LINGUIST List 21.3258 Thu Aug 12 2010 Confs: Applied Ling, Socioling/USA Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Netta Avineri, Linguistic Diversity in American Classrooms Message 1: Linguistic Diversity in American Classrooms Date: 11-Aug-2010 From: Netta Avineri <navinerigmail.com> Subject: Linguistic Diversity in American Classrooms E-mail this message to a friend Linguistic Diversity in American Classrooms Date: 14-Aug-2010 - 15-Aug-2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Contact: Netta Avineri Contact Email: uclalingdiversityconferencegmail.com Meeting URL: http://sites.google.com/site/uclalinguisticdiversconf2010/ Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: 'Linguistic Diversity in American Classrooms: Perspectives on Grammar, Accent, and Fluency' is a public conference to be held at UCLA August 14-15, 2010 to engage all members of the community in open and meaningful discussion. This event was conceived partly in response to publicized reports alleging that the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) was instructing school districts to remove teachers who speak with 'heavily accented' English from ESL classrooms out of concern that these teachers model incorrect language for new learners. As a recognized authority in questions of Teaching English as a Second Language, the UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics is holding this public conference to initiate collegial, well-informed, and balanced dialogue on the ADE's alleged policies, as well as on broader issues in language as they relate to accent, grammaticality, fluency, and intelligibility. The conference will present the most up-to-date scientific research on language learning and teaching, linguistic identity and interaction within public and institutional settings, bringing together scholars, students, legal analysts, media, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and the Arizona Department of Education for this dialogue. The presentations by various scholars will be accessible to non-specialists and supplemented with testimonials and stories of firsthand experiences from other members of the community who will speak on the topic of linguistic diversity as it relates to personal and professional experiences. The ultimate goal of the UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics in holding this public conference is to promote civic engagement in our community and to incorporate diverse and meaningful academic, administrative, professional, and personal voices and perspectives into scholarly conversations. We welcome you to participate in the conference and join us in this effort to hold a respectful and meaningful dialogue about an issue relevant to us all, in which scholars will work together with other professionals, policymakers, and the greater community toward mutual understanding and positive change. We look forward to meeting and collaborating with you. Saturday, August 14, 2010 All events are held in the Grand Salon in Kerckhoff Hall at UCLA 9:00 - 9:05 Welcome Olga Yokoyama (Chair, UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics) 9:05 - 9:30 Opening Remarks: Claudia Mitchell-Kernan (UCLA Vice Chancellor of Graduate Studies, Dean of Graduate Division) 9:30 - 10:10 Conference Vice-Chairs Panel Discussion: Obianuju Anya, Netta Avineri, Laurenn Mason Carris, and Valeria Valencia (UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics) 10:10 - 10:40 H. Samy Alim (Stanford University): Para cuando Lleguemos a Arizona: Mobilizing Against Accent Discrimination 10:40 - 11:30 Curriculum and Policy Panel 1: Perspectives from Arizona: Mary McGroarty (Northern Arizona University), Martha Sheffield (Metro Tech High School in Phoenix, Arizona), Karisa Peer and Karla Pérez (UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies), Martha Sheffield (Metro Tech High School in Phoenix, Arizona) 11:30 - 12:30 Curriculum and Policy Panel 2: Perspectives from California: Ramón Martínez (University of Texas at Austin), Elizabeth Mason (Imperial County Office of Education), Gisela O'Brien (LAUSD), Alison Pickering (LAUSD), Marilú Pigliapoco (LAUSD), Ann Snow (California State University, Los Angeles) 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 2:45 Keynote Address: John Baugh (Washington University in St. Louis): Experimental Studies of Voice Discrimination against Latinas in the United States: Linguistic Profiling and Discrimination based on Speech 2:45 - 3:15 Noma LeMoine (LeMoine & Associates Educational Consulting and formerly, LAUSD): The Deficit Perspective: Negative Beliefs, Perceptions and Attitudes toward Language Variation and Its Impact on Learning and Instruction 3:15 - 3:45 Concepción Valadéz (UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies): Language Fluency and Effective Teaching: Lessons from Teacher Preparation and Professional Development Programs 3:45 - 4:00 Coffee Break 4:00 - 4:30 Media Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity Gustavo Arellano (OC Weekly), Eduardo Yáñez (Actor) 4:30 - 5:00 Jonathan Rosa (New York University): Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race: Making Latin Identities and Managing Ethnolinguistic Anxieties 5:00 - 5:30 Remarks and Discussion: Mary McGroarty (Northern Arizona University) Saturday, August 15, 2010 9:00 - 9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Olga Yokoyama (Chair, UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics) 9:30 - 10:00 Marjorie Faulstich Orellana (UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies): Valuing the Linguistic Virtuosity of Immigrant Youth: Why Versatility and Flexibility Matter 10:00 - 10:30 Adrienne Lo (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign): Racialization and Ideologies of ''Accent'': Linguistic Marginalization and the Boundaries of American Citizenship 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break 10:45 - 11:15 Stephanie Lindemann (Georgia State University): Who's ''Unintelligible''?: The Perceiver's Role 11:15 - 12:00 Panel Discussion: Assessing and Addressing English Proficiency: Netta Avineri (UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics), Bahiyyih Hardacre (UCLA Test of Oral Proficiency Coordinator), Zsuzsa Londe (University of Southern California International Teaching Assistant Testing Coordinator),Mostafa Majidpour (UCLA Department of Electrical Engineering), Lauren Mason Carris (UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics), Youngsoon So (UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics) 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch 1:30 - 2:00 Mayumi Ajioka (UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics): Grammar, Pronunciation, or Something Else?: Native Japanese Speakers' Judgments of ''Native-like'' Speech 2:00 - 2:30 Dora Pellicer (Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México DF): Is it Wrong or just Different?: Indigenous Spanish in Mexico 2:30 - 3:00 Jennifer Gully (Pomona College): Language and Citizenship: The Perspective from Germany 3:00 - 3:15 Coffee Break 3:15 - 4:00 Keynote Address: Bonny Norton (University of British Columbia): Identity and the Ownership of English Internationally 4:00 - 4:45 Panel Discussion: Social Issues in Applied Linguistics: Obianuju Anya, Netta Avineri, Lauren Mason Carris, Afaf Nash, Valeria Valencia (UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics) 4:45 - 5:00 Remarks and Discussion: Timothy Stowell (UCLA Dean of Humanities) 5:00 - 5:30 Closing Remarks: Olga Yokoyama (Chair, UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 12-Aug-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.