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Evolving Perspectives on Advancedness: A Symposium on Second Language Spanish

Materias de especialidad:
Enseñanza de la lengua
Descripción:
Advanced language proficiency has garnered renewed attention in recent years as universities work to graduate students with high levels of language use. In addition to developing the skills necessary for students to analyze and critique literary and cultural texts, foreign language programs must also produce advanced- to superior-level users of foreign language in order to meet professional and societal demands for multilingualism. To that end, program assessment metrics often use descriptors such as advanced near native professional, and fluent, to name just a few, but without any shared understanding among directors, department chairs, professors, advisors, or SLA experts, of the meaning of such terms. What does an advanced learner “look like” in terms of linguistic knowledge and ability to communicate? Are linguistic analyses or native speaker perceptions better indicators of achievement? Does enrollment in an upper-division course constitute an advanced level of linguistic knowledge? Is studying abroad the only way for a student to become an advanced speaker? SLA scholars have argued the need for more detailed descriptions of high-level L2 competencies, as well as an expansive and articulated conceptualization of advancedness, in order to address such questions (e.g. Birdsong 2005; Norris 2006; Piller 2002; Ortega & Byrnes 2008).
This symposium aims to address these questions and offer new understandings from the field of Spanish as a Second Language.
Correo electrónico:
AdvL2Sp@umn.edu
País:
Estado:
Minnesota

6th Lusophone and Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

Materias de especialidad:
Enseñanza de la lengua, Lingüística
Descripción:
This Symposium will include presentations on different fields of descriptive, applied, social and theoretical linguistics from a synchronic or diachronic perspective. Language contact issues will be highlighted in this event.
Correo electrónico:
wheatley@uwm.edu
País:
Estado:
Wisconsin

Diffucult Conversations: Thinking and Talking About Women, Genders, & Sexualities Inside and Outside the Academy

Materias de especialidad:
Estudios de género
Descripción:
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, which sponsors the Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders and Sexualities, was founded in 1930 in response to the marginalization that women historians faced in a male‑dominated profession. There was a small number of women with PhDs in history and they worked primarily in women’s colleges. Although members of the American Historical Association, the AHA excluded women from AHA “smokers,” the social gatherings where historians learned about jobs and where mentoring relationships were established. In 1929, a number of women returning from the AHA decided that women historians needed their own organization. By 1936 their spring weekend retreats in the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts had become an integral part of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, evolving into what we now call the “Little Berks.”
Correo electrónico:
Simon.R.Doubleday@hofstra.edu
País:
Estado:
Nueva York

The Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities (2017). «Difficult Conversations: Thinking and Talking About Women, Genders, and Sexualities Inside and Outside the Academy»

Materias de especialidad:
Estudios culturales, Estudios de género
Descripción:
The Berkshire Conference on the History of Women (the Big Berks) was first held in 1973 at Douglass College, Rutgers University.  Intended to be a celebration of a new field of scholarship – women´s history – born out of the women´s movement, it has been held every three years since that time. In a collegial atmosphere that is more informal than that of most academic conferences, the Big Berks has always provided an opportunity to share research, experience, and insights as scholars and graduate students explored and expanded the boundaries of women´s, gender and sexuality history.  From its inception the conference was inclusive. It brought together historians and a range of people from within and beyond the academy to discuss scholarship which addresses history from ancient to contemporary and from East to West.  The conference has grown from a few hundred to more than 1500 participants sharing energy and dialogue in over 250 panels and other events.  This year, participants will come from over 35 different countries.
Correo electrónico:
BC2017@hofstra.edu
País:
Estado:
Nueva York

Curso gratuito para profesores de alumnos adultos no alfabetizados / EU-Speak 3: segunda entrega del módulo número 1

Materias de especialidad:
Enseñanza de la lengua
Descripción:
EU-Speak es un proyecto de 8 años (2010-2018) cuyo objetivo es formar a profesores de alumnos adultos no alfabetizados. Esta segunda entrega del módulo número 1 se titula «Trabajar con alumnos LESLLA» y comienza el 26 de abril de 2017. Está dirigido por la doctora Nancy Faux y su equipo de la Universidad de Virginia Commonwealth. Las personas interesadas en participar pueden buscar la solicitud de inscripción y más información en: www.eu-speak.com    (EU-Speak 2015-2018 module #1)
 
La formación se realiza en línea y es gratuita. Uno de los objetivos del proyecto es construir una comunidad internacional de profesionales que trabajan con alumnos LESLLA. Esto es especialmente útil para aquellos profesores voluntarios que algunas veces tienen que trabajar en cierto aislamiento. Formar parte de estos cursos ofrece a los profesores contacto directo con sus colegas no solo dentro de su propio país sino de todo el mundo lo que supone una gran oportunidad para compartir experiencias sobre este tipo de alumnado. Actualmente se cuenta con profesores de 21 países a lo largo de los cinco continentes.
 
Esta segunda entrega incluirá nuevas prácticas e investigaciones que ayudarán a los participantes a:
 
  • Describir las características de los alumnos de alfabetización LESLLA 
  • Elegir materiales y recursos apropiados para necesidades que han sido evaluadas para este grupo de aprendientes
  • Desarrollar el lenguaje escrito y reconocer sus sonidos/símbolos correspondientes
  • Analizar técnicas y estrategias para incorporar las habilidades de lectoescritura dentro de la temática de la clase
  • Diseñar e implementar una actividad y una lección para los alumnos de alfabetización LESLLA
 
Los participantes tendrán la oportunidad de poner en práctica sus nuevos conocimientos a través de una serie de actividades y podrán compartir sus pensamientos e ideas en foros de discusión internacional que se desarrollarán a lo largo del curso.
 
Socios del proyecto internacional EU-SPEAK 3:
 
Universidad de Colonia, Alemania
Universidad de Granada, España
Universidad Jyvӓskylӓ, Finlandia
Universidad de Newcastle, Inglaterra
Universidad de Northumbria, Inglaterra
Universidad de Boğaziçi, Turquía
Virginia Commonwealth University, E.E.U.U.
 
Contacto:
Correo e.: info.eu-speak@newcastle.ac.uk
Información sobre el trabajo con alumnos LESLLA: www.leslla.org
Correo electrónico:
info.eu-speak@newcastle.ac.uk
País:
Estado:
Virginia

VIII Congreso de Idiomas Indígenas de Latinoamérica

Materias de especialidad:
Enseñanza de la lengua, Estudios culturales, Lenguas amerindias, Lingüística, Literaturas orales
Descripción:
Conferenciantes especiales:
  • Jürgen Bohnemeyer, SUNY– Buffalo
  • Elsa Gómez Imbert, CNRS – Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos
  • B’alam Mateo, CIESAS Sureste
  • Pieter Muysken, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen 
Programa:
http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/cpa/fall09/cillaiv/cillaiv_program.pdf
 
Correo electrónico:
nengland@austin.utexas.edu
País:
Estado:
Texas

Reshaping Hispanic Cultures: Instituto Cervantes Symposium on Recent Scholarship

Materias de especialidad:
Artes plásticas, Enseñanza de la lengua, Enseñanza y tecnología, Estudios culturales, Lingüística, Literatura española, Literatura hispanoamericana, Sociolingüística
Descripción:
El Instituto Cervantes en la Universidad de Harvard organiza el simposio «Reshaping Hispanic Cultures» e invita a los investigadores que están comenzando su desarrollo profesional a presentar sus comunicaciones ante la comunidad académica. Los destinatarios de esta invitación son estudiantes, profesores o personas interesadas en la lengua española o las culturas hispánicas. Las materias del congreso tendrán relación con las culturas hispánicas (lingüística, literatura, política, arte, filosofía, entre otras).
El Instituto Cervantes en la Universidad de Harvard está constituido como «Observatorio de la Lengua Española y las Culturas Hispánicas en los Estados Unidos». El Observatorio busca ser punto de referencia internacional para el estudio, el análisis prospectivo y el diagnóstico de la situación de la lengua española y las culturas hispánicas en los Estados Unidos, con especial atención a su evolución social y lingüística.
 
Correo electrónico:
observatorio.sympo@fas.harvard.edu
Fuente de información:
Instituto Cervantes
País:
Estado:
Massachusetts

7th Humor Research Conference 2017 (HRC)

Materias de especialidad:
Lingüística, Lingüística textual, Literatura comparada, Pragmática, Psicolingüística y neurolingüística, Sociolingüística, Teoría de la literatura
Descripción:
The Conference will take place as an international multidisciplinary all-plenary 3-day event at Texas A&M—Commerce’s downtown Dallas campus. Attendees should plan to arrive on Thursday, 3/9/2017, either in the morning to attend a pre-conference workshop on the GTVH taught by Attardo, Hempelmann, Raskin, and Rayz, or by the evening for a plenary talk. Full conference sessions will run all day Friday and Saturday, with casual events planned for both evenings.

Any topic in humor research is welcome, including and not restricted to literary studies, psychology, sociology, and linguistics.

Please submit:
- Abstract for general submission (up to 250 words; plus 1 extra page for images, references, etc.); indicate if paper (20m + Q/A) or poster or either, provide a title.
- Panels of 3 papers (90 minutes)
- Workshops (90 minutes)
- Submission email: CHSSA@tamuc.edu

Important Dates (preliminary):
Early Submission for those who need acceptance letters to plan travel
Deadline : December 31, 2016
Acceptance Notification : January 15, 2017

Fee(in US dollars):
- $50 preregistration by February 28, 2017
- $60 from March 1, 2017
- $25 for students (please provide proof of student status on site)

Conference fee includes conference refreshments, Friday night reception, and Saturday lunch for students.
Correo electrónico:
CHSSA@tamuc.edu
Fuente de información:
Elisa Gironzetti: Elisa.Gironzetti@tamuc.edu
País:
Estado:
Texas

Biennial IALLT conference 2017

Materias de especialidad:
Enseñanza de ELE, Enseñanza de la lengua, Enseñanza y tecnología
Descripción:

The biennial IALLT conference attracts participants world-wide and offers an international perspective into the future of educational technology for language and cultural learning. Our conferences are of particular interest to all language and culture instructors whether K-12 or post-secondary, to individuals affiliated with a media center or language lab, to developers of language technology, and to individuals interested in any facet of language learning technology. During preconference workshops, three days of sessions and panels, interactions in the exhibit hall, and special social events, attendees experience a unique form of professional development that is innovative, cutting-edge, practical, friendly, and just-in-time.

Language teachers are often misunderstood and isolated on their campus, and IALLT provides a supportive environment for anyone who struggles with best practices for incorporating technology into their language teaching. All levels of technology experience are welcome.

In non-conference years, there are other opportunities for IALLT members to gather. In addition to Regional IALLT meetings and IALLT presence at other language conferences, the IALLT Board and Council invite members to participate in the annual Summit planning meeting that takes place at the site for the next conference. IALLT also frequently partners with sister organization CALICO as participants and presenters in their annual conference.

Correo electrónico:
jperkins@ku.edu
Fuente de información:
http://iallt.org/conferences/
País:
Estado:
Minnesota
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