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| Title | Call for Proposals: African Language Pedagogy & Media |
| Body | From http://lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/alta/call2007.htm African Language Teachers Association 11th Annual ALTA Conference (jointly held with the 38th ACAL conference - but with a different theme) March 22-25, 2007 - University of Florida-Gainsville African Language Pedagogy & Media "Striving for a successful learning experience" Call for Proposals With particular focus on African language pedagogy, the 11th annual meeting of the African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) will address the development of African language media and its potentials to enhance the learning and teaching of African languages in terms of theoretical and practical perspectives. Abstracts (of not more than 250 words) are invited addressing theoretical and/or practical issues pertaining to - the nature of the information conveyed by the media, - the channels of information, - the phases in the process of learning, teaching and testing (e.g. used for presentation, repetition, testing, etc?) - the didactic functions (e.g. used to motivate learners, convey information, stimulate real life communicative situations, etc?), - the degree of availability, accessibility and adaptability, - the possibilities for supporting, supplementing, or replacing the teacher, - curriculum and materials development, etc. Other traditional topics in phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics and pragmatics as they relate to second language acquisition and particularly to African language pedagogy are also very welcome. Abstracts should be submitted electronically through the Conference Website no later than December 1, 2006. For more information, visit http://lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/alta/call2007.htm . |
| Source | National African Language Resource Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Inputdate | 2006-10-11 13:50:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2006-10-11 13:50:00 |
| Expdate | 2006-12-02 00:00:00 |
| Publishdate | 2006-10-16 00:00:00 |
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