An International Symposium on Language in Education

[Francis M. Hult]

Imagining Multilingual Schools:

An International Symposium on Language in Education

Teachers College

Columbia University

New York City

September 30 to October 2, 2004



Have you ever wondered about the issues that confront educators and policy
makers around the world as they educate multilingual students? Is there
something we can learn from each other as we imagine multilingual schools and
multilingual educational practices? From September 30 to October 2, 2004, you
will have an opportunity to join a group of well-known international scholars
at Columbia University's Teachers College as they share their visions and
designs for multilingual schools in the 21st century. All twenty-five speakers
for the international symposium, Imagining Multilingual Schools, have been
invited to participate. The audience will be limited to 125 to ensure active
dialogue among participants.



            Among the scholars who have been invited to this symposium are Hugo
Baetens-Beardsmore (Belgium), Jasone Cenoz (Basque Country, Spain), Jim Cummins
(Canada), Viv Edwards (United Kingdom), Fred Genesee (Canada), Nancy Hornberger
(US), Luis Enrique Lopez-Hurtado (Bolivia), Teresa McCarty (US), Ajit Mohanty
(India), Tope Omoniyi (Nigeria and UK), Robert Phillipson (Denmark), Richard
Ruiz (US), Elana Shohamy (Israel), Josefina Tinajero (US), Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
(Denmark and Finland), Guadalupe Valdés (Stanford University), Li Wei (United
Kingdom).  Some of these questions will be addressed?

*       What role does school play in developing students' multilingualism and
multilingual literacies?
*       How do school systems throughout the world organize themselves to
ensure the development of students' multilingualism?
*       What are the differences and commonalities in the multilingual
schooling of immigrant students, indigenous peoples, traditional minorities,
and majority populations?
*       What issues arise as schools develop multilingual educational programs
and how do teachers and parents support the development of multilingualism?
*       How can we move education for multilingual competence higher up on
policy agendas?

There will also be special panels and cultural events. In addition, New York
City offers its multilingual energy and creativity as backdrop to the
symposium.



            The symposium is being co-chaired by Professors Ofelia García and
María Torres-Guzmán of Columbia University´s Teachers College. It is organized
by the Bilingual Education Program and the new Center for Multiple Languages
and Literacies (CMLL) of Teachers College, Columbia University. The Center for
Applied Linguistics and the National Association for Bilingual Education are co-
sponsoring the event with Teachers College. Multilingual Matters is offering
support.



            The registration fee for the full three-day sympopsium which
includes breakfast and dinner is $225 if registration is received prior to May
1st. The fee after May 1st is  $300. We encourage all participants to register
as soon as possible since registration will be limited. Don't miss this unique
opportunity to be in a room with the world's experts!





For further information, visit www.tc.columbia.edu/ceoi/languagesymposium.html


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