Fifth International Conference on Language Teacher Education
Dates
May 31 to June 2, 2007
Venue
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Theme
Bridging Contexts, Making Connections
Keynote speakers and speeches
*"Focus on the Language Learner" by professor Elaine Tarone, Department of Linguistics, University of Minnesota, US;
*"Social Semiotic Approaches to Developing Knowledge about Language" by professor Geoffrey Williams, Head of Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;
*"The future of foreign language educators: Are we on our way to becoming dodos?" by professor Timothy G. Reagan, Central Connecticut State University, US.
Topic Categories
*The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education;
*Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education;
*Collaborations in Language Teacher Education;
*Practices of Language Teacher Education.
Conference Sponsors
*Centre of Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA);
*University of Minnesota.
Background information
CARLA is one of the US Department of Education's Title VI National Language Resource Centres. Its role is to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively. The conference aims to bring together teacher educators from international contexts to discuss and share research, theory and the best practices in teacher education and development.
For more information, please go to www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/.
