--- Forwarded Message from Margo Glew <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 12:19:00 -0500 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Margo Glew <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Dear Colleagues, I am writing to share with you some information about one of the features of the upcoming conference, "Distance Learning of the Less Commonly Taught Languages" (URL: www.langinnovate.msu.edu ). One of the pre-conference activities is to have web discussions with the plenary speakers about the topics of their speeches. (URL: http://langinnovate.msu.edu/commpapers.html ). We will be hearing from language acquisition, teaching, and policy experts who are presenting on various interesting topics relating to distance learning (see list below). You do not have to be registered for the conference in order to participate in the bulletin board discussions. You can read the paper drafts (some are in, some will be posted shortly) and then go to the bulletin board to post your questions, comments, thoughts, etc. Please stop by and share your thoughts and questions for the presenters and for your fellow colleagues! Bulletin board URL: http://langinnovate.msu.edu/commpapers.html Conference page URL: www.langinnovate.msu.edu Paper topics: "Educational climate for LCTL instruction" Richard Brecht: National Foreign Language Center "Computer assisted language learning and distance learning" Carol Chapelle: Iowa State University and Joan Jamieson: Northern Arizona University "Assessment of learners in a distance learning language course" Andrew Cohen, University of Minnesota "Optimal psycholinguistic environments for distance foreign language learning" Catherine Doughty and Michael Long: University of Hawaii at Manoa "Distance learning" Elizabeth Hoffman: Nebraska Department of Education Margo Glew, Ph.D Coordinator, Less Commonly Taught Languages Program Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages A614 Wells Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 phone: 517-432-1324 fax: 517-432-2736