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The early bird registration deadline is June 29, 2012.
Immersion 2012:
Bridging Contexts for a Multilingual World
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October 18-20, 2012
Crowne Plaza Riverfront Hotel
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Featured Plenary Speakers
Donna Christian
Center for Applied Linguistics, USA
Ester de Jong
University of Florida, USA
Tīmoti Kāretu
Te Panikiretanga o Te Reo,
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, New Zealand
Roy Lyster
McGill University, Canada
Merrill Swain
University of Toronto, Canada
Conference Description
The fourth international conference on immersion education brings together researchers and educators from one-way world language immersion, two-way bilingual immersion, and indigenous/heritage immersion for language and culture revitalization to engage in research-informed dialogue and professional exchange across languages, levels, learner audiences, and sociopolitical contexts. This unique conference includes five plenaries, many paper presentations and symposia, two lunches and a fun dinner-dance. And, for an additional fee, participants can choose from the following options:
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