Some Language Related Conferences 2007-2008
2007
October
31-
November 3, 2007
Annual Conference of the American
Translators Association
Hyatt Regency Hotel,
San Francisco
,
CA
The
ATA Annual Conference offers a multitude of features and
events that allow attendees to connect with over 1,500 translators
and interpreters from throughout the
U.S.
and around the world.
November 2-3, 2007
East Coast Organization
of Language Testers (ECOLT)
George
Washington University
,
Washington
, DC.
ECOLT
represents an East Coast group of professionals, scholars,
and students who are involved in language testing projects
and research. One of the organization's goals is to support
connections among academia, government, and not-for-profit
testing organizations.
November 2-3, 2007
National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs (NASILP)
Annual Conference
Hilton
Crystal
City
at
National
Airport
,
Arlington
,
VA
The
Association's annual meeting will feature presentations reflecting
current research on issues pertinent to academically-based
self-accessed programs for LCTLs.
The meeting provides access to nationally-recognized scholars
in the fields of pedagogy, design, materials development,
instructional technologies, program administration, and establishes
channels through which the special concerns and expertise
of NASILP's institutional members
are shared.
November 15-18, 2007
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
41st Annual Convention & World Languages Exposition “Bridging
Cultures Through Languages”
Henry
B.
Gonzalez
Convention Center
,
San Antonio
,
TX
November 17, 2007
American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages
(AATT) annual business meeting Palais de congres de
Montreal
,
Montreal
,
Canada
It
will be held in conjunction with the 2007 meeting of the
Middle East Studies Association.
November 17-20, 2007
Annual
Convention of the Middle East Studies Association Palais de congres de
Montreal
,
Montreal
,
Canada
December 1-2, 2007
Eighth Conference
on Distinguished Language Studies.
Location
TBA,
Washington
,
DC
. Contact: Dr. Frederick Jackson, fhjackson@mac.com
December 27-30 2007
Modern
Language Association Annual Convention
Chicago
,
IL
The
MLA's 123rd annual convention will be held in
Chicago
,
Illinois
. Most English sessions and
the exhibits are in the Hyatt Regency. Most foreign language
sessions are in the Sheraton Chicago.
December 27-30, 2007
American Association of
Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL)
AATSEEL Annual Conference
Hilton Chicago,
Chicago
,
IL
AATSEEL
2007 will include sessions by the American Council of Teachers
of Russian (ACTR) and the Slavic Linguistics Society (SLS).
2008
January 3-6, 2008
82nd
Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America
Palmer
House,
Chicago
,
IL
The
American Dialect Society, the American Name Society, the
North American Association for the History of the Language
Sciences, the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics,
and the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages
of the
Americas
will meet concurrently with the LSA.
January 22-24, 2008
ConnectEd: A Conference on Global Education
Monterey Conference Center
,
California
Middlebury
College
and the Monterey
Institute of International Studies
Conference
themes include: Innovations in Education; Language and Cultural
Competence; Educational Mobility; Transnational Issues; International
Higher Education Competitiveness; and Educating the NextGen.
March 14-16, 2008
Georgetown
University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics
(GURT)
Washington
,
DC
The
theme of this year’s conference is “Telling Stories:
Building bridges among Language, Narrative, Identity, Interaction,
Society and Culture.”
March 18-22, 2008
25th Annual
Conference of the Computer Assisted Language Instruction
Consortium (CALICO)
University
of San Francisco
,
CA
The
2008 Conference will be held in conjunction with the International
Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT)
March 27-29, 2008
The
2008 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages (NECTFL)
New
York
Marriott
Marquis, NY
The
theme of this year’s conference is “The iGeneration: Turning Instruction
Inside Out.”
March
28-
April 1, 2008
American
Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2008 Annual
Conference
Omni
Shoreham Hotel
,
Washington
, DC
April 2-5, 2008
The
42nd Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit (TESOL 2006)
New
York
Hilton & Sheraton
New
York
,
NY
The
theme of this year’s conference is “Worlds of
TESOL: Building Communities of Practice, Inquiry and Creativity.”
April 3-6, 2008
Annual
Meeting of the Asian Studies Association
Atlanta
,
GA
April 25-27, 2008
National
Conference of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCLCTL)
Madison
,
WI
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