Some Language Related Conferences
2008-2009

2008

November 5-8,
2008

Annual Conference of the American Translators
Association

Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, FL

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.

October
31-November 1, 2008

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 7-8,
2008

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 21-23,
2008

American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 42nd Annual Convention &
World Languages Exposition “Opening Minds to the World Through
Languages”

Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin
Resort, Orlando, FL

November 22, 2008

American
Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) annual business meeting

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC

It will be held in conjunction with the
2008 meeting of the Middle East Studies Association.

November 22-25, 2008

Annual Convention
of the Middle East Studies Association

December 6-7,
2008

Eighth Conference of Coalition of Distinguished
Language Studies.

Conference Center
at the Maritime Institute, Linthicum,
MD

December 27-30 2008

Modern Language Association
Annual Convention

San Francisco, CA

The MLA's 124th
annual convention will be held in San
Francisco, CA.
Most English sessions and the exhibits are in the Hilton San Francisco.
Most foreign language sessions are in the San Francisco Marriott.

December
27-30, 2008

American
Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL)
AATSEEL Annual Conference

Hyatt Regency, San
Francisco, CA

AATSEEL 2008 will
include sessions by the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) and
the Slavic Linguistics Society (SLS).

2009

January 8-11,
2009

83rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society
of America

Hilton San Francisco, San
Francisco, CA

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.

March
10-14, 2009

26th Annual Conference of the Computer Assisted
Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO)

Arizona State University, Tempe,
AZ

The 2009 Conference will be held in
conjunction with the International Association for Language Learning
Technology (IALLT)

March 13-15, 2009

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and
Linguistics (GURT)

Washington, DC

The theme of this year’s
conference is “Implicit & Explicit Conditions, Processes, and
Knowledge in SLA & Bilingualism.”

March 21-24, 2009

American Association for Applied Linguistics
(AAAL) 2009 Annual Conference

Denver Marriott Tech Center, Denver, CO

March 26-28, 2009

The 43rd Annual TESOL
Convention and Exhibit (TESOL 2009)

Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO

The theme of this year’s
conference is “Uncharted
Mountains, Forging
New Pathways”

March 26-29, 2009

Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies

Chicago, IL

April 16-18, 2009

The 2009
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL)

New
York
Marriott Marquis, NY

The theme of this year’s
conference is “Engaging Communities: The Worlds Is Our Classroom.”

April 23-26, 2009

International Conference of National Council of Less Commonly Taught
Languages (NCOLCTL)

Madison, WI.

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