First
NJ Workshop on Multilingualism and
Second Language Acquisition |
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| Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center |
| October 26-27 |
| Click here for a detailed schedule |
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Globalization
trends have greatly increased the number of immigrants who speak different
languages to New Jersey. The presence of great numbers of these speakers
suggests important new educational and social, and therefore political,
challenges, to our institutions. New Jersey can benefit from the experiences
of other countries that have a tradition of multilingualism and a history
of overcoming issues of language planning. This workshop will bring together
experts who have had extensive experience with different types of multilingual
situations. In particular, we would like to address, among others, the
following issues and concerns:
Are solutions
to multilingual situations transferable from one place to another?
How can
minority languages be preserved? Is New Jersey leading the way in minority
language preservation?
Does social
integration necessarily entail loss of an immigrant’s heritage language?
What are
the social advantages of multilingualism? How do we encourage students
at every educational level to learn languages in addition to English?
How do
we prepare our second language and bilingual teachers for the challenges
of the twenty-first century classroom.
How should
educational institutions react to multilingual students?
Participants:
Bilingual Education Policies in Peru: beyond the recognition of multilingualism
There will be no charge to attend the conference
Directions
to the workshop and hotel information
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is a New Jersey State Department
of Education certified Educational Development Provider. Any teacher;
registering at the conference will receive a certification of participation
upon request.
This workshop was made possible by a grant from:
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The New Jersey Council for the Humanities |
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| A state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities |
Additional support was provided by:
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
Rutgers University |
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| The Transliteratures |
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Page created by José Camacho, updated September 26, 2001
