Call for Papers - Cultural Diversity and Language Education

[Francis M Hult]

> Call for Papers - Cultural Diversity and Language Education
>
>The National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) and the Center for
> Second Language Research (CSLR) at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa are
> pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for their upcoming conference:
>
>                 "CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION"
>
>                    Imin International Conference Center
>                 University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
>                      SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2004 (new date)
>
>                    http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/
>
> KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
> * Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts, Amhers
> * Glynda Hull, University of California, Berkeley
> * A panel of local Hawaiian experts
>
>                            ** CALL FOR PROPOSALS **
>                       (extended deadline: April 15, 2004)
>
> The conference will focus on theories, policies, and practices associated
> with cultural and language diversity in educational contexts and will
> provide a forum for examining a broad range of issues concerned with the
> potential and challenges of education that builds on diversity.
> The primary strands for exploring diversity in language education at
> the conference are:
>
> - Foreign/Heritage Language Education
> - Bilingual/Immersion Education
> - English Language Education
> - Language Education Planning and Policy
> - Literacy Education
>
> Proposals for presentations related to theory, research, practice, and
> policy in these strand areas are welcome and can be submitted online.
>
> ** PRESENTATION CATEGORIES **
>
> - Individual papers:  20 minutes for presentation; 10 minutes for
>                       discussion
>
> - Colloquia:  3 & 1/2 hours -
>  first 3 colloquia papers (20 minutes for presentation and
> 10 minutes for discussion each);  30-minute break;
> final 3 colloquia papers (20 minutes for presentation and
> 10 minutes for discussion each)
>
> - Workshops: 3 & 1/2 hours - 3 hour workshop with a 30-minute break in
> the middle
>
> ** ONLINE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION **
>
> To submit a proposal online, visit http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/
>
> The deadline (extended) for proposal submission is April 15, 2004.
>
> Abstracts for all proposals are submitted for blind peer review.
>
> Need more information?  Visit our website at:
> http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/
>
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