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SATuRDAY November 17, 2012 DAILY PROGRAm SAturDAy, November 17, 2012 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 118 B 528 university and Elementary School Students Learning (French) Together This session will focus on a cooperation initiative between a public university and a French bilingual program in a public elementary school Participants will learn about using university and early bilingual programs as reciprocal resources Ideas to reinvigorate K–12 and university foreign language programs will be discussed Presenter(s): Noelle Rouxel-Cubberly, College of Staten Island sponsor(s): ACTFL strand: Professionalism applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): French 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 118 C 529 Insights into the AP Spanish Literature and Culture Scoring Guidelines This session’s purpose is to introduce and explore the AP Spanish Literature and Culture Free Response Essay Scoring Guidelines It is designed to guide AP Spanish Literature and Culture Teachers through their adoption of the scoring guidelines and the implementation of their use in scoring students’ essays Presenter(s): Kenya C. Dworkin y Mendez, Carnegie Mellon University; Maria Luisa Guardiola, Swarthmore College sponsor(s): ACTFL strand: Assessment applicable level(s): Grades 6–12 language of Presentation: Spanish applicable language(s): Spanish 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 119 A 530 Global workplace Readiness Through Trilingual Immersion— mandarin/Spanish/English Panel will share successes and challenges in developing a K–5 trilingual immersion school in Southern California in which all students are in dual immersion PLUS receive enrichment in a third language Support through a FLAP (Foreign Language Assistance Program) grant, County Office of Education, and others will be discussed Presenter(s): Sarah R. Fox, San Diego County Office of Education; Gregory W. Duncan, Interprep, Inc; Myriam Met; Olympia Kyriakidis, Lakeside Union School District sponsor(s): ACTFL strand: Professionalism applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): All 122 | ACTFL 2012 Program Guide 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 119 B 531 Project PERCOLATE: Preparing FL TAs for multiliteracies-Oriented Instruction This presentation focuses on two questions related to the 2007 MLA Report’s limited recommendations for TA professional development (PD): How do we establish PD serving TAs’ long-term needs? What concepts and activities used in PD would best prepare TAs to teach in integrated curricula? Responses are contextualized within Project PERCOLATE Presenter(s): Beatrice C. Dupuy, University of Arizona; Heather Allen sponsor(s): ACTFL strand: Professionalism applicable level(s): Higher Education language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): All 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 120 A 532 Teaching Strategies for Presentational writing: Preparing for AP German The presenters will focus on moving students from the Novice to the Pre-Advanced level with specific activities and strategies for each level The connection between reading and presentational writing will be explored with concrete examples from AP level instruction Presenter(s): Mary Ashcraft (Chair), University of Nevada; Angelika Becker, Carmel High School; Kerstin Helbing, Henry Gunn High School; Elizabeth A. Smith sponsor(s): AATG strand: The Learner applicable level(s): Pre-K–Grade 12 language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): German 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 120 B 533 German for Professional Purposes: Teaching via Crisis Issues Crisis issues are used to increase student understanding of German culture in a global context Presentations: Integrating Moral and Ethical Questions into Business German; Was die Bundesbürger bewegt: A Framework for Understanding Important Issues; Crisis in the Upper Management: An Analysis of Germany’s Lack of Female CEOs. Presenter(s): Katja Fullard (Chair), Goethe-Institut Chicago; Kathryn A. Corl, The Ohio State University; Heiko Wiggers, Wake Forest University; Katrin Voelkner, Northwestern University sponsor(s): AATG strand: Culture applicable level(s): Higher Education language of Presentation: English, German applicable language(s): German 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 120 C 534 Advancing Linguistic Competence Through Teaching Internships Abroad This session describes summer internship programs abroad that aim to maximize students’ acquisition of linguistic skills while providing much needed practical training in teaching Examples of academic tasks, student assignments, and student testimonials are shared and insights into difficulties and successes in establishing and executing the program are discussed Presenter(s): Angelika N. Kraemer and Nathan Bynum, Michigan State University sponsor(s): AATG strand: The Learner applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): German 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 121 A 535 Graduate Teacher Education: Responding to “Educating the Future FL Professoriate” A Survey of Graduate Student Beliefs About and Expectations for Pedagogical Training and Professional Development (Levine); Interdisciplinary Initiatives for the Development of Professional Teaching Abilities of Advanced TAs (Rott); Preparing Graduate Students for Developing Educational Outreach Initiatives in the Arts (Urlaub) Presenter(s): Glenn S. Levine, University of California, Irvine; Susanne Rott; Per K. Urlaub, UT-Austin sponsor(s): AATG strand: Professionalism applicable level(s): Higher Education language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): German 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 121 B 536 Establishing and making the most of Your Exchange Program This session focuses on the nuts and bolts of creating, sustaining and maximizing the success of secondary school exchange programs Presenters with GAPP exchange experience will share their materials and strategies for establishing an exchange program and maximizing the impact an exchange has on language learning and the school community Presenter(s): Amy Tallman (Chair), Upper Moreland High School; Ferrel Rose, Bowling Green High School; Joan Campbell, Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School; Kathy Fegely, Antietam School District sponsor(s): AATG strand: Culture applicable level(s): Grades 6–12 language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): All
DAILY PROGRAm SAturDAy, November 17, 2012 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 121 C 537 Developing Learners’ writing Proficiency: Pedagogical Design and Empirical Research This presentation aims to discuss how to effectively enhance learners’ writing skills through curricular design, writing assignments, and empirical research findings Three empirical studies were conducted across different levels Findings of these three empirical studies attempt to provide pedagogical implications for curriculum developers and Chinese language instructors Presenter(s): Yi-Tzu Huang (Chair), University of Iowa; Wen-Hua Du, Pennsylvania State University; Jia Lin, University of North Carolina sponsor(s): CLTA strand: The Learner applicable level(s): Higher Education language of Presentation: English, Chinese applicable language(s): Chinese 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 122 A 538 Tradition and Innovation: Linguistic Analysis, Textbook and Instruction This panel proposes some innovations from traditional pedagogy for grammar explanation, textbook compilation and language instruction in teaching Chinese as a second language in order to meet current needs by reassessing linguist Y R Chao’s contributions in Chinese linguistics, language pedagogy, and Chinese language textbooks Presenter(s): Chih-P’ing Chou (Chair), Princeton University; Chao Fen Sun, Stanford University; Yongping Zhu, University of Mississippi; Lening Liu, Columbia University; Xuan Chen, New York University sponsor(s): CLTA strand: The Learner applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: Chinese applicable language(s): Chinese 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 122 B 539 From “Chinese Is hard” to “Chinese is Fun” This session will demonstrate practical and effective strategies to engage students through animation technology, films appreciation, classroom activities, and incorporating tablet computers into a Chinese classroom to facilitate development of students’ communicative skills Students who said, “Chinese is hard!” will now yell out loud, “Chinese is so fun!” Presenter(s): David Chang (Chair), Institute for Information Industry; Shirley Chang, Kent Place School; Chia Ying Jeng-Liu, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional Middle School; Peicheng Chu, 21st Century Cyber Charter School sponsor(s): CLASS strand: The Learner applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: Chinese applicable language(s): Chinese 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 123 540 Teaching Practices and Strategies: Instructor Feedback and Students’ Learning These papers introduce feedback tools and their implications for the teaching and learning process, provide an empirical investigation of the effect of tasks on language learning, and investigate discrepancies between teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and their students’ needs in a high school setting A Self-Regulating Approach to Provide Feedback to Students’ Homework Assignments (Smith); A Comparison of Language Output with and Without Tasks (Tseng); Perceived Effectiveness of Chinese Instruction Between Teachers and Students (Liu) Presenter(s): Miao Fen Tseng (Chair), University of Virginia; Michelle Smith, UCLA; I-Chun Liu, UTSA sponsor(s): CLTA strand: Research applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: Chinese applicable language(s): Chinese 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 124 541 Character Literacy Research to Support Best Practices in CFL Instruction This session presents research on character perception, processing, and retention to guide language teachers and textbook developers: (1) Character Study vs Character Retention Presentation; (2) Pinyin vs Characters: Where Do the Eyes Look? (3) Sequence Enhances Retention: Visual Glueing in Non-native Readers of Chinese Presenter(s): Baozhang He (Chair) and Claudia Ross, College of the Holy Cross; Meng Yeh, Rice University; Pei-chia Chen, University of California, San Diego sponsor(s): CLTA strand: Research applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): Chinese 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 125 542 New Tools for the Chinese E-Learning Environment These papers investigate specific tools for Chinese E-learning Tools discussed include a web-based audio text reader and a tool for creating texts with controlled vocabulary, automatic audio, and characters that are clickable as flashcards Awesome highlighter, Smart pen, Adobe ConnectNow, and Screenr will also be showcased Cloud Technologies for Chinese E-Learn (Wu); Quickly Create and Manage Graded Multimedia Chinese Texts Online (Mu); Effects of Intentional Mobile-Assisted Annotation on Incidental Chinese Vocabulary Learning (Zhang) Presenter(s): Ling Mu (Chair), Yale University; Yongfang Zhang, Wofford College sponsor(s): CLTA strand: Technology applicable level(s): All 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 126 A 543 making Lessons from Children’s Books: Revisiting Culture To make use of the enticing world of children’s books, an evaluative instrument of what to look for as well as how to prepare and use the books, is examined One children’s book will be “read” in four languages to show the cultural and curricular components Presenter(s): Renate K. Losoncy, The Donauschule; Ann E. Sieger, Radnor School District sponsor(s): PSMLA strand: Culture applicable level(s): Pre-K–Grade 8 language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): Arabic, German, Spanish 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 126 B 544 Optimal Classroom Performance: Three Steps to Reaching Students This session discusses three steps to reach students for optimal teaching and learning experiences These three steps are developing the right mindset, lesson planning, and effective instructional management Participants are provided with techniques and relevant resources that will assist them with the implementation of these three steps Presenter(s): Weiling Huang, Defense Language Institute sponsor(s): ACTFL strand: Professionalism applicable level(s): All language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): All 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Room 406 545 Aligning the Common Core Standards to korean Language Instruction The current K–12 state standards will be replaced by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in 2014 The presenters will develop awareness of the new standards, their effects on teaching and learning specifically in the Korean language classes, and 21st century tools used for students to be college- and career-ready Presenter(s): Chiae Kitayama, Cahuenga Elementary; Ellen Park, Wedgeworth Elementary; Sung S. Kim, Los Angeles Unified School District; Sung-Ock Sohn, UCLA sponsor(s): ACTFL Korean SIG strand: Assessment applicable level(s): Pre-K–Grade 12 language of Presentation: English applicable language(s): Korean ACTFL 2012 Program Guide | 123 SATuRDAY November 17, 2012
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