Dear colleagues: The new director of the Queens Consortium on Languages Other than English, Beatriz Peña, is organizing a conference that will likely be of interest to those of you who teach languages other than English to heritage speakers. The conference, featuring keynote speaker Sandra Schreffler from Roger Williams University, will be held at Queens College on May 4, 2012. There is a call for proposals for presentations at the conference on a range of related topics. The deadline for submitting a proposal is February 15, 2012. For more information, please email Beatriz (beatriz.pena@qc.cuny.edu) or visit the website: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/lote/Pages/FirstConference.aspx Best! Eva. Eva M. Fernández Associate Professor, Linguistics & Communication Disorders | http://people.qc.cuny.edu/faculty/efernandez Director, Center for Teaching & Learning | http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl Queens College, City University of New York ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This communication (including any attachments) is intended solely for the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or legally protected. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email message and delete all copies of the original communication. Thank you for your cooperation.