Partner News

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

ACTFL’s Annual Convention and Exposition
Salt Lake City, Utah
November 22-24, 2002

For registration and program information, visit http://actfl.org/ or call (914) 963-8830.

VISIT ERIC/CLL AT THE ACTFL CONVENTION!
Exhibit Booths #109 and #111

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs

The former National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (NCBE) is now known as the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA). The following new publications are available from NCELA:

• Implementing Reading First with English Language Learners
• State Elementary and Secondary LEP Enrollment Growth and Top Languages, 1999-2000
• Survey of the States' Limited English Proficient Students and Available Programs and Services 1999-2000 Summary Report
• National Data Poster on LEP Population, 1999-2000

The URL for NCELA’s Web site has changed to www.ncela.gwu.edu. To request information from NCELA, send an email message to askncela@ncela.gwu.edu.

Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

The Central States Conference will hold its next conference on March 6-8, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, MN. For more information, contact Patrick T. Raven, (414) 405-4645 or CSCTFL@aol.com, or visit www.centralstates.cc.

National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages

ERIC/CLL is pleased to announce the addition of our newest ERIC Partner, the National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages (NCSSFL). We are delighted to have NCSSFL as part of our ERIC Partner network. Welcome!

NCSSFL’s annual meeting will take place in Salt Lake City on November 20-21, 2002. New members are welcome to attend. Membership forms are available on the NCSSFL Web site: www.ncssfl.org. NCSSFL white papers on various foreign language issues are also available full-text at this Web site.

Japan Association for Language Teaching

Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) announces their 28th Annual Conference on Language Teaching and Learning,"Waves of the Future,” November 22-24, 2002, in Shizuoka Granship, Shizuoka, Japan. For more information, contact Lawrence J. Cisar at ljc@gol.com or visit http://jalt.org/jalt2002.

Several publications from JALT are now available on CD-ROM (Macintosh/Windows compatible, on hybrid discs). Visit the JALT Web site (http://jalt.org/main/shop/) for more information and to download an order form.

Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

The Northeast Conference announces its annual conference, “50 Years of the Northeast Conference: Foreign Language Teachers as Partners in the Education of All Students” on April 10-13, 2003, at the Omni-Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. For further information, visit www.nectfl.org, call 717-245-197, or e-mail nectfl@dickinson.edu.

Southwest Conference on Language Teaching

The Southwest Conference on Language Teaching will hold its joint conference with CCFLT in Denver, CO, on March 13-15, 2003, at the Radisson Hotel Denver Southeast. For more information please visit www.learnalanguage.org/swcolt or email Audrey Cournia at CourniaAudrey@cs.com.