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

DAILY PROGRAm SAturDAy, November 17, 2012
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 108 B
572 La Francophonie as Pedagogical
Tool
session cancelled by presenter
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 109 A
573 AATJ General membership
meeting
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 109 B
574 Institutionally Addressing the
Needs of Chinese International
Students in Independent Schools
This panel addresses the history of Chinese students
in the United States, cultural identities inherited by
Chinese students; the complications of navigating
<strong>American</strong> cultural values; and how independent schools
can provide institutional support for Chinese students
on academic, student life, emotional and physical
health levels
Presenter(s): Mei Li Inouye and Rebecca Hogue, The
Madeira School
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 111 A
575 Reconsidering Teacher Role
in Interactions: Dynamic
Relationships Between Teacher
and Learner
Do language teachers ever not make errors? How may
errors by teachers affect the learner production in
interactions? Using videos of Japanese L2 learners, this
study presents how a Japanese teacher and two learners
jointly construct their roles as a teacher or a learner
that are not static but dynamic
Presenter(s): Sachiko Horii, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Professionalism
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English, Japanese
applicable language(s): Japanese
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 111 B
576 An Innovative Approach to
Teaching Spanish Language
Through Poetry
This session has a two-fold purpose: (1) to introduce
an approach to poetry created by Peruvian writer
Alfonso Ramos Alva called Versificación Virtual; (2)
to demonstrate various pedagogical techniques using
Versificación Virtual to teach language and culture This
approach can be used at all levels K–16
Presenter(s): Krista Chambless, University of Alabama
at Birmingham; Jessica Ramos-Harthun, Vervir
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): Spanish
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 112 A
577 Badges: An Online Approach
to Continuing Professional
Development
This presentation demonstrates a new concept in
continuing teacher education called “badges,” a way
to develop and document professional skills that go
well beyond basic foreign language methods Badges
provide visual representations of 21st century pedagogical
skills that language teachers can show to their
employers and colleagues
Presenter(s): Carl S. Blyth (Chair), University of Texas
at Austin; Karen Kelton, COERLL
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Professionalism
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 112 B
578 Identity and Investment: Self-
Portraits in Language Learning
Personal investment is a vital component of successful
language learning Self-portrait projects allow students
to create and express aspects of their identity in the
L2, thus enhancing student investment while promoting
transcultural competence, classroom community, and
linguistic development Multiple technology tools
facilitate the creation, sharing and assessment of these
portfolios
Presenter(s): Laura Florand and Sandra Lynn Valnes
Quammen, Duke University
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 113 A
579 Teaching, Assessing and
Grading: Am I Sending the Same
message?
We teach and assess languages differently today than
30 years ago But is how we grade our students and
report progress different? This session aims to help us
think through how important consistency is in how we
teach, how we assess and how we compute grades (to
show progress)
Presenter(s): Gregory W. Duncan, Interprep, Inc.
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 113 B
580 Successful Strategies for
managing Elementary School
Chinese Classrooms
Beginning teachers need to learn how to manage a
classroom in a firm, but friendly, way This session will
present strategies for motivating students to learn and
ensuring that elementary classrooms run smoothly
Presenters will discuss movement, a system of rewards,
and how to ensure that all students learn
Presenter(s): Janice Dowd (Chair); Sara Buchbaum,
Hawthorne School; Lucy Lee, Livingston High School
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Pre-K–Grade 8
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 113 C
581 maximizing the Potential of Our
Language Activities
Are we maximizing the potential of our language
activities? Are we embedding 21st century skills such
as critical thinking and collaboration? Are learner
tasks intrinsically interesting? Cognitively engaging?
Culturally connected? Communicatively purposeful?
Through demonstrations and questioning this session
will share practical ways to deepen activities and
meaningfully engage the learner
Presenter(s): Helena Curtain
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Pre-K–Grade 12
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
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SATuRDAY November 17, 2012