Call
for Proposals for Presentations/Posters/Roundtables
Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
September
8-10, 2017
DEADLINE
EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY JUNE 21!
All
Southeast Asian language teaching
professionals are invited to submit proposals for presentations,
posters, or roundtables focused
on innovations, curriculum development, and research on pedagogy and
assessment for Burmese, Filipino, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, Vietnamese
and/or other Southeast Asian languages. Topics of interests include
(but are not limited to): language structure, acquisition,
methodology, technology, instruction strategies, content-based
lessons, or heritage language learners.
See the NEW conference
website: https://agh955.wixsite.com/sealangconference
for details.
Prospective presenters and conference
participants must complete the application and pre-registration FORM.
Abstracts of 300-500 words must follow the guidelines below and
should include a title, the language(s) being addressed, and a short
description of the purpose and content of the proposed poster,
presentation, or roundtable. Travel funding may be available.
Posters
The
main text of the poster should be in English except for illustrations
on the teaching/research language(s).
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Poster session participants place materials such as pictures, data, graphs, diagrams and narrative text on boards that are usually 4 x 8 feet
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Presenters of a poster will be expected to be in attendance on Saturday, September 9 2017 in order to explain their poster and to hand out any supplemental materials they may have prepared.
Presentations
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Paper presentations/talks should be 20 minutes long and must be in English except for examples presented in the talk or in audio-visuals
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Presentations will be scheduled across all three days of the conference and may be group thematically or by language
Roundtables
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Roundtable proposals may submitted by individuals or groups of language professionals
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Please indicate in the abstract if the topic is intended to address a language-specific topic and audience, or if it is a thematic discussion that cuts across more than one Southeast Asian language.
Important Dates
Deadline for Abstract
submission: June 15, 2017
Notification of
Acceptance: July 8, 2017
Conference Dates:
September 8-10, 2017
