In this section we provide a short description and dates and/or contact
information for language conferences, institutes, meetings, and other
activities which may be of interest to our readers. If you have information
about a language event that would be appropriate for this section, please
email the section editor, Dr. Erlin Barnard at
esbarnard@wisc.edu or contact the
new editor at jsealt@att.net
Language Events Calendar
In this section we provide a short description and
dates and/or contact information for language conferences, institutes,
meeting, and other activities which may be of interest to our readers.
If you have information about a language even that would be appropriate
for this section, please email the editor of this section, Dr. Erlin
Barnard, at esbarnard@ wisc.edu.
March 2009
March 5-7
Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)
Location: Atlanta, GA
lynnemcc@mindspring.com;
http://www.scolt.org.
March 19-21
Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL)
Location: Chicago, IL
CSCTFL@aol.com;
http://www.csctfl.org.
March 21-24
American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
Location: Denver, CO
aaal@primemanagement.net;
http://www.aaal.org.
March 25-28
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages(TESOL)
Location: Denver, CO
info@tesol.org;
http://www.tesol.org.
March 26–29
Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting (AAS)
Location:
Sheraton CHICAGO
http: // www.aasianst.org/annmtg.htm
April 2009
April 23 to 26
National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), Annual
Conference
Location: The Madison Concourse Hotel, One West Dayton Street,
Madison, WI 53703
www.councilnet.org,
ncolctl@mailplus.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-7903. FAX: 608-265-7904
Deadline: Submit abstracts for the July 2009 COTSEAL Conference on
Southeast Asian Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics by this date.
E-mail your abstract to Lopao Vang at orchidhomes @tds.net
or Bac Tran at
bact@calmail.berkeley.edu
Malaysian International
Conference on Languages, Literature and Culture
28 to 30 April 2009
Putrajaya, Malaysia
Website:
http://www.fbmk.upm.edu.my/~micollac
Contact name: Dr Mardziah Hayati Abdullah
May 2009
Language and Culture:Creating
and Fostering Global Communities
5 to 6 May 2009
Putrajaya, Malaysia
Website:
http://www.fpbahasa.ukm.my/SoLLsINTEC09/
Contact name: Thang Siew Ming
International Conference on Languages
27 to 28 May 2009
Penang Island, Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Website:
http://www.icl-2009.com
Contact name: Suzana Ab Rahim / Farina
June 2009
June 12 to August 7
The Advanced Filipino Abroad Program (AFAP)
Location: De LaSalle University, Dasmarinas, The Philippines
Contact: Teresita V. Ramos at teresita@hawaii.edu
or call her at (808) 956-8933
June 15 to August 9
Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK)
Location: Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Contact: sak@hawaii.edu
or
http://www.hawaii.edu/khmer/ASK/
or
Website: www.manoa.hawaii.edu/ask/
June 15 to August 10
Summer Study Abroad in Laos (SAIL)
Location: Lao American College, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Contact:
lanlanxang@laostudies.org
Website: www.laostudies.org
June 15 to August 7
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
Languages: Burmese, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer,
Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese.
Location: The University of Wisconsin, Madison
Contact: Mary Jo Studenberg. Phone: 608-263-1755.
Email: seassi@intl-institute.wisc.edu
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June 15 to August 7
Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI)
Location: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Contact: Bac H. Tran. Phone 510-642-3609. Email:
vasi@berkeley.edu
Advanced Study of Thai Program (AST)
Offered by the Consortium for Advanced Study of Thai.
Location: Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Contact: http://jsis.washington.edu/seac/ast.shtml/ or email
seac@u.washington.edu
July 2009
COTSEAL Conference on Southeast Asian Language Teaching and Applied
Linguistics.
Theme: Methodologies and Learning Strategies for Students of
Southeast Asian Languages; papers on this theme or on the
teaching of Southeast Asian languages generally are welcome.
Contacts: Lopao Vang at
orchidhomes@tds.net
and Bac Tran at
bact@calmail.berkeley.edu
Location: The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St .at the University of Wisconsin
in Madison
Rooms: The Lowell Center, 610 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706. Reserve by
calling 608-256-2621 or emailing
lowell@ecc.uwex.edu or go to
http://conferencing.uwex.edu/
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