EXTENDED Call for papers: Pathways to Bilingualism - DEADLINE 3/1

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With thanks to Donna Christian at CAL...

CALL FOR PAPERS - EXTENDED DEADLINE:  MARCH 1, 2004
Pathways to Bilingualism:
Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education
October 21-23, 2004
Radisson-Metrodome Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Featured Speakers:  Fred Genesee, Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Roy Lyster, Myriam
Met, Merrill Swain

The Immersion Projects at the Center for Advanced Research on Language
Acquisition at the University of Minnesota and conference planning committee
members are seeking proposals for papers, discussion sessions, and symposia
on all aspects of immersion education for Pathways to Bilingualism.  This
second international conference on immersion education will be held October
21-23, 2004 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

In addition to basic, applied and evaluation research, conference organizers
welcome a range of practitioner perspectives including immersion teachers,
administrators, curriculum coordinators, and specialists who work in
immersion programs.  Papers, discussion sessions, and symposia may report on
data-based research, theoretical and conceptual analyses, or best practices
in language immersion education.

This conference on immersion education aims to bring together immersion
teachers, researchers, and other professionals to initiate and sustain
meaningful dialogue across languages, levels, program models and
sociopolitical contexts.  Targeted K-16 contexts include: foreign language
immersion in the more commonly taught and less commonly taught languages,
dual language immersion, and immersion for linguistic and cultural
revitalization involving heritage and indigenous populations.  Each of these
educational programs embraces the concept of additive bilingualism- the
acquisition of a second language while continuing to develop the first. The
conference will focus on four broad themes:  Program Design and Development,
Assessment and Program Evaluation, Immersion Pedagogy and Language
Development, and Policy and Advocacy.

The extended deadline for submission of proposals for papers and symposia is
March 1, 2004.  The online submission form is available on the CARLA website
at: http://carla.acad.umn.edu/conferences/immersion/papers.html

For further information, email the conference planning committee at:
immconf at umn.edu