LINGUIST List 16.222
Mon Jan 24 2005
Confs: Applied Ling/Lang Acquisition/Washington DC, USA
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1. Heather
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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics
Message 1: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics
Date: 23-Jan-2005
From: Heather Weger-Guntharp <gurtgeorgetown.edu>
Subject: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics
Short Title: GURT 2005
Date: 10-Mar-2005 - 13-Mar-2005
Location: Washington DC, United States of America
Contact: Heidi Byrnes
Contact Email: gurtgeorgetown.edu
Meeting URL: http://www.georgetown.edu/events/gurt/2005
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language
Acquisition; Linguistic Theories; Sociolinguistics
Meeting Description:
We invite you to attend the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and
Linguistics (GURT) 2005 on the campus of Georgetown University from Thursday,
March 10, to Sunday, March 13, 2005.
The theme of the conference is: EDUCATING FOR ADVANCED FOREIGN LANGUAGE
CAPACITIES: CONSTRUCTS, CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, ASSESSMENT.
The full conference schedule is available online at
http://www.georgetown.edu/events/gurt/2005
where you can find full details on our plenary speakers (Langacker, Matthiessen,
Norris, Swain, and Wertsch), our invited symposia (chaired by Doughty, Lantolf,
Ortega, Stutterheim & Carroll, and Walker), our colloquia, and our
pre-conference workshops that will kick off the conference. Information on
registration, accommodations, and travel is also available.
The conference will focus on all aspects of instructed foreign language learning
to advanced levels, a topic that has begun to attract considerable attention of
late, not least because of an interest in sustaining the language of heritage
language speakers and in assuring high levels of language competence for
Americans working in a global environment.
Central strands for the conference are: (1) theories of language for learning
and teaching a foreign language to advanced levels, (2) curriculum construction
in support of advanced foreign language acquisition, (3) instructional
approaches that foster advanced-level foreign language capacities, from the
standpoint of learners and teachers, and (4) assessment of advanced foreign
language abilities, both within a programmatic environment and outside of it.
Please contact gurtgeorgetown.edu if you have any questions.
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