Upcoming Conferences & Workshops

Preparing Language Teachers for the 21st Century:
Sixth International Language Teacher Educator Conference

May 28 - 30, 2009
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.

Proposal Deadline Extended to December 31, 2008

Designed for practitioners and researchers involved in the preparation and ongoing professional development of language teachers, LTE 2009 will address the education of teachers of all languages, at all instructional and institutional levels, and in many national and international contexts in which this takes place including: English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) instruction; foreign/modern/world language teaching; bilingual education; immersion education; indigenous and minority language education; and the teaching of less commonly taught languages.

Conference Themes

Theme I: The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education

Theme II: Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education

Theme lll: Collaborations in Language Teacher Education

Theme IV: Practices in Language Teacher Education

Plenary Speakers

• Second Language Teacher Education in Times of Change

Jack Richards, The Regional Language Centre

• Teacher Cognition and Communicative Language Teaching

Simon Borg, University of Leeds

• The Moral Lives of Teacher Educators

  Bill Johnston, Indiana University

• A Sociocultural Perspective on Language Teacher Education

Karen Johnson, Pennsylvania State University

Types of Sessions

Symposia (2 hours):
Paper Sessions (25-minute papers)
Discussion Sessions (55 minutes)
Poster Sessions (60 Minutes)

Session Proposals Due December 31, 2008

For more information and to submit a proposal, see: http://nclrc.org/lte2009

Questions? Contact: LTE@nclrc.org

Sponsored by
The National Capital Language Resource Center

Georgetown University
The George Washington University
The Center for Applied Linguistics

Cosponsored by

The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota

Immersion Education: Pathways to Bilingualism and Beyond

The conference is now over, but we are collecting handouts and powerpoint slides from whomever will share them - so we can share them with you! You will also find a video of the Fred Genesee plenary on the website!

Please visit the conference website for the conference "after-glow"!