--- Forwarded Message from Merle Krueger <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:56:08 -0500 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Merle Krueger <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Conference on MLA Report: Foreign Languages and Higher Education The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce a conference to be held at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on April 4-5, 2008. Entitled "Reassessing the Foreign Language Curriculum in the Age of Globalization: Responses to the MLA Report on Foreign Languages and Higher Education", the conference will feature presentations by Scott McGinnis of the Defense Language Institute, Clara Yu of the Monterey Institute for International Studies, Hans Lauge Hansen of Aarhus University, Elizabeth Welles of the MLA, Damon Rarick of the University of Rhode Island, Roger Allen of the University of Pennsylvania, Rick Donato of the University of Pittsburgh, and Katherine Arens of the University of Texas. The keynote speaker on Friday evening will be the distinguished Chinese-American author and winner of the National Book Award, Ha Jin. For further information and to register online, see the Consortium website: http://www.languageconsortium.org -- Merle Krueger, Ph.D. Associate Director, Center for Language Studies; Executive Director, Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning Box 1982 195 Angell Street, Room 206 Brown University Providence, RI 02912 / USA T: 401.863.2589 Fax: 401.863.2551 http://www.brown.edu/Departments/CLS/ http://www.languageconsortium.org *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************