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Society, Identity, and Transformation in Language Teacher Education:

11th International Language Teacher Education Conference

 

May 30–June 1, 2019

The Graduate Hotel

Minneapolis, MN

 

Invited Speakers

 Cori Crane, Duke University

 Shifting Perspectives in Language Teacher Education: Transformative Learning Theory for L2 Learning and Teaching

 Richard Donato, University of Pittsburgh

 History-in-Person and Teacher Development: Bringing the Past into the Present

 Maggie Kubanyiova, University of Leeds

 The Promise of 'Disturbing Encounter' as Meaningful Language Teacher Education

 Suhanthie Motha, University of Washington

 Race and Empire in Language Teacher Education

 

The mission of this unique biennial 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; heritage 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 Practices of Language Teacher Education.

 

Pre-Conference Workshop Options

 

 Morning Workshops

• Developing Language Teachers to Work for Social Justice

• Differentiated Language Teacher Education: Supporting Novice and Experienced Teachers

• Learning to Respond to Students' Identities in the Language Classrooms

• The English Learners in the Mainstream (ELM) Approach: Expanding the Reach of ESL Teachers through Teacher Leadership

 

 Afternoon Workshops

• Alignment or Incongruities? The Role of the edTPA in Language Teacher Preparation

• Language Teacher Education 2.0: Designing and Implementing Online Learning

• Preparing Teachers to Advocate for Language Programs

• Providing Language Support for Dual Language Teachers

• Speaking Assessment: Preparing Educators for Effective Classroom Practices

 

Early Bird Registration Deadline: April 1 

 

More Information

 Conference schedule: https://carla.umn.edu/conferences/lte2019/schedule.html

 Registration information: https://carla.umn.edu/conferences/lte2019/registration.html

 General information: https://carla.umn.edu/conferences/lte2019/index.html