ANNOUNCEMENT: LCTL SUMMIT MEETING (fwd)

[Devin P Browne]

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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:37:09 -0500
From: Louis E Janus <janus005+ at maroon.tc.umn.edu>
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Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: LCTL SUMMIT MEETING

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Announcing: Less Commonly Taught Languages Summit
September 20-21, 1996
University of Minnesota

The Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Project at the University of
Minnesota's Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition (CARLA)
will sponsor a LCTL Summit meeting on September 20-21, 1996. These
meetings are presented in cooperation with the National Council of
Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL). This summit
will build on the common  interests and concerns of LCTL teachers in
North America and will develop an action plan to help students,
teachers, and programs teaching LCTLs.

The end result of the summit will be an action plan for promotion of
LCTL  teaching and learning throughout the North America, synthesizing
the ideas which emerge from the meetings into a list of specific needs
and  realizable  goals (e.g., production of materials templates,
resource lists, plans for  pedagogy instruction in LCTLs, ways to tap
community resources, political  strategies, etc.) to be undertaken by a
consortium of interested individuals and organizations. This plan will
serve as the basis for funding proposals to assist in carrying  out the
goals.

The summit will consist of three half-day sessions, each focusing on an
important  issue for LCTL teachers. A combination of whole-group and
small-group discussions  between LCTL teachers, administrators, and
interested others will be used to brainstorm on specified topics and
generate ideas for solutions to problems.

Approximately 50 people will be invited to participate. We encourage
applications from teachers and other program activists from a wide range
of LCTLs, LCTL organizations, and from a wide variety of institutions.
The hosts will cover costs for housing and meals.

Please e-mail (lctl at tc.umn.edu), call (612/627-1872), or write the LCTL
project for more detailed
information and an application. The application deadline is JUNE 1,
1996, and the notification date is JUNE 15.

Louis Janus
Network Coordinator
Less Commonly Taught Languages Project
Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition
1313 5th St. SE, Suite 111
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55414
LCTL at tc.umn.edu
612/627-1872
612/627-1875 (fax)
http://carla.acad.umn.edu/lctl/lctl.html