2008 Conference on Community Languages and English for Speakers of Other Languages (CLESOL 2008)
Dates
October 2 — 5, 2008
Venue
King’s College, Auckland, New Zealand
Theme
Language and Identity: building communities of learning
Organizer
TESOLANZ (Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages Aotearoa New Zealand) and CLANZ (Community Languages Association of New Zealand)
Keynote speakers
* Michael McCarthy, emeritus professor of applied linguistics, University of Nottingham, UK; adjunct professor of applied linguistics, Pennsylvania State University, US; adjunct professor of applied linguistics, University of Limerick, Ireland
* Paul Nation, professor of applied linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
* Bonny Norton, professor, Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Canada; honorary professor of applied English language studies, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
* Melani Anae, senior lecturer in Pacific Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand
* Simon Borg, reader in TESOL, School of Education, University of Leeds, UK
* Jeremy Harmer, faculty member for MA (Master of Arts) TESOL, The New School, US
* Rosemary Senior, author of The Experience of Language Teaching (Cambridge University Press)
Pre conference workshops
* How to study language teacher cognition
* Being better teachers
* Spoken and written grammars: why we need both
* Critical practices in the assessment of writing
* Developing principled strategies for addressing interpersonal and intercultural tensions in multiracial classrooms
