Conference: Imagining Multilingual Schools: An International Symposium

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Forwarded from LINGUIST List 15.1177
Sun Apr 11 2004

Imagining Multilingual Schools: An International Symposium on
Languages in Education

Date: 30-Sep-2004 - 02-Oct-2004
Location: New York City, New York, United States of America
Contact: Ofelia Garcia  ogarcia at tc.columbia.edu
Meeting URL: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/ceoi/languagesymposium.html


Teachers College, Columbia University will be the site of an international
symposium where 25 well-known scholars from around the world will share
their visions and designs for multilingual schools in the 21st century.
Registration will be limited. There will be an opportunity for everyone to
share their experiences with multilingual schooling.  Have you ever
wondered how a particular society goes about educating their children for
multilingualism? Is there something we can learn from each other as we
imagine multilingual schools and multilingual educational practices? From
September 30 to October 2, 2004, you will have an opportunity to join a
group of well-known international scholars at Columbia University's
Teachers College as they share their visions and designs for multilingual
schools in the 21st century. All twenty-five speakers for the
international symposium, Imagining Multilingual Schools, have been invited
to participate. The audience will be limited to 125 to ensure active
dialogue among participants.

Among the scholars who have been invited to this symposium are Hugo
Baetens-Beardsmore (Belgium), Jasone Cenoz (Basque Country, Spain), Jim
Cummins (Canada), Viv Edwards (United Kingdom), Fred Genesee (Canada),
Nancy Hornberger (US), Luis Enrique Lopez-Hurtado (Bolivia), Teresa
McCarty (US), Anne Marie de Meja (Columbia), Ajit Mohanty (India), Tope
Omoniyi (Nigeria and UK), Robert Phillipson (Denmark), Richard Ruiz (US),
Elana Shohamy (Israel), Josefina Tinajero (US), Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
(Denmark and Finland), Guadalupe Valdes (Stanford University), Li Wei
(United Kingdom).  These scholars will be addressing some of these
questions:

- What role does school play in developing students' multilingualism
and multilingual literacies?
- How do school systems throughout the world organize themselves to
ensure the development of students' multilingualism?
- What are the differences and commonalities in the multilingual
schooling of immigrant students, indigenous peoples, traditional
minorities, and majority populations?
- What issues arise as schools develop multilingual educational
programs and how do teachers and parents support the development of
multilingualism?
- How can we move education for multilingual competence higher up on
policy agendas?

There will also be special panels and cultural events. In addition,
New York City offers its multilingual energy and creativity as
backdrop to the symposium.

The registration fee for the full three-day sympopsium which includes
breakfast and dinner is $225 if registration is received prior to May
1st. The fee after May 1st is $300. We encourage all participants to
register as soon as possible since registration will be limited. Don't
miss this unique opportunity to be in a room with the world's experts.

The symposium is being co-chaired by Professors Ofelia Garca and
Maria Torres-Guzman of Columbia Universitys Teachers College. It
is organized by the Bilingual Education Program and the new Center for
Multiple Languages and Literacies (CMLL) of Teachers College, Columbia
University. The Center for Applied Linguistics (US) and the National
Association for Bilingual Education (US) are co-sponsoring the event
with Teachers College.

For further information, visit
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/ceoi/languagesymposium.html or e-mail
Prof. Ofelia Garcia, ogarcia at tc.columbia.edu