ATOLL Conference 2004 CFP

[Stephan H Hornberger]

Should the term "modern" also be dropped from a descriptor of languages
-- as it is so laden with political, cultural, religious, economic, etc.
baggage, to be of fair utility?

혼버거 에스테반
Head, Other Languages Department
DVFS
19 E. Central Avenue
Paoli, PA 19301
610 640-4150 anexo 2290.

P.S. Volume 33 (2003) of Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of
Southern Africa might be reviewed in preparation for this conference. HEH
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Francis M Hult wrote:

>>Dear colleague,
>>Please find hereunder the first call for papers for the next ATOLL
>>conference. It would be highly appreciated if you could circulate the
>>information among your colleagues within your institution but also
>>outside it. Thank you in advance,
>>Karen Ferreira-Meyers, Head Modern Languages, UNISWA.
>>
>>logo)			ATOLL			(logo)
>>
>>
>>ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
>>
>>
>>CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE
>>
>>7TH ATOLL GENERAL CONFERENCE
>>
>>to be held on 1-5 August 2004
>>at
>>the UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND
>>Kwaluseni, Swaziland
>>
>>
>>THEME: Language, Literature and Communication in an African Context:
>>Challenges for the 21st century.
>>
>>
>>
>> 		FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
>>
>>We hereby invite submissions from colleagues world-wide. You will find
>>more detailed information regarding the Conference on our Website
>>(www.uniswa.sz).
>>
>>Format: abstracts should be between 100 and 200 words (for full papers
>>of about 20 minutes-presentations, followed by a 10-minute discussion).
>>The submission should be prepared using MS Word.
>>If the article is accepted, we will request a copy of the paper on a
>>diskette or via email (atoll at uniswacc.uniswa.sz).
>>
>>Our address is:
>>ATOLL Conference
>>c/o Mrs. Karen Ferreira-Meyers
>>Head Department of Modern Languages
>>University of Swaziland
>>Private Bag 4
>>Kwaluseni
>>Swaziland
>>
>>We ask that all submissions be written in English and reach us by 31st
>>January 2004.
>>
>>ATOLL SUB-THEMES
>>
>>1. Language, Literature and Communication Media
>>- Orality
>>- Literacy and the development of language
>>- Literacy and 몆ulp fiction?
>>- Publishing, readership and the development of language and literature
>>- Media and the development of literacy and language
>>- The teaching of academic literacy in a tertiary setting
>>- The new IT and the teaching of Language/Literature/Communication
>>- Different systems of communication (sign language, Braille, etc.)
>>
>>2. On Identities and Boundaries
>>- Multiculturalism and racial identities
>>- Linguistic and literary/aesthetical responses to multiculturalism and
>>racial identities
>>- National and ethnic identities
>>- Gender and sexual identities
>>- Religious identities
>>
>>3. Postcoloniality and Postcolonial Theory
>>- Postcoloniality
>>- The language issue revisited
>>- Language, literature and the African Renaissance
>>- Theorizing African languages and literature
>>- Teaching African/Western/Foreign Language and Literature in an African
>>context
>>- Language, literature and development
>>- Visual/performance arts in an African context
>>
>>4. Power, Culture, Language and Literature
>>- On globalization
>>- Language, literature and politics
>>- Language, literature and economics
>>- Neo-coloniality and language and literature
>>- State and society in contemporary language and literature
>>- Schools and the present state of language and literature
>>- Education, pedagogy and language and literature
>>- The use of English as a primary source for academic and professional
>>growth
>>
>>
>>
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