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2010 Conferences and Institutes

First International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages
February 19 – 21, 2010
Covel Commons, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Major developments in the heritage field are occurring in the United States and also in the countries of the European Union. This conference will assemble prominent scholars to present keynote addresses and will convene panels covering a spectrum of issues pertaining to heritage language in the communities and in classrooms from levels K-16.

Developing and Maintaining Vital, Sustainable Heritage Languages in the United States

Researchers working on language revitalization and policy argue that three areas of activity are critical: Capacity Development, Opportunity Creation, and Attitude Improvement.

Panelists will discuss how these areas apply to different heritage languages in the United States (Spanish, Chinese, German, and Russian) and consider the contexts in which they are taught.

Panelists:
Joseph LoBianco
Donna Christian
Joy Kreeft Peyton
Kim Potowski - Spanish
Shuhan Wang - Chinese
Renate Ludanyi - German
Kathleen Dillon - Russian

Learn more about the NHLRC conference.

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2009 Conferences and Institutes

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
2009 Convention
November 20 – 22, 2009
San Diego, CA

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo brings together more than 6,000 teachers, administrators, method instructors and students of foreign languages at all levels from across the world.

Critical Components of Heritage Language Programs
Three areas are critical for the success of heritage language programs and U.S. language policy: Capacity Development, Opportunity Creation, and Attitude Improvement. Panelists discuss the theoretical and research base for these areas in program and policy development and their implementation in three program types: Spanish, Hindi/Urdu, and Native American.
Presenters:
Surendra Gambhir, Erin Haynes, Joy Kreeft Peyton, Joseph LoBianco, and Kim Potowski

Download the Alliance PowerPoint presentation.
(717 KB PDF)

Heritage Language Teacher Workshop
July 20 - 24, 2009
UCLA International Institute
Los Angeles, CA
This workshop was designed to help language teachers face the challenge of teaching heritage language students. It prepared them to understand the differences between teaching L2 and HL learners, the issues involved in heritage language teaching, and how to address them. Participants explored ways to design their own curriculum and select materials and assessment tools. They also learned how to involve students as ACTIVE participants in the learning process. The five Cs recommendations from the National Standards were implemented throughout the workshop.
http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/nhlrc/conference

The American Indian Language Development Institute: A Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking from the Heart
June 8 - July 2, 2009
University of Arizona, Tucso
The 30th Annual American Indian Language Development Institute offered a variety of classes, special presentations, workshops, and events to help celebrate their 30 years of commitment to Indigenous language education. http://www.u.arizona.edu/~aild

Third Heritage Language Summer Institute:
Developing a Research Base for the Heritage Field
June 22–26, 2009
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2009's institute focused on the implications of research for classroom instruction. Each participant designed a small classroom research project during the course of the institute and will carry it out during the fall 2009 term.
http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/nhlrc/2009summer/

The 2nd Annual National Native Language Revitalization Summit
May 11 – May 13, 2009
Washington, DC
This summit included a training session on finding tribal language materials in the National Anthropological Archives, a workshop on developing grant proposals to sustain grassroots language programs, presentations by numerous leaders in the Native language revitalization movement, and meetings with Congressional delegations about the critical importance of defending and increasing support for Native language programs through the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act.
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/

2009 National Chinese Language Conference
April 30 - May 2, 2009
Chicago, Illinois
With growing interest in fostering students' global competence, Chinese language and culture programs are expanding quickly across the U.S., and indeed the world. This conference was dedicated to building high-quality programs, strengthen teacher development, and to ensure widescale success. Leaders from across K-16 education met to share best practices, build partnerships, and advance the field of Chinese language education.
Organized by Asia Society and CollegeBoard.
http://asiasociety.org/education/announcements/nclc/index.htm

2009 Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium
April 30 – May 2, 2009
Arizona State University
Indigenous Languages Across the Generations - Strengthening Families and Communities
http://sils09.asu.edu

Methods for Immersion Language Teaching and Learning
An intensive course focusing on Aboriginal Language Revitalization
March 16 – 21, 2009
Location: En’owkin Centre, Penticton, BC, Canada
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/

2009 Spanish in the United States & Spanish in Contact with Other Languages
February 19 – 21, 2009
The Biltmore Hotel/The David William Hotel Coral Gables
Miami, Florida, USA

Featured Alliance Presentation:
Resources for Teaching Spanish to Hispanic Bilingual Students in the United States

Joy Kreeft Peyton, Center for Applied Linguistics
Ana Roca, Florida International University
Ana Maria Schwartz, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Adriana Val, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Teachers of Spanish classes for Spanish speakers need information and resources to guide their instruction. This session gave an overview of the US context in which the language education of Spanish speakers takes place. We then reviewed the information that teachers of Spanish speakers need and sources of that information. Finally, we reviewed the resources available to teachers, provide a list of selection criteria, and suggested ways to promote information and resource sharing in the field. The session included time for discussion and suggestions for promoting information sharing.
http://spanishintheus.org/

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2008 Conferences and Institutes

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2008 Convention
November 20 – 23, 2008
Disney Swan and Dolphin Hotels
Orlando, Florida
http://www.actfl.org/

CAL presentation at ACTFL 2008:
Valuing All Voices: Cultivating Heritage Language Resources
The Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages is documenting efforts to develop heritage languages of immigrants, refugees, and Native Americans. Presenters described documentation efforts, resources developed for programs, and questions such as, Who are heritage language speakers? What programs are available? What resources are needed?

13th Annual Dual Language Conference
November 12 – 15, 2008
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://lacosecha.dlenm.org/

Immersion Education: Pathways to Bilingualism and Beyond
October 16 – 18, 2008
Crowne Plaza Hotel - St Paul Riverfront
St Paul, Minnesota
http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/immersion2008/

Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee (AILA) 2008 Annual Conference - The 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics
August 24 – 29, 2008
Essen, Germany
http://www.aila2008.org

Celebrating Our Heritage, Respecting Our Language Rights
July 19, 2008
Washington, DC
http://www.dcvoice.org

French Heritage Language Program Summer Camp 2008
July 7 – 26, 2008
New York, NY
http://facecouncil.org/fhlp/

Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute (CILLDI)
July 7 – 25, 2008
Education North Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
http://www.ualberta.ca/~cilldi

Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages
Bloomington, Indiana University
June 13 – August 8, 2008
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel/

Certificate in Aboriginal Language Revitalization - Summer Courses
Summer 2008
http://www.continuingstudies.uvic.ca/calr/register.aspx

STARTALK
Summer 2008
http://www.startalk.umd.edu/

Keeping Language Diversity Alive:
Upcoming Conference in Australia
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/sec_document.asp?CID=250&DID=9902

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/

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2007 Conferences and Institutes

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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 Eighth 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 (157KB 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/

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2006 Conferences and Institutes

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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/

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2005 Conferences and Institutes

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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

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2004 Conferences and Institutes

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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

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2003 Conferences and Institutes

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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

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2002 – 1999 Conferences and Institutes

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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