CALL
FOR ABSTRACTS
COTSEAL
Conference at
SEASSI 2015
The
ABCDs
(Achievement, Breadth, Challenges, and future Direction) of
the
Continuing Journey in the Teaching of SEA Languages
Venue:
206
Ingraham Hall, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Dates:
Friday and Saturday, July
17-18, 2015
Website:
http://cotseal.net/conference.html
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER
Dr.
Abigail Cohn (Professor, Department of Linguistics, Cornell)
“Teaching
of Southeast Asian Languages in the US:
Impact
of National Priorities and Institutional Policies”
COTSEAL
invites participants from academic institutions, teachers,
researchers, and graduate students who are interested in, involved
in, or have conducted research on, SEA language education and
linguistics to submit abstracts for the forum. Paper topics may
include, but are not limited to, challenges and techniques in:
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Distance learning
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Flipped classrooms
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Project-based learning
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Significant, less commonly discussed teaching issues
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University policies related-issues, such as enrollment and teaching assistantship
TYPE
OF PRESENTATION
20-minute
presentations, with an additional 10 minutes for questions/responses.
Posters
(to be displayed at designated times throughout the conference).
IMPORTANT
DATES
Deadline
for abstract submission: 25 May 2015
Deadline
for full paper submission: 15 June
2015
CONTENT
OF ABSTRACT PROPOSAL
An
abstract proposal should include the title, a brief abstract of 250
words maximum, and your name, institution, email address, and phone
number.
We
request that all presenters be paid members of COTSEAL ($26 for one
year) at the time of the conference.
SUBMISSION
Abstracts
and proposals must be submitted via email to the organizing
committee:
Limited
matching
travel grants are
available for confirmed presenters
on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please indicate if you want to be
considered for a travel grant in the body of the e-mail with which
you submit your abstract.
Note that travel grants are reimbursements intended for lecturers
with minimal funds available from their institutions to support
travel to the conference. For more details, visit
Please
forward this message to your colleagues, staff, students or anyone
whom you think would find this conference relevant.
Thank
you very much.
Erlin
Barnard, 2015 Conference Organizing Committee
Jolanda
Pandin, 2015 Conference Organizing Committee
Desiana
Pauli Sandjaja, 2015 Conference
Organizing Committee
Frank
Smith, COTSEAL President
Jolanda
Pandin, COTSEAL Vice-President
Sheila
Zamar, COTSEAL Secretary
