Some Language Related Conferences 2009-2010

Upcoming Conferences

2009

June 22-July 17, 2009
Summer Institute in Applied Linguistics
The Pennsylvania State University, State College , PA.
http://outreach.psu.edu/programs/applied-linguistics/

July 6-8, 2009
EDULEARN09 International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Barecona, Catalonia , Spain
http://www.iated.org/edulearn09

July 7-9, 2009
2nd International Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference
University of Sydney , Australia
http://www.education.uts.edu.au/dcp/index.html

September 3-6, 2009
Language in the (New) Media: Technologies and Ideologies
University of Washington , Seattle
http://www.com.washington.edu/LIM/

September 13, 2009 - September 16, 2009
3rd Biennial International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching
Lancaster University , UK
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/tblt2009/index.htm

October 29, 2009 - November 1, 2009
Second Language Research Forum (SLRF)
Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan
http://sls.msu.edu/slrf09/index.php

October 28-31, 2009
50 th Annual Conference of the American Translators Association
New York Marriott Marquis Hotel , New York , NY
http://www/atanet.org/conf/200

The ATA Annual Conference offers a multitude of features and events that allow attendees to connect with over 1,500 translators and interpreters from throughout the U.S. and around the world. 

October 30-31, 2009
National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs (NASILP) Annual Conference
Hilton Crystal City at National Airport , Arlington , VA
http://www.nasilp.net/Conference.ht

The Association's annual meeting features presentations reflecting current research on issues pertinent to academically-based self-accessed programs for LCTLs. The meeting provides access to nationally-recognized scholars in the fields of pedagogy, design, materials development, instructional technologies, program administration, and establishes channels through which the special concerns and expertise of NASILP's institutional members are shared.

November 5-7, 2009
Symposium on Second Language Writing
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
http://sslw.asu.edu/2009/

November 6-8, 2009
Boston University Conference on Language Development
Boston , MA
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/

November 6-7, 2009
East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT)
George Washington University , Washington , DC
http://www.cal.org/ecolt2009/

ECOLT represents an East Coast group of professionals, scholars, and students who are involved in language testing projects and research. One of the organization's goals is to support connections among academia, government, and not-for-profit testing organizations.

November 19-22, 2009
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 43rd Annual Convention & World Languages Exposition
San Diego Convention Center and Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA
http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4894

Also held in conjunction with annual meetings of Chinese Language Teachers Association and American Associations of Teachers of French, German, Italian, and Spanish and Portuguese

November 21-24, 2009
Annual Convention of the Middle East Studies Association
Boston Marriott Copley Place , Boston , MA
http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/annual/current.htm

December Date TBD, 2009
Ninth Conference of the Coalition of Distinguished Language Studies
Venue to be announced.
http://www.distinguishedlanguagecenters.org/index.htm

December 27-30 2009
Modern Language Association Annual Convention
Philadelphia, PA
Theme: “ The Tasks of Translation in the Twenty-First Century”
http://www.mla.org/convention

December 27-30, 2008
American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) Annual Conference
Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing
http://www.aatseel.org/program

AATSEEL 2009 will also include sessions by the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) and the Slavic Linguistics Society (SLS).

2010

January 7-10, 2010
84th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America
[http://www.lsadc.org/info/meet-annual.cfm] Hilton Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

The American Dialect Society, the American Name Society, the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences, the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, and the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas will meet concurrently with the LSA. Confirmed plenary speakers are Colin Phillips ( University of Maryland ), Ted Supalla (University of Rochester), and Deborah Tannen (Georgetown University ).

March Date TBD, 2010
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT)
Georgetown University , Washington , DC  

March 6-9, 2010
American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2010 Annual Conference
[http://www.aaal.org/aaal2010/] Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta GA

March 25-27, 2010
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL)
[http://www.dickinson.edu/prorg/nectfl/conf.html] New York Marriott Marquis, NY

The theme of this year's conference is “Simply Irresistible: People, Programs, and Practices that Inspire”

March 25-28, 2010
Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
[http://www.aasianst.org/annual-meeting/index.htm] Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia , PA

March 26-28, 2009
TESOL Convention and Exhibit (TESOL 2010 )
[http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/convention2010/] Boston , MA

April 22-25, 2010
13 th International Conference of National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL)
[http://www.councilnet.org/conf/conf2010/2010-announce.htm] Sheraton Madison, WI.

June 8-12, 2010
27th Annual Conference of the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO)
[https://www.calico.org/] Amherst College, Amherst , MA

The Linguist-List maintains an extensive list of conferences over the next few years at: http://www.linguistlist.org/callconf/browse-current-Conf.html.

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