Conference addendum: MLA-sponsored session at Northeast Conference, 11 April

Wed Apr 9 20:52:00 UTC 2003

Session for Northeast Conference
9:15-10:15 a.m. Friday 11 April
"Of Poets and Polyglots: The MLA and the World"
Roundtable panel

Presiding: Elizabeth Welles, MLA
Rosemary G. Feal, MLA: "Constructing a New Public Idea about Languages"
Respondent: Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University
Respondent: Karin Ryding, Georgetown University

This panel will explicate several common misconceptions about attitudes
toward languages in the United States and describe several concepts for
building a new public idea about multilingualism, promoting the teaching
and learning of languages, and engaging heritage communities.