Preparing Language Teachers for the 21st Century: Sixth International Conference on Language Teacher Education
Dates
May 28 — 30, 2009
Venue
The George Washington University, Washington, DC, US
Organizers
The National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC) and the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), US
Themes
* 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
Plenary speakers
* Simon Borg, senior lecturer in TESOL, University of Leeds, UK (Teacher Cognition and Communicative Language Teaching)
* Bill Johnston, associate professor of second language studies and comparative literature, Indiana University, US (The Moral Lives of Teacher Educators)
* Karen E. Johnson, professor of applied linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University, US (A Sociocultural Perspective on Language Teacher Education)
* Jack Richards, professor of applied linguistics, Regional Language Center, Singapore (Second Language Teacher Education in Times of Change)
Registration fees
* $260 (Before April 1)
* $285 (After April 1)
* Pre-Conference Workshops: $50 each (before April 1); $75 each (after April 1)
Pre-Conference Workshops
* Professional Development for Language Teachers: Strategies and Options
* A Reflective European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages
* Building Teacher Skills to Teach Listening
* Learning Advocacy: Teacher Education Practices and Teacher Knowledge
* Preparing Teachers to Explore Learner Language
* Understanding Assessment: Resources for Language Educators
* Assessing the Impact of Language Teacher Education
* Collaborative Teacher Development
* Developing teacher Expertise in Backward Design and Performance Assessment
* Models of on-Going Professional Development for Language Teachers
* Opening Up Teacher Educators’ Toolbox for L2 Learning Strategy Assessment
* Preparing Teachers to Articulate Content and Language in Language Instruction
