Seventh International Conference on Language Teacher Education

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Expanding Our Horizons:

Seventh International Conference on
Language Teacher Education

May 19–21, 2011
Radisson University Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
The mission of the conference is to address the education of teachers of all languages, at all instructional and institutional levels, and in all the many national and international contexts in which this takes place, including: English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) instruction; foreign/modern/world language teaching; bilingual education; immersion education; indigenous and minority language education; and the teaching of less commonly taught languages. The conference aims to bring together teacher educators from these many contexts to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and to initiate and sustain meaningful professional dialogue across languages, levels, and settings. The conference will focus on the following four broad themes:

· The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education;

· Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education;

· Collaborations in Language Teacher Education; and

· Processes of Language Teacher Education

Featured Plenary Presentations & Speakers

Educating the Future Foreign Language Professoriate in 2011 and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities

· Heather Willis Allen
Assistant Professor, University of Miami

· Beatrice Dupuy
Associate Professor, University of Arizona

When Language Teacher Educators, Language Policy Makers, and Politicians Meet: Lessons from the South

· Adriana González Moncada
Associate Professor, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

Identity and Agency in Language Teacher Education: Issues and Practices

· Brian Morgan
Associate Professor, York University, Canada

The Yin and Yang of Immersion Teacher Development

· Diane J. Tedick
Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

· Tara Williams Fortune
Immersion Projects Coordinator, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition

Sessions & Pre-conference Workshops

The conference program will include over 100 papers, symposia, and discussion sessions on language teacher education from a wide range of contexts and perspectives.

The program also includes an extensive line-up of morning and afternoon pre-conference workshops including:Program Evaluation for Language Instructors; A Long-Term Approach to Foreign Language TA Development; Language Immersion Education: Is it Really Any Different?; Preparing Teachers to Understand and Act Critically Upon Language Policies; Infusing Technology into Language Teacher Education; Professional Development for Teaching Adult Emergent Readers; Exploring New Directions in the Preparation of Beginning Foreign Language Teachers; Critical Multiliteracies: Engaging Identities in L2 Classrooms; Exploring Learner Language in Language Teacher Education; Preparing Leaders in the Arabic Language Teaching Community; Culture as the Core in Chinese Teacher Education; and Technology Options for Foreign Language Teachers.

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2011
More information: http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/lte2011/
To register: http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/LTE2011/registration.html