Announcing Texas Foreign Language Education Conference, April 15-16, 2011

The Twelfth Annual Texas Foreign Language Education Conference (TexFLEC)
"Language Education Across the Academic Pipeline"
will take place at the University of Texas at Austin April 15th - 16th, 2011

TexFLEC 2011 will be accepting submissions for paper and poster proposals between October 1st, 2010 and January 31st, 2011. The TexFLEC 2011 website will be updated soon with more information on how to submit proposals and register to attend the conference.

ABOUT THIS YEAR'S THEME:
''Language Education across the Academic Pipeline''

To what extent does K-12 language education prepare students to transition smoothly to college and higher education opportunities? What practices provide continuity and support for students as the navigate through elementary, secondary, post-secondary, and continuing education contexts? What factors cause students to "leak out" of the educational system and/or out of language studies?

TexFLEC welcomes proposals of 1) research presentations that examine ESL, foreign language, heritage language, and bilingual education in all different school contexts and 2) language teaching practices that are grounded in theory and research.


Research presentations may include:
•ESL, foreign language, heritage language, and bilingual pedagogy in K – 12, post-secondary, and/or continuing education contexts
•Analysis of policy concerning language minority students, language planning, and language politics
•Innovative material development for language education
•Assessment and evaluation of language education
•Language maintenance and additive multilingualism
•Learner and teacher identity in language education

TexFLEC is proudly sponsored by:
The Foreign Language Education Student Association (FLESA) at the University of Texas at Austin,
The Foreign Language Education (FLE) Program at the University of Texas at Austin,
The Texas Language Center (TLC) at the University of Texas at Austin,
The Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio.