Call for Papers: AAS 2023 COTSEAL Panel: "Reframing Southeast Asian Language Teaching: Critical Perspectives"

 

COTSEAL is seeking three (3) more panelists working, teaching, doing research on different Southeast Asian Languages to form a panel on the theme of "Reframing Southeast Asian Language Teaching: Critical Perspectives” to be presented at COTSEAL-sponsored panel at the 2023 Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) in Boston, March 16-19, 2023. 

COTSEAL Sponsored Panel AAS 2023

Proposal: Reframing Southeast Asian Language Teaching: Critical Perspectives 

Anti-Asian discourses and violence are on the rise in the U.S. recently as can be seen on the recorded number of attacks and racist actions targeting members of the Asian communities during the covid-19 pandemic. As Southeast Asian (SEA) language teachers in American higher institutions, we cannot turn a blind eye on these realities that impinge on our students’ lives and our professional and personal lives as well. 

 

This panel brings together four SEA language teachers who seek to explore concrete ways of responding to the challenges of our time, specifically examining pedagogical and curricular decisions, innovations, and practices that promote equity, inclusion, diversity, and social justice in our teaching practices. More specifically, members of this panel who come from diverse teaching contexts will critically unpack how Southeast Asian languages in American universities have been conventionally framed from nationalistic and hegemonic ideals. 

 

The panel will also share ideas and reflect on how SEA language teachers endeavor to address the diverse needs and identities of all types of students. These language teachers will share stories of reframing language teaching by looking at how ethnicity, class, gender, and race intersect and affect students’ language learning and identity development. Lastly, this panel will highlight the invaluable contribution of SEA languages in fostering diversity and inclusion in the US by promoting contextual-multilingual strategies that honor students’ identities and harness the funds of knowledge that they bring into the classroom. 

 

Panel Organizer and Presenter:

Dr. Jayson Parba, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Paper Title: Raciolinguistic Encounters of Filipino Heritage Learners in Hawaiʻi  

Please email your abstract (250 words maximum) to Dr. Jayson Praba, jaysonpa@hawaii.edu by July 25, 2022 (No late abstracts will be accepted).

To prepare for your proposal please check the AAS website: https://www.asianstudies.org/conference/call-for-proposals/submission-types-requirements/

Funding:  Partial funding is available for presenters for COTSEAL-sponsored panel. Priorities will be given to language instructors/lecturers and graduate students. Please indicate in your email if you would like to be considered for the funding and submit your budget proposal including any support you’ll have from your institution/organization along with your abstract. 

Questions regarding this COTSEAL-sponsored panel can be addressed to the panel organizer and COTSEAL President, Dr. Juliana Wijaya (jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu).

CFA for COTSEAL-AAS 2023 Panel:

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jZU5XNWfd2-lXaGESDGS1SGiqYOscsgQtHUbRvbx0sw/edit?usp=sharing

CALL FOR PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS 38th COTSEAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE at SEASSI 2022 (Hybrid)

CALL FOR PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS 38th COTSEAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE at SEASSI 2022 (Hybrid) 

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in Southeast Asian Language Teaching and Learning 

July 22-23, 2022 University of Wisconsin, Madison 

COTSEAL invites participants from academic institutions, teachers, researchers, and graduate students who are interested in, involved in, or have conducted research on Southeast Asian language education and linguistics to submit abstracts to the conference. Paper/presentation topics may include, but are not limited to: · Collaborations in SEA language teaching and material development · Different approaches in teaching SEA languages · Proficiency, project, community-based learning · Heritage language learners · Distance learning and flipped classrooms · University policies & related issues affecting SEA language instruction 

 

Abstract Submission Deadline: May 31, 2022 Notification of Acceptance: June 13, 2022 An abstract proposal should include the title, a brief description of 250 words maximum, and a presenter profile that should include your name, institution, email address, and phone number. Send them as two email attachments (MS words/pdf) to jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu, Subject line: COTSEAL 38/2022 Abstract Submission. Indicate if you would like to present in-person or virtually. 

 

The conference registration is $40, but it is free for COTSEAL active members. To become a COTSEAL member: http://cotseal.net/COTSEAL_membership_form.pdf. 

 

For more information about the conference, please contact the conference co-chairs: Dr. Juliana Wijaya jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu Agustini agustini@umich.edu 

COTSEAL Officers: Dr. Juliana Wijaya, Agustini, Imelda Gasmen 

 

Co-sponsored by SEALC, UCLA-CSEAS, and SEASSI.

COTSEAL Spring 2022 Webinar, April 22

COTSEAL Spring 2022 Webinar Friday, April 22, 2022

via Zoom 3:00 pm PST, 6:00 pm EST, 5:00 pm CST, 12:00 pm HST

Aligning Proficiency-Based Reading Activities to Ensure Success with Proficiency-Based Reading Assessment

by Catherine C. Baumann, Senior Instructional Professor and Director of the University of Chicago Language Center (CLC).
 

Dr. Baumann received her Ph.D. in Second Languages and Cultures Education at the University of Minnesota, specializing in reading comprehension and language testing. She directed the German language program at the University of Chicago from 1999-2019, and since 2016 has directed the CLC. In 2016 it received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, “Transforming Language Instruction at the University of Chicago and Beyond: Collaborative Curricula and Professional Development.” A year later, she co-founded, the Language Pedagogy Innovation Initiative. Both grants support innovation in language pedagogy through an assessment-driven reverse design approach and have directly impacted the testing and teaching practices of hundreds of instructors of languages across North America and the world. She is a contributor to a variety of academic publications, and is frequently asked to consult for language programs in higher education on a variety of curricular and assessment-related issues

When teaching toward proficiency-based outcomes, assessment and instruction need to be aligned. This workshop will present reading proficiency outcomes for the intermediate and advanced levels and briefly share examples of assessment tasks. We will then explore the types of classroom reading activities that ensure not only that learners are successful on assessments, but also truly gain meaningful reading comprehension skills.
 

Register: https://ucla.in/3rk55H4 by Wednesday, by April 20.

 Zoom link will be emailed on April 21. Free for COTSEAL members.

 To become a COTSEAL member, please click this link: https://cotseal.net/COTSEAL_membership_form.pdf

 Sponsor: UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies

 Contact: Juliana Wijaya, Ph.D., jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu