Call for Papers: LCTLs in the Working World, Virginia, 05/000

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages Third Annual Conference
Washington, D.C.
May 6-8, 2000

Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) in the Working World: Needs & Responses The Third Annual Conference of the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) will be held May 6-8, 2000 at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn Westpark Hotel in Rosslyn, Virginia.

Proposals for solicited for individual papers, roundtable panels and poster sessions. The formats are described below. Each proposed presentation should address one or more of the four Conference themes: Identifying learner needs, including testing, needs analysis, etc. Programmatic responses to learner needs, including curriculum design, materials development, internship programs, teacher training, and program innovation, including immersion and study abroad programs Using educational technology for the LCTLs, including both design of materials and the innovative use of existing media Research into the learning and/or teaching of less commonly taught languages, including the application of other research models.

Individual papers are 20 minutes long. A paper should focus clearly on one or more issues related to the real world needs for language expertise in the less commonly taught languages. Papers may be based on research or practical experience. Roundtable panels are 90 minutes. A roundtable proposal should specify three or more presenters who will address one of the conference themes. Preference will be given to panels that cut across different languages or language groups. Poster sessions will be scheduled on the second day of the conference. Such sessions may focus on completed work or work in progress related to the teaching and/or learning of less commonly taught languages.

Proposals should indicate the relevant Conference theme and kind of presentation (paper, panel or poster session) in the upper left-hand corner, and the name of the presenter and the presenter's primary language(s) in the upper right-hand corner. The proposed title should not exceed ten words. Proposals may not exceed one pate in length.

All proposals for the NCOLCTL Conference should be sent to the following address by hard copy or email:

Frederick H. Jackson
NCOLCTL Conference Program Chair
School of Language Studies
Foreign Service Institute
4000 Arlington Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22207
Email: jacksonfh@state.gov

The final deadline for receipt of proposals is November 1, 1999. The Program Committee will notify those who submitted proposals by December 15 whether their proposal has been accepted.

Questions regarding the conference may be directed to either Dr. Jackson or:

Scott McGinnis
National Foreign Language Center
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, #400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone 202-667-8100 X15
Fax 202-667-6907
Email smcginnis@nflc.org