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From https://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/linguistics/oxford_applied_linguistics/9780194217378?cc=us&selLanguage=en

The Multilingual Instructor: What foreign language teachers say about their experience and why it matters
By Claire Kramsch and Lihua Zhang

The authors use an ecological approach and a complexity thought model to examine the identities, experiences, and practices of foreign language teachers as native or non-native speakers, multilingual instructors, and professional educators. What is their sense of legitimacy? How do they bridge the historical and cultural gaps between them and their students? What stories do they share in the classroom? Which do they not share? How do they view their ethical responsibility?

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From http://press.georgetown.edu/book/languages/cien-a%C3%B1os-de-identidad

Cine años de identidad: Introducción a la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX
By Kelly Comfort
Published by Georgetown University Press

Cien años de identidad: Introducción a la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX [One Hundred Years of Identity: Introduction to Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature] is an advanced Spanish textbook and Latin American literature anthology, guiding students through the critical analysis of fourteen literary and filmic texts published between 1889 and 1995, including works from Jorge Luis Borges, Isabelle Allende, and Gabriel García Márquez that represent some of the seminal works of Latin America. The textbook is designed to introduce students to the richness of twentieth-century Latin American literature and culture, while building their skills in textual analysis through an examination of the theme of identity. The featured texts examine the complex and multifaceted topic of identity as the authors and protagonists struggle to understand themselves, determine their relationship to the world and others, and give meaning and significance to their existence. The textbook guides students step-by-step through critical analysis by presenting a range of tools and progressing from simple to more complex exercises and activities throughout the book. It is divided into four units based on various types of identity formation: (1) racial, ethnic, gender and class identity, (2) existential(ist) identity, (3) temporal and spatial identity, (4) political and sexual identity. Serving as both a Latin American literature anthology and an upper-level Spanish textbook, Cien años de identidad aims to hone reading and interpretive strategies, while also improving Spanish vocabulary and comprehension, oral and written communication, and cultural competency. 

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From http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781788921428

Teacher Leadership for Social Change in Bilingual and Bicultural Education
By Deborah K. Palmer
Published by Multilingual Matters

Leadership takes on a tone of urgency when we are struggling for justice. At the same time, the right to lead – the agency to embrace a leadership identity – can also feel more distant when we are marginalized by the dominant society. For bilingual education teachers working with immigrant communities, the development of critical consciousness, pride in the cultural and linguistic resources of the bilingual community, the vocabulary to name and face marginalization, and a strong professional network are fundamental to their development of professional identities as leaders and advocates. Based on the experiences of 53 Spanish-English bilingual teachers in Central Texas, this book aims to explore, define, and understand bilingual teacher leadership. It merges the themes of leadership, teacher preparation and bilingual education and is essential reading for bilingual or ESL teachers, teacher educators and researchers serving an increasingly transnational/translingual student body.

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From https://www.unr.edu/world-languages/language-events-and-activities/gasla-xv

The Department of World Languages and Literatures at the University of Nevada, Reno is pleased to announce the XV Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition conference (GASLA 15) to be held at the University of Nevada Reno on March 22-24th, 2019.

GASLA 15 provides a forum for discussion of recent, high quality research on second language acquisition, bilingual and multilingual acquisition, psycholinguistics and neurocognition. GASLA brings together researchers working on the nature, use and development of interlanguage in all contexts of bilingual and multilingual acquisition.

For the main session, the organizers invite abstract submissions for 20-minute oral presentations (followed by 10 minutes for discussion) or posters of original, unpublished work on any subfields of generative language acquisition, including L2 acquisition, bilingualism (simultaneous or sequential), multilingualism, heritage language acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, etc.

Abstract deadline: November 2, 2018

View the full call for papers at https://www.unr.edu/world-languages/language-events-and-activities/gasla-xv/call-for-papers

From http://www.scolt.org/index.php/conferences/current-conference

SCOLT 2019 will take place at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, March 21-23. The theme is "Leaving Lasting Footprints." Session proposals are now being accepted through September 1. There is also a program cover contest for language students; the deadline to submit is November 9.

For details about submitting proposals and also the cover contest, go to http://www.scolt.org/index.php/conferences/current-conference

From https://lcleconference.indiana.edu/

This international conference, to be held October 5-7, 2018, at the IU School of Education in Bloomington, Indiana, will be a local and global dialogue and exchange of ideas, research, and experiences.

Visit the conference website at https://lcleconference.indiana.edu/

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

The Classical Association of the Atlantic States
2018 Annual Meeting
October 4-6
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

For more information and registration, go to http://caas-cw.org/wp/category/2018-fall-meeting/

From http://kwla.org

Kentucky World Language Association 2018 Annual Fall Conference
“Connecting the Commonwealth: Proficiency to Practice”
September 21-22, 2018
Lexington

Register at http://kwla.org/conferences/