Call for proposals: "Cultural Divesity & Language Education" - DEADLINE 31 MARCH

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The National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) and the Center for
Second Language Research (CSLR) are pleased to announce the Call for
Proposals for their upcoming conference . . .

                "CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION"

                   Imin International Conference Center
                University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
                           September 24-26, 2004

                   http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/



                           ** CALL FOR PROPOSALS **
                          (deadline: March 31, 2004)

The conference will focus on theories, policies, and practices associated
with cultural and language diversity in educational contexts and will
provide a forum for examining a broad range of issues concerned with the
potential and challenges of education that builds on diversity.  The
primary strands for exploring diversity in language education at the
conference are:

- Foreign/Heritage Language Education
- Bilingual/Immersion Education
- English Language Education
- Language Education Planning and Policy
- Literacy Education

Proposals for presentations related to theory, research, practice, and
policy in these strand areas are welcome and can be submitted online.


** PRESENTATION CATEGORIES **

- Individual papers:  20 minutes for presentation; 10 minutes for
                      discussion

- Colloquia:  3 & 1/2 hours - first 3 colloquia papers (20 minutes for
              presentation and 10 minutes for discussion each); 30-minute
              break; final 3 colloquia papers (20 minutes for
              presentation and 10 minutes for discussion each)
- Workshops: 3 & 1/2 hours - 3 hour workshop with a 30-minute break in the
             middle


** ONLINE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION **

To submit a proposal online, visit http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/

The deadline for proposal submission is March 31, 2004.

Abstracts for all proposals are submitted for blind peer review.


Need more information?  Visit our website at:
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/