NECLTA (The New England Chinese Language Teachers' Association) is calling for proposals for presentations at its 14th annual conference. Both panels (50 minutes) and individual presentations (15 minutes) are welcome. The conference will be held at Tufts University on Saturday, October 18, 2025. We welcome proposals from K-12 public and private school teachers, Chinese heritage school teachers, college and university educators, graduate students, national and international scholars, and educational administrators. Your presentation may address any issues in teaching and learning Chinese language and culture at various levels and in different settings. Topics include but are not limited to:

1. AI/educational technology
2. second language acquisition and assessment
3. reading and writing literacy development
4. curriculum design and teaching implementation
5. Chinese linguistics and Chinese pedagogical grammar
6. cultural competence/interculturality
7. differentiated and inclusive Chinese language teaching
8. teaching heritage students
9. study abroad and immersion programs
10. collaboration/ interdisciplinary approach to language teaching
11. enrollment maintenance and enhancement
12. program administration and teacher training

Please submit your proposal by August 31, 2025 through the following link: https://brandeis.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bf1pU4UztijKato. The proposal can be written in English or Chinese, and the maximum length of a proposal shall not exceed 500 words (in English or Chinese). One author can only submit one abstract as the first author, but may be able to submit other abstracts as a second or third author.

Notification of acceptance decisions will be emailed by September 15, 2025.

If you need an invitation letter from us for visa or conference-related purposes, please contact us as soon as you submit your proposal by email at neclta.conference@gmail.com.

For more information, please visit www.neclta.org or contact us by email at neclta.conference@gmail.com.