NALDIC - Bilingual Education and UK schools

[Harold F. Schiffman]

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National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum -
Bilingual Education and UK schools: Rethinking Perspectives
Short Title: NALDIC

Date: 14-Jun-2003 - 14-Jun-2003
Location: London, United Kingdom
Contact: Sara Green
Contact Email: sara.green at rbkc.gov.uk
Meeting URL: http://www.naldic.org.uk


Stephen Krashen is visiting the UK on 14th June 2003 to address a major
conference hosted by NALDIC (National Association of Language Development
in the Curriculum) on Bilingual Education and UK schools: Rethinking
Perspectives Stephen Krashen is visiting the UK on 14th June 2003 to
address a major conference hosted by NALDIC (National Association of
Language Development in the Curriculum) on Bilingual Education and UK
schools: Rethinking Perspectives.

Dr. Stephen Krashen is Professor Emeritus of Education at the University
of Southern California and is best known for his work in establishing a
general theory of second language acquisition, as the co-founder of the
Natural Approach and as the inventor of sheltered subject matter teaching.
His ideas about the difference between learning and acquisition have been
hugely influential in the field of EAL/EFL for several decades. In the
past five years, he has fought to save whole language and bilingual
education in the United States and, more recently, has been lobbying for
''recreational reading''.

Conference participants will also hear from Viv Edwards Professor of
Language in Education at the University of Reading. She is Director of the
National Centre for Language and Literacy , editor of the international
journal, Language and Education, and has published widely on teaching and
learning in multilingual classrooms.

Stephen Krashen and Viv Edwards will be joined by Terry Lamb, Amy
Thompson, Raymonde Sneddon and others to consider key questions concerning
the development of bilingual education and community languages in the UK
today.

The conference takes place at Imperial College, London and fees for
non-NALDIC members are L85.  For further details and booking forms contact
NALDIC at http://www.naldic.org.uk/events.htm