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2010 CIBER Business Language Conference
Global Literacies: Integrated Approaches to Cross-Cultural Training
Overview
The theme of the 12th Annual CIBER Business Language Conference explores the practice and theory of language and cultural training through the lens of literacy. The notion of literacies emphasizes the multiple competencies required of future business leaders to situate appropriate understandings and meaning in proper contexts (discursive practices in specific cultures/contexts depending on who is speaking, what they are speaking about and the channel of communication). The upcoming conference continues the tradition of bringing together teachers, scholars, policy makers, and business leaders to discuss business language education and to share ideas about the ways language education for future business leaders can benefit from principled frameworks and understandings of literacy, cross-cultural awareness and second language acquisition.
To view additional information, including an agenda, please visit the conference Web site.
Deadline for Call for Papers: Friday, October 23, 2009. See below for more information.
Date(s)
3/24/2010- 3/26/2010
Location
Hall of Flags
Historic Houston Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Target Audience
Teachers, scholars, policy makers and business leaders
Call for Papers
Colleagues are invited to submit proposals for presentations according to the following strands:
Presentation Strands
(Choose the option that best fits the scope of your session)
-Literacy and Business Language Instruction: Implications for Classroom Practices
-Literacy for Professional Contexts: Approaches to Cross-Cultural Training
-Literacy and Study-Abroad/Immersion Programs
-Heritage Language Learners and Literacy for Professional Contexts
-Assessments: Proficiency Testing, Cross-Cultural Competence, Content Knowledge
-Curriculum Development and Implementation (Modes, Standards, Proficiency)
-Literacy and Technology
-Case Studies: Literacy and Business Practices
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Sponsors
Steering Committee Level
CIBERs at:
Brigham Young University
Purdue University
University of Florida
University of Hawaii
University of North Carolina
University of Pittsburgh
University of South Carolina
University of Texas at Austin
Sponsor Level
CIBERs at:
Columbia University
Florida International University
Michigan State University
The Ohio State University
Temple University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Colorado at Denver
University of Illinois
University of Michigan
University of Southern California
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison