The deadline for abstract submission to the 39th COTSEAL Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 21-22, 2023 has been extended to June 4, 2023. Please refer to the guidelines in the original Call for Abstracts if you intend on presenting a paper.
Thank you so much and we look forward to receiving your abstracts.
Sincerely,
COTSEAL Officers
Dear colleagues,
We are looking forward to seeing you at COTSEAL first event of the year “Talk Story” this Friday, February 10, 2-3.30 PST.
The first 3 presenters on best practices/activities/
Sign-up by Wednesday, 2/8/23, 11:59 p.m. Click on the Google form to sign-up https://forms.gle/
Join the Event Zoom February 10, 2-3.30 PST: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/
See you this Friday!
Best,
Juliana
Juliana Wijaya, Ph.D.
COTSEAL President
CSEAS Indonesian Studies Coordinator
UCLA Asian Languages & Cultures
Royce B14
Talking about Tasks: Exploring the language learning
potential of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
by Dr. Koen Van Gorp, Assistant Professor in the Applied Linguistics
Program and Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Coordinator Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures
Michigan State University.*
Everyone seems to talk about tasks. Task-based language teaching (TBLT) may well be the strongest empirically supported teaching approach around. However, for many instructors, TBLT is still an innovative approach that deviates from more familiar structure-based or form-focused teaching methods. They find it difficult to incorporate strong tasks in their teaching practices.
This talk will focus on tasks, on what makes a task different from an activity or exercise, on how classroom tasks can be used to support language learning at different proficiency levels. This talk aims to provide you with the foundational principles of TBLT
so you can make tasks work for you and your students.
.*Dr. Koen Van Gorp is also Head of Research for the National LCTL Resource Center (NLRC) and serves as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Language and Education (KU Leuven, Belgium). His research interests are task-based language teaching and assessment, language-in-education policy, multilingual awareness and multilingualism. He is founding Co-Editor (together with Kris Van den Branden) of TASK. Journal on task-based language teaching and learning and Treasurer of the International Association for Task-Based Language Teaching and learning (IATBLT).
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Register: https://ucla.in/3WQhpwU by Wednesday, Dec. 7.
Zoom link will be emailed on Dec. 8.
REGISTRATION is FREE for COTSEAL members.
To become a COTSEAL member, please click this link: https://cotseal.net/COTSEAL_
(Dues are $30/one-year and $55/two-year.)
Co-Sponsor: UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Contact: Juliana Wijaya, Ph.D., jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu
Dear everyone,
You are cordially invited to our COTSEAL 38th Annual Conference which will be held from the 22nd to the 23rd of July at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and virtually. Please refer to the program for a complete schedule.
Please register by July 20 at https://ucla.in/3Hxcmde
A Zoom link will be emailed ONLY to those who have registered. Registration is free for COTSEAL members and $40 for non-members. To become a member or to renew your membership, see the Membership Form for more information.
To request more information about the conference, please email Dr. Juliana Wijaya, COTSEAL President jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu.
Thank you very much for your kind consideration and support to COTSEAL.
Sincerely,
Agustini
COTSEAL Vice President
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 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
Screenshots from our Dec. 3 Webinar, "Developing Learners’ Proficiency with Every Lesson:"
Here are some photos from the 37th Annual COTSEAL Conference, held online on July 23-24, 2021:
Here is the report from the SEAL language groups that met at the meeting:
Dear COTSEAL friends and members,
We’d like to invite you to participate at the COTSEAL 37th Virtual Conference on July 23-24, 2021. Here is the conference program.
We kindly ask that you register by July 20, 2021, at https://ucla.in/3hJ58qc
A Zoom link will be emailed ONLY to those who have registered. Registration is free for COTSEAL members and $40 for non-members. Here are links to the membership form and instructions on how to pay or renew your membership online. If you have any questions about your membership, please contact COTSEAL Vice President, Agustini.
For more information about the conference, please email Dr. Juliana Wijaya, COTSEAL President jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu.
Best wishes,
Juliana, Agustini, and Ime (COTSEAL officers)
Call for Nominations: SEALC Liaisons
The Southeast Asian Language Council (SEALC) invites nominations for two SEA language instructors to serve as liaisons on the SEALC Steering Committee. The goal of these volunteer positions is to inform and enrich discussions on and planning for SEALC activities via increased SEA language instructor representation on the Committee, as well as to provide additional opportunities for instructors to serve on professional committees at the national level.
Responsibilities
SEALC liaisons will attend monthly SEALC Steering Committee meetings as non-voting members and assist in the work of the SEALC committee. The term for SEALC liaisons is one calendar year from the date they are elected.
Eligibility
Applicants must be Southeast Asian language instructors and active members of COTSEAL. To learn more about COTSEAL and to apply for membership, click here.
At this time, Indonesian language instructors are not invited to apply. This is to address the current overrepresentation of Indonesian language instructors on the SEALC Steering Committee.
Nomination Procedure and Election
Instructors are asked to self-nominate by submitting a brief bio. Nominations will be accepted through July 1, 2021. Nominees’ information will be circulated through SEALC and COTSEAL and voting will take place virtually at the 2021 COTSEAL Conference (July 23-24, 2021). Only active COTSEAL members are eligible to vote for SEALC liaisons. To submit your self-nomination, please click here for the online form. For questions regarding this opportunity, please email SEALC at sealc@intl.wisc.edu.
If you have any questions about how to pay for a COTSEAL membership online, please see this document for instructions:
COTSEAL_membership_payment_instructions.pdf
The membership form can be found here:
CALL FOR PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS
COTSEAL 37th VIRTUAL CONFERENCE 2021*
Southeast Asian Language Teaching in the
Digital
Era:
Challenges and Opportunities
July 23-24, 2021
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:
in teaching SEA languages
community-based learning
learners
and flipped classrooms
teaching during the pandemic
Abstract Submission Deadline: June 14, 2021
Notification of Acceptance: June 23, 2021
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 37th Abstract Submission.
NOTE:
The conference registration is $40, but it is free for COTSEAL active members. All presenters are required to be paid members of COTSEAL at the time of the conference. To become a COTSEAL member or renew membership,please fill out this form: http://cotseal.net/COTSEAL_
*Co-sponsor: Southeast Asian Language Council (SEALC) https://sealc.wisc.edu/
For more information about the conference, please contact the conference co-chairs:
Juliana Wijaya jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu
Agustini agustini@umich.edu
Speaker: Prof. Charlene PolioFriday,
March 12, 2021
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Register by March 10, 2021: https://www.international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/14933
(The Zoom link and login information will be emailed only to registered participants).
Registratiom is free for COTSEAL active members:
To renew COTSEAL membership or become a member, please fill out this form: http://cotseal.net/COTSEAL_membership_form.pdf.
(Dues are $30/one-year and $55/two-year.)
Description:
One of the most interesting areas of research in second language acquisition is how language learners process and use multiword items, or chunks of language. Theory and empirical research suggest that a pedagogical focus on multiword items can facilitate language learning. I will start with an overview of what a multiword item is and will provide evidence for why multiword items are psychologically real. The bulk of the talk will describe what we know about how to best teach these items. Sample activities for listening, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as for different proficiency levels, will be demonstrated.
Dr. Charlene Polio is a professor in the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian, & African Languages at Michigan State University. She is also a core faculty member in the Second Language Studies Program. Her main area of research is second language (L2) writing. She is particularly interested in the various research methods and measures used in studying L2 writing as well as the interface between the fields of L2 writing and second language acquisition (SLA). She has published and done research in the areas of SLA, foreign language classroom discourse, and behavior differences in novice vs. experienced teachers. Dr. Polio is the co-editor of TESOL Quarterly and the past associate editor of the Modern Language Journal. She is also a member-at-large for the American Association for Applied Linguistics.
Co-sponsor: UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
