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Dr. David Birdsong to Give Presentation on Late Learning of Second Languages

Dr. David Birdsong (Ph.D., Romance Languages, Harvard University), Associate Professor of French Linguistics at the University of Texas, Austin, and visiting professor at Georgetown University will lecture on "Native-like Attainment in Late Second Language Acquisition" in Washington, D.C. on June 5th. The Critical Period Hypothesis for language acquisition puts forth the idea that people who learn a second language later in life are not able to achieve native likeness of that second language. However, newer research suggests that 10 percent or more of adults who study a second language reach native ability on tasks relating to grammar and pronunciation. The lecture will take place at the Center for Applied Linguistics on 4646 40th Street N.W. in Washington, D.C. on June 5th, 2002, from 3:00-4:30. The Center can be contacted at (202) 362-0700. #

Dual Language Education in the New Millennium Summer Institute

The second annual "Dual Language Education in the New Millennium Summer Institute" will take place in the Hastings Hotel on 85 Sigourney Street in Hartford Connecticut on June 28 and June 29. The program will address a wide variety of topics regarding dual language education including strategies and techniques for the bilingual, mainstream, and dual language program classrooms. The Institute will bring together nationally recognized experts in dual language education and research as well as teachers, administrators, curriculum specialists, policy-makers and others interested in the subject. Educators can earn continuing education units for 1.2 hours of institute participation. For more information call the Bilingual/Bicultural Department at (860) 695-8449 or (860) 695-8444, or visit www.hartfordschools.org.#

 

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