35.2831, Calls: 12th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language

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LINGUIST List: Vol-35-2831. Sat Oct 12 2024. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 35.2831, Calls: 12th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language

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Date: 09-Oct-2024
From: Raquel Amorese [r-amorese at northwestern.edu]
Subject: 12th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language


Full Title: 12th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language
Short Title: 12th NSSHL

Date: 12-May-2025 - 14-May-2025
Location: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois, USA
Contact Person: María Jesús Barros García
Meeting Email: 12nsshl2025 at northwestern.edu
Web Site: https://sites.northwestern.edu/nsshl2025/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Spanish (spa)

Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2024

Meeting Description:

The National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (NSSHL) is an
intellectual forum for the discussion and advancement on education and
research to better support the strengths and diverse pedagogical needs
of Spanish heritage bilingualism in the United States.

The 12th NSSHL will be held from Monday, May 12th to Wednesday, May
14th, 2025, at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. It will take
place in person and follow the regular format of keynotes, conference
presentations, academic panels, and workshops to allow attendees to
share ideas and knowledge about the different aspects of Spanish
heritage language teaching, practices, and research.

2nd Call for Papers:

The proposal: authors are invited to submit a proposal of no more than
300 words for either a 30-minute individual presentation, a 60-minute
workshop, or a 90-minute panel (maximum 4 presenters). Presenters may
present up to two (2) proposals as a lead presenter or as a
co-presenter.

All proposals need to include the following:

1. Title of presentation

2. Abstract for conference program (50-word maximum)

3. Presentation description: Presentation proposal (300-word maximum)
that addresses the following questions:
a. What aspects of change/innovation will you be discussing?
b. How did you work collaboratively to identify these opportunities
for change?
c. How are these findings impactful to the profession/field?

4. Three to five learning objectives: What do you want the audience to
take away from your presentation?

5. Selection of presentation format: Please select the format that
best fits your presentation:
a. Presentations: Each individual presentation will be allotted a
total of 30 minutes, with 10 of those minutes dedicated to active
discussion with the audience.
b. Workshops: These workshops are designed with an intentional focus
on skill and knowledge development. Presenters should plan to share
information about a particular body of knowledge, evidence-based
practice, engaged teaching or research techniques, assessment or
research results, or methodologies. Active discussion between audience
and presenter(s) should be encouraged throughout the session.
c. Panels: Panels are designed to exchange information about a
particular body of knowledge, evidence-based practice, engaged
teaching technique, assessment or research instrument, or methodology.
Panels include a target of a maximum of four panelists and feature
active discussions and conversation from various perspectives about a
topic. Panels will be scheduled for 90 minutes, composed of 60 minutes
of active panel discussion and 30 minutes of interactive questions and
answers with the audience. These proposals should identify all
panelists, as well as a moderator for the panel discussion.

6. Focus Areas:
- Heritage Languages and New Technologies
- Multiliteracies and Translanguaging
- Raciolinguistics and Language Ideologies
- Heritage Language Pedagogy in K-12 and Higher Education
- Antiracist, Decolonial, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Research
- Honoring our Roots and our Community. Diversifying the HL
Curriculum: Centering Afrolatinx and Indigenous Heritages in the HL
Curriculum; Multilingual Learners; Other
- OER Projects
- Heritage Language Program Administration, Coordination, and
Leadership
- Other: ____________________________________________________________

Proposal submission deadline: December 1st, 2024

Language of proposal and presentation: Spanish, English, or Spanglish.

Anonymization: The name of the presenter(s) or an institution should
not be included in the proposal, and any other personal references
should be anonymized in the body of the proposal.

Review process: Submitted proposals will be reviewed through a
three-blind review process. The scientific committee of the 12th NSSHL
will evaluate abstracts against the following criteria:
• Topic/issue/problem is relevant to the field of Spanish as heritage
language (SHL).
• Proposal is innovative and/or unique in its approach to SHL.
• Clearly stated goals, objectives, and intended outcomes of the
session.
• Mentions methodology, results, and implications for the field.
• Proposal is well organized and written in a clear, accurate style,
and includes references.

Acceptance notification: authors will be notified by February 1st,
2025.

Submissions open: Sept. 1, 2024 - Dec. 1, 2024

Abstract review period: Dec. 15, 2024 - Feb. 1, 2025

Submit to this conference here:
https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NSSHL/



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