Revised Call for Proposals: "Cultural Diversity and Language Education" Conference (*change in conference and deadline dates*)

[National Foreign Language Resource Center]

The National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) and the Center for
Second Language Research (CSLR) at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa are
pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for their upcoming conference:

		"CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION"

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

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

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
* Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
* Glynda Hull, University of California, Berkeley
* A panel of local Hawaiian experts

			   ** CALL FOR PROPOSALS **
		      (extended deadline: April 15, 2004)

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 (extended) 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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