Dear COTSEAL members,
On behalf of President Juliana, VP Pittaya (Fon) and myself, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that the upcoming COTSEAL sponsored panel and the COTSEAL Business Meeting at the 2020 AAS Conference in Boston will take place soon. If you plan to attend the AAS Conference, we would be glad to see you at one of these events or all. Below is the information:
1) Title: Glocalization of Southeast Asian Language Instruction (#71)
Date & Time: Friday, March 20, 9:00am-10.45am
Location: Hynes Convention Center: Room 309, Level 3
Chaired by Thuy Tranviet, Cornell University
The Challenge of Glocalization on Khmer Language Instruction (Chhany Sak-Humphry, University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
Authentic Listening Materials in Indonesian Class. Is It Important? (Rahmi Aoyama, Northern Illinois University)
Philippine Traditional Games and Pastimes: A Tool for Teaching Language and Culture (Leticia Pagkalinawan, University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
Glocalizing Southeast Languages and Food Cultures in Appalachian Setting (Pittaya Paladroi-Shane, Ohio University)
2) COTSEAL Business Meeting
Date & Time: Saturday, March 21, 7.30-9.30 pm
Location: Sheraton: Beacon B, 3rd Floor
If you are available to join us for early dinner at 5 pm (COTSEAL sponsored, place: TBA), please RSVP with me agustini@umich.edu by Friday, March 13.
At the Business Meeting, the new COTSEAL Officers will be introduced to all members and begin their terms of service.
3) We also hope that you can attend a related workshop in which Juliana Wijaya and Gyanam Mahajan (UCLA) and her colleagues from SALTA will be speaking on:
Strategies for Developing and Expanding Asian LCTL programs (#369)
Date and Time: Sunday, March 22, 9-10.45 am
Location: Hynes: Room 210, Level 2
Thank you in advance for your continued support and we look forward to your participation.
Best,
Agustini
