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TitleCall for Papers: Filipino as a Global Language
Bodyi at Manoa
March 17-19, 2008

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The conference will be an avenue for bringing together scholars, writers, language teachers, researchers and other practitioners from around the world to discuss issues pertaining the role of Filipino as a global language. Participants can be teachers, researchers, program administrators/coordinators and other practitioners who are directly involved in the promotion and nurturing of the Filipino language, literature and culture. This first conference is geared towards establishing a tradition of scholarly meetings of this kind among practitioners in the field of Filipino language, literature and culture studies.

Topic: Papers will need to directly focus on one or more of the following:
-Curriculum Development, Needs Analysis and Syllabus Design
-Program Development, Administration and Coordination
-Translation, Interpretation and Dubbing
-Teacher Training and Professional Development
-Language and Politics
-Heritage Language Learners: Needs Assessment and Curriculum Development
-Materials Development
-Research Funding and Grant Sourcing
-Teaching Culture
-Filipino Linguistics: An Overview and Directions
-Language Teaching Approaches
-Service Learning, Community Sourcing, Student Organizations
-Articulation, Assessment and Implementation of Standards
-Language Teacher Certification
-Program Evaluation Methods and Practices
-Teaching Literature
-Filipino in the Media and Diplomacy
-Poster Sessions will be on Filipino Programs Outside the Philippines

DEADLINE: August 6, 2007

For details, visit http://www.hawaii.edu/filipino/intlconf2008 .

SourceUniversity of Hawaii
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