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

DAILY PROGRAm SAturDAy, November 17, 2012
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 107 A
439 ISL at the university Level:
Cultivating Teaching, Cultivating
Learning
This session will focus on strategies and initiatives
that aim to cultivate effective teaching and learning in
Italian as a second language at the university level
Presenter(s): Michael Lettieri (Chair) and Salvatore
Bancheri, University of Toronto; Paul Colilli,
Laurentian University; Salvatore Di Maria, University
of Tennessee; Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville
sponsor(s): AATI
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English, Italian
applicable language(s): Italian
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 107 B
440 Life Beyond the vocabulary Lists:
Teaching vocabulary Through
Culture
Teaching L2 vocabulary too often relies on a small
number of techniques that may not offer adequate contextualization
and connection with the target culture
This session proposes a variety of principled techniques
and activities aimed to strengthen the role of culture as
an inextricable component of L2 vocabulary learning
Presenter(s): Manel Lacorte, University of Maryland;
Dale A. Koike, University of Texas at Austin
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): Spanish
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 108 A
441 Immigration, Cultural Diversity,
and my Spanish Class
An experienced teacher in an inner city high school will
show how she used the Cultural paradigm in the ACTFL
Standards to change the stereotypical perspectives of
her Spanish III students toward immigration and immigrants
by engaging them with authentic materials that
helped them develop multicultural understandings
Presenter(s): Judith L. Shrum, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University; Mary Joy Lewis,
William Fleming High School
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 108 B
442 Introducing Students to the
French Teen Pop Culture with
Tv5mONDE
Teenage culture is another world in itself Introducing
students to the culture while they’re learning the
language will motivate them in their learning This
presentation will introduce the participants to the “teen
pop culture” in France and in French-speaking countries
around the world and provide them with audiovisual
resources to introduce it in the classroom
Presenter(s): Michele Jacobs-Hermes, TV5MONDE
sponsor(s): Embassy of France
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: French
applicable language(s): French
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 109 A
443 AATJ Paper Presentations III
Portfolios Implemented in an Advanced-Level
Japanese Class with Formative Assessments (Nagai);
Project-Based Learning: Interview Research Project
in Advanced Japanese Courses (Egi, Uotate, and
Nakamura)
Presenter(s): Ayako Nagai, University of California–
Irvine; Takako Egi, University of Kentucky; Yasuo
Uotate and Yukari Nakamura, University of Florida
sponsor(s): AATJ
strand: Assessment
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: Japanese, English
applicable language(s): Japanese
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 109 B
444 Teaching French Culture: The Lens
of the Constitution
As a statement of ideals and of the basic principles of
law, the first article of the French Constitution provides
an excellent lens for the examination of French culture,
and a framework upon which to structure classes
on fundamental aspects of French society that could
otherwise appear disconnected and haphazard
Presenter(s): Vincent Aurora, Columbia University
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: French
applicable language(s): French
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 110 A
445 AATJ Paper Presentations Iv
A Business Japanese Course for Intermediate Levels
(Ananth); Developing Reading Strategies for Non-native
Japanese Language Teachers: Participants’ Reflections
(Takahashi and Fujiwara)
Presenter(s): Priya Ananth, Middle Tennessee State
University; Etsuko Takahashi, Wesleyan University;
Hisae Fujiwara, University of California
sponsor(s): AATJ
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): All
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 110 B
446 make Your Classroom a
window to the world: The
Japan Foundation’s Tools to help
Teachers
The latest update on the Japan Foundation’s programs
and resources for teachers and learners of Japanese
language will be presented
Presenter(s): Maki Watanabe Isoyama, The Japan
Foundation
sponsor(s): AATJ
strand: Professionalism
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English, Japanese
applicable language(s): All
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 111 A
447 Cultural Portfolio via weblogs:
Systematic Collection of Cultural
Learning Evidence
This presentation will discuss weblogs developed as
a means to enhance and document students’ cultural
learning and reflections Via weblogs, university
students explored contemporary social phenomena and
developed critical thinking skills and intercultural understanding
Assignment objectives, process, learning
outcomes, and resources will be detailed
Presenter(s): Sanae Eda, Middlebury College; Chinatsu
Bachmann, Drake University
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): Japanese
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