Recent/Upcoming Conferences

National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages Third Annual Conference

The Third Annual Conference of the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) will be held May 6-8, 2000 at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn Westpark Hotel in Rosslyn, Virginia.

Proposals are solicited for individual papers, roundtable panels and poster sessions. The formats are described below. Each proposed presentation should address one or more of the four Conference themes:

--Identifying learner needs, including testing, needs analysis, etc.

--Programmatic responses to learner needs, including curriculum design, materials development, internship programs, teacher training, and program innovation, including immersion and study abroad programs

--Using educational technology for the LCTLs, including both design of materials and the innovative use of existing media

--Research into the learning and/or teaching of less commonly taught languages, including the application of other research models.

(A) Individual papers are 20 minutes long. A paper should focus clearly on one or more issues related to the real world needs for language expertise in the less commonly taught languages. Papers may be based on research or practical experience. (B) Roundtable panels are 90 minutes. A roundtable proposal should specify three or more presenters who will address one of the conference themes. Preference will be given to panels that cut across different languages or language groups. (C) Poster sessions will be scheduled on the second day of the conference. Such sessions may focus on completed work or work in progress related to the teaching and/or learning of less commonly taught languages.

Proposals should indicate the relevant Conference theme and kind of presentation (paper, panel or poster session) in the upper left-hand corner, and the name of the presenter and the presenter's primary language(s) in the upper right-hand corner. The proposed title should not exceed ten words. Proposals may not exceed one page in length. All proposals for the NCOLCTL Conference should be sent to the following address by hard copy or e-mail:

Frederick H. Jackson

NCOLCTL Conference Program Chair

School of Language Studies

Foreign Service Institute

4000 Arlington Boulevard

Arlington, VA 22207

E-mail: jacksonfh@state.gov

Questions regarding the conference may be directed either to Dr. Jackson or to Scott McGinnis, National Foreign Language Center, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, #400, Washington, DC 20036; tel 202-667-8100, ext. 15; fax 202-667-6907; e-mail smcginnis@nflc.org.

Mail ATJ: atj@colorado.edu.

Phone: (303) 492-5487 Fax: (303) 492-5856