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Texas Language Education Research (TexLER)
24th Annual Conference Theme:
Language Education: Humanizing Research and Practice in the Era of Technological Convergence and Societal Challenges |
Call for Proposals
The 24th Annual Texas Language Education Research (TexLER) Conference is now accepting proposals. This year’s conference will be held in hybrid form, taking place on Saturday, September 30 (in-person only) and Saturday, October 7th (online only), 2023 at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Downtown Campus.
Proposal Deadline: August 14, 2023 11:59 pm CT (Extended)
Notified by: August 25, 2023 11:59 pm CT
New Proposal Deadline: August 27, 2023 11:59 pm CT
If your proposal is accepted, you will need to register by September 1, 2023 in order to be included in the program.
TexLER unites scholars and educators from diverse contexts who strive to connect research findings to classroom practices, thus shaping the future direction of language education. TexLER welcomes research studies and practice-oriented presentations that clearly establish strong connections between theory and practice in diverse contexts. Our goal is to offer an interdisciplinary forum for all those interested in research findings with implications for the language classroom as well as those interested in pedagogical approaches to language learning grounded in empirical findings. The theme for this year’s conference is:
Language Education: Humanizing Research and Practice in the Era of Technological Convergence and Societal Challenges
You should target ONE of the following STRANDS as you submit your abstract:
Strand 1: Language Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
- Integrating technology and AI in language classrooms
- Online and hybrid language learning environments
- Digital tools for language assessment and feedback
- Innovative approaches to teaching multilingualism and plurilingualism
- Inclusive pedagogies for learners with diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds
- Addressing language-based inequalities in education
- Supporting language learners' social and emotional well-being
- Empowering language learners through critical literacy and intercultural competence
- Sustainable development goals and language education
- Promoting language education for environmental awareness
- Human rights education and language learning
- Language education for social justice and advocacy
- Translating research findings into effective classroom practices
- Collaborative partnerships between researchers and educators
- Action research and practitioner inquiry in language education
- Assessment and evaluation in research-informed language teaching
- Bilingualism and multilingualism within families
- Language choices and practices in diverse family contexts
- Language maintenance and shift in immigrant families
- Language ideologies and attitudes within family language policies
- Exploring teachers' beliefs, values, and identities in language education
- Reflective practice and professional development for language teachers
- Negotiating linguistic and cultural identities in the classroom
- Teacher agency and transformative pedagogies in language education
- Teachers and Self-Recovery
- Sociocultural influences on language learning and use
- Gender issues in language education and socialization
- Racialization of language and its impact on learners and communities
- Cultural diversity and intercultural communication in language classrooms
Interested participants can submit a proposal for the following In-Person (Saturday, September 30, 2023) and Online (Saturday, October 7, 2023) session types:
- 60-minute Poster Presentation + Q&A Session (In-person only)
- Posters will be on display during the conference, and a separate conference session will be dedicated to presenters to explain their work and answer questions. Posters can be used to gain valuable feedback on theses, dissertations, or research. This is a good format for describing a work in-progress, or a new process/idea.
- 20-minute Research-Based or Practice-Oriented Presentation
- Research-Based Presentation: A 20-minute formal talk addressing a small audience followed by a 5-minute Q&A/discussion. This presentation might include original empirical research or an original theoretical investigation.
- Practice-Oriented Presentation: A 20-minute live practical or “hands-on” presentation by the presenter(s) followed by a 5-minute Q&A/discussion. It can be a practical demonstration of a theory, or an application of pedagogical methodology still in the developmental stage.
- 45-minute Practice-Oriented Workshop
A 45-minute practical demonstration of a theory or an application of a pedagogical methodology, followed by a short Q&A/discussion. Presenter(s) should engage the audience through experiential learning techniques.