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Call for Papers: International Symposium on African & Diasporic Languages, 10/06


and Education


Call for Posters

The Center for Multiple Languages and Literacies invites teachers and graduate students to submit abstracts for a poster session, which will be held as part of the 3 day International Symposium on African & Diasporic Languages and Education. This Symposium will bring together international scholars, educators, and policy-makers to share educational visions and design in language and literacy education associated with speakers of African languages, Creole languages and African American English (for more details, see Symposium website: http://www.tc.edu/ceoi/multiplelanguages.

Following the Symposium's theme of paradigms, practices and politics of language in education, poster presenters are invited to prepare material that demonstrates the link between research and teaching and/or language education policy. Teachers and graduate students may explore issues around language and education in Africa or the education of African immigrants to the Americas, examine these issues for Creole speakers, or address these questions for speakers of African American English. Alternatively, they may compare and contrast concerns across these language groups. Poster sessions might include but are not limited to 1) pedagogical posters from teachers about creative ways that they have integrated African, Creole and/or African American language into their classrooms or 2) posters that describe current innovative research on this topic.

By participating in the poster session, authors will have the opportunity to discuss their work with the internationally-known scholars who will attend the Symposium and interact with other teachers dealing with similar issues. The goal is to encourage a support network for circulating information on research, policy and practice.

To submit a poster for the poster session, please send the following information by September 15: Poster Title
Author Information:
Name:
Institution Affiliation:
Address:

Phone:
Fax:
Email:
Names of additional authors

A 250 - word Abstract

Send this information in a Word document to adle@tc.columbia.edu. Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged via email within 72 hours. Please write "POSTER SESSION" in the subject heading of your email.

There will be a dedicated poster session on Thursday October 5th from 5:05-6:30pm when poster presenters will be available for questions and discussion. Outside this poster session, posters will be on continuous display for the duration of the Symposium.

Those whose posters are accepted will be notified about further details regarding support and supplies for setting up posters as well as guidelines for display.

For further information on this poster presentation session, please contact Tavis Jules at tdj2101@tc.edu



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