PROGRAM GUIDE - American Council on The Teaching of Foreign ...

SATuRDAY November 17, 2012
DAILY PROGRAm SAturDAy, November 17, 2012
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Room 406
424 helping hL Students Succeed in
FL Classrooms: Strategies and
Assessment
Heritage language (HL) learners often enter foreign
language (FL) classrooms with different needs from
traditional FL language learners Participants will learn
from this panel about strategies for assisting heritage
learners to succeed in foreign language classrooms, as
well as how existing assessment instruments can better
measure heritage language student progress
Presenter(s): Terrence Wiley, Margaret Malone, and
Na Liu, Center for Applied Linguistics
sponsor(s): ACTFL Heritage Languages SIG
strand: Assessment
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Room 501
425 ACTFL Film (Cinema) SIG
Business meeting and Panel
Discussion
We are accustomed to viewing international language
films for how each portrays its own language and
culture, but what can we bring to our classroom when
we look from a different point of view? Join the Film
SIG for a panel discussion entitled, International Film
Through a Global Lens: New Points of View, brief business
meeting, and refreshments
Presenter(s): Madelyn Gonnerman Torchin (Chair),
Massachusetts Foreign Language Association; Leasa
Y. Lutes, Gordon College; Tom Conner, St. Norbert
College; Darell Tibbles, Vistamar School
sponsor(s): ACTFL Film (Cinema) SIG
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit
hall D-E, workshop Room 1
E46 The Ideal Lesson: Ten Steps to
Total Fluency
In this session, John Conner, Spanish teacher
at Groton School and author of the acclaimed
Breaking the Barrier series, leads participants
through 10 activities guaranteed to make classes
more productive and exciting Video clips of
his own students will be shown, and the ideas
presented can be used in your own classroom the
very next day! John will also give attendees a
quick look at the new iPad version of his Spanish
texts
Presenter(s): John T. Conner, Groton School
sponsor(s): Breaking the Barrier
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): French, Spanish
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11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit
hall D-E, workshop Room 2
E47 Demnächst im unterricht!
Cineplex: German Language
and Culture Through Film
This workshop launches Cineplex: German
Language and Culture Through Film, an innovative
approach to teaching and learning German at the
intermediate level that integrates feature films
and clips with relevant and motivating cultural
topics Cineplex appeals to students while building
and strengthening their language skills and
expanding their cultural knowledge
Presenter(s): Jeanne Schueller, University
of Wisconsin-Madison; Reinhard Zachau,
University of the South, Sewanee; Carrie
Collenberg-Gonzalez, Williams College
sponsor(s): Focus Publishing
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): German
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit
hall D-E, workshop Room 4
E49 Check Out French in Action,
Third Edition
Join us as we discuss the newly published third
edition of French in Action. Now updated for
today’s students, samples from the new textbook
will be shown Come learn how to help your
students become proficient in French using this
legendary multimedia program
Presenter(s): Barry Lydgate, Wellesley College
sponsor(s): Yale University Press
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): French
clAss celebrAtes
25tH AnniversAry
The Chinese Language Association
of Secondary-Elementary Schools
(CLASS) celebrates its 25th
Anniversary in 2012 and will
mark this milestone at a luncheon
on Saturday, November 17.
ACTFL congratulates CLASS on this
important accomplishment!
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit
hall D-E, workshop Room 5
E50 Activating Exercises to Create
Communication in Advanced
Spanish Courses
Are Spanish exam prep books boring your
students? This interactive workshop will show
how to use multiple-choice reading and listening
exercises as communication activities to promote
critical thinking and language proficiency Using
material being developed for the new Spanish
Language Exam in Triángulo Aprobado, we will
present a paradigm for creating communicative
activities with song and journalistic articles Given
primarily in Spanish
Presenter(s): John McMullan; George
Watson-Lopez
sponsor(s): Wayside Publishing
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): High School, College First
and Second Year
language of Presentation: Spanish
applicable language(s): Spanish
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand
Ballroom Salon A
426 Lead with NCSSFL: Embracing the
Standards of Common Core in
Immersion Literacy Programs
The advent of the Common Core has created an
urgent need to examine and attend to its impact on
dual-language immersion literacy standards, scaffolding
strategies, curriculum pacing and text genre If
immersion students are going to meet the rigor of the
Common Core in target language literacy, it is critical
to align our programs to these standards Resources
to guide this alignment process and enhanced instructional
strategies and materials designed to support the
Common Core in French and Spanish literacy programs
will be shared
Presenter(s): Ofelia Wade, Tristin West, and Kaye
Murdock, Utah State Office of Education
sponsor(s): NCSSFL
strand: Professionalism
applicable level(s): Pre-K–Grade 12
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All