September 28, 2004
Voice and Vision in Language Teacher Education
The fourth International Conference on Language Teacher Education welcomes proposals for papers and symposia on all aspects of the education and professional development of language teachers.
June 2-4, 2005
Radisson-Metrodome Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Featured speakers at the conference will include:
- Marilyn Cochran-Smith (Boston College), keynote speaker
- Heidi Byrnes (Georgetown University)
- B. Kumaravadivelu (San Jose State University)
- Catherine Snow (Harvard University)
The mission of the conference is to address the education of teachers of all languages, at all instructional and institutional levels, and in all the 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. The conference aims to bring together teacher educators from these many contexts to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and to initiate and sustain meaningful professional dialogue across languages, levels, and settings.
The conference will focus on the following four broad themes:
- The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education;
- Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education;
- Collaborations in Language Teacher Education; and
- Processes of Language Teacher Education
Proposals are more likely to be accepted if they address one of these themes.
The deadline for submission of proposals for papers and symposia is November 30, 2004.
More information and on-line submission instructions can be found at: http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/LTE2005/call.html
Questions? Email the planning committee at: lteconf@umn.edu