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From: Scott_G_McGINNIS@umail.umd.edu (sm167)

CALL FOR PAPERS - EXTENDED DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2004
Pathways to Bilingualism:
Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education
October 21-23, 2004
Radisson-Metrodome Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Featured Speakers: Fred Genesee, Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Roy
Lyster, Myriam Met, Merrill Swain

The Immersion Projects at the Center for Advanced Research on
Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota and
conference planning committee members are seeking
proposals for papers, discussion sessions, and symposia
on all aspects of immersion education for Pathways to
Bilingualism. This second international conference on
immersion education will be held October 21 -23, 2004 at the
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

In addition to basic, applied and evaluation research, conference
organizers welcome a range of practitioner perspectives
including immersion teachers, administrators, curriculum
coordinators, and specialists who work in immersion programs.
Papers, discussion sessions, and symposia may report on
data-based research, theoretical and conceptual analyses, or
best practices in language immersion education.

This conference on immersion education aims to bring together
immersion teachers, researchers, and other professionals to
initiate and sustain meaningful dialogue across languages,
levels, program models and sociopolitical contexts. Targeted
K-16 contexts include: foreign language immersion in the more
commonly taught and less commonly taught languages,
dual language immersion, and immersion for linguistic and
cultural revitalization involving heritage and indigenous
populations. Each of these educational programs embraces the
concept of additive bilingualism- the acquisition of a second
language while continuing to develop the first. The conference
will focus on four broad themes: Program Design and
Development, Assessment and Program Evaluation, Immersion
Pedagogy and Language Development, and Policy and
Advocacy.

The extended deadline for submission of proposals for papers
and symposia is March 1, 2004. The online submission form is
available on the CARLA website at:
http://carla.acad.umn.edu/conferences/immersion/papers.html

For further information, email the conference planning
committee at:
immconf@umn.edu
SourceThe Immersion Projects at the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota
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