ARABIC-L: LING: Conference Announcement

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1) Subject: National Conference on Heritage Languages in America

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Date: 25 Jun 1999
From: AATA <aata at byu.edu>
Subject: National Conference on Heritage Languages in America

National Conference on Heritage Languages in America
October 14-16, 1999
Westin Long Beach Hotel, Long Beach, California

Introduction
California State University at Long Beach, the Center for Applied
Linguistics, and the National Foreign Language Center invite you to
participate in the inaugural event of a major new national initiative.
"Heritage Languages in America" will be the first major project of the
Heritage Languages Initiative, a national effort to develop the languages
of our heritage communities through strengthening the educational
institutions that work with them.  Participants in the conference will
share knowledge and resources with some of the leading figures in heritage
language education in the United States.  Equally important, participants
will have the unprecedented opportunity to help shape the development of
the heritage language field by articulating a national agenda on the
preservation and cultivation of heritage languages as rich national
resources.  This work will be facilitated by task forces that will be
established at the conference to address issues that include articulations
across programs, teacher preparation, materials development, instructional
strategies, assessment, and public advocacy.

Participants
Representatives from five important constituencies will participate in this
conference: Heritage language communities and schools, pre-collegiate
(preK-grade 12) heritage language educators, colleges and universities
researchers in a variety of settings,  and consumers of language expertise.
We have also invited the following distinguished researchers: Russell
Campbell, Lily Wong Fillmore, Joshua Fishman, Mary McGroarty, Cecilia Pino,
Ana Roca, Fabian Samaniego, Guadalupe Valdes, and Aida Walqui.

Call for Proposals
Proposals are invited for poster presentations by teachers, administrators,
and curriculum designers.  Interested poster presenters are asked to submit
an abstract of 250 words by July 15, 1999, to :
Scott McGinnis
National Foreign Language Center
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Fax: 202-667-6907
E-mail: heritage at nflc.org
Webpage: www.nflc.org

Lodging
A block of rooms is available at the Westin Long Beach Hotel at the rate of
$139 per night.  Participants are responsible for contacting the hotel
directly to make their reservations by calling (562) 436-3000 by September
15, 1999.  Please indicate that you are attending "Heritage Languages in
America: A National Conference" when making your reservations.

All registrations materials must be in by September 15, 1999.
For more information about this conference, please contact:
Lara Atella or Catherine Ingold
National Foreign Language Center
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 667-8100
Fax: (202) 667-6907
E-mail: heritage at nflc.org
www.cal.org/heritage
www.csulb.edu/~cla/rgrll/events.html
www.nflc.org


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