学术会议 | 2024年芝加哥语言学论坛征稿通知

At the turn of the 21st Century, innovative approaches to language teaching have placed the “learning by doing” principle into focus based on the premise that students learn a language by using the language. ACTFL’s Performance Indicators, influenced by the Can-Do Statements of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), have set the basis for instruction to be action-oriented where the goal is for students to accomplish relevant and engaging real-world tasks and projects that need to be completed through the use of the target language.In such pedagogies, a communicative goal is identified and the planning follows a backward design that sets the path towards supporting and assessing students’ accomplishment of the goal. In short, these innovative pedagogies put the student center stage and, in addition to effectively promoting language learning, they also foster creativity, critical thinking, problem solving skills, and intentional examination of the world through investigation.Our goal for the CLS 2024 is to explore how pedagogies focused on experiential learning are designed and implemented in the classroom.

一、会议主题

      pedagogies focused on experiential learning

二、分议题(包括但不限于)

• Task-based language teaching
• Project-based language teaching
• Content-based language instruction Content and language integrated learning
• Integrated Performance Assessment

We welcome proposals that address or illustrate language teaching reflective of or inspired by these frameworks and that also may also incorporate principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, technology-mediated teaching and learning, multimodality, virtual realities, artificial intelligence, accessibility, or community-based learning.

三、主旨发言专家 

Lara Bryfonski is an applied linguist and assistant professor at Georgetown University where she conducts research on second language acquisition and language teaching. She has published and presented her research on a variety of topics in applied linguistics, including task-based language teaching (TBLT), teacher training, corrective feedback, materials development, language learning in study abroad, and methods for second language research. She is PI (with Alison Mackey) of a STARTALK program that provides training in TBLT to teachers of critical languages. Dr. Bryfonski is a former English as a second/foreign language teacher and has taught students from preschool to adulthood in a variety of contexts in the U.S. and abroad. She is passionate about supporting novice language teachers and has worked with NGOs, public and private schools, governmental and financial organizations, and universities to provide research-based training in language teaching. Her recent book, co-authored with Alison Mackey, The Art and Science of Language Teaching is available now from Cambridge University Press.

四、会议注册 

The 2024 Chicago Language Symposium is $40 when registering in advance, for either in-person or remote attendance, or $60 when registering the day of the event.Saturday, April 27, 20248:00 am to 5:00 pmRegistration will open soon. Stay tuned!

五、注意事项

All presentations are 20 minutes long, plus 10 minutes for Q&A. All presenters must present in-person. Language instructors at all levels are invited to submit proposals; examples in any target language are welcome, but the language of the symposium will be English.

Since its founding in 1999, the Chicago Language Symposium has allowed for lively conversations and sustained dialogues amongst its participants through the course of the sessions. We would like to continue that highly valued aspect of the meeting and have thus established the following guidelines:

• This will be primarily an in-person event
• Remote participation will be allowed, however, opportunities for remote-participant interaction during sessions will be limited (due to the venue and logistics)
• We require that all presenters attend in-person

Thank you in advance for your understanding and consideration.

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