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DAILY PROGRAm SuNDAy, November 18, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 101
665 AATJ Board meeting
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand
Ballroom Salon D
666 ACTFL Board of Directors meeting
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand
Ballroom Salon B/C
667 Learn with NADSFL—The FL
Repair Station: Interactive
Training for Instructional Success
Ongoing professional development is essential for
long-term improvement of instruction and change
Participants will interact with four Google Wiki
modules, designed to provide practical interaction
with instructional videos and analysis, plus follow-up
lesson planning support across the 5 Cs Participants
will become experienced in using an online interactive
site dedicated to helping them repair, polish, expand,
or support continuous development of FL instructional
skills
Presenter(s): Robert E. Robison, Ohio State University
sponsor(s): NADSFL
strand: Technology
applicable level(s): Pre-K–Grade 12
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 102 A
668 Play and Learn: Favorite Activities
to Engage Young Language
Learners
This session will show successful activities to engage
young learners in a meaningful way Activities that
will stimulate oral and written language, transitional
activities and activities designed to strengthen homeschool
relationship Through interactive demonstration,
participants will leave with excitement and inspiration
Presenter(s): Marcela Summerville, Spanish Workshop
for Children, LLC; Ana M. Lomba, Ana Lomba Early
Languages LLC
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Pre-K–Grade 8
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 102 B
669 Portuguese for the Professions:
Policy, Design, and Strategies
Portuguese has become a critical professional tool
for students preparing to function effectively and
appropriately in Lusophone environments This session
addresses issues in policy, models of curriculum design,
and implementation strategies related to the teaching
and learning of Portuguese for professional purposes
Handouts will be available
Presenter(s): Maria Antonia Cowles (Chair) and
Mercia S. Flannery, University of Pennsylvania; Lyris
Wiedemann, Stanford University; Ana Isabel S.
Delgado, Johns Hopkins University
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103 A
670 Integrating International video
Chat into the Foreign Language
Curriculum
How do you practice conversation, bring a target culture
to life, and increase student motivation without leaving
the classroom? Instructors from partner universities in
the U S and Mexico share how to integrate video chat
into the curriculum Face-to-face, real-time international
communication in foreign language classrooms is easier
than you think!
Presenter(s): Tasha N. Lewis and Holly A. Schneider,
Loyola University; Francisco Javier Barron Serrano,
Iinstituto
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Technology
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103 B
671 using PowerPoint to Increase
Target Language usage
Learn how to create daily slide shows to cue students,
guide vocabulary usage in context, extend paired
practices, and maximize audio, video and textbook
accessories Create a no-transition, seamless class with
examples from ninth grade Spanish I and PowerPoints
Sorry, no review games included, just daily inspirational
teaching ideas
Presenter(s): Ellen Bernard Shrager, A Teachers Voice
(formerly A Second Language for All)
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Technology
applicable level(s): Grades 6–12
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
Session descriptions and presenter information come directly from the submitter and is not entered by ACTFL.
Information is accurate as of October 19, 2012.
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103 C
672 Language Leaper: Facilitating
Early Learning with Interactive
media/Blended Delivery
This session introduces the FLAP-funded West Virginia
Language Leaper program Participants will explore the
early language learning program that merges media
content with a facilitated and blended delivery model
Learn about the program and how to harness technology
to support promising instructional practices in a
blended delivery classroom
Presenter(s): Robert Crawford and Debora L.
Nicholson, West Virginia Dept. of Education; Lynn
Thompson, Center for Applied Linguistics
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Technology
applicable level(s): Pre-K–Grade 8
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 104 A
673 Presentational Language: Learner
Development and Assessment in
Second-Year College Programs
This session examines ongoing efforts to foster presentational
language (PL) in second-year French, German,
and Spanish programs, including curricular design,
authentic materials, accompanying activities, and
assessments Key concepts include PL development,
scaffolding, the process approach, the role of group
dynamics, and PL use contrasted in prepared versus
extemporaneous speech
Presenter(s): Elizabeth Bernhardt (Chair), Alice Miano,
Paul J. Nissler, and Heather L. Howard, Stanford
University
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): Spanish
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 104 B
674 Facilitating Connections Between
L1 and L2: Does It Influence L2
Learning?
In this session, presenters will discuss a study in which
they explored whether or not teaching connections
between L1 and L2 influences L2 learning Presenters
will share activities used to increase students’
awareness of previous L1 knowledge and to enhance
student’s ability to relate that knowledge to the L2
Presenter(s): Teresa Roig-Torres, Angie Woods, and
Angel Anorga, University of Cincinnati
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Research
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
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