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Conference Schedule June 25-27, 2021
Friday, June 25
| Shanghai 8:45-9:00P Delhi 6:15-6:30P London 1:45-2:00P New York 8:45-9:00A Chicago 7:45-8:00A Denver 6:45-7:00A Los Angeles 5:45-6:00A Honolulu 2:45-3:00A | Opening Remarks South Asian Language Teaching: Adaptation and the Future | Fauzia Farooqui (SALTA President) Elliott McCarter (SALTA Vice-president) |
| Shanghai 9:00-10:30P Delhi 6:30-8:00P London 2:00-3:30P New York 9:00-10:30A Chicago 8:00-9:30A Denver 7:00-8:30A Los Angeles 6:00-7:30A Honolulu 3:00-4:30A | Session One The Pedagogical Implications of Online Innovative Tools Used in Language Instruction across Institutions and Language Levels in Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi Languages in a Virtual Setting | Syed Ekhteyar Ali (University of Michigan) Philip Cameron (University of Michigan) Pinderjeet Gill (University of Michigan) Shaheen Parveen (Rutgers University) |
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| Shanghai 10:40-12:10P Delhi 8:10-9:40P London 3:40-5:10P New York 10:40A-12:10P Chicago 9:40-11:10A Denver 8:40-10:10A Los Angeles 7:40-9:10A Honolulu 4:40-6:10A | Session Two Teaching Foreign Language as a Humanities Subject | Fauzia Farooqui (Princeton University) Joshua Pien (University of Pennsylvania) Rekha Sethi (Delhi University) |
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| Shanghai 8:00-9:30A Delhi 5:30-7:00A London 1:00-2:30A New York 8:00-9:30P Chicago 7:00-8:30P Denver 6:00-9:30P Los Angeles 5:00-6:30P Honolulu 2:00-3:30P | Session Three Developing and Assessing Program Curriculum | Chiranjit Bordoloi (OAKOKHO) Harjeet Grewal (University of Calgary) Sara Grewal (MacEwan University) Sidra Mahmood (Virtual University of Pakistan) |
Saturday, June 26
| Shanghai 9:00-10:30P Delhi 6:30-8:00P London 2:00-3:30P New York 9:00-10:30A Chicago 8:00-9:30A Denver 7:00-8:30A Los Angeles 6:00-7:30A Honolulu 3:00-4:30A | Session Four Teaching Communication and Interaction: Methods, Resources, and Materials | M. Farooq Asif (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Kusum Knapczyk (Duke University) Bairam Khan & Premlata Vaishnava (University of Michigan) Patrica Sabarwal (University of Kansas) |
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| Shanghai 10:40-12:10P Delhi 8:10-9:40P London 3:40-5:10P New York 10:40A-12:10P Chicago 9:40-11:10A Denver 8:40-10:10A Los Angeles 7:40-9:10A Honolulu 4:40-6:10A | Session Five Teaching with Texts and Artifacts: Considerations of Reading Materials for Elementary and Intermediate Sanskrit | David Buchta (Brown University) Nell S. Hawley (Harvard University) Timothy Lorndale (McGill University) |
| Shanghai 12:10-12:40P Delhi 9:40-10:10P London 5:10-5:40P New York 12:10-12:40P Chicago 11:10-11:40A Denver 10:10-10:40A Los Angeles 9:10-10:40A Honolulu 6:10-6:40A | Tribute and Keynote Address | Rebecca Manring (Indiana University, Bloomington) |
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| Shanghai 8:00-9:30A Delhi 5:30-7A London 1:00-2:30A New York 8:00-9:30P Chicago 7:00-8:30P Denver 6:00-9:30P Los Angeles 5:00-6:30P Honolulu 2:00-3:30P | Session Six Post-pandemic Pedagogy and Rethinking Language Teaching in the Digital Era | Tej Bhatia (Syracuse University) Sunil Bhatt (University of British Colombia) Sai Bhatwadekar (University of Hawaii, Manoa) Brajesh Samarth (Emory University) |
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Sunday, June 27
| Shanghai 9:00-10:30P Delhi 6:30-8:00P London 2:00-3:30P New York 9:00-10:30A Chicago 8:00-9:30A Denver 7:00-8:30A Los Angeles 6:00-7:30A Honolulu 3:00-4:30A | Session Seven Social Justice and Bridging Cultures in South Asian Languages | Mansi Bajaj (University of Texas) Pankaj Narke (Vellore Institute of Technology) Nilakshi Phukan (North Carolina State University) |
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| Shanghai 10:40-12:10P Delhi 8:10-9:40P London 3:40-5:10P New York 10:40A-12:10P Chicago 9:40-11:10A Denver 8:40-10:10A Los Angeles 7:40-9:10A Honolulu 4:40-6:10A | Session Eight On Reading and Writing: Research, Practices, and Materials | Tahira Carroll (Brigham Young University) Peter Knapczyk (Wake Forest University) Elliott McCarter (Vanderbilt University) Rajiv Ranjan (Michigan State University) |
| Closing Remarks | Fauzia Farooqui (SALTA President) Elliott McCarter (SALTA Vice-president) | |
| Business Meeting | Board Members (Required) Advisory Council (Optional) |
Call For Papers
UWisconsin-Madison SALTA Conference
June 25-27, 2021 (Fri-Sun)
Call For Proposals (Panels and Individual Presentations)
Proposal Submission Deadline: May 10, 2021
The South Asian Language Teachers Association (SALTA) is pleased to announce a three-day conference to be held online in partnership with the University of Wisconsin at Madison on June 25-27, Friday-Sunday, 2021. Sessions will be split with one session occurring in the morning and another session occurring in the evening on each of the conference days. The theme of this year’s conference is South Asian Language Teaching: Adaptation and the Future.
The conference aims to bring together teachers of South Asian languages of all experience levels and all backgrounds to share and discuss how we can use innovative methods of instruction and collaboration to expand the horizon of South Asian language teaching. We hope to explore an array of topics including language pedagogy, building resources, emerging platforms for language teaching, and opportunities for collaboration that allow colleagues to work together on joint projects and programs.
We solicit proposals for panels on relevant topics, as suggested by the themes mentioned above, but proposals for individual presentations will also be considered. Each panel will be 90 minutes long with 3-4 panelists/presenters; and individual presentations will be 20 minutes long. A proposal should include name(s) of presenters/panelists and a short description (250-500 words) of your proposed panel/presentation. Please send your proposals to e.c.mccarter@vanderbilt.edu by Monday, April 10, 2021. Selected panels and presentations will be announced by May 14.
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