CFP: Teaching Spanish to Native Speakers - DEADLINE 18 APRIL 2005

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CALL FOR PAPERS
11th Conference on Teaching Spanish to Native Speakers
July 22, 23, 24, 2005
Hilton de Las Cruces
Las Cruces, NM
Deadline April, 18, 2005

Conference Co-Chairs Cecilia Rodrguez Pino and Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza
seek submissions for the 11th Conference on Teaching Spanish to Native
Speakers.    Submissions are being requested for 30-minute paper sessions
(20 minutes presentation 10 minutes discussion) and 2-hour workshop sessions
(1.5 hours presentation, .5 hour discussion) and half-day workshops (3.5
hour presentation, .5 hour discussion).  Topics may be drawn from any
discipline, but should be broadly related to advancing knowledge of this
growing field by identifying the unique social or linguistic characteristics
of Native Spanish Speakers (e.g. issues in identity, social history,
dialect, proficiency, etc.), developing pedagogical theory and/or
implementing pedagogical techniques that address the specific needs of
Spanish speakers.

Paper submissions:  submit one copy of a one-page abstract that includes the
title, an outline of the focus of the paper and the audience for which your
presentation is intended (elementary, secondary, post-secondary, adult
education, community, etc.).  At the end of your abstract please include the
name, affiliation, address, phone and e-mail of all presenters.  Please also
indicate what audio-visual support you require for the presentation

Workshop submissions:  submit a one to two-page abstract which includes the
following information: the title and the length of the presentation (2 hours
or half-day), the audience for which your workshop is intended (elementary,
secondary, post-secondary, adult education, community) a detailed
description of the themes of the workshop and answers to the following
questions:  What are the overall goals of the workshop?  What types of
materials will be presented to the participants?  In what activities will
the participants engage as part of this workshop and in what manner
(individual, pairs, groups)?  What skills, abilities and materials will
participants take away with them as a result of this workshop?  At the end
of your abstract please include the name, affiliation, address, phone and
e-mail of all presenters.  Please also indicate what audio-visual support
you require for the presentation.

Interested in chairing a session?  The responsibilities of a session chair
are giving brief introductions of the speakers for each session and
providing speakers guidance on the amount of time left in the session.  If
you would like to be a session chair, please send an e-mail to Cecilia R.
Pino (cecipino at nmsu.edu) or Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza (pmacgreg at nmsu.edu).
Mail, fax or e-mail the information requested in the submission guidelines
to either of the Conference Co-Chairs, below by the deadline of April 18,
2005.

Cecilia R. Pino or Patricia MacGregor Mendoza
11th Conference on Teaching Spanish for Native Speakers
Department of Languages and Linguistics
New Mexico State University
Box 30001, Dept. 3L
Las Cruces, NM 88003   USA
Fax:   (505) 646-7876

For more information regarding the Conference on Teaching Spanish to Native
Speakers, including registration details, visit our website
at: http://web.nmsu.edu/~pmacgreg/SNSWebpage/SNS6/SNS6mainpage.html