Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 15:02:57 -0500
From: GURT[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUVAX.BITNET
Subject: GURT 1995 (long posting)
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ROUND TABLE
ON LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS 1995
Pre-sessions and Conference: March 6-11, 1995
"Linguistics and the Education of Second Language Teachers:
Ethnolinguistic, Psycholinguistic, and Sociolinguistic Aspects"
Main Conference Opening Session: Wednesday, March 8, 1995,
7:30 p.m., Georgetown Campus, Gaston Hall
(registration required)
Opening remarks:
James E. Alatis, Dean Emeritus, School of Languages and Linguistics
Chair, Georgetown University Round Table 1995
Honored Guest:
Eugene Garcia, Director, OBEMLA, U.S. Department of Education
Speaker:
Steve Krashen, University of Southern California
The Cause-Effect Confusion and the Time Issue in Education
Opening reception to follow in ICC Galleria
Admission to all sessions by badge only; registration materials
and badges will not be mailed but may be picked up at registration
center in Intercultural Center (ICC), exact location to be posted;
registration materials for March 8 evening session available in Gaston
Hall foyer from 6:30 p.m. All pre-sessions on March 6, 7, and 8 and
main sessions on March 9, 10, and 11 will be held in
Intercultural Center (rooms to be posted). Detailed program
with abstracts included in registration packets.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1995
Intercultural Center
Plenary speakers:
Kathleen Bailey, Monterey Institute of International Studies
What teachers say about teaching
Bessie Dendrinos, University of Athens, Greece
Foreign language textbook discourse and pedagogization
of the learner
Invited speakers:
David R. Andrews, Georgetown University
Standard versus non-standard: The intersection of
sociolinguistics and language teaching
Elsaid Badawi, American University in Cairo
The use of Arabic in Egyptian T.V. commercials: A
language simulator for the training of teachers of Arabic
as a foreign language
Kenneth Chastain, University of Virginia
Knowledge, language, and communication
Virginia P. Collier, George Mason University
Language acquisition for school: Academic, cognitive,
sociocultural, and linguistic processes
JoAnn Crandall, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Reinventing America's schools: The role of the applied
linguist
Nadine O'Connor Di Vito, University of Chicago
Using native speech to formulate past tense rules in
French
Adam Jaworski, University of Wales, College of Cardiff
Language awareness in applied linguistics students:
Evidence from linguistic and cultural heritage essays
Donna Lardiere, Georgetown University
An update on transfer and transferability
Donald J. Loritz, Georgetown University
Unlearning learnability
Yuling Pan, Georgetown University
Addressee, setting, and verbal behavior: How relevant
are they in foreign language teaching?
Guy Spielmann, Georgetown University
Multidisciplinary Integrated Language Education (MILE)
and second/foreign language teaching
G. Richard Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University
Developing a research component within a teacher
education program
Andrea Tyler, Georgetown University
Patterns of lexis: How much can repetition tell us about
discourse coherence?
Bill VanPatten, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Is psycholinguistics relevant to language teaching?
Shelley Wong, University of Maryland, College Park
Curriculum transformation: A psycholinguistic course
for prospective teachers of ESOL K 12
Elizabeth Zsiga, Georgetown University
Phonology and phonetics in the education of second
language teachers: The representation of some variable
rules of English
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1995
Intercultural Center
Plenary speakers:
Leslie M. Beebe, Teachers College, Columbia University
Polite fictions: Instrumental rudeness as pragmatic
competence
Joan Morley, University of Michigan
Maximizing learning
Invited speakers:
Vincent J. Cangiano, El Houcine Haichour, Stephanie J.
Stauffer, Georgetown University
Taming the electronic lion, or How to shape a language
learning environment out of the chaos called the Internet
Jeff Connor-Linton, Georgetown University
Late night thoughts on complexity, linguistics, and
language teaching
Barbara A. Craig, Georgetown University
Boundary discourse and the authority of knowledge in
the second language classroom
Madeline E. Ehrman, U.S. Department of State, FSI
Personality, language learning aptitude, and program structure
Aviva Freedman, Carleton University, Ottawa
"Situating" learning to write for the L2 teacher
William C. Hannas, Georgetown University
Teaching Chinese teachers what constitutes "Chinese"
Susan Huss-Lederman, Georgetown University
"Wait wait wait wait!" A sociolinguistic analysis of
repetition in the speech of adult beginning ESL learners
using instructional software
Kurt R. Jankowsky, Georgetown University
On the need to unlearn in the foreign language learning
process
Ronald P. Leow, Georgetown University
Teacher education and psycholinguistics: Making
teachers psycholinguists
Steven J. Loughrin-Sacco, Boise State University
Research internships: Involving undergraduate foreign
language secondary education majors in ethnographic
research
Anne Pakir, National University of Singapore
Beginning at the end: "Bilingual education for all" in
Singapore and teacher perception
Sophia C. Papaefthymiou-Lytra, University of Athens, Greece
Culture and the teaching of foreign languages: A case
study
Teresa Pica, University of Pennsylvania
Teaching language and teaching language learners: The
expanding role and expectations of language teachers in
communicative content-based classrooms
Peter Schmitter, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg,
Germany
Structural or cognitive semantics as a topic in the
linguistic education of second language teachers?
Charles W. Stansfield, Second Language Testing, Inc.
Considerations in the writing of SOPI prompts
Monique Y. Wong, Hellenic American Union, Greece
Using simulation to develop negotiation strategies in a
foreign language
SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1995
Intercultural Center
Plenary speakers:
Marianne Celce-Murcia, University of California, Los Angeles
The elaboration of sociolinguistic competence: Implications
for teacher education
Diane Larsen-Freeman, School for International Training
On the changing role of linguistics in the education of
second language teachers: Past, present, and future
Invited speakers:
Catherine N. Ball, Georgetown University
Providing comprehensible input in a dead foreign
language: Two text-based strategies
Isolda E. Carranza, Georgetown University
Multi-level analysis of two-way bilingual classroom
discourse
Anna Uhl Chamot, Georgetown University
Learning strategies of elementary foreign language
immersion students
Mary El-Kadi, Old Dominion University
Discourse analysis of classroom interaction and the
training of ESL teachers
Elaine K. Horwitz, University of Texas at Austin
Foreign language anxiety and foreign language
teachers: What can teacher educators do?
Christina Kakava, Mary Washington College
Directness and indirectness in professor student
interaction: The intersection of contextual and cultural
constraints
David Nunan, University of Hong Kong
Systemic-functional linguistics and the education of
second language teachers: A case study
Linju Ogasawara, Japanese Ministry of Education (ret.)
Native cultural interference in Japanese English usage
John J. Staczek, Georgetown University
Metalinguistic talk in mature L2 adult-learner classroom
discourse
Stephanie J. Stauffer, Georgetown University
Reap what you sow: In-service training for language
teachers for computer-mediated communication
Steven Sternfeld, University of Utah
From Hirsch's Dystopia to Hakuta's Utopia: A call for
multilingual alliance
Weiping Wu, Center for Applied Linguistics
Education of second language teachers: The link
between linguistic theory and teaching practice
Dolly J. Young, University of Tennessee
Language anxiety in SL Acquisition: Using a wider angle
of focus
Raffaella Zanuttini, Georgetown University
Dialectal variation as an insight into the structure of
language
Gen-Yuan Zhuang, Hangzhou University, PRC
What they hear is not what they read: Speech
perception and the training of English teachers in China
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OTHER GEORGETOWN CONFERENCES:
*Georgetown Linguistics Society, GLS 1995, Developments in
Discourse Analysis, February 17-19, 1995. Plenary speakers:
Frederick Erickson, Charles Goodwin, Heidi Hamilton,
Deborah Schiffrin, Roger Shuy, and Deborah Tannen. Contact:
GLS 1995, G.U. Dept. of Linguistics, ICC 479, Washington,
DC 20057-1068; gls[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu; gls[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.bitnet;
tel: 202/687-6166.
*International Linguistics Association, ILA, Discourse and Text
Analysis, March 10-12, 1995. Contact: Ruth Brend, 3363
Burbank Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105;
Ruth.Brend[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]um.cc.umich.edu; Tel: 313/665-2787; Fax:
313/665-9743.
*9th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, March 10-12,
1995. Contact G.U. Arabic Department, ICC 463, Washington,
DC 20057-1082; solernoe[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu; Tel: 202/687-
5743.
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PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS: March 6-8, 1995
The pre-conference sessions will be held in the Intercultural
Center of Georgetown University. Please contact the individual
organizers for more information on the content of the sessions
only. To register, see registration form or contact GURT
Coordinator.
Preliminary schedule:
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1995
Spanish Linguistics I
Organizers: Dr. Hector Campos, Mr. Eric Holt, and Ms.
Norma Catalan
G.U. Department of Spanish
Washington, DC 20057-0989
(202) 687-6134
hcampos[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu
Issues in Slavic Linguistics
Organizer: Dr. David R. Andrews
G.U. Department of Russian
Washington, DC 20057-0990
(202) 687-6108/6147
andrewsd[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu
African Linguistics VI
Organizer: Rev. Solomon Sara, S.J., Ph.D.
G.U. Department of Linguistics
Washington, DC 20057-1068
(202) 687-5956
ssara[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu
Discourse and Agency: Responsibility and Deception
Organizer: Dr. Patricia E. O'Connor
G.U. Department of English
Washington, DC 20057-1048
(202) 687-7622; Fax: 687-5445
oconnorpe[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1995
Spanish Linguistics II
Organizers: Dr. Hector Campos, Mr. Eric Holt, and Ms. Norma
Catalan
G.U. Department of Spanish
Washington, DC 20057-0989
(202) 687-6134
hcampos[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu
Teaching and Learning Spoken Arabic
Organizer: Dr. Margaret Nydell
G.U. Department of Arabic
Washington, DC 20057-1082
(202) 687-5743
History of Linguistics
Organizer: Dr. Kurt R. Jankowsky
G.U. Department of German
Washington, DC 20057-0994
(202) 687-5812
Innovative Audio and Looking at Multimedia (two sessions)
Organizer: Jackie M. Tanner, Director
G.U. Language Learning Technology
Washington, DC 20057-0987
(202) 687-5766
jtanner[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu
Issues in Foreign Language Program Direction I
Organizer: Dr. Ronald P. Leow
G.U. Department of Spanish
Washington, DC 20057-0909
(202) 687-6134
rleow[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.bitnet
rleow[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1995
Computer-Mediated Discourse Analysis
Organizer: Dr. Susan Herring
Program in Linguistics
University of Texas
Arlington, TX 76019
(817) 273-3133
susan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utafll.uta.edu
Celebration of Bilingual Immersion Programs
Organizer: Prof. Dorothy B. Goodman
Friends of International Education
P.O. Box 4800
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 363-8510
Issues in Foreign Language Program Direction II
Organizer: Dr. Ronald P. Leow
G.U. Department of Spanish
Washington, DC 20057-0989
(202) 687-6134
rleow[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.bitnet
rleow[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu
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TUTORIALS (for Connor-Linton and Spielmann tutorials,
maximum of 20 participants; no participant limit for Krashen
workshop):
MONDAY, MARCH 6
"Criterion-referenced curriculum and test development for
language teachers and administrators"
Presenter: Dr. Jeff Connor-Linton, G.U. Dept of Linguistics,
(202) 687-6156
Criterion-referenced measurement will first be explained and
exemplified, especially in contrast to norm-referenced
measurement. Next, the process of criterion-referenced language
test development (CRLTD) and its benefits for language testing
(increasing positive backwash and content validity) will be
described. A hands-on workshop on criterion-referenced test
specification will follow, which models the process teachers and
administrators may use in their own classrooms and programs.
Finally, ways in which criterion-referenced test specification
process can be used to improve language curriculum coherence
and articulation will be discussed.
TUESDAY, MARCH 7
"Language acquisition and language education: A review of
research and theory and current issues"
Presenter: Dr. Steve Krashen, School of Education, University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0031
This workshop will cover, and attempt to integrate, material
presented at my GURT presentations since 1989. It will review
evidence for and against the input hypothesis, the Reading
Hypothesis, applications of the input hypothesis to beginning
and intermediate language and literacy development, the role of
light reading, and applications to bilingual education.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8
Authentic documents in the language class: Theoretical
perspectives and didactic applications
Presenter: Dr. Guy Spielmann, G.U. Department of French,
(202) 687-5717
This workshop proposes to examine in detail the theoretical
premises (based on elements from pragmatics, philosophy of
language, and semiotics) which justify an extensive use of
documents in elementary and intermediate language courses.
It will also provide very concrete and actual examples of how
this can be done to achieve optimal didactic impact.
There is an apparent consensus today on the usefulness and
value of authentic documents in teaching foreign languages.
Such accord, however, only emphasizes the lack of theoretical
grounding on the meaning and the role that documents
should play from the very beginning of instruction.
If we question why documents are so parsimoniously used in
beginners' classes, and then mostly for illustrative purposes, we
begin to expose some of the most glaring philosophical
problems of language education today. Our point of
departure will be to review the reasons (explicit or not) for
which documents are so sparsely exploited, and trace their
origin to both ideology a set of a priori beliefs about the nature
of language an d a sense of practicality a set of beliefs
about what can be done in class.
I will then briefly introduce some basic concepts of
Multidisciplinary Integrated Language Education (MILE), in
order to provide new directions in thinking about the value of
documents as primary evidence in the language complex
(including Code, Content, Context, and Culture).
Through a few very specific examples of activities, I will
indicate how the theoretical premises of MILE can translate into
an interdisciplinary, document-based language class even at the
full beginners' level. I will then conduct a brainstorming
session with participants in order to elicit further examples of
activities reflecting the same fundamental principles.
Finally, I will discuss some theoretical and practical
considerations on the collection and selection of documents, as
well as the limitations to their use.
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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ROUND TABLE
(GURT) 1995 **HOTELS**
The following hotels have made special arrangements to reserve
rooms for GURT '95 registrants at reduced rates. Please make
all arrangements directly with the hotel, identifying yourself as
attending the Georgetown University Round Table.
Reservation office staff should be able to identify the group and
group rate. However, should you experience difficulty in
making reservations, we have provided the name of the
hotel representative with whom the Round Table made the
arrangements. The Round Table provides this list as a courtesy
to registrants but does not express any preference for one
facility over another. Of course, GURT registrants are
welcome to select hotels which do not appear on this list.
Rates are per night and do not include local taxes (District of
Columbia tax is 13% per night plus an occupancy tax of $3.00
per night. Virginia tax is 9.75% per night).
Days Inn
Contact: Jim Skaats
2201 Arlington Boulevard, Arlington, Va. 22201
voice: 703/525 0300; fax: 703/525 5671
$55 single or double; $5/night for extra bed
Deadline: February 15
Georgetown Suites
Contact: Pamela Smith
1111 30th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20007
voice: 800/348 7203 or 202/298 7800; fax: 202/333 5792
$120 studio (sg/d), $135 1 brm (sg/d)
Deadline: February 13
Georgetown University Conference Center
Contact: Stephanie McGill
3800 Reservoir Road, NW, Washington, D.C. 20057
voice: 800/446-9476 or 202/687-3232
$109 single; $124 double
Deadline: February 6
Guest Quarters Suite Hotel
Contact: Tracy Hoar
2500 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037
voice: 800/424 2900 or 202/333 8060
$123 single or double
Deadline: January 27
Guest Quarters Suites Hotel
Contact: Barbara Link-McNeil
801 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037
voice: 800/424 2900 or 202/785 2000; fax: 202/785 9485
$123 single; $138 double
Deadline: February 7
Holiday Inn Georgetown
Contact: Kim Soileau
2101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20007
voice: 800/465 4329 or 202/338 4600; fax: 202/333 6113
$89 single or double
Deadline: February 7
Key Bridge Marriott
Contact: Mark Frisone
1401 Lee Highway, Arlington, Va. 22209
voice: 800/327-9789 or 703/524 6400; fax: 703/524 8964
$125 single or double; $15/night for extra bed
Deadline: February 21
Savoy Suites Georgetown
Contact: Dorothy Spates
2505 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20007
voice: 202/337 9700; fax: 202/337 3644
$75 single, $85 double
Deadline: February 7
*** Air Travel to D.C.****
District Travel Agency, Ltd. is the designated travel agent for
the Georgetown University Round Table (GURT) and each of
the other conferences listed here. Special
arrangements have been made with United Airlines, which will
provide air fares to the Washington metropolitan area at a
discount of 5% off already discounted fares and 10% off of all
others. To make reservations, please call District Travel
directly at 1-800-277-1050, (202) 659-9656, or contact
by fax at (202) 872-8489. Please indicate to the District Travel
staff that you are attending the Georgetown University
meeting. If you experience any difficulties, please ask to speak
to Ms. Meena Singh, President of District Travel, with whom
these arrangements were made.
*******************REGISTRATION*********************
Registration form. Please snailMAIL a hard copy of this form
and your check or money order (payable to GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY; no credit cards) to: Carolyn A. Straehle,
Coordinator, GURT 1995, School of Languages and Linguistics,
303 Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, Washington,
DC 20057-1067, USA.
PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE: (postmarked no later
than) FEBRUARY 4, 1995. After this date, on-site fees apply.
A 10% handling fee will be charged for refunds. Badges and
registration material are not mailed, but will be available
the days of the conference at the registration site in the
Intercultural Center (ICC).
ALL GEORGETOWN FACULTY/STUDENTS/STAFF: If
you did not receive mailing with separate registration
information, please contact GURT office.
Please print clearly:
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Please check here________ if you plan to attend opening night
plenary session and reception, Wednesday, March 8.
Please mark with (X) categories which apply:
Please note that TUTORIALS are NOT included in any of the
packages or daily rates below; the cost for tutorials is $75.00
each (or $80.00 after February 4) in addition to the base
registration fee.
*************PRE-REGISTRATION RATE********
(postmarked NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 4, 1995)
FULL CONFERENCE (presessions, main sessions, opening
plenary/reception) _____ $165.00
MAIN SESSION (main sessions, opening plenary/reception)
______ $120.00
PRESESSIONS (presessions only)
______ $ 75.00
DISCOUNTED RATES: (presessions, main sessions, opening
plenary/reception):
Senior citizens (with copy of ID) ______ $ 75.00
Students (with copy of ID) ______ $ 60.00
GROUP RATES: Available for groups of 5 or more by
February 4 only (no on-site group registration). Please
contact Conference Coordinator to make arrangements.
INDIVIDUAL DAYS OR COMBINATIONS:
PRESESSIONS (Tutorials not included)
Monday, March 6 ______ $ 25.00
Tuesday, March 7 ______ $ 25.00
Wednesday, March 8 (evening plenary/reception not included)
____ $ 25.00
MAIN SESSIONS (Tutorials not included)
Wednesday, March 8: evening plenary/reception______ $ 30.00
Thursday, March 9 ______ $ 50.00
Friday, March 10 ______ $ 50.00
Saturday, March 11 ______ $ 50.00
TUTORIALS
1. Connor-Linton (March 6) ______ $ 75.00
2. Krashen (March 7) ______ $ 75.00
3. Spielmann (March 8) ______ $ 75.00
TOTAL ENCLOSED
$
*************ON-SITE RATE*****************
(ALL REGISTRATIONS after FEBRUARY 4, 1995)
FULL CONFERENCE (presessions, main sessions, opening
plenary/reception) _____ $195.00
MAIN SESSION (main sessions, opening plenary/reception)
______ $160.00
PRESESSIONS (presessions only)
______ $ 90.00
DISCOUNTED RATES: (presessions, main sessions, opening
plenary/reception):
Senior citizens (with copy of ID) ______ $ 90.00
Students (with copy of ID) ______ $ 75.00
GROUP RATES: Available for groups of 5 or more by
February 4 only (no on-site group registration). Please
contact Conference Coordinator to make arrangements.
INDIVIDUAL DAYS OR COMBINATIONS:
PRESESSIONS (Tutorials not included)
Monday, March 6 ______ $ 35.00
Tuesday, March 7 ______ $ 35.00
Wednesday, March 8 (evening plenary/reception not included)
____ $ 35.00
MAIN SESSIONS (Tutorials not included)
Wednesday, March 8: evening plenary/reception______ $ 40.00
Thursday, March 9 ______ $ 60.00
Friday, March 10 ______ $ 60.00
Saturday, March 11 ______ $ 60.00
TUTORIALS
1. Connor-Linton (March 6) ______ $ 80.00
2. Krashen (March 7) ______ $ 80.00
3. Spielmann (March 8) ______ $ 80.00
TOTAL ENCLOSED
$
So that the University may provide reasonable accommodations,
we ask that you notify the GURT 1995 Coordinator of any
disability as soon as possible. All information you provide will
be treated confidentially.
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DRIVING DIRECTIONS to Georgetown University Campus: Call 202/687-4355)
Parking. Discount parking rates are available to GURT
attendees in Lot A, Leavey Parking Garage, and Lot 3. When
you arrive, please tell lot attendant that you are attending the
Round Table (or GURT) Conference.
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For more information, please contact Carolyn A. Straehle,
Coordinator * GURT 1995 * Georgetown University
School of Languages and Linguistics * 303 Intercultural
Center * Washington, DC 20057-1067
e-mail: gurt[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.bitnet or gurt[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu *
voice: 202/687-5726 * fax: 202/687-5712
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use the following address:
URL:
http://www.georgetown.edu/conferences/gurt95/gurt95.html
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Washington Student Center
at the Washington International AYH-Hostel
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