A>, 520-626-8071<BR> <BR>This conference is co-organized with CERCLL by the Confucius Institute at the University of Arizona and the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching. It is co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, College of Humanities, and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona, and the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (Pennsylvania State University); Center for Applied Second Language Studies (University of Oregon); Language Acquisition Resource Center (San Diego State University); National Heritage Language Resource Center (University of California, Los Angeles); National Middle East Language Resource Center (Brigham Young University).<BR> <BR> <A href="http://www.twitter.com/CERCLL/">follow on Twitter</A> | <A href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000191539538">friend on Facebook</A> | <A href="http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=12f26b83017c8223bcb1241ee&id=74fb38a614&e=97e6b66068">forward to a friend</A> <BR><I>Copyright © 2011 Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy, All rights reserved.</I> <BR><BR><B>Our mailing address is:</B> <BR>Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy<BR>1423 E. University Blvd.<BR>University of Arizona<BR>Tucson, AZ 85721-0067</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>