conference on teaching russian - final call
Megan Swift
maswift at UVIC.CA
Sun May 16 04:29:17 UTC 2010
Dear Colleagues,
A final call for papers for the conference on Teaching Russian, July
22-23 2010 at the University of Victoria (Canada):
The
TEACHING RUSSIAN CONFERENCE
July 22-23, 2010
(Thursday – Friday)
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
CALL FOR PAPERS
Due to the success of last year’s conference, the Department of
Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria invites
proposals for individual papers, panels and round-table discussions on
the theme of “Teaching Russian”.
Topics of special interest include, but are not limited to: innovative
curriculum development and pedagogical techniques in teaching Russian
language, literature and/or culture; dealing effectively with heritage-
speaker communities; implementing travel/study abroad programs;
teaching Russian at the secondary level; choosing appropriate teaching
tools at the introductory/intermediate/advanced level (textbooks and
computer-assisted language learning); innovative language
technologies; growing and maintaining healthy Russian programs.
Website: http://russconf.uvic.ca (All forms for submitting proposals
are available on the website)
Deadline for proposals: 20 May 2010. Notification of the Program
Committee’s decisions will be sent out by June 1, 2010.
For all questions, please contact Megan Swift (maswift at uvic.ca)
(250.721.7504)
Abstract specifications:
To apply for participation in the conference, please fill out the
respective forms (CV and individual paper proposal form; roundtable
proposal form and/or panel proposal form), which are available on our
website: http://russconf.uvic.ca. Abstracts should not exceed 400
words. Please use MS Word for Windows and Times New Roman or MS Word
for Apple and TimesCE or pure Unicode text. Make sure to use the
Library of Congress transliteration system to render words in a
Cyrillic alphabet. Your abstract should present a research question
and outline your plan for investigating this scholarly problem. Each
abstract will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Abstracts sent by
attachment may be emailed to Megan Swift (maswift at uvic.ca). If
electronic submission is not possible, send hard copies of your
proposal to:
Megan Swift, Assistant Professor
Department of Germanic and Russian Studies
University of Victoria
PO Box 3045 STN CSC, Victoria BC.
V8W 3P4 Canada.
Tel. 250.721.7504
Fax 250.721.7319
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