Call for papers: Conference on Language Teacher Education -- DEADLINE 31 OCTOBER 2000

[Scott McGinnis]

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

Second International Conference on Language Teacher Education
May 17-19, 2001
Radisson-Metrodome Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the
University of Minnesota and conference planning committee members are
seeking proposals for papers and symposia on all aspects of the
education and professional development of language teachers for the
second International Conference on Language Teacher Education to be
held May 17-19, 2001 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.  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 places, 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.

Featured Speakers at the conference will include: Pam Grossman, Julian
Edge, Elana Shohamy, Karen Johnson, Donald Freeman, Eileen Glisan, Nancy
Cloud, Ann Snow, and Tony Erben.

The deadline for submission of proposals for papers and symposia is
October 31, 2000.  Submission guidelines are available on the CARLA
website at:
http://carla.acad.umn.edu/conference2001/CALLFORPAPERS.html

For further information, email the conference planning committee at:
lteconf at tc.umn.edu

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Karin E. Larson
Coordinator
The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)
University of Minnesota
617 Heller Hall
271 19th Avenue So.
Minneapolis, MN  55455

Direct Phone: (612) 624-6022
Office Phone: (612) 626-8600
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Office E-mail: carla at tc.umn.edu
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