Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA08870; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:23:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:23:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s444e059.001@cal.org> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Fran Keenan <fran@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:1455] Washington DC event X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Status: RO Content-Length: 1690 Lines: 46 NIFL-ESL subscribers who live in the Washington, DC area may be interested in the following event. We don't normally post local event announcements on this list, however, I guess I am invoking my moderator's privilege and making an exception in this case! The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress cordially invite you to a presentation and discussion on The Politics of Language and Literacy Wednesday, October 22, 1997 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Mumford Room, 6th floor Library of Congress, James Madison Building Coffee and pastries will be served from 8:30 to 9:00. Today?s vigorous debates on immigration and assimilation reach farther back than many realize and include a tradition of tolerance as well as intolerance toward multi-lingualism and bilingual education. Two expert researchers and authors, Terrence Wiley and Reynaldo Mac?as, will show how, in this country, our official policies toward language and literacy, including bilingual education, have some surprising roots. Afterwards, Deborah Tannen, University Professor of Linguistics at Gerogetown University, will lead a discussion with the presenters and audience. Drs. Mac?as and Wiley have recently written or contributed to books published by the Center for Applied Linguistics and Delta Systems. Copies of Dr. Wiley?s Literacy and Language Diversity in the United States (1996) will be on display. Both Mac?as and Wiley contributed to the forthcoming re-issue (1997) of The American Bilingual Tradition by Heinz Kloss. Fran Keenan National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) Center for Applied Linguistics Washington, DC fran@cal.org
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