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| Title | Call for Papers: Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum |
| Body | Frankly Speaking: Challenges in Integrating Languages and Cultures into a Post-Secondary Curriculum October 15-17, 2008 FedEx Global Education Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Fall 2008 conference on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) provides an opportunity for faculty, graduate instructors, and administrators to share expertise in building and managing post-secondary CLAC programs. A special focus this year will be on the implications of the May 2007 MLA Foreign Language Report (http://www.mla.org/flreport ) on CLAC initiatives nationwide. *PROPOSAL GUIDELINES* Proposals for 30-minute papers or 90-minute panels on any issue relating to CLAC are welcome, although the following topics are of particular interest: * Institutional, professional, and practical obstacles to CLAC * CLAC: in competition or collaboration with foreign language departments? * Innovative interdepartmental or interinstitutional links * CLAC models for less commonly taught languages or heritage languages * Preparing graduate students and faculty to implement CLAC * The role of Title VI Centers and other funding agencies * CLAC evaluation and assessment * Sample teaching materials: syllabi, classroom activities, lesson plans * The use of technology in CLAC * The implications of national foreign language standards on CLAC * Languages for special purposes/professional use/service learning To submit a proposal, please email a submission form (available on the web at http://www.unc.edu/clac ) and a one-page abstract (max. 350 words) to clac2008@unc.edu by *May 15, 2008*. Selected papers will be published on the CLAC conference website. Submission of a proposal constitutes agreement to online publication. This in no way limits the author's rights to publish the paper elsewhere. For additional information, please visit the conference website at http://www.unc.edu/clac . Kinsella, T. Call For Papers: Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum 2008. CALICO Discussion List (CALICO-L@mail.MODLANG.TXSTATE.EDU, 12 Feb 2008). |
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