"Perspectives in Bilingualism: Current views and trends"

23 - 25 April 2009, Universidad de La Salle, Sede Chapinero, Bogotá, Colombia

Proposals for sessions should fall on one of the following topics in relation to Bilingualism:

• Issues in EFL, ESL, CLIL, Content Based Learning, immersion programmes, and international curriculum (IB, CIE etc)
• Global views: Intercultural communication, culture and identity, English as a global language
• Evaluation & Assessment: Benchmarks, testing, and the role of International Exams
• Spanish and English coexisting in the bilingual classroom
• EFL teachers in Content-Based learning classrooms
• Teacher development for non ELT specialists
• Non native English-speaking teachers: challenges and paradigms
• Effective practices in the elementary, secondary and higher education classrooms
• Research in bilingualism in the our context