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>From: Stephane Charitos <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:59:17 -0500
>Subject: Conference - April 30, 2011 "What Future for the Less Commonly Taught
>Languages?"
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THiS IS A PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. FULL PROGRAM TO FOLLOW SHORTLY.
The Language Resource Center of Columbia University together with the Columbia
Global Centers and the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning is organizing
a one day conference on the theme of "What Future for the Less Commonly Taught
Languages?" This conference is the first in a planned series of conferences exploring
topics germane to the teaching and learning of less commonly taught languages
the Center will host in the coming years.
The conference aims to bring together language teachers, educators, administrators
and other stakeholders to discuss, and share research, theory, and
best practices on the current state and future of the LCTL as well as initiate
a meaningful professional dialogue on this topic amongst those who are interested
in sustaining the teaching and learning of LCTL at US institutions.
Date: Saturday, April 30, 2011
Location: Dag Hammarskjolds Lounge, 15th Floor, School of International and Public
Affairs, Columbia University
PLENARY SPEAKER: Scott McGinnis, Academic Advisor and Associate Professor, Defense
Language Institute, Washington Office.
Speakers will include among others (full list to follow shortly):
Dan Davidson - Professor of Russian and Second Language Acquisition at Bryn Mawr
College
Maria Carreira - Professor of Spanish at California State University, Long Beach
Nancy Ruther - Associate Director, The MacMillan Center, Yale University
Alan Timberlake - Professor of Russian and Chair, Slavic Department, Columbia
University
Some of the topics that will be addressed by the speakers will include:
- How do we conjugate the national priority in LCTL with the overall neglect for
LCTL at many of our institutions?
- How do we address the systemic lack of funding for LCTL within our academic
institutions?
- What structures should we put in place in order to better develop and sustain
LCTL?
- What role do heritage learners and bilingual speakers play in reinforcing LCTL
programs?
- How can technology help us overcome some of the barriers that prohibit us from
achieving critical mass in some LCTL?
- Is the rise of some LCTL (Chinese, Arabic, etc) accomplished at the detriment
of other LCTL in terms of institutional support?
- Is the emergence of lingua franca among the LCTL synonymous with diminishing
support for other LCTL in the same geographic area?
- How can we better coordinate our efforts to promote the teaching and learning
of LCTL regionally as well as nationally?
All are welcome to attend. No registration required but please RSVP.
A full program will follow shortly with an RSVP link.
For more information, contact Stephane Charitos at [log in to unmask]
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Stephane Charitos, Director
Language Resource Center
353 IAB, MC 3380
Columbia University
NY, NY 10027
Tel: 212.854.6341
Fax: 212.854.9225
Email: [log in to unmask]
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