CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS 2009

82nd Annual Meeting - American Association of Teachers of French
July 2-5, 2009, San Jose, California
"L'Education et ses défis"

  • All submissions must be received by December 15, 2008.  Do not fax or send hard copy of your proposal.
  • You will be notified by late January 2009 if your proposal has been accepted.
  • Proposals may be related to any area of language, literature, culture, pedagogy, or linguistics touching any area of the French-speaking world.
  • Presentations are to be given as lectures or presentations, not simply read aloud.  Audience interaction is strongly encouraged.
  • If you wish to organize a session with several presenters, each co-presenter should fill out this form and submit his or her own contact information and abstract (if applicable).  An overall description listing the co-presenters should be submitted by the session organizer.  If the organizer is both presenting and moderating, he/she should submit an overall description as well as an individual description of his or her presentation.
  • Each presenter should list his or her individual audio-visual needs. 
  • Each participant may be the principal presenter only once.  If you are submitting more than one proposal, please check the box marked MULTIPLE PROPOSAL.  Preference will be given to proposals submitted by AATF members.  Presenters must be 2009 AATF members to participate in the convention.
  • Any session that is presenting a commercial product or service must be scheduled as an exhibitor session.  No exceptions.
  • Inquiries only: President Marie-Christine Koop [koop@unt.edu]

To submit your proposal, fill in the following information.  At the end, click on SUBMIT.  A printed confirmation form will appear, and you will also receive an e-mail confirmation that your proposal has been received.  (*Required items)

*LAST NAME                           
*FIRST NAME                 

FULL NAMES OF CO-PRESENTERS (if any, separate by commas) Note: Each co-presenter should also  fill out an individual proposal form.

*YOUR WORK AFFILIATION (as it should appear in the program; please write out acronyms)
 
 

*MAILING ADDRESS (Separate multiple line addresses with a comma.)                 

*CITY                  *STATE

*ZIP CODE     COUNTRY:

HOME PHONE:   WORK PHONE:

FAX   

*E-MAIL                     

*LENGTH OF PRESENTATION            Click if this is a multiple proposal
Presentations may be 30 min., 60 min. or 75 min. in length, workshops are 3 hours, and panels/round tables are 75 min. long with each speaker talking on a separate but related topic with a moderator.  If you are an exhibitor, please select exhibitor session from the drop down list.

*TITLE  (Do not enclose title in quotation marks.)

 

Audience (Check all that apply) FLES*
Middle School
High School
College or university
General audience
Check here if you are a student.                Check here if you are representing a guest association.

Click here if this is an official session organized by an AATF commission chair. 

Please specify the commission
Please specify if this is a special session.  

Audiovisual Equipment:

Overhead projector for use with transparencies (provided free of charge) CD player (provided free of charge) Slide projector (provided free of charge)
VCR & Monitor ($50 charge for rental of equipment)  (must be paid before session will be scheduled)
DVD player and projection ($50 charge for rental of equipment) (must be paid before session will be scheduled)
Computer and projection ($50 charge for rental of equipment) (must be paid before session will be scheduled)
Data  projection only for use with your own computer  ($50 charge for rental of equipment) (must be paid before session will be scheduled)
I will provide my own audio-visual equipment. Note: We do not provide Internet access.

Note: If you need only a screen for your own computer and data projection equipment, please check "Overhead projector."

Please consider your request for audio-visual equipment carefully.  Equipment is expensive to rent, and the primary criteria for scheduling sessions is requests for audio-visual equipment.  Any equipment requested after May 1, 2009 must be arranged directly with the supplier and at the presenter's expense.

*Abstract (50 words) for inclusion in the program.  The abstract should be in the language in which the presentation will be given.  If you cannot enter accents on French text, simply enter the text with no accents.

 

*Description (250 words maximum), including (1) content; (2) procedures, and (c) benefits to audience.  If you cannot enter accents on French text, simply enter the text with no accents.