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

SuNDAY November 18, 2012
DAILY PROGRAm SuNDAy, November 18, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 126 B
706 Developing Functional
Language Capability: Naval
Special warfare’s Curriculum
Development Approach
Naval Special Warfare is creating an efficient and
flexible language and cultural curriculum, incorporating
general and contextualized proficiency learning objectives
to develop functional capability needed for missions
The approach to needs assessment, developing
learning objectives, curriculum planning and curriculum
development, as well as a current status update, will
be provided
Presenter(s): Marla Federe (Chair), NSW; Eric Surface
and Reanna Harman, SWA Consulting Inc; Cynthia L.
Martin, University of Maryland
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Professionalism
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center,
Room 117
W29 The Keys to the Classroom:
Supporting New Teachers as
They Get Started
The author of ACTFL’s publication, The Keys to the
Classroom, Paula Patrick, will provide strategies
to help new classroom teachers gain confidence
and direction as they begin their teaching careers
during this workshop Topics will include: keeping
instruction in the target language, communicating
with parents, classroom management, assessments,
and dealing with challenging moments
Presenter(s): Paula Patrick
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
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8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center,
Room 115 A
W30 Testing as we Teach:
Standards and Assessment
Practices
Teaching and assessment should be a seamless
process The Integrated Performance Assessment
effectively gauges student performance at the
end of a sequence of instruction such as a unit
or term However, teachers who wish to use the
IPA also need to develop assessments along the
way that measure the Communicative Modes in
a manner compatible with and preparatory for
the IPA This workshop will help teachers develop
assessments for their students within the themes
they are teaching so that measuring student performance
is always the goal They will have the
opportunity to create a continuum of assessments
leading to the IPA Participants are invited to bring
materials for a thematic unit with them to use as
they create assessments
Presenter(s): June K. Phillips, Weber State
University
sponsor(s): PSMLA
strand: Assessment
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center,
Room 115 B
W31 Infusing Social Networking
into the Teaching of
Languages and Cultures
After examining characteristics of today’s learner
and ways to engage 21st-century learning preferences,
this workshop explores nearly a dozen
social media applications (Twitter, Facebook,
LiveMocha, blogs, Netvibes, and more) discussing
the advantages and limitations of each
Participants are encouraged to bring their laptop
or portable devices for hands-on learning
Presenter(s): Gay G. Rawson, Concordia College
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Technology
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
These three-hour workshops require a separate registration fee to attend.
Please go to the registration area in the Broad Street Atrium Lobby to
purchase a ticket.
Thank you.
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center,
Room 115 C
W32 Developing Real French
Cultural Content from
Authentic materials
Thanks to the Internet, communities of native
speakers and almost limitless cultural resources
are available This workshop will help French
teachers develop their own methods for extracting
meaningful cultural content from authentic materials
for analysis and comparison Participants may
find it useful to bring a laptop
Presenter(s): Jayne Abrate, AATF
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): Grades 6–12
language of Presentation: French
applicable language(s): French
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center,
Room 116
W33 Teaching Strategies to
Enhance Chinese Language
Learning for Beginners
This workshop is intended to help teachers who
teach beginning Chinese to look at the unique
characteristics of the Chinese language, and organize
their instruction in order to improve Chinese
language teaching and learning efficiency The
focus of the workshop will be on teaching the
Chinese language sound system and writing
system, which are challenging for students This
hands-on workshop will provide handouts of the
strategies for the participants
Presenter(s): John Jing-hua Yin, University of
Vermont
sponsor(s): CLTA
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English, Chinese
applicable language(s): Chinese
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Room 301
707 CLASS Board meeting
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Grand
Ballroom Salon I
708 CSCTFL Board of Directors
meeting
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 101
709 Research Priority Task Force