--- Forwarded Message from 15.5 --- From: Stephane_Charitos <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:29:06 -0400 Subject: Conference April 30, 3011 - "What Future for the Less Commonly Taught Languages?" To: [log in to unmask] CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT - No registration required but please RSVP online at www.lrc.columbia.edu/conference. 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: Kellogg Center, 15th Floor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University PLENARY SPEAKER: Scott McGinnis, Academic Advisor and Professor, Defense Language Institute, Washington Office. "Lessons Large and Small: Six Models for Field Development in the LCTLs" The following speakers will present (full program available online): Dan Davidson - Professor of Russian and Second Language Acquisition at Bryn Mawr College "Globalization in U.S. Education: the Case of the Less Commonly Taught Languages in Schools and Universities" Maria Carreira - Professor of Spanish at California State University, Long Beach Preserving the Less Commonly Taught Languages: One size does not fit all" Nancy Ruther - Associate Director, The MacMillan Center, Yale University Strategic Interests and Interesting Strategies: T6 and campus language programs" Alan Timberlake - Professor of Russian and Chair, Slavic Department, Columbia University "Globalism and..." Jean Francois - Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, York College-CUNY TBA Taoufik Ben-Amor, Senior Lecturer in Arabic Studies, Columbia University TBA CLOSING REMARKS Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Director of the Center for Language Study, Yale 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 online at www.lrc.columbia.edu/conference. For more information, contact Stephane Charitos at [log in to unmask] Please feel free to cross-list on other listservs *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technology (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. 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