CFP: National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages

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	CALL FOR PAPERS
	
	
 
 

14th NCOLCTL ANNUAL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS

The 14th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) is scheduled for April 7-10, 2011, in Madison, WI (with pre-conference workshops scheduled for April 7th, 2011). Proposals are solicited for individual papers, colloquia, and poster sessions to be presented at this conference.

Submissions should fall broadly within the conference theme, "Building Language Capacity: Collaboration, Innovation, Globalization" Although proposed presentations may focus on individual languages, each paper should strive to address issues that clearly relate to more than just that one language. The focus of session topics might include heritage language learners, bilingual education students, autonomous and self-instructional settings, distance learning, outreach and advocacy initiatives, and the use of technology in teaching LCTL's. Other topics such as curriculum and materials development, teacher training and professionalization, research, and assessment will also be welcome. 

Individual papers are to be 30 minutes long which should include time for questions and discussion. A paper should focus clearly on issues related to the main conference theme. Papers may be based on research or practical experience. 

Colloquia are to be 90 minutes long. A colloquium proposal should specify three or more presenters who will address the conference theme. Preference will be given to colloquia that cut across different languages or language groups. 

Poster and presentation sessions may focus on completed work or work in progress related to the teaching and/or learning of less commonly taught languages. They may be in either:  the traditional poster format, such as presentation of materials, or of research completed or in progress, or demonstrations of instructional or information technology. (NB, any proposal in this category requiring technical support must specify in detail the type of hardware or software needed). 

Proposals may ONLY be submitted in electronic format via the Abstract Submission Page on the NCOLCTL website (http://www.ncolctl.org/node/add/sessions <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103638676448&s=179&e=001gwBU_phcBu00Bdda2vgiypTPAiY3sPde5nGp96Kefgn66Mgk2MYD2S3pv1VGr7UTk2wej_QnuvxwxrkLX62KBtUx653zztn2sOmwWaUdy7tAa782SttM3MKdG7F9qDIv9BTAq0fl9Fw=>  ). This is the only format in which Proposals may be submitted. For a proposal to be considered, all relevant fields of the form, including, title, abstract, proposal, type of session, technology needs and contact information must be completed in full. Incomplete proposals may be disqualified. 

 The deadline for receipt of proposals is Friday, October 15, 2010. Applicants will be notified by the Program Committee after Friday, November 12, 2010 whether or not their proposal has been accepted. At least one presenter from an accepted presentation will be required to pre-register for the conference. Details about pre-registration will be provided in the acceptance notification. 

 If you have any questions regarding Proposal submission, please contact the NCOLCTL Secretariat at: ncolctl at mailplus.wisc.edu or Tel: 1-608-265-7905

	
	About NCOLCTL 	
	

NCOLCTL's mission is to increase the number of Americans who choose to learn one or more of the less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) as a means of enhancing cross-cultural communication among citizens of the United States. NCOLCTL's work focuses on the less commonly taught languages which are becoming increasingly vital to the security, economic, social and political welfare of the United States. NCOLCTL seeks to improve the teaching and learning of these languages and to make them more generally available. NCOLCTL is the national voice for organizations and individuals who represent the teaching of these less commonly taught languages at both the collegiate and precollegiate level. NCOLCTL also promotes the use of technology, especially computers and the Internet, to enable a new era in cross-cultural understanding, communication, and language education.

NCOLCTLl constitutes a national mechanism devoted to strengthening the less commonly taught language professions through enabling its members to work toward "shared solutions to common problems." NCOLCL principally directs its efforts toward building a national architecture for the LCTL field and in making the field's resources easily accessible to language programs and individual learners around the United States.



Learn More at www.ncolctl.org <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103638676448&s=179&e=001gwBU_phcBu0GEgI2unYIJMMvSySPAOSqfHY3kOm8GkfVlH66RXK_veOrw9WdIgmpRq05E6qABJiEwJedj-fjaMUKDUnnbv9nqZ38FvnmYgY=> 



 
National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
455 N Park St
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
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