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Register now for the Sixth Annual CLAC Conference
Late Registration Begins March 2, 2012

Exploring Approaches to
Cultures & Languages Across the Curriculum

March 9-10, 2012
The University Hotel Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN

This conference provides an opportunity for faculty, graduate instructors, and administrators to share expertise in building and managing CLAC programs. The conference will address the practical issues related to developing successful pedagogical models for the use of world language and culture learning across the post-secondary curriculum.

Conference Focus

A specific focus of the 6th annual conference on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) will be on presenting and discussing a variety of models and aspects of post-secondary programs implementing world languages and cultures across the curriculum. Seasoned CLAC practitioners, those in the process of implementing programs, as well as prospective CLAC program developers will come together to share ideas and best practices in our evolving and unique field of education for global citizens.  Attendees at the CLAC conference will learn how CLAC programs are implemented at other institutions and will have a rare opportunity for extended discussions examining design and delivery of a CLAC curriculum.

Plenary Topics and Speakers

• CLAC in a Nutshell
  Tanya Kinsella, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  
  
• From First- and Second-Year Foreign Language Instruction to CLAC: A Quantum Leap or a Well-Trodden Path
  Gwendolyn Barnes-Karol, St. Olaf College
  
  
• Modeling Collaboration between Foreign Languages and Sustainability Studies
  Frances Matos-Schultz, University of Minnesota
  Charlotte Melin, University of Minnesota
  Patricia Mougel, University of Minnesota

In addition to an exciting line up of sessions, panels and posters, the CLAC conference is also offering three pre-conference workshops for an additional fee:

• Fostering Critical Thinking and Academic Language through Visual Images: A Hands-On Approach
• How to Design and Implement a CLAC Program that Works for Your Campus--nearly full
• Preparing Graduate Students to Teach CLAC

Full Conference program is available online: www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/clac/schedule.html

Register Now!

Hotel room block will be released on February 9 and late registration rate will begin on March 2.

More Information

Registration: www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/clac/registration.html
General: www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/clac/

The 6th annual conference on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum is sponsored by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota. CARLA is a Title VI Resource Center funded by the U.S. Department of Education.  The conference is cosponsored by the institutional members of the CLAC Consortium: Baldwin-Wallace College, Binghamton University-SUNY, Drake University, Portland State University, Skidmore College, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, and Wittenberg University. 

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The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota houses one of several Title VI Language Resource Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively. CARLA supports a number of coordinated programs of research, training, development and dissemination of information relating to second language teaching and learning.

CARLA emails are designed to give second language teachers and researchers current information on the programs and projects currently operating under the auspices of CARLA. You are also invited to visit the CARLA website at http://www.carla.umn.edu/. For more information about all the Title VI Language Resource Centers, visit our joint site at http://nflrc.msu.edu/.

We hope that you enjoy receiving periodic updates from CARLA. We encourage you to share this email with colleagues who may be interested.  Anyone can sign up to receive updates from CARLA at http://www.carla.umn.edu/about/mlist.html. If you would like us to take you off the list, please e-mail the center at carla@umn.edu.

       Elaine Tarone, CARLA Director
       Karin Larson, Coordinator