May 12, 2009

MEDIA CONTACTS: Jane Bornhorst 
202-994-4519, janeb@gwu.edu
Nick Massella 
202-994-3087; massella@gwu.edu

PREPARING LANGUAGE TEACHERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
MAY 28 - 30, 2009

EVENT:  

GW's Graduate School of Education and Human Development's National Capital Language Resource Center is conducting an international conference titled "Preparing Language Teachers for the 21st Century: Sixth International Conference on Language Teacher Education," for practitioners and researchers involved in the preparation and professional development of language teachers. Language Teacher Education 2009 will address the education of all language teachers at all instructional and institutional levels and in many national and international contexts in which this takes place including: English as a Second Language (ESL), English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction and foreign, modern and world language.

WHEN:  

Thursday, May 28 - Saturday, May 30, 2009

WHERE:  

The George Washington University
Marvin Center, 3rd and 4th Floors
800 21st St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro (Orange and Blue Lines)

WHO:  

Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hi., will greet conference guests via video recording. Additional presenters also include:

• Jack Richards, teacher of applied linguistics, The Regional Language Center
• Bill Johnston, associate professor of comparative literature and TESOL and applied linguistics, Indiana University
• Karen E. Johnson, liberal arts resident professor of applied linguistics, Pennsylvania State University
• and Simon Borg, reader in TESOL, University of Leeds

Complete agenda available at http://nclrc.org/lte2009.

RSVP:  

Practitioners and researchers can register for the event at http://nclrc.org/lte2009. Members of the media wishing to attend should contact Nick Massella at 202-994-3087 or massella@gwu.edu.

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