[EDLING:1881] CFP: 5th International Conference on Language Teacher Education

[Francis M Hult]

> CALL FOR PAPERS
> Deadline December 1, 2006
> 
> Bridging Contexts, Making Connections: 
> Fifth International Conference on Language Teacher Education 
> 
> May 31-June 2, 2007
> 
> Radisson University Hotel
> Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
> 
> The Fifth International Conference on Language Teacher Education welcomes
> proposals for papers and symposia on all aspects of the education and
> professional development of language teachers. Papers and symposia may
> report on data-based research, theoretical and conceptual analyses, or best
> practices in language teacher education.
> 
> The mission of the conference is to address the education of teachers of all
> languages, at all instructional and institutional levels, and in all the
> many national and international contexts in which this takes place,
> including: English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) instruction;
> foreign/modern/world language teaching; bilingual education; immersion
> education; indigenous and minority language education; and the teaching of
> less commonly taught languages. The conference aims to bring together
> teacher educators from these many contexts to discuss and share research,
> theory, and best practices and to initiate and sustain meaningful
> professional dialogue across languages, levels, and settings. The conference
> will focus on the following four broad themes:
> 
> * The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education;
> * Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education;
> * Collaborations in Language Teacher Education; and
> * Processes of Language Teacher Education
> 
> The deadline for submission of proposals for papers and symposia is December
> 1, 2006.
> 
> More information and on-line submission instructions can be found at: 
>  <http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/LTE2007/call.html>
> http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/LTE2007/call.html
> 
> 
> Questions? Email the planning committee at: 
> lteconf at umn.edu