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Introduction

Teaching Western Armenian in the Armenian Diaspora in the 21th century means facing several challenges, from very theoretical ones (L1 vs. L2 vs. heritage language, acquisition vs. learning, language endangerment and literacy) to the practical issues (class organization, assessment, pedagogical innovation, professional development for teachers, Armenian as second language training for teachers, etc.) that follow from them.

Although these issues may be discussed in depth among specialists of language acquisition and teaching, the agents in the field (teachers, school directors, etc.) are still too isolated in their everyday duties to be concerned about seeking out and implementing research-based best practices. This is partly due to the lack of applied research specifically concerning Armenian language acquisition and teaching.

Goals

The purpose of this conference is to bring together specialists of language acquisition and teaching, scholars as well as stakeholders of successful models of second language / heritage language teaching, concerning the Armenian language and comparable situations, in order to outline the priorities of an applied research program for the Western Armenian language today.

Topics

The conference welcomes papers on theoretical issues of language learning, teaching and acquisition, applied to second language or heritage language, with a broad disciplinary scope (education, linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, anthropology, sociology, history), as well as applied papers on innovative approaches of teaching Armenian or languages of comparable profile (course design, progress standards and assessment, school design and administration, assessment of stakeholders’ interest, targeted intervention, etc.).

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