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The British Columbia Association of Teachers of Modern Languages (BCATML) is proud to host Celebrating Languages 2022! This edition of our premier professional development conference for second language educators will take place on October 21, 2022. The call for proposals is now open. Deadline to submit proposals is Monday March 7th, 2022. 

​This year, we are planning for an in-person event at the Executive Hotel Airport Vancouver in Richmond BC, as permitted by PHO orders.

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Conference Strands
Presentations should fall under one or more of the following conference strands in language education:

• FSL/FAL: French as a second or additional language (e.g., French immersion, Intensive French, Core French)
• Additional Languages (e.g., American Sign Language (ASL), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish)
• ILCP: Indigenous languages, cultures, and perspectives
  
  

The program selection committee welcomes session proposals from both novice and experienced presenters. Share your high-impact strategies, current research, and innovative ideas with second language educators from across the Province and beyond. We are specifically looking for presentations and interactive sessions that focus on:

• Technology / Innovation
• Project-Based Learning
• Assessment 
• Literacy

Priority will be given to workshops that fit with our BC Curriculum and infuse First People's Principles of Learning.

Key Dates

• March 7th, 2022: deadline for submitting a session proposal
• Mid April, 2022: review of session proposals and response to lead presenter
• April 30, 2022 : deadline for presenters to confirm participation and to register
• Late May, 2022: preliminary conference program online

Selection Process
Proposals will be selected by the program selection committee for BCATML based on their relevance to the themes and conference strands listed above, ensuring that the conference program offers a balanced, comprehensive, and diversified choice of sessions. The committee may also consider such criteria as the language of presentation and the type of second language program.
Furthermore, the committee shall consider the following elements when judging the overall quality of proposals:
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• Well written and succinct description of the session
• Clearly articulated purpose and procedures, including the intended audience
• Relevance of the topic to the field of second language teaching, learning, and research
• Opportunities for participant engagement (where applicable)

​The program selection committee reserves the right to request modifications to proposals prior to acceptance. If accepted, speakers may be invited to present in formats other than the one they selected.

Presenter Registration Rate
All presenters as well as co-presenters must register for the conference. Details to follow.

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Presentation Dates
Conference presentations will take place on Friday October 21, 2022.

​Session Materials
Lead presenters will be given the option of providing access to their digital presentations for conference attendees. The presenter coordinators will communicate with the lead presenters to explain the procedure for sharing presentations.

Session Technology
Currently, we are planning for an in-person event. All workshops will be held in-person; no workshops will be recorded nor streamed online. However, please note that if PHO orders and/or BCTF recommendations regarding in-person gatherings change, the workshops will be offered through ZOOM video conferencing technology.

Confirmation of Sessions
The lead presenter will receive notice via email of the status of the proposed session in mid to late April. 

If the proposal is accepted, the lead presenter must confirm participation and register for the conference by mid May, 2022.

Proposal Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding submitting a session proposal, please contact the presenter coordinators,
Kindra Harte, Wendy Yamazaki, or Lidija Bakovic.

Submit your proposal here