Final Call for Proposals: "Cultural Diversity and Language Education" Conference (deadline - April 15)

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		       ** FINAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS **
                         (DEADLINE: April 15, 2004)


		"CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION"

		   Imin International Conference Center
		University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
		            SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2004

		   http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/

KEYNOTES:
* "Language, Literacy, and Culture: Making The Connection"
	- SONIA NIETO, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
* "Transforming Literacy"
	- GLYNDA A. HULL, University of California, Berkeley
* A panel of local Hawaiian experts

The conference will focus on theories, policies, and practices associated
with cultural and language diversity in educational contexts and will
provide a forum for examining a broad range of issues concerned with the
potential and challenges of education that builds on diversity.  The
primary strands for exploring diversity in language education at the
conference are:

- Foreign/Heritage Language Education
- Bilingual/Immersion Education
- English Language Education
- Language Education Planning and Policy
- Literacy Education

Proposals for presentations related to theory, research, practice, and
policy in these strand areas are welcome and can be submitted online.


** PRESENTATION CATEGORIES **

- Individual papers:  20 minutes for presentation; 10 minutes for
		      discussion

- Colloquia:  3 & 1/2 hours - first 3 colloquia papers (20 minutes for
	      presentation and 10 minutes for discussion each); 30-minute
	      break; final 3 colloquia papers (20 minutes for
	      presentation and 10 minutes for discussion each)

- Workshops: 3 & 1/2 hours - 3 hour workshop with a 30-minute break in the
	     middle


** ONLINE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION **

To submit a proposal online, visit http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/

The deadline for proposal submission is APRIL 15, 2004.

Abstracts for all proposals are submitted for blind peer review.


Need more information?  Visit our website at:
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/CDALE/


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