Take Note!
- Abstracts for the 2011 Annual Meeting are due by July 31 at 11:59 p.m. US Eastern Time. Technical support for abstract submission will be unavailable after 5:00 p.m. US Eastern Time on Friday, July 30. Read more ...
- Cast your vote by August 17 on the LSA's Resolution on the Teachers' English Fluency Initiative in Arizona.
- The LSA has updated its procedures for proposing and enacting resolutions. Read more ....
- Nominations for the 2011 Class of LSA Fellows must be received at the Secretariat by Friday 30 July. Read more ...
Language in the School Curriculum Committee (LiSC)
Background
Established in 1992.
Charge
The Committee explores and pursues ways in which the linguistics community can have an effect on school instruction in language-related topics, including linguistics.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Committee include but are not limited to:
- Setting 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.
- Organizing 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.
- Assembling 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.
- Pursuing ways to ensure that professional linguists' efforts have an effect on schooling.
- Coordinating with the new PR Committee on efforts to educate students about the basics of linguistics.
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.
Membership (open)
- At least 6 members, serving three-year terms.
- Ideally, at least one member who is a secondary school teacher.
Committee Members
- Jean Ann, SUNY-Oswego (2010), Chair
- Jim Bauman, Center for Applied Linguistics (2012)
- David Bowie, University of Central Florida (2010)
- Daniel Ginsberg, Center for Applied Linguistics (2012)
- Eden Kaiser, University of Minnesota (2012), Student member
- Sharon Klein, California State University, Northridge (2012)
- Anne Lobeck, Western Washington University (2012)
- Michal Temkin Martinez, University of Southern California (2011), Student member
- Jeff Reaser, North Carolina State University (2011)
- Bruce Long Peng, SUNY Oswego (2012)
- Amy Davis Troyani, Carnegie Mellon University (2012)
- Rebecca Wheeler, Christopher Newport University (2012)
