Call for Proposals听
The 30th Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference (CATJ 30)听
"Collaboration Across Interdisciplinary, Communities,听Borders, and Languages"听
April 20 (Sat), 2024听
DePaul University, Chicago, IL听
CONFERENCE WEBSITE:听https://go.depaul.edu/catj-conference听
Call For Proposals Submission Deadline:听December 23, 2023 (Sat) 11:59 pm (CST)听
The 30th听Central Association of Teachers of Japanese (CATJ 30) will be hosted jointly by DePaul University and Purdue University on Saturday, April 20, 2024. The CATJ 30 will be an in-person conference at听, the heart of Chicago's culture and academic scenes.听听
The conference theme is "Collaboration across Interdisciplinary, Communities, Borders, and Languages," seeking to bring together Japanese language professionals from the Midwest region and beyond across the US and Canada and build rich, diverse contexts across schools, regions, and countries. We invite proposals听related to the central theme as well as those in the following topic strands:听
- Bilingualism/Plurilingualism听
- Corpus Linguistics听
- Language and Technology听
- Language Testing听
- Linguistics听
- Pedagogy听听
- Second Language Acquisition听
- Teacher鈥檚 training/education听听
- Translation听听
Dr. Yoshiko Mori, Professor of Japanese at Georgetown University and听President-Elect of听the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ), will be a plenary speaker.听听听听
Presentation Details:听
Presenters will have 20 minutes for their presentation, followed by a 10-minute question and answer period. Presented papers will be published in the CATJ online proceedings.听We encourage graduate students and junior faculty to submit proposals as to build their experience in a conference presentation and receive constructive feedback in a more cordial and casual setting of the regional conference.听听听
Financial Supports for Graduate 麻豆淫院 and Junior Faculty:听
Small stipends would be provided for presenters who are graduate students or junior faculty member (who have been teaching Japanese full-time at K-16 institutions for less than two years). The fund availability depends on the grants awarded for the conference organization committee. The details will be announced later around the time of the proposal acceptance.听
Submission Guidelines: 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
- The submission deadline is听December 23, 2023 (Sat) 11:59 pm (CST)听
- Submit your proposal either in Word or PDF format.听
- The length of the proposal is 300 words maximum for abstracts written in English and 700 words for Japanese.听
- Do not include your name in your proposal.听
- You may submit only ONE abstract as either a single or joint author.听
Please submit your proposal by听here.
We look forward to seeing many of you in Chicago in April!听
2024 CATJ Conference Organizers听
Nobuko Chikamatsu Chandler, Ph.D. (DePaul University)听听nchikama@depaul.edu听
Mariko M. Wei, Ph.D. (Purdue University)听听听moroishi@purdue.edu听