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Upcoming Conferences & Workshops
Immersion Education: Pathways
to Bilingualism and Beyond
October 16-18, 2008
Crowne Plaza Hotel - St Paul Riverfront
St Paul, Minnesota
Language immersion education has emerged as a uniquely constituted, highly effective program model for launching students on the road to bilingualism, multilingualism and intercultural competence. School-based immersion programs follow a variety of paths, including one-way foreign language immersion, two-way bilingual immersion, and indigenous immersion for language and culture revitalization. While each pathway targets distinct socio-cultural contexts and educational needs, all are grounded in a set of core characteristics with a strong focus on subject matter learning as well as language development. (Conference organizers further define immersion program models based on the literature.)
Under the leadership of two national centers in the
U.S., CARLA at the University of Minnesota and CAL (Center for
Applied
Linguistics)
this conference brings these immersion pathways together to engage
in meaningful dialogue and professional exchange across languages,
levels, learner audiences, program models and sociopolitical contexts.
Featured Plenary Speakers
Fred Genesee, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Philip Hoare, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Kauanoe Kamanā and Bill "Pila" Wilson, University of Hawai'i at Hilo
Roy Lyster, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Myriam Met, National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland
The Call for Proposals deadline has now passed. "Thank you" to all who have submitted proposals!
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