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

SATuRDAY November 17, 2012
DAILY PROGRAm SAturDAy, November 17, 2012
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom 1
552 ACTFL Research Roundtable Session II
Attendees will have an opportunity to participate in two 25-minute oral presentations with a group discussion of 10 people seated around a common table Research Roundtable
presentations typically are 15 minutes of presentation followed by 10 minutes of discussion and feedback After the first 25 minutes of presentation, attendees will be asked to
select another table and topic
chair: Bridget E. Yaden, ACTFL Program Committee Chair
552-01 A mohawk Language Teaching Plan: From Simple
to Complex
Proficiency in Mohawk, like other polysynthetic Native <strong>American</strong> languages, is best
achieved using a cumulative approach that begins with the grammatically simplest
elements of the language dealing with everyday matters and gradually adding grammatical
complexity, allowing students to think in the language and say what they
want to say
Presenter(s): Brian Maracle
552-02 A Qualitative Case Study of Service Learning in
Ecuador
This presentation reports on the perspectives of a group of <strong>American</strong> students regarding
their participation in service learning projects while studying abroad in Ecuador
The qualitative data come from student journals completed for an introductory translation
class while the quantitative data were taken from a short language survey
Presenter(s): Alan Brown, University of Kentucky
552-03 Agency and Social Interaction in Study Abroad
This presentation discusses how to encourage second language learners to operate
their agency to engage in various social interactions when studying abroad
Strategies regarding how to motivate and guide students with various age, racial,
educational, social and cultural backgrounds in a short-term study abroad program
will be shared
Presenter(s): Li Jin, Depaul University
552-04 Assessing Foreign Language writing Skills Based
on a multiliteracy Approach
With the emergence of new technologies, language learners need mutliliteracy skills
to fully function in society This roundtable presentation addresses the implications of
the multiliteracy approach for assessing learners’ multimodal writing skills The goal
is to present new standards for writing in the secondary and postsecondary foreign
language classroom
Presenter(s): Nicola Schmerbeck, University of Mississippi
552-05 Assessing Spanish with video in web-Based
Listening Tasks
This study examined the effects of three types of listening support on L2 learners’
comprehension: (a) video, (b) audio-only input, and (c) input redundancy Findings of
whether the addition of the redundancy device and the types of format on L2 listening
tasks impact Spanish learners’ comprehension will be shared
Presenter(s): Cristina Pardo-Ballester, Iowa State University
552-06 Assessing Second Language Development Through
E-Journaling in a Study Abroad Experience
This investigation explores and measures students’ outcomes during a study abroad
experience in Spain Through the use of e-journals, the researcher investigates what
factors such as living situation, social network and classroom dynamic may have
influenced students’ learning process Pre- and posttests were also administered in
order to assess progress
Presenter(s): Silvia Peart, U.S. Naval Academy
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552-07 Change of Linguistic Profiles of Advanced Learners
of korean
Based on ACTFL OPI data from the graduates of the Korean Language Flagship
Center (KLFC), changes in the linguistic profiles of Flagship graduates over a two-year
program (one-year domestic; the other overseas) in highly advanced-level Korean will
be examined in the four areas of OPI rating
Presenter(s): Dong-Kwan Kong, University of Hawaii at Manoa
552-08 Critical Friendships for world Language Teacher
Leaders
A methods professor and a high school teacher of world languages cultivated a critical
friendship over a two-year period to support each other professionally and develop
their teacher leadership skills in a learning community These educators will share the
benefits of their critical friendship and the ways they maintain it
Presenter(s): Nathan Bond, Texas State University; Mari Albright, Eanes Independent
School District
552-09 Cultural knowledge in the Foreign Language
Classroom
Foreign language teachers have been called upon to intertwine language and cultural
instruction (National Standards, 1996) This study explores the cultural knowledge of
German language teachers by comparing how native speakers and non-native speaker
teachers of German view the cultural connotations of German expressions of affection
and friendship
Presenter(s): Friederike M. Fichtner, University of Wisconsin
552-10 Discourse Errors in English Learners’ Chinese
writing with Pedagogical Implications
To develop L2 writing skills, learners must acquire discourse competence Thus, this
proposal examines Chinese compositions written by English-speaking learners, and
discusses their discourse errors in both forms and functions Pedagogical implications
are further provided With discourse knowledge, learners are better equipped to
develop their L2 Chinese skills
Presenter(s): Yating Fan, National Taiwan Normal University
552-11 Diversifying Foreign Language Teaching and
Learning
This roundtable reports and reflects on current discussions and research among
Middlebury College’s foreign language faculty on the question of diversity, broadly
defined, in foreign language acquisition The focus is on diversities in textbooks, faculty
development, course syllabi, classroom activities, and study abroad experiences
Presenter(s): Roman Graf, Stephen Snyder, Orlaith Creedon, and William Poulin-
Deltour, Middlebury College
552-12 Do Grades undermine the Effectiveness of
Feedback?
In Assessment for Learning, feedback is regarded as the link between assessment
and learning However, the effectiveness of feedback may be undermined if feedback
is received with grades Three examples of research into grades and feedback will be
presented and difficulties for research will be discussed
Presenter(s): Christian Krekeler, Konstanz University of Applied Sciences