SPECIAL SYMPOSIA AT AAAL2008
WASHINGTON, DC

Three special Symposia events will be scheduled in the program for AAAL2008.  Click the titles below for additional information.

 

 

~ TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY - Sunday March 30, 8:15am to 11:15am
In this Special Symposium the intersection of applied linguistics research, praxis, and advocacy in community, workplace, legal, and educational contexts will be examined. Presenters will highlight key findings of their own research and demonstrate how those findings can be used to affect change in a particular area. Technical, ethnical and cultural questions and concerns are addressed as presenters share their experiences engaging in advocacy-related research. This colloquium, is sponsored by AAAL's Advocacy Action Group (AAG) and aims to encourage discussion of advocacy issues and to promote effective public advocacy among AAAL's membership.

Conveners:
Kendall King, Georgetown University.
Mariana Achugar, Carnegie Mellon University.

Presenters and Papers:
Martha Bigelow, University of Minnesota
   The Risks and Rewards of Advocacy through Community Partnerships

John Baugh, Washington University, St. Louis
   Linguistic Profiling and the Law: Future Challenges

Kari Gibson, University of California, Irvine
   Myths at Work: Why Workplace Language Policies Exist and How Linguists Can Affect Change

Claudia Angelelli, San Diego State University
   Young Bilinguals as Linguistic Advocates in a Multilingual Society

Laurie Olsen, Executive Director, California Tomorrow
   The Intersection of Research, Policy, Practice and Advocacy: Tools to Move a Proactive Immigrant Education Agenda in the Midst of a Political Storm

Discussants:
Claire Kramsch, UC Berkeley; Jeff Harlig, Words@Work ; Sue Dicker, Hostos Community College, CUNY

 

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~ FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR RESEARCH IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS - Monday March 31, 11:55am to 1:55pm
This Special Symposium will provide AAAL members with relevant information about U.S. federal funding sources that support research in applied linguistics. Representatives of federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Department of Education will discuss funding opportunities and priorities for the current year and prospects for the future. Resource materials will be distributed.

Convener:
Donna Christian, Center for Applied Linguistics

Presenters:
Julia Huston Nguyen
Senior Program Officer
Division of Education Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities 

D. Terence Langendoen
Program Director, Linguistics
National Science Foundation

Peggy McCardle
Chief, Child Development & Behavior Branch
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health

Cindy Ryan
Office of English Language Acquisition
Department of Education

Ed McDermott
International Education Programs Service
Office of Postsecondary Education
Department of Education

David Malouf
National Center for Special Education Research
Institute of Education Sciences
Department of Education

Elizabeth Albro
National Center for Education Research
Institute of Education Sciences
Department of Education

 

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~ MODELING REPRESENTATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN THE UNITED STATES - Monday April 31, 2pm to 5pm
Recent documents have stated well the problems in foreign language education in the United States and what needs and concerns urgently require attention and action. Missing, however, are precise proposals for procedures, processes, and, most important, forms of institutionalization for language education policies. This Special Symposia features experts charged with imagining forms of institutionalization for foreign language education policy-making at the federal level in the U.S. that would assure the development of coherent, long-term policies and practices. Following panelists' opening statements the session features a moderated panel discussion and seeks ample commentary by attendees.

Conveners:
Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University
Leo van Lier, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Participants:
Lyle Bachman, Professor of Applied Linguistics, UCLA
Rep. Rush Holt (D-New Jersey)
Diane Auer Jones, Asst. Secretary for Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
Ambassador Michael Lemmon, National War College
Mary Ellen O'Connell, Senior Program Officer, The National Academies