Call for papers: 3rd Int'l Conf. on Lang Teacher Ed - DEADLINE 1 NOVEMBER

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Creating Teacher Community:
Third International Conference on Language Teacher Education
May 29-31, 2003
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 Third International Conference on
Language Teacher Education to be held May 29-31, 2003 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 will 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 priority deadline for submission of proposals for papers and symposia is
November 1, 2002. Submission guidelines are available on the CARLA Website
at: http://carla.acad.umn.edu/conference2003/CALLFORPAPERS.html.

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