The Language of Service and Community Syposium Call for Papers

The Language of Service and Community symposium will provide an opportunity to learn from colleagues from across the state about ways to enhance foreign language instruction through service-learning and community engagement pedagogy.

Call for Participation and Programs:
We invite participants to share ideas and practices through engaging presentations of innovative projects, pedagogies, and research in service-learning and community engagement pedagogy. We encourage presentations (not the reading of papers) showcasing original and engaging practices in one of several topic areas:

1. Service-learning pedagogy in foreign language and/or ESL instruction
2. Best practices with S-L pedagogy in study abroad and international experiences 3. Community engagement and community-based research projects in foreign language instruction
4. Research on the effectiveness of S-L pedagogy in language acquisition

Please send a brief RFP to gbarreneche@rollins.edu by Monday, March 9, 2009. Presenters will be notified by March 16, 2009 by e-mail.

1) Title, abstract (100-150 words), summary of presentation topic, and names/institution of presenter(s). Note: this will be used in the Symposium Program.

See http://www.rollins.edu/hispanicstudies/symposium2009.html for more information.