Hello:

I’m in my first year of directing a study abroad program in Madrid. I was interested in hearing from current or former study abroad directors about how they approach the introductory or “orientation” course while abroad. How do you balance providing necessary information (about security, getting to know the host campus, etc.) with course…[Read more]

Please contribute any ideas you may have.  CFPs for the 2018 convention will go out at the end of February.

“La France est en guerre” : Witnessing War in Contemporary French Culture
Engaging with the 2018 Presidential theme “States of Insecurity,” this special session seeks cross-disciplinary papers addressing the rhetoric of war in recent French film, literature, and thought.
Send 200-word abstract and one-page CV to Jennifer Cazenave…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues:

The Executive Committee of the MLA Forum on Applied Linguistics invites you to submit presentation proposals for the 2018 convention in New York City (4 to 7 January).

We invite abstracts for research that examines and provides data on advanced-level writing proficiency development; for example: the role and importance of…[Read more]

269. Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics: How to Choose a Theory

Friday, 6 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 409, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the forum LSL Applied Linguistics

Presiding: Lee B. Abraham, Columbia University

1. “Applying Theories in Language Programs,” Mary Wildner-Bassett, University of Arizona

2. “…[Read more]

Dear LSL Applied Linguistics Colleague,

This year, I am on the ballot for the executive committee of the Language Studies and Linguistics (LSL) Applied Linguistics forum of the MLA – that’s all of you in this MLA Commons forum.

With hope for your support, I’m sending this brief message about me and my motivation for the Forum. My name is Kenric T…[Read more]

The next scheduled election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2017; the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is req…[Read more]

When it meets during the upcoming convention in Philadelphia, this forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for the fall 2017 election of a new forum representative in the Delegate Assembly. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who has b…[Read more]

When this forum’s executive committee meets during the upcoming convention in Philadelphia, it will take up the matter of nominations for the fall 2017 election of a new Delegate Assembly representative for the forum. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who has be…[Read more]

Dear Members of the LLC Francophone Forum,

I am honored to have been nominated by the current members of our executive committee to stand for election to the committee this year.

I am an Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where I teach francophone and anglophone literatures of…[Read more]

Dear Fellow LLC Francophone Forum members, I’m running for a seat on our executive committee, so please allow me to tell you a little about my work.

My name is John Walsh, and I’m an Associate Professor in the Department of French & Italian at the University of Pittsburgh. My teaching and research include the literature and history of Haiti and t…[Read more]