9.994, Calls: Language Teacher Education

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-9-994. Thu Jul 2 1998. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 9.994, Calls: Language Teacher Education

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Date:  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:56:12
From:  Bill Johnston <billj at tc.umn.edu>
Subject:  Language Teacher Education

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Date:  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:56:12
From:  Bill Johnston <billj at tc.umn.edu>
Subject:  Language Teacher Education

	PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

	THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH ON LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
	AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
	ANNOUNCES
	AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
	ON LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

	MAY 20 - 23, 1999
	RADISSON-METRODOME HOTEL
	MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA

This conference will be of interest to anyone involved in the preparation
and ongoing professional development of language teachers of all kinds:
practitioners and researchers in the various sub-fields of language teacher
education. The conference will 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 place,
including: ESL/EFL; foreign/modern/world language teaching; bilingual
education; immersion education; indigenous and minority languages; and the
teaching of less commonly taught languages. The conference aims to bring
together research, theory, and best practices from all these contexts, and
to initiate and sustain meaningful professional dialogue across languages,
levels, and settings.

Keynote speakers and panelists will include:

	* Jack Richards
	* Donald Freeman
	* Karen E. Johnson
	* Dick Allwright
	* June Phillips
	* Mimi Met
	* Denise McKeon

The conference will focus on four principal themes:

I. The knowledge base of language teaching
II. Sociocultural and political contexts of language teacher education
III. The processes of language teacher education
IV. Language teacher education policy

For further information about the conference, and to be added to our mailing
list, contact:

International Conference on Language Teacher Education, CARLA, UTEC, Suite
111, 1313 5th St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414. Phone: 612-627-1870. Fax:
612-624-1875. E-mail: <carla at tc.umn.edu>. Web: <http://carla.acad.umn.edu>
(conference information available from August 1, 1998).

More program information and registration forms will be included in a later
mailing in Fall 1998. The Call for Papers follows below.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL TO OTHERS WHO MAY BE
INTERESTED!

	CALL FOR PAPERS

	The International Conference on Language Teacher Education welcomes
proposals for papers on all aspects of the education and professional
development of language teachers. Papers may report on data-based research,
theoretical and conceptual analyses, or best practices in language teacher
education.
	The conference will focus on four broad themes. Proposals are more
likely to be accepted if they address one of these themes:
THEME I:  THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
A central issue in language teacher education is the question of what
constitutes the knowledge base of language teaching and how it relates to
the processes and content of teacher education.  Issues in this theme may
include:
*	Teachers' knowledge and beliefs
*	Teacher learning in formal and informal contexts
*	Teachers' ways of knowing
*	Teacher socialization
*	Professionalism
*	The nature of disciplinary knowledge.
THEME II: SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL CONTEXTS OF LANGUAGE TEACHER
EDUCATION
Language Teacher Education takes place in multiple contexts and with diverse
populations, where language, culture and identity are intricately bound
together.  Papers in this theme may include critical and analytical
perspectives on:
*	Institutions, communities, and discourses within which teacher
education practices are situated
*	Power, status, and authority and language teacher education
*	Diversity and equity in language teacher education, including issues
of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and language
*	The socially situated nature of language and learning
THEME III: LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION PRACTICES
The practices of language teacher education refer to the ways in which the
knowledge base is conceptualized and operationalized.  These are constructed
through the contributions and interpretations that all participants bring to
the process.  Practices may include:
*	Program design
*	Curriculum
*	Pedagogical methods
*	Organization of instruction
*	Practica
*	Materials
*	Observation/supervision
*	Professional development for teachers at all experience levels
THEME IV:  POLICY IN LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
Actions taken by formal and informal decision-making bodies have an impact
on language teacher education.  These policies influence the directions of
teacher education even though they may or may not involve the participation
of teacher educators.  They can be formulated at the institutional, local,
state, or national levels, and may include:
*	Standards
*	Legislative mandates
*	Teacher education program requirements
*	Recruitment and retention
*	Advocacy by language teacher organizations

Presentations will be 30 minutes in length. In line with the dialogical
spirit of the conference, each session of two or three papers will include
presentations concerned with different contexts and types of language
teacher education.

Submit proposals in the following form:

i. 8 copies of a one-page, single-spaced abstract with the title of the
presentation and the theme it addresses indicated in the top left-hand
corner (your name and institution should not appear on these copies).

ii. 1 additional copy of the abstract which includes your name and
institution in the top right-hand corner.

iii. A 50-word summary of your presentation to be published in the
conference program.

iv. A copy of the form attached below.

Proposals are to be sent to:

Dr. Bill Johnston, Chair of the Program Committee, International Conference
on Language Teacher Education, ILASLL, University of Minnesota, Klaeber
Court 192, 320 16th St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Phone: 612-626-2269.
E-mail: <billj at tc.umn.edu>.

Submissions should be postmarked no later than October 15, 1998. Submissions
from outside the continental US only may be sent by fax to the following
number: 612-627-1875. Applicants will be notified of the Program Committee's
decision no later than December 31, 1998.

Selected papers from the conference will be published in a collection of
conference proceedings.

	PROPOSAL FORM

A. Information about presentation

Presenter's name:

Title of presentation:

Theme:



B. Presenter information:

Institution:

Address:

Phone number
	Work:
	Home:

Fax:

E-mail:




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Bill Johnston
Assistant Professor
Department of ESL
University of Minnesota
192 Klaeber Court
320 16th St SE
Minneapolis. MN 55455

tel: 612-626-2269
fax: 612-624-4579
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