Call for NCOLCTL Proposals - Deadline Extension

[Doug Cooper]

[forward from NCOLCTL, http://www.councilnet.org ]

Due to overwhelming requests from our membership, deadline extended
*********************** Final Deadline: November 14, 2008 *********************
Call for Proposals
National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Twelfth International Conference, Madison, Wisconsin
April 23-26 2009

Theme: Towards a New Paradigm in the LCTLs

The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught 
Languages (NCOLCTL) is scheduled for April 23-26, 2009, in Madison, WI (with a 
pre-conference workshop scheduled for Thursday, April 23rd). Proposals are 
solicited for individual papers, colloquia, and poster sessions. Proposals 
should fall broadly within the conference theme, "Towards a New Paradigm in 
the LCTLs." Presentations may address new paradigms in language pedagogy – 
such as curriculum, methodology, and material development, or new paradigms in 
advocacy and administration – such as bilingual education, heritage language 
learners, autonomous and self-instructional settings, teacher training, 
professionalization, and program development,  These paradigms will 
undoubtedly overlap and successful proposals will reflect the interrelatedness 
of pedagogy and program administration in the future of LCTLs.  Although 
proposed presentations may focus on individual languages, they should address 
issues that clearly relate to more than just that one language.

Individual papers are to be 20 minutes long. A paper should focus clearly on 
issues related to the main conference theme. Papers may be based on research 
or practical experience. Colloquia are to be 90 minutes long. A colloquium 
proposal should specify three or more presenters who will address the 
conference theme. Preference will be given to colloquia that cut across 
different languages or language groups. Poster sessions may focus on completed 
work or work in progress related to the teaching and/or learning of less 
commonly taught languages. They may be in either the traditional poster 
format, such as presentation of materials or of research completed or in 
progress, or demonstrations of instructional or information technology.

Proposals may ONLY be submitted in electronic format using the attached 
NCOLCTL Session Proposal Submission Form. This form is also available at the 
NCOLCTL website (http://www.councilnet.org/conf/conf2009/prpsl.htm). The 
Proposal Submission form is a "fillable" PDF file that can be completed with 
Adobe® Acrobat® or Reader® and then submitted to NCOLCTL via e-mail. This is 
the only format in which Proposals may be submitted. The form contains 
detailed instructions for its use, but please contact the NCOLCTL Secretariat 
(ncolctl at mailplus.wisc.edu) with any questions. For a proposal to be 
considered, all fields of the form, including, title, abstract, proposal, type 
of session, technology needs and contact information must be completed in 
full. Incomplete proposals may be disqualified.

The extended deadline for receipt of proposals is Friday, November 14, 2008. 
Applicants will be notified by the Program Committee by Monday, Jan uary 5th, 
2009 whether or not their proposal has been accepted. At least one presenter 
from an accepted presentation will be required to pre-register. Details about 
pre-registration will be provided in the acceptance notification.

If you have any questions regarding Proposal submission, please contact the 
NCOLCTL Secretariat at:

ncolctl at mailplus.wisc.edu

NCOLCTL
4231 Humanities Building
455 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706


Tel: 608-265-7902; FAX 608 265 7904

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