[EDLING:1526] CFP: Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum

[Francis M Hult]

> Call for Papers
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> Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum: 
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> Building New Connections
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> October 10-12, 2006
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> Hosted by Portland State University
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> In collaboration with Baldwin-Wallace College, Binghamton University,
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> The University of Iowa & the American Council on Education (ACE)
> Internationalization Collaborative
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> INVITATION AND OVERVIEW
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> The Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) Movement intends to
> make global competence a reality for students and to create alliances among
> educators to share practices and find ways to incorporate an international
> dimension in curricula, and, more generally, to achieve internationalization
> goals. General principles of CLAC include 1) a focus on communication and
> content rather than grammar in language instruction and application, 2) an
> emphasis on meaningful content-focused language use, outside traditional
> foreign language classes, and 3) an approach to language use and
> cross-cultural skills as means for the achievement of global intellectual
> synthesis, in which students learn to combine and interpret knowledge
> produced in other languages and in other cultures. Within this large
> framework, CLAC can take many forms, depending on specific content and
> curricular goals within a discipline. Among areas of interest to CLAC
> educators are 1) alternative models of education that foster the acquisition
> of cross-cultural competences, 2) frameworks that serve to build connections
> between comparative literature, cultural studies and area studies, 3) K-16
> articulation models, 4) content-based language instruction and the
> development of new content-based foreign language textbooks and
> discipline-specific learning materials and technology, 4) study abroad,
> including programs focused on professional studies, 5) heritage learner
> programs, and 6) service learning models in cross-cultural contexts.
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> The specific focus of the 2nd annual conference on Cultures and Languages
> Across the Curriculum will be: 1) how to prepare students for CLAC through
> better K-16 articulation and 2) how to incorporate culture into
> language-focused models. The conference will be held in conjunction with the
> 6th International Conference on Service Learning in Portland, Oregon, to
> allow participants to learn about incorporating CLAC into service learning
> experiences. These two events will overlap by one day to allow
> cross-conference participation.
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> TOPICS
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> Papers are solicited concerning, but not limited to the following areas:
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> 1)      CLAC and K-16 Articulation
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> How can we establish workable K-16 articulation models that promote
> international education?
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> 2)   Content-Based Language Learning
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> What are the intersections between CLAC and content-based language learning
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> 3)   Culture and Cross-Cultural Communication
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>             How can CLAC highlight culture to improve cross-cultural
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> 4)   Business and Government Models of Internationalization
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> How can we meet the contrasting needs of business (the "metropolitan
> migrant" model) and academia, defense, or diplomacy (the "expert" model)?
> How might we adapt CLAC to fulfill varying needs?
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> 5) CLAC in the Context of Comparative, Cultural, and Area Studies
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> What are the intersections between Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies,
> Area Studies, and CLAC? Can these fields of study "meet" through the agency
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> 6)   CLAC and International Service Learning (ISL)
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>       How can CLAC be used before, during, and after ISL activities to
> maximize acquisition of intercultural knowledge and skills?  How can ISL
> principles and practices inform CLAC to increase global learning?
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> 7)      CLAC and Study Abroad Programs
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> How can CLAC principles be integrated into study abroad programs, including
> programs for professional studies? How can study abroad link better to
> non-foreign language disciplines?
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> 8)      CLAC and Assessment 
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> How should we assess CLAC programs and learning? Are language proficiency
> and cross-cultural skills assessment tools (such as ACTFL standards and the
> IDI) appropriate to the goals of CLAC?
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> 9)       CLAC and Heritage Learner Programs
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> How can the needs of heritage learners in foreign language instruction be
> addressed using CLAC principles? How can the knowledge of these learners be
> used as a resource in CLAC programs?
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> ABSTRACT FORMAT
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> To offer a 30-minute paper or 90-minute panel presentation, please provide
> the following, in the form of MS Word documents attached to the email
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> 1.                  A cover sheet including:
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> a.       Type:  Paper (30 minutes, including 10 minutes for open discussion)
> or Panel Presentation (90 minutes, including 30 minutes for questions and
> comments from the audience)
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> b.       Title of your paper or presentation and brief description (75-100
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> c.       Names of Presenter(s) including, as appropriate, specification of
> their roles, contact information for each (titles and affiliations, email
> addresses, telephone and fax numbers), and brief biographical sketch (50-75
> words) for each presenter
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> d.       Relationship to Conference Themes
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> e.       Target Audience(s), including what the audience(s) can expect to
> "take away" from your paper or presentation
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> 2.         A one-page abstract (500 words) of your paper or presentation,
> clearly indicating what each presenter, if more than one, will contribute. 
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> 3.         A list of needs for your paper or session (Internet access and
> on-site computers may be limited. Come prepared.)  
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> Proposals must be submitted by July 14, 2006 to: Kathie Godfrey, Portland
> State University at clacpdx at pdx.edu with "CLAC Conference" in the Subject
> line.  Tel: (800) 547-8887, ex. 5294.  Fax: (503) 725-5276.  Mail: Foreign
> Languages & Literatures, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97201-0751.
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> For additional information see our website at:
> http://www.clas.pdx.edu/clac/