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The University of Oregon recognized Kim Larsen as one of seven 2017 Outstanding Employees on campus. Human Resources hosted an award reception on November 28 to acknowledge Kim and the other award recipients, who demonstrate excellence on the job, exemplify the university mission, foster admiration among colleagues, and model high performance standards.

Kim started as CASLS’ Office Specialist 2 in January 2016, providing support for CASLS’ projects and facilitating business and administrative functions. In this short amount of time, she has become a central figure within the center.

“We are fortunate to have Kim as part of our administrative team. She has made our center and the university as a whole a more effective and supportive place to learn and work,” says Associate Director Mandy Gettler.

Kim has taken on key processes in the center. From contributing to grant proposals to providing accountability through project management, Kim ensures that CASLS’ work remains high quality and completed on time. She proactively leads initiatives such as our new venture to become a certified green office.

In addition, Kim fosters a sense of community among CASLS and other departments within our research building. She organizes welcome events for new centers, and other departments seek her out to ask questions about available campus resources.

Congratulations to Kim for being selected as this year’s Outstanding Employee! 

From http://carla.umn.edu/immersion/briefs.html

Our sister LRC the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition has released a new brief, "Secondary Immersion Teaching and Learning: What Role do Classroom Materials Play?" In this brief, doctoral student Corinne Mathieu shares her research study findings on immersion teacher use of classroom materials in a seventh-grade social studies context. The study shows that materials and the type of thinking skills teachers engaged had an important impact on both the quantity and quality of student language production.

Access this and other briefs at http://carla.umn.edu/immersion/briefs.html

From https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/80065

Innovations in Languages for Specific Purposes: Present Challenges and Future Promises
By Magdalena Sowa and Jaroslaw Krajka
Published by Peter Lang

The papers collected in this book present diverse views and experiences on teaching English and French for specific and academic purposes. The scope of reflection covers a wide spectrum of cognitive areas of ESP and FOS, encompassing a multitude of training aspects and components (curricula, methods and techniques, materials and teaching aids) from the perspective of both LSP teachers and learners. A great range of topics related to work-specific language instruction addressed in the book displays the interdisciplinary nature of the research area, integrating aspects of linguistics, sociolinguistics, didactics and pedagogy.

Visit the publisher’s website at https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/80065

From https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/248360?format=G

Manuel des francophonies (Manual of the French-speaking World and French-speaking Communities)
Edited by Ursula Reutner
Published by de Gruyter

The French language is spoken and used in a number of different countries and regions worldwide. It thus finds itself in contact, and sometimes in competition, with numerous other languages which have taken influence on the various local varieties of French and continue to do so today. This handbook provides an overview of the different linguistic situations and constellations the French language has been part of, both in the past and today.

Visit the publisher’s website at https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/248360?format=G

From https://www.du.edu/cwlc/clac_2018/index.html

2018 Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) Conference
Providing Access: Inclusivity in Internationalization through CLAC
hosted by the University of Denver Center for World Languages & Cultures
Denver, Colorado
April 12-14, 2018

Cultures & Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) philosophies, approaches, and models provide flexible and meaningful ways to include and engage all students, staff, and faculty access to the internationalization of the curriculum. CLAC provides a platform through which access to knowledge, inclusivity, sustainability, community engagement, and internationalization may be addressed equitably through the engagement of languages and cultures across disciplines and co-curricular experiences.

The 2018 conference will focus on the following themes: addressing linguistic and cultural privilege, internationalization at home, CLAC and assessment, and professional development. 

Proposals are due January 16, 2018.

View the call for proposals at https://www.du.edu/cwlc/clac_2018/proposals

From https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/eurocall2018/call-for-papers

The 26th EUROCALL conference will be held at the University of Jyväskylä, in Finland, from 22nd -25th August 2018. 

The EuroCALL 2018 conference aims to explore the opportunities and challenges of language teaching and learning in technology-rich environments today and tomorrow. The theme of the conference "Future-proof CALL: Language Learning as Exploration and Encounters" opens up the floor for discussion ranging from theories to research topics in the field. What language teaching will look like in the future when the ever-increasing normalization of technologies transform the ways and environments in which languages are used in fundamental ways? What are the theoretical boundaries and practical habits we should cross and break to create sustainable futures for language teaching?

The organizers invite submissions that explore and discuss one or more of the following sub themes from the perspective of the teaching organization, teaching staff, students, researchers, environments and contexts. All sub themes are naturally located in the domains of language use, language learning and learning technologies.

Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2018

View the full call for papers at https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/eurocall2018/call-for-papers

From http://caas-cw.org/wp/category/2018-fall-meeting/

The Classical Association of the Atlantic States
Call for Papers: 2018 Annual Meeting, October 4-6, 2018
The Inn at Penn, Philadelphia, PA

The organizers invite individual and group proposals on all aspects of the classical world and classical reception, and on new strategies and resources for improved teaching. Especially welcome are presentations that aim at maximum audience participation and integrate the concerns of K-12 and college faculty, that consider ways of communicating about ancient Greece and Rome outside of our discipline and profession, and that reflect on the past and present of classical studies in Philadelphia and its environs. The organizers are hoping to include an undergraduate research session featuring presentations based on outstanding term papers, senior theses or other scholarly projects. 

The deadline for panels, workshops, and individual submissions is March 6, 2018. View the full call for papers at http://caas-cw.org/wp/category/2018-fall-meeting/

From https://www.swcolt.org/conference

Southwest Conference on Language Teaching 2018 Conference
February 23-24
Pre-conference workshops February 22
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Visit the conference website at https://www.swcolt.org/conference

From http://www.nabe-conference.com/index.html

NABE 2018 - Resisting Inequity: Language as Power and Right
Pre-Conference Institutes: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Conference: March 1st - 3rd, 2018
Albuquerque Convention Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Visit the conference website for full details and to register: http://www.nabe-conference.com/index.html