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SATuRDAY November 17, 2012
DAILY PROGRAm SAturDAy, November 17, 2012
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom Lobby
551 ACTFL Electronic Poster Presentations II
Electronic Poster presentations will be displayed on a laptop computer at a high round table around which attendees can stand for viewing and interaction The following
multiple electronic posters will be presented at the same time in the area so you can hear more than one presentation during the hour
551-01 A Social Justice Project in a First-Year Spanish Class
This poster demonstrates a social justice project in a first-year Spanish class in which
students work in small groups to examine a social justice issue in a Spanish-speaking
country
Presenter(s): Michael Tallon, University of the Incarnate Word
551-02 Collaborative Second Language writing: Creating a
university website Project
Collaborative writing is not common in foreign language classes while the current
trend of second language writing focuses on the process rather than the final product
This study explores students’ collaborative school website project across two sections
in the third year of Japanese at a southwestern university
Presenter(s): Yuki Waugh, Texas A&M University
551-03 Creating Successful Lesson Plans for Learner-
Centered Classrooms
This presentation highlights the key points of creating successful lesson plans for
learner-centered classrooms Effective strategies in selecting and adapting appropriate
materials and activities based on various learning objectives will be discussed
Lesson plan templates, a ready-to-use checklist and sample lesson plans will be
provided
Presenter(s): Danmin Deng
551-04 Effective mentoring in Action: Faculty Professional
Development
To assist teachers in meeting institutional requirements, fulfilling personal aspirations,
and maximizing individual potential, a well-developed mentoring program is
critical In this session, the presenter will demonstrate a faculty mentoring program
and its effectiveness using multiple data collection tools She will also suggest
guidelines for establishing an effective mentoring program
Presenter(s): Shuhui Berndt, Defense Language Institute
551-05 Examining a Recent Student Questionnaire on
Chinese-Speaking Instruction
In a recent questionnaire survey, 248 DLI students from seven Chinese departments
answered 24 questions on Chinese-speaking instruction The survey findings suggest
that mutual awareness and understanding of the different cultures between <strong>American</strong>
and Chinese culture are critical for creating a healthy and productive speaking
classroom environment
Presenter(s): Dian Huang
551-06 From urdu to Punjabi: Challenges and Successes of
Curricular Conversion
The presenter will discuss the challenges of designing a ground-up curriculum for a
language dialect that has traditionally been taught as a conversion language The
session will address language differences, transliteration conventions, materials
resources, lesson production, and quality control
Presenter(s): Patras Bukhari and Wendy Ashby, Defense Language Institute
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551-07 Impact of Culture Awareness on motivation of
korean Language Learners
This ongoing empirical study is about the relationship between cultural awareness
and the motivation of Korean language learners It gives the guideline to measure the
relationship between the variables Although studying culture is an important factor in
second language learning, there is little empirical study on this subject
Presenter(s): Hye Young Shin, <strong>American</strong> University
551-08 Increasing Individual and Group Learning Through
a Course wiki
Course Wikis are effective for numerous activities and increase positive individual
and group learning Learn about the use of Wikis and discuss how students as a
community of learners in traditional (non-online) courses gain from this approach, and
how assignments are enhanced by the collaborative, malleable, stable and accessible
platform
Presenter(s): Lawrence Francis Glatz, Metropolitan State College
551-09 Integrating Smart Pens into Language Learning and
Teaching
“Smart pens” such as those from LiveScribe are at their core notetaking devices, but
their use in the language classroom does not need to be limited to passive notetaking
This poster will illustrate how such pens can be used to provide individualized student
feedback and deliver lesson content
Presenter(s): Johnathan Gajdos
551-10 Investigating Teacher Cognition About L2
vocabulary Instruction and Acquisition
This exploratory study addressed whether teachers’ insights match concerns of
vocabulary research, such as kinds of word knowledge and vocabulary measurements
Experienced L2 instructors of Spanish (n = 8), German (n = 8) and English (n = 8) working
at Swiss universities were interviewed
Presenter(s): Nausica Marcos Miguel, University of Pittsburgh
551-11 Learning Processes of Flagship Chinese Students: A
Longitudinal Case Study
This study examines the one-year learning processes of two Flagship Chinese students,
mainly focuses on their learning motivation, learning experiences, and learning strategy
via two semi-structured interviews and a survey (Strategy Inventory of Language
Learning) (Oxford, 1989)
Presenter(s): Yi-Lu Kuo, Indiana University, Bloomington
551-12 New Audiences, New Programs: Supporting
Independent Language Learners
Students, faculty, and staff involved in campus internationalization efforts often
desire language instruction outside the traditional undergraduate curriculum This
poster illustrates ways language departments and centers can meet this challenge,
including informal meet-ups, short courses, workshops in the use of authentic media,
and grants for faculty and staff immersion
Presenter(s): Sharon G. Scinicariello, University of Richmond