CFP: Cultural Diversity and Language Education

[Francis M Hult]

> The National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) and the Center for
> Second Language Research (CSLR) are pleased to announce the Call for
> Proposals for their upcoming conference . . .
>
>                 "CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION"
>
>                    Imin International Conference Center
>                 University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
>                            September 24-26, 2004
>
>                    http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/
>
>
>
>                            ** CALL FOR PROPOSALS **
>                           (deadline: March 31, 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 for proposal submission is March 31, 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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