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Changes and Challenges in Language Teacher Education:
Ninth International Conference on Language Teacher Education
May 14–16, 2015
The Commons Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Featured Plenary Speakers
 Stories of Linguistic and Cultural Resilience: What Heritage Language and ESL Teachers Need to Know
 Maria Carreira, Professor, California State University, Long Beach
 Sharing the Destination: The Role of Assessment in Student and Teacher Development
 Fernando Rubio, Associate Professor, University of Utah
 Mediating the Learning of Teachers of Languages: Towards an Interpretive, Reflective Orientation
 Angela Scarino, Associate Professor, University of South Australia
 Living Critical Sociocultural Theory in Classroom Practice
 Annela Teemant, Associate Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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.

Conference themes:
 The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education
 Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education
 Collaborations in Language Teacher Education
 Processes of Language Teacher Education

General conference information: www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/LTE2015/

Registration information: www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/LTE2015/registration
Early bird rates are good through April 1.

Questions? Email carla@umn.edu