Organized by the Linguistics and TESOL graduate students and faculty in collaboration with the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, TALGS aims to provide a serious yet relaxed environment for graduate students and professionals working in TESL/TEFL/FL and a variety of applied linguistics fields to present their work, receive feedback, and network. The TALGS Conference provides graduate students as well as TESOL and other Foreign Language  professionals (including ESOL, TESL, EFL, ESL, TEFL, Spanish, French, German, DLI, etc.) a forum to showcase their research and successful teaching practices. TALGS is committed to bettering the educational experiences of language learners in the community by providing a comfortable environment where an interaction between theory/research and practice/teaching is possible. We are pleased to announce that the 2012 TALGS Conference will be hosted by the Graduate TESOL program at Western Carolina University. Our new partnership will continue into the future with the conference venue rotating between WCU and ECU on alternating years. The TALGS 2012 Call for Papers and updated registration information will be available shortly! We look forward to seeing you in Asheville!!!