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Specialist Certificate in Chinese Language Teaching

Australian Literacy - Educators Association Conference

The Programme

Call for paper

Deadline: 31 October 2010

AFMLTA 2011 will be held in Darwin, in Australia's top end in July 2011.

This is an exciting opportunity both to discuss issues in languages education and see the uniqueness of the Australian continent.

The themes of AFMLTA 2011 are
* Enrich: Linguistic and Intercultural Understanding
* Consolidate: Teaching, Learning and Assessment
* Aspire: Excellence in Pedagogy, ICT use and Future Focus

Possible suggested topics for papers and workshops:
-Innovations in Language Theory and Methodology
-Language, culture and learning
-Cultural Diversity
-Teaching in the global classroom
-Resources and Materials
-Developing a Professional Learning culture
-Teaching in a multilevel classroom
-Professional Standards
-Linking language classrooms with community
-Intercultural language learning
-Integrating technology into the language classroom
-Australian (National) Curriculum
-Teaching and learning of Indigenous languages
-Bilingual/immersion and content-based learning
-Heritage languages

Presentation types
There will be 3 types of presentations:
-Full papers (30 minutes plus 10 minutes question time) - Full papers usually describe substantial work or projects which relate to one or more of the conference themes. In general, full papers should be situated within relevant literature and proposal should therefore include a short bibliography
-Short papers (15 minutes plus 5 minutes question time) - Short papers are useful for sharing preliminary work or work in progress which relates to one or more of the conference themes
-Workshops (1 hour and 20 minutes) - Workshops are generally interactive sessions in which presenters may like to share examples practical classroom pedagogy

Submissions
Preferably, submissions should be made via our website (www.afmlta2011.com.au).
Should this not be possible, submissions can be sent to afmlta2011@afmlta.asn.au
following the format below:
Submissions in either word or pdf format are accepted.
Submissions should:
-be typed in 11 point, single-spaced
-include title of presentation in upper case and centred
-include the author(s) affiliation and contact information in lower case, two lines below the title, centred
-include an abstract not exceeding 250 words
-include a one-paragraph biography of author/s
-specify to which of the conference theme/s the submission relates
-indicate any audio-visual equipment and/or whether Internet access is
required
-for full papers, identify the desire for possible publication as a refereed paper

Submission dates
All submissions must be received by October 31, 2010. We regret that late submissions may not be accepted.

Selection of submissions
All submissions will be given equal consideration by the Academic Chair and a small selection committee for inclusion in the conference program on the basis of the following criteria:
-relevance to the conference theme/s
-appropriateness of content for conference program and audience
-contribution to research, discussion, pedagogy, as appropriate
At the selection committee's discretion a proposal may be accepted in a different category than indicated by the author/s (e.g. a full paper may be accepted as a short paper)
We will send notification of (un)successful selection by November 30, 2010
For further information contact afmlta2011@afmlta.asn.au

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