Call for papers: 2003 Annual Meeting, North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers - DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 17 JANUARY

[McGinnis, Scott]

North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers

Ninth Annual NAACLT Meeting

2003

Call for Papers

The ninth annual NAACLT Meeting will be held in San Francisco, California, June 13 – 15, 2003.  The venue will be the United Irish Cultural Center.  The UICC is located across from the San Francisco Zoo, four blocks from the Pacific Ocean and 35 minutes  to downtown San Francisco via easily accessible public transportation.

Abstracts for individual papers or workshops are welcome on topics involving any one of the modern Celtic languages.  Celtic language teachers are especially encouraged to present workshops or presentations concerning methods, materials and program development.

	Teaching methods for Celtic languages and experiences with them.
	Experiences and studies of second language learners and their teachers
	Historical studies of Celtic language teaching
	Dialect choice in language learning
	Celtic language acquisition
	Sociolinguistic, psychological and psycholinguistic studies relating to Celtic languages
	Linguistic comparisons between Celtic languages
	Language learning materials
	Language policy and planning
	Syllabus design
	Assessment and examination
	The application of computer technology to Celtic language teaching
	The design, evaluation and use of Computer Assisted Language Learning packages


Deadline for Papers:  January 17, 2003


All presentations will be 20 minutes long with a 10 minute discussion period following.  Send three double-spaced printed copies of a 200-word abstract with name, address, voice and fax number, e-mail address on first copy.  Second and third copy should have no identification.  Also send one copy of a 50-word summary to be included in the conference program and booklet of abstracts.  Abstract and summary may be submitted by e-mail to: stenson at tc.umn.edu  
 




Or send abstracts and summary to:  

Nancy Stenson
Institute of Linguistics, ESL, and Slavic Languages and Literatures
214 Nolte Center
315 Pillsbury Drive, SE
Minneapolis, MN  55455
e-mail:  stenson at tc.umn.edu

Additional information:  www.naaclt.org