(Name-mce) ListServ Language, Education, Diversity Conference November 21-24, 2007 Hamilton, New Zealand

[Anselmo Villanueva]

Language, Education and Diversity Conference 2007

Information: http://www.led.ac.nz/

Tena koutou katoa

Dear Colleagues and Friends

The Organisers are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2nd
International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity (LED
2007).

The conference is to be held 21-24 November 2007 at the University of
Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.

This international conference focuses on the impact of increased
cultural linguistic diversity, at both national and supernational
levels, and its consequences for the theory, policy and practice
oflanguage education. As such, the conference will provide an
international forum that brings together the latest academic and
policy discussions, and promotes critical debate, on the often-complex
interconnections between diversity and language education.

The conference is the 2nd of its kind. The 1st LED conference, held in
November 2003 at the University of Waikato, attracted 500 delegates,
from over 30 countries, and included key academics and policy makers
in the language and education field. The conference was widely
regarded as an academic and organisational tour de force and the 2nd
LED conference has been organised as a direct response to ongoing and
widespread demand for a follow up conference.

As with LED 2003, LED 2007 will focus on language and education, with
particular reference to addressing/accommodating diversity. Within
this broad focus, there will be specific streams on:

- English language education
- Literacy education (including school-, adult- and multi-literacies)
- Language education planning and policy
- Bilingual/immersion education

As with LED2003, we believe that this conference will prove to be a
watershed in both the ongoing development of the language education
field, and more specifically, in highlighting and exploring the
theory, policy and practice of language education in relation to
diversity. We look forward greatly to your participation in the
conference.

Naku noa, na

Yours sincerely

Professor Stephen May
Conference Chair (on behalf of the Organising Committee)