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Past Conferences and Institute

2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002–1999

2008 Conferences

Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities
July 1 – 3, 2008
Twin Towers Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.seameo.org/ld2008

16th International Circle of Korean Linguistics (ICKL)
June 26 – 28, 2008
Binghamton University and Cornell University
SUNY, Binghamton
http://www.ickl.or.kr/

13th Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK XIII)
June 27 – 29, 2008
Binghamton University
SUNY, Binghamton
http://www.aatk.org/

2nd Summer Heritage Language Research Institute
June 22 – 27, 2008
Harvard University
http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/nhlrc/2008summer/

29th Annual American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI)
Creating Spaces for Indigenous Languages in Everyday Life
June 4 – July 2, 2008
The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ 
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~aildi

Workshop Connecting your Classroom to the Heritage Language Community: Tools and Resources
May 16 & 17, 2008
UCLA
http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/nhlrc/workshop/

15th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium
Language is Life: Strategies for Language Revitalization
May 2 & 3, 2008
High Country Conference Center, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/SIL9brochure.html

XIX Annual Symposium on Modern Languages
Border Walls and Border Mirrors:
Literature, Language, and Culture on the US-Mexico Border
April 30 – May 2, 2008 
http://www.utpa.edu/dept/modlang/Flyer.htm

The 4th Giving the Gift of Language Symposium and Workshop on Native Language Instruction and Acquisition
April 17 – 19, 2008
http://www.nsilc.org/private/GTOL1.htm

8th Biennial Language Is Life Conference for California Indian Languages
April 4 – 6, 2008
Marin Headlands Institute
Sausalito, CA
http://www.aicls.org/

American Association for Applied Linguists (AAAL) 2008 Annual Conference
March 29 – April 1, 2008
Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, DC
http://www.aaal.org/aaal2008/

Georgetown University Round Table (GURT) 2008:
Telling Stories: Building bridges among Language, Narrative, Identity, Interaction, Society and Culture.
March 14 – 16, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www8.georgetown.edu/college/gurt/2008/

Live Your Language Alliance (LYLA)
1st Annual Native Languages Conference:
Shut Up & Talk: Gathering The Tools To Live Our Languages
March 17 – 19, 2008
Humboldt State University-Arcata, CA
http://www.aicls.org/

2007 Conferences

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ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo 2007
November 16 – 18, 2007
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
Visit the ACTFL 2007 Convention Web site.
Download the Heritage Languages PowerPoint from ACTFL 2007.
(PDF, 478 KB)

The Eigth Annual Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute (CILLDI)
July 9 – 27, 2007, Alberta, Canada

Teaching Spanish to Heritage Spanish Speakers
June 25 – 26, 2007, Washington, DC

28th Annual American Indian Language Development Institute
Weaving Indigenous Voices: Telling Our Stories
June 4 – June 29, 2007, Tucson, AZ
Download the flyer (pdf)

The 20th Annual Conference of the University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute
Immigrants, Education and Language
May 3 – 5, 2007, Phoenix, Arizona
http://www.lmri.ucsb.edu/events/07_conf/

The Tenth Annual Meeting of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL)
Professional Horizons in LCTLs: Reality and Promise
April 26 – 29, 2007, Madison, Wisconsin
http://www.councilnet.org/conf/conf2007/2007-announce.htm

American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2007 Annual Conference
April 21 - April 24, 2007 Costa Mesa, CA

Identity of Heritage Language Speakers: AAAL Colloquium,  March 2007 A colloquium presented at the 2007 annual American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference addressed issues of identity of heritage language speakers from different linguistic and cultural perspectives. Identity of speakers of the following languages were explored in presentations, now available for download in PDF format: Spanish - Maria Carreira (63 KB, PDF) Russian - Olga Kagan (592 KB, PDF) Chinese - Nelleke Van Deusen-Sholl and Theresa Jen (498 KB, PDF) Arabic - Sonia Shiri (531 KB, PDF)

 

The 21st Conference on Spanish in the U.S. and 6th International Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages
March 15 – 18, 2007, Arlington, Virginia
http://spanishintheus.org/

2006 Conferences

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Spanish for Native Speakers Special Interest Group
The 40th Annual Convention and Expo of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
November 17 – 19, 2006, Nashville , Tennessee
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2005/12/call_for_papers_3.html

The Politics of Language: A Cross Disciplinary Symposium
October 19 – 21, 2006, University of New Mexico
http://www.nm-hlc.com/

The Second International Symposium on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Latin America
October 5 – 7, 2006, Bogotá, Colombia

International Symposium on African and Diasporic Languages and Education
October 4 – 7, 2006, New York, New York
http://continuingeducation.tc.columbia.edu/default.aspx?pageid=527

The Ninth Annual Meeting of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL)
Expanding the LCTL Capacities in the United States
April 28 – 30, 2006, Madison, Wisconsin
http://www.councilnet.org/conf/conf2006/2006-announce.htm

The Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America
March 31 – April 2, 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah
http://www.cail.utah.edu/display.php?pageId=1049

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2006
Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties: Defining, Documenting, and Developing
March 3 – 5, 2006, Washington, DC
http://www.georgetown.edu/events/gurt/2006/

2005 Conferences

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American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2005
Spanish for Native Speakers Special Interest Group (SIG)
November 18 – 20, 2005, Baltimore, Maryland

A National Colloquium on U.S. Language Educational Policy
October 21 – 22, 2005, Berkeley, California, University of California, Berkeley

The 11th Conference on Teaching Spanish to Native Speakers
July 22 – 24, 2005, Las Cruces , New Mexico, Hilton de Las Cruces
http://web.nmsu.edu/~pmacgreg/SNSWebpage/SNS6/SNS6mainpage.html

The 20th Conference on Spanish in the United States and 5th International Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages
March 24 – 26, 2005, Chicago , Illinois, The University of Illinois

The Second Symposium on Spanish Language Communities in the Greater Washington, DC Metropolitan Area
March 16, 2005, College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland

Georgetown University Round Table 2005
Educating for Advanced Foreign Language Capacities: Constructs, Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment
March 10 – 13, 2005, Washington, DC
http://www.georgetown.edu/events/gurt/2005/index.html

Heritage Languages in America 2005
Research, Innovation and Policy in the Preservation of LCTLs in America
January 6 – 8, 2005, San Diego, California, Mission Valley Doubletree Hotel
http://larcnet.sdsu.edu/hlas.php

2004 Conferences

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Pathways to Bilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education
October 21 – 23, 2004, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Radisson-Metrodome Hotel
http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/past/immersion/index.html

Imagining Multilingual Schools: An International Symposium on Language in Education
September 30 – October 2, 2004, New York, New York, Teachers College, Columbia University
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/ceoi/languagesymposium.html

National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Identifying Individual and National Needs in the Less Commonly Taught Languages
April 30 – May 2, 2004, Madison, Wisconsin
http://www.councilnet.org/resource/reports/conf2004.htm

2003 Conferences

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LASSO Conference 2003, Crossing Linguistic Borders
October 17 - 19, 2003, University of Texas-Pan American
http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/swjl/public_html/lasso.html

SNS Conference
September 27, 2003, University of Illinois at Chicago

Warm Springs Culture and Heritage Workshop
Working Together: The Warm Springs Community, Its History and Its Future
June 23-25, 2003, Portland State University and Warm Springs Reservation

2002 – 1999 Conferences

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The Second National Conference on Heritage Languages in America
Building on our National Resources
October 18 – 20, 2002, Washington, DC

NEH Summer Institute for Teachers of Spanish to Spanish Speakers
June 26 – August 4, 2000, Los Angeles, California

The First National Conference on Heritage Languages in America
October 14 – 16, 1999, Long Beach, California