CFP: 6th International Language Teacher Educators Conference

[Francis Hult]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Preparing Language Teachers for the 21st Century: 
Sixth International Language Teacher Educator Conference

May 28 - 30, 2009 
 The George Washington University 
Washington, D.C.
Deadline for Submissions: December 15, 2008



	Designed for practitioners and researchers involved in the preparation and ongoing professional development of language teachers, LTE 2009 will address the education of teachers of all languages, at all instructional and institutional levels, and in 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.

	Themes
	The conference will focus on four broad themes: 

	Theme I: The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education

	Theme II: Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education
	
	Theme lll: Collaborations in Language Teacher Education
	
	Theme IV: Practices in Language Teacher Education 
	

	Plenary Speakers:

	*	Second Language Teacher Education in Times of Change: Jack Richards, The Regional Language Centre 
	*	Teacher Cognition and Communicative Language Teaching: Simon Borg, University of Leeds 
	*	The Moral Lives of Teacher Educators: Bill Johnston, Indiana University 
	*	A Sociocultural Perspective on Language Teacher Education: Karen Johnson,  Pennsylvania State University 

	Types of Sessions

Symposia (2 hours): 

Paper Sessions (25-minute papers)
Discussion Sessions (55 minutes) 

Poster Sessions (60 Minutes)


For more information and to submit a proposal, please come to

http://nclrc.org/lte2009 


To contact us:
LTE at nclrc.org
(202) 973-1086 


Sponsored by

 The National Capital Language Resource Center

Georgetown University
The George Washington University
The Center for Applied Linguistics
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