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VIU'S School of Education Announces Conference on Language, Learning, & Culture

Virginia
International University (VIU)’s School of Education will host the inaugural Conference on Learning, Language, &
Culture
(CLLC) on April 11-12, 2014 with the goal of sharing best practices
and emerging trends in these closely intertwined areas.



 



This year’s
theme, Innovations at the Intersection of
Language, Learning, and Culture
, intends to frame education experiences as
ideally meeting the needs of diverse students, their communities, and the
various stakeholders who can benefit from high-quality, socially responsive
language programs.

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Plenary
speakers include:

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·        
Dr. Terrence G. Wiley, President and CEO of the
Center for Applied Linguistics



·        
Dr. Shelley Wong, Professor at George Mason
University and past TESOL President



·        
Dr. Ken Petersen, Technical Director for Online
Learning & Assessment for American Councils for International Education



 



The
conference features colloquia/panel discussions, workshops, posters, and paper
presentations on the following strands:



·        
Language Learning & Development



·        
Language Learning & Teaching



·        
Program Evaluation & Policy



·        
Language in Society



The
conference will have multiple concurrent strands and allows for attendees to
select areas of interest to them.



 



Conference Registration



 



Early
registration: November 1, 2013 – February 28, 2014



·        
Students: $10



·        
Non-students: $30



The early registration period ends soon, so
don’t delay in registering!



 



Regular
registration begins March 1, 2014.



·        
Students: $20



·        
Non-students: $40



On-site registration is possible on the day
of the event.



 



Optional Conference Excursion



 



Conference
participants will have the opportunity to go on a group excursion to DC’s
famous National Cherry Blossom Festival, which is scheduled to take place from
March 20 – April 13, 2014. Saturday, April 12 is the date of both the annual
festival parade and Sakura Matsuri, a Japanese street festival. For more
information on these events, please visit the festival’s website: http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/



 



Additional Information about VIU’s School
of Education



 



Virginia
International University is a non-profit university located in Fairfax,
Virginia, just outside of Washington, DC. Our students hail from more than 70
countries and nearly all of the continents. VIU offers master’s degrees and
graduate certificates in Education and TESOL.



 



In addition
to our Conference on Language, Learning, & Culture, we have a monthly
speaker series titled Voices from the
Field
in which local community leaders, educators, language program
administrators, and other visionaries give presentations that help our students
to draw connections between their studies and the world outside the classroom.
All of these talks are free and open to the public and take place the first
Thursday of every month at 2:00 pm in our Waples Mill Conference Room located
at 11200 Waples Mill Road, #360, Fairfax, VA 
22030.



 



For more
information about the VIU School of Education, please visit www.viu.edu/SED.



 



Questions
can be directed to Kevin J. Martin, Director of the School of Education, at kevin@viu.edu

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