Changes and Challenges in Language Teacher Education: Ninth International Conference on Language Teacher Education May 14–16, 2015 The Commons Hotel Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

• Please Post/Distribute • Early Bird Deadline is April 1st! Changes and Challenges in Language Teacher Education: Ninth International Conference on Language Teacher Education May 14–16, 2015 The Commons Hotel Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA The mission of the conference is to address the education of teachers of all languages, at all instructional and institutional levels, and in all the many national and international contexts in which this takes place, including: English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) instruction; foreign/modern/world language teaching; bilingual education; immersion education; indigenous and minority language education; and the teaching of less commonly taught languages. The conference aims to bring together teacher educators from these many contexts to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and to initiate and sustain meaningful professional dialogue across languages, levels, and settings. Conference Themes: The Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language Teacher Education Collaborations in Language Teacher Education Processes of Language Teacher Education Featured Plenary Presentations & Speakers Stories of Linguistic and Cultural Resilience: What Heritage Language and ESL Teachers Need to Know Maria Carreira, Professor, California State University, Long Beach Sharing the Destination: The Role of Assessment in Student and Teacher Development Fernando Rubio, Associate Professor, University of Utah Mediating the Learning of Teachers of Languages: Towards an Interpretive, Reflective Orientation Angela Scarino, Associate Professor, University of South Australia Living Critical Sociocultural Theory in Classroom Practice Annela Teemant, Associate Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis More Information  General conference information: www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/LTE2015/ Registration information: www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/LTE2015/registration.html EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  APRIL 1, 2015 Questions? Email carla@umn.edu This conference is sponsored by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota with partial funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI Language Resource Center program. The conference is organized in partnership with the National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA. The conference has also received generous support from many units at the University of Minnesota. Like us on Facebook to be the first to hear the news about CARLA activities and news about language teaching and learning!   This email was sent by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota, 331 17th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55414 ©2015 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. To stop email communication from CARLA, please e-mail the Center at carla@umn.edu.