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Strategies for Building a Successful Polish Language Program

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Professional Development Workshop for Instructors of Polish
May 2, 2015
The Polish Language Program of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Organized in collaboration with the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES) and the Chicago Language Center (CLC) at the University of Chicago, this workshop seeks to bring together instructors of Polish at the high school and secondary education levels to discuss the specific challenges facing Polish language classrooms in the context of technological development, student recruitment, and content-based instruction. The workshop will provide opportunities for collaboration and the exchange of ideas as well as strategies for strengthening Polish language programs.

Registration is free and all meals provided with generous support of CEERES and the CLC. THIS WORKSHOP IS CPDU ELIGIBLE.

CALL FOR PRESENTATION PROPOSALS
We invite presentations on these topics:
- Integration of technology and multimedia
- Content-based instruction at all levels
- Strategies for recruitment

Presentations should be limited to 20 minutes.

We invite all attendees to apply to present at the workshop, however, presenting is not required to participate in the workshop.

Send the following information to Kinga Kosmala (kkmaciej@uchicago.edu) or Erik Houle (erhoule@uchicago.edu) by March 29, 2015:
- a presentation abstract of 50-75 words
- a short biographical sketch (100 words) including a brief description of your research and teaching interests

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/strategies-for-building-a-successful-polish-language-program-tickets-15678798709?aff=eivtefrnd

Kosmala, K. [SEELANGS] Strategies for Building a Successful Polish Language Program. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 8 Feb 2015).