30.1770, Summer Schools: Language & Culture in Sync: Teaching Linguistic Politeness and Intercultural Awareness/USA

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Subject: 30.1770, Summer Schools:  Language & Culture in Sync: Teaching Linguistic Politeness and Intercultural Awareness/USA

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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:36:18
From: Karin Larson [larso205 at umn.edu]
Subject: Language & Culture in Sync: Teaching Linguistic Politeness and Intercultural Awareness/USA

Language & Culture in Sync: Teaching Linguistic Politeness and Intercultural Awareness

Host Institution: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
Website: https://carla.umn.edu/institutes/2019/linguistic.html

Dates: 15-Jul-2019 - 02-Aug-2019
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Focus: The "Language & Culture in Sync: Teaching Linguistic Politeness and Intercultural Awareness" summer institute examines the challenge that second language learners face in adjusting their language use so that it is appropriate for a variety of socio-cultural contexts. How, for example, are learners supposed to address strangers, close friends, or people of higher social status in that culture? Although acquiring culturally-sensitive discourse practices can take learners many years, research has shown that the process can be facilitated through explicit instruction.

Offered completely online, this institute will provide practical insights for teachers on how to enhance the learning of linguistic politeness and boost students' awareness of intercultural differences. Participants will have hands-on opportunities to develop activities and materials for the classroom.

Target Audience: Elementary to postsecondary foreign language and ESL teachers, material developers, curriculum coordinators, teacher educators, administrators, and researchers.

Presenter: Noriko Ishihara is Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL/EFL at Hosei University, Japan. She has designed and researched pragmatics-focused instruction and classroom-based assessment in ESL, EFL, and Japanese. She has been facilitating professional development for language teachers in Japan, the US, and elsewhere since 2005 and is a co-author with Andrew D. Cohen of a teachers' guide, Teaching and Learning Pragmatics: Where Language and Culture Meet.
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate

Description:
"Language & Culture in Sync: Teaching Linguistic Politeness and Intercultural
Awareness" is offered as part of the CARLA Summer Institute Program. Sponsored
by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the
University of Minnesota, the CARLA Summer Institute Program has provided
high-quality professional development opportunities for language teachers of
all languages and levels for over two decades. Designed to link research and
theory with practical applications for the classroom, the program offers a
wide array of intensive institutes focused on topics such as pragmatics,
culture, assessment, learner language, and more. CARLA summer institute
participants–more than 6,000 to date–have come from all over the world. They
have included foreign language, immersion, and ESL/EFL teachers, as well as
program administrators, curriculum specialists, researchers, and language
teacher educators.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                      Language Acquisition
                      Pragmatics

Tuition: 400 USD

Registration: 07-Jan-2019 to 09-Jul-2019

Contact Person: Karin Larson
                Email: larso205 at umn.edu

Apply on the web: https://carla.umn.edu/institutes/registration.html

Registration Instructions:
All details can be found online at:
http://carla.umn.edu/institutes/registration.html

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