Call for papers: AAUSC session, 2002 ACTFL (possible topics include heritage learners) - DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 25 FEBRUARY

[Scott McGinnis]

ACTFL 2002 AAUSC PAPER SESSION
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Abstracts of papers related to the theme of Advanced Foreign Language
Learning are being solicited for the AAUSC paper session, to be held at
the 2002 ACTFL conference in Salt Lake City.

Topics that might be addressed include:

* curricular issues at the advanced level;
* the challenge of fostering the existing capacities of heritage
speakers;
* the quality of study abroad programs, and their relationship to campus
programs;
* the increasingly frequent shift back-and-forth between instructed and
naturalistic foreign language learning, e.g., through internships,
engagement with diverse communities that use the language, the world of
work;
* a program assuring that its graduates can handle the sophisticated
language use that characterizes academic work in graduate departments;
* a reconsideration of what is involved in language acquisition in
academic settings, as contrasted with proprietary and professional
settings.

Format for the session will be three twenty-minute presentations, to be
followed by questions and discussion.  Presenters are encouraged to
submit a final version of their work for possible publication in the
AAUSC annual volume. All presenters must be members of the AAUSC, ACTFL
and register for the conference.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 25, 2002.

By email:

hjsiskin at earthlink.net

Include the following information: Title of the paper, your name,
affiliation, mailing address, and email address

By regular mail (to be received by February 25, 2002) to:

Prof. H. Jay Siskin
1069 LRC
Cabrillo College
6500 Soquel Drive
Aptos, CA 95003

Include 12 copies of the abstract, as well as a a 3x5 card with the
title of your paper, your name, affiliation, and address.

Abstracts will be reviewed and ranked anonymously by the AAUSC Executive
Committee. You should hear the results of the review process by the end
of March 2002.