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<DIV>CALL FOR PAPERS<BR>Eighth Annual Conference on <BR>Teaching Spanish
to Native Speakers<BR>June 21-23, 2002<BR>Las Cruces, NM<BR>Conference Co-Chairs
Cecilia Rodríguez Pino and Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza seek submissions for the
8th Annual 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 p! edagogical techniques that address the
specific needs of Spanish speakers. <BR>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.<BR>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? W! hat 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.<BR>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 the Program
Coordinator.<BR>Mail, fax or e-mail the information requested in the submission
guidelines to Yolanda Schroeder, Program Coordinator, below by the deadline of
April 30, 2002. <BR><BR>Yolanda Schroeder, Program Coordinator <SPAN
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<DIV>Department of Languages and <SPAN class=080523513-26042002><FONT
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<DIV>Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA
<BR> <BR>Fax: (505)
646-7876
E-mail: <A
href="msn://@mail.mar@/compose.htm?NW=true&mailto:yschroed@nmsu.edu">yschroed@nmsu.edu</A><BR>Registration
Fee On or Before May 18, 2002 After May 18,
2002<BR>Students
$35
$50<BR>Others $45
$60<BR>Keynote Luncheon
(All) $15
$15<BR>Send check or money order, or P.O. to: SNS Conference,
Department of Languages and Linguistics, New Mexico State University, Box 30001,
De! pt. 3L, Las Cruces, NM 88003 <BR>For more
information regarding the Annual Conference on Teaching Spanish to Native
Speakers, visit our website at:<BR> <A
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<DIV>8th Annual Conference on <BR>Teaching Spanish to Native Speakers</DIV>
<DIV>June 21-23, 2002<BR>Hilton de Las Cruces<BR>Las Cruces, NM<BR></DIV>
<DIV> Keynote Speaker: Cecilia Colombi, Associate
Professor<BR>University of California--Davis<BR> <BR>Developing Academic
Writing in Spanish Native Speakers</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Featured Workshop: Fabian Samaniego, Professor
Emeritus<BR>University of California--Davis<BR>Cecilia R. Pino, Associate
Professor<BR>New Mexico State University</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Authors of Tu Mundo, High School Spanish program for Native Speakers
<BR>The Elusive Level I SNS Textbook<BR>Write it, they will come<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Featured Performance: Denise Chávez, Celebrated Chicana Author of
<BR>Face of an Angel and Last of the Menu Girls<BR>will present a dramatic
reading of her latest novel</DIV>
<DIV>Loving Pedro Infante</DIV>
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