Call for papers: 2004 Pathways to Bilingualism -- DEADLINE 2/1

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Pathways to Bilingualism:
Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education

October 21-23, 2004
Radisson-Metrodome Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Featured Speakers: Fred Genesee, Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Roy Lyster, Myriam
Met, Merrill Swain


The Immersion Projects at the Center for Advanced Research on Language
Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota and conference planning
committee members are seeking proposals for papers, discussion sessions, and
symposia on all aspects of immersion education for Pathways to Bilingualism.
This second international conference on immersion education will be held
October 21-23, 2004 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, USA.  In addition to basic, applied and evaluation research,
conference organizers welcome a range of practitioner perspectives including
immersion teachers, administrators, curriculum coordinators, and specialists
who work in immersion programs.  Papers, discussion sessions, and symposia
may report on data-based research, theoretical and conceptual analyses, or
best practices in language immersion education.

This conference on immersion education aims to bring together immersion
teachers, researchers, and other professionals to initiate and sustain
meaningful dialogue across languages, levels, program models and
sociopolitical contexts.  Targeted K-16 contexts include: foreign language
immersion in the more commonly taught and less commonly taught languages,
dual language immersion, and immersion for linguistic and cultural
revitalization involving heritage and indigenous populations.  Each of these
educational programs embraces the concept of additive bilingualism-- the
acquisition of a second language while continuing to develop the first.

The conference will focus on four broad themes:  Program Design and
Development, Assessment and Program Evaluation, Immersion Pedagogy and
Language Development, and Policy and Advocacy.

The priority deadline for submission of proposals for papers and symposia is
February 1, 2004.  Submission guidelines will soon be available on the CARLA
website at: http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/immersion/index.html

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