The 13^th New York International Conference on 
Teaching Chinese Language and Culture

The Multiple Dimensions of Chinese Language and Culture Education: 

Research, Practice, and Innovations

The 13^th New York International Conference on Teaching Chinese, sponsored by the Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York (CLTA-GNY), Pace University and Nanjing University, will be held on Saturday, May 2^ndat New York Pace University. 

We invite you to submit a proposal for our conference! All proposals on the teaching of Chinese are welcome, including but not limited to following of interest:

1.      RESEARCH: This area includes Linguistics, culture, pedagogy, program implementation, assessments, etc.

 

2.      PRACTICES: This area includes student motivation, administration, program promotion, teaching materials, classroom instructional strategies, ACTFL 5 Cs standards application, teacher training, community engagement, etc.

 

3.      INNOVATIONS: This area includes technology and media use, online and distance learning, application of recent research on brain and learning theories, etc.

The CLTA-GNY Conference Committee welcomes submissions of proposals on subjects relevant to the above themes. Papers can be either in Chinese or English. We will consider proposals for panels as well as individual papers and all proposals will be reviewed anonymously. Individual papers will be grouped into panels by themes. Panels will be 75 minutes long with four presenters. Please note that we will need separate abstracts for each paper on any panel proposal.

 Please submit your proposals online by February 15, 2015. Click here to access the proposal submission form. Each presenter will submit an individual form. Please indicate in special request if you wish to be grouped in the same panel.

Email questions to: clta.gny@gmail.com

Notice of acceptance will be sent out by March 31 electronically. Anyone who needs a hard copy of the notice should include a special request with their proposal.

Approximately 300 participants attended the conference last year. Presentations included the most current research and field-proven effective instructional strategies. You may access the CLTA-GNY website to view 2014 conference information. Please register online before April 20, 2015 to get an early bird discount rate of $30.  Click here to access the on-line registration webpage. On-site registration will be accepted after April 20 at the regular registration fee of $40. To encourage pre-service teachers’ attendance, there is a student discount rate of $20 (ONLY for early registration) when student ID is verified.

2015 New York International Conference will run from approximately 8:00 am – 6:00 pm on May 2^nd, with a get-together dinner after the conference. Please indicate in the registration form if you would like to sign up for the dinner activity. The cost for this dinner is approximately $35 per person.

For information about CLTA-GNY, please visit http://clta-gny.org.