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The conference "Distance Learning of the Less Commonly Taught Languages" will be held from February 1-3, 2002 in Washington, D.C. The conference will include commissioned papers on the educational climate for LCTL instruction as well as issues such as characteristics of a high-quality distance language course and cutting-edge developments in technology for language learning and learner assessment, presentations of distance learning language programs across the country, and an opportunity for Title VI Centers to initiate and coordinate the systematic development of distance learning of the less commonly taught languages. Featured presentations: Richard D. Brecht, National Foreign Language Center; Carol Chapelle, Iowa State University and Joan Jamieson, Northern Arizona University; Andrew Cohen, University of Minnesota; Catherine Doughty and Michael Long, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Elizabeth Hoffman, Nebraska Department of Education.
The conference was developed in partnership with the Title VI Centers at Michigan State University: African Studies Center, Asian Studies Center, Center for Advanced Studies in International Development with the Women in International Development Program, Center for International Business Education and Research Center for Language Education and Research Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and in collaboration with: The National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages, The National Foreign Language Center, The Title VI Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota, and The Title VI National Foreign Language Research Center at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Support from: The Office of International Education and Graduate Programs (Title VI) of the U.S. Dept. of Education. www.langinnovate.msu.edu.
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