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

SATuRDAY November 17, 2012
DAILY PROGRAm SAturDAy, November 17, 2012
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace
Ballroom 3
489 CLASS Luncheon: CLASS 25th
Anniversary Celebration
The Chinese Language Association of Secondary-
Elementary Schools is celebrating a significant
milestone—its 25th anniversary! Join us in this joyous
and celebratory event highlighting CLASS’ contributions
to the field of Chinese language education during the
past 25 years
Presenter(s): Haiyan Fu (Chair); Shaoyuen Carol Chen-
Lin (Chair), Choate Rosemary Hall
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace
Ballroom 4
490 Embassy of France Luncheon
The Embassy of France is delighted to organize a
luncheon for teachers of French This is the perfect
opportunity to network with your fellow French teachers,
education officials, representatives from the French
Embassy and other exhibitors You will leave with a
“teacher’s goodie bag” that will contain a number of
resources for your French class The luncheon will also
feature a young musical artist from Quebec whose
performance will be sponsored by the Centre de la
Francophonie des Amériques During the luncheon you
will be able to enter a drawing to win one of many
exciting prizes (study abroad trips, magazine subscriptions,
educational materials, etc ) Conducted in French
Admission is by ticket only
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit
hall D-E, workshop Room 1
E56 AP Bootcamp with
‘AP’prenons: Differentiated
Authentic Challenges for
multi-Level Classrooms
APprenons, a textbook tailored to the 21st
century learner, offers AP students (and others)
differentiated, authentic communicative activities
targeting language proficiency, AP exam preparation
strategies, and opportunities for linguistic
and cultural growth beyond APprenons addresses
the challenges of multi-level classrooms, bridging
the gap between Novice High and Pre-Advanced
proficiency levels
Presenter(s): Elizabeth Zwanziger, University
of Northern Iowa; Brittany Selden, Sequoyah
High School
sponsor(s): Wayside Publishing
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Grades 6–12
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): French
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1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit
hall D-E, workshop Room 2
E57 Developing Chinese Fluency:
help Intermediate Learners
make Significant Strides in
Speaking and writing Skills
Are your intermediate students still speaking
in basic phrases, or short broken sentences?
Do they find difficulty carrying on an in-depth
conversation with a native speaker of Chinese?
Come hear how Developing Chinese Fluency
( ), a rigorous one-year communication skill
development program, can systematically expand
your intermediate learners’ vocabulary, and help
them achieve intermediate-high to advanced
level oral and writing proficiency This program is
ideal for speaking and writing enhanced Chinese
courses for upper-intermediate to rising-advanced
students Sample lesson and teaching resources
will be demonstrated
Presenter(s): Phyllis Zhang, George Washington
University
sponsor(s): Heinle, a part of Cengage Learning
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Higher Education, Grades
10-12
language of Presentation: Chinese w/ English
on slides
applicable language(s): Chinese
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit
hall D-E, workshop Room 3
E58 Assessing Arabic Oral
Proficiency: Tools from CAL
Learn about CAL’s suite of innovative oral
proficiency resources for Modern Standard Arabic
Tools for educators include a computer-based,
semi-adaptive test of Arabic oral proficiency
designed for high school learners to adults, and
interactive rater training materials An online tutorial
helps students understand, self-assess, and
improve their Arabic oral proficiency
Presenter(s): Margaret Malone, Anne Donovan,
and Francesca Di Silvio, Center for Applied
Linguistics
sponsor(s): Center for Applied Linguistics
strand: Assessment
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): Arabic
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit
hall D-E, workshop Room 4
E59 Being a Language
Teacher—A New, handson
Text for All Teachers in
Training
Learn about a new, succinct and readable guide
to teaching beginning language courses that
addresses the enormous gap that exists between
the pedagogical training of many teachers and
the responsibilities that they assume—and challenges
they encounter—when they step into their
classrooms the first day Ideal for teacher-training
programs
Presenter(s): Norma Lopez-Burton, University
of California, Davis; Denise Minor, California
State University, Chico
sponsor(s): Yale University Press
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Administration, Higher
Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Exhibit
hall D-E, workshop Room 5
E60 Authentic Performance Tasks
for Intermediate Spanish
Courses
Participants will engage in an interactive,
multimedia presentation addressing the use of
Integrated Performance Tasks and Assessments,
featuring authentic materials in an innovative
format Tejidos: Comunicación auténtica en un
contexto cultural is a new book that targets
intermediate level students in Pre-AP and Pre-IB
courses who are on track for the AP Language and
Culture and IB Exams
Presenter(s): Janet Parker, College of William
and Mary; Megan Cory, Franklin Academy High
School; Catherine Schwenkler, The Global
Learning Collaborative
sponsor(s): Wayside Publishing
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Grades 6–12
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): Spanish