- Nominations for the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award are due 1 June, 2008.
- Nominations for the LSA's "Linguistics, Language and the Public" Award will be accepted until 1 June, 2008.
Language in the School Curriculum
2008
Background
Established in 1992.
Responsibilities
The Committee explores and pursues ways in which the linguistics community can have an effect on school instruction in language-related topics, including linguistics. Some activities the Committee might pursue include:
1. Set up some apparatus to serve as an information clearinghouse for individual linguists who have been working on schooling-related projects or who want information on such projects.
2. Organize activities (such as conferences, sessions at the Annual Meeting, courses or workshops at the Linguistic Institute) or publications (such as newsletters or reports) devoted to these questions.
3. Assemble curricular guidelines for use by curriculum commissioners, textbook publishers, and the wider educational community, and take such steps as are necessary to make these guidelines publicly available.
4. Pursue ways to ensure that professional linguists' efforts have an effect on schooling.
The Committee is authorized and encouraged to collaborate with other professional societies and organizations that have an established interest in these questions, and particularly with classroom practitioners.
Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee on Language in the School Curriculum
(pdf)
LSA 2007, Anaheim
Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee on Language in the School Curriculum
(pdf)
LSA 2006, Albuquerque
Memberships
At least 6 members, serving staggered three-year terms.
Committee Members (all terms run through the end of the year in parentheses)
Thomas Payne, Chair, University of Oregon (2008)
H. Samy Alim (student member), University of California-Los Angeles (2008)
Jean Ann, SUNY-Oswego (2010)
David Bowie, University of Central Florida (2010)
Lynn Burley, University of Central Arkansas (2009)
Tami Kaplan, MIT-Resources Development (2008)
