【4月5日】Dr. Francois Victor Tochon：Deep Language Policy Research in Education

   主题：2-Hour Workshop of Deep Language Policy Research in Education: With Examples from U.S.A., Canada, and Switzerland

时间：2012年4月5日 14:00-16:00

地点：图书馆604会议室

主讲人: Dr. Francois Victor Tochon, University of Wisconsin-Madison

内容简介：

Goals: The workshop will develop an understanding of a deeper approach to language policies on the basis of examples in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Turkey, as well as other countries, as relevant.

Objectives – During and by the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Define various trends in language policy and strategies that can be used in an Education context to research and support bilingual students’ language rights;

• Understand the principles of deep language learning and how they can help connect the macro level of language policies with the micro level of the classroom;

• Understand the role of interface of the language curriculum in the integration of language planning and policies.

主讲人简介：

Dr. Francois Victor Tuochon is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he headed World Language Education for 6 years. He worked on intercultural issues related to bilingualism in various countries and international language policies, looking for new ways to organize language teaching and learning. In 2009-2011, Prof. Tochon received an award from the U.S. Department of Education to create, research and evaluate a “deep approach” to foreign language curricula that would respect a pluralistic and federative view of language policies. It allowed him to format an interface between language policies and classroom curricula and practices. He is currently published in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese, and forthcoming translations are planned for Chinese. Among his books are: "The Foreign Self: Truth Telling as Educational Inquiry" (Atwood); Tropics of Teaching: Productivity, Warfare, and Priesthood" at University of Toronto Press. His article “The Key To Global Understanding: World Languages Education. Why Schools Need to Adapt” published in the Review of Educational Research (79/2) received the 2010 Award of Best Review of Research from the American Educational Research Association (AERA).