Call for Proposals: CLLC 2016: Reimagining International Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language, Learning, and Culture, March 25-26, 2016

Dear Educational Linguists,

 

The School of Education at Virginia International University invites your proposals for CLLC 2016: Reimagining International Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language, Learning, and Culture.

 

The conference will be held March 25-26, 2016 on VIU’s campus in Fairfax, Virginia – just outside of Washington, DC.

 

Submission deadline: January 25, 2016

Conference website: http://cllc.viu.edu

 

 

THEME

 

As emerging technologies and globalization conspire to make education more international, the theme of this year’s Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture -- Reimagining International Education -- seeks to explore how we, as internationally minded educators, might be able to shape the development of international education in productive and exciting ways.

 

CLLC 2016 will encourage conference participants to ask, among many other questions, how we can encourage multilingualism and multiliteracies; enhance the vitality of international student and educator networks; improve pedagogical practices to facilitate language learning, cultural awareness, and 21^st-century career readiness; demonstrate the value of inquiry-based learning across a variety of contexts; promote global citizenship and international development; foster inclusivity and cultural responsiveness; ensure fair and valid uses of gatekeeping exams with implications for global student mobility; support the development of teachers’ professional identities and feelings of empowerment; and bridge gaps between classrooms and communities worldwide.

 

Through the sharing of best practices and emerging trends in these areas and others, our goal is to facilitate a thought-provoking, perspective-widening, solutions-oriented dialogue on the future of international education that acknowledges and embraces the interactions between language, learning, and culture.

 

 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

 

Proposals for paper and poster presentations, practice-oriented sessions and workshops, colloquia, and panel discussions are invited in the following broad areas:

- Reimagining educational access and communities;

- Reimagining curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment; and

- Reimagining teacher education

 

For abstract submission guidelines and more details on each of these strands, please visit http://cllc.viu.edu/cfp.

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

Abstract submission deadline: January 25, 2016

Notification of acceptance: February 8, 2016

Early registration deadline: February 22, 2016

Regular registration deadline: March 20, 2016

Late registration: March 21-26, 2016

Conference: March 25-26, 2016

 

 

 

QUESTIONS? 

 

Questions about the conference can be directed to Kevin Martin, Associate Dean of the School of Education, at kevin@viu.edu. To volunteer, please contact Rebecca Sachs at rsachs@viu.edu. For more information on VIU’s School of Education, our programs, and the variety of events we host throughout the year, please visit our website at www.viu.edu/sed.

 

 

We welcome your participation in CLLC 2016! Please mark your calendars and make plans to attend!

 

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