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

FRIDAY November 16, 2012
DAILY PROGRAm FrIDAy, November 16, 2012
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 120 A
061 Assessment for AP German
Language and Culture and
Beyond
In this session, presenters will describe the nature and
purpose of the new AP Exam task models, and discuss
how assessment is tied to instruction in the new AP
curriculum Presenters will also discuss additional
forms of assessment, both formative and summative,
that help students prepare for real-life communicative
tasks
Presenter(s): Johanna Watzinger-Tharp (Chair),
University of Utah; Margaret Meyers, Mt. Lebanon
High School
sponsor(s): AATG
strand: Assessment
applicable level(s): Grades 6–12
language of Presentation: English, German
applicable language(s): German
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 120 B
062 Intercultural Learning—
Opportunities and Challenges
This session is one of two sessions dealing with teaching
and learning about diversity and multiculturalism
based on experiences of participants of the Neuer Blick
seminar The presenters will introduce ideas and materials
which help students to appreciate the opportunities
and challenges of living in a multicultural society
Presenter(s): Janice Mitchell (Chair), Gallaudet
University; Sigurd Piwek, Milwaukee Public Schools;
Susanne Rinner, UNCG
sponsor(s): AATG
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: German
applicable language(s): German
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 120 C
063 Community Colleges Challenges
and Preparedness for Successful
Online Teaching
The relevance of online teaching continues to increase
in language learning Instructors of hybrid/blended or
asynchronous courses present developers and trainers’
perspectives on online teaching/learning Due to the
growing popularity of such courses among students,
faculty and administrators, presenters share required
development of course sites and strategies for students’
preparedness and support
Presenter(s): Gudrun E. Sherman, St. Louis Community
College at Meramec; Lorena Ellis, Queensborough
Community College
sponsor(s): AATG
strand: Technology
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 121 A
064 The Target Language Linguistics
Course as Capstone Course
This session focuses on developing linguistic analysis
skills to help students reflect on their own interlanguage
and to compare it with the target language
The titles of the presentations are: Learning to Do
Linguistics; The German Second Language Acquisition
Course as Capstone Course; Fostering Metalinguistic
Awareness to Facilitate Proficiency Development.
Presenter(s): Susanne Nimmrichter (Chair), Millersville
University; Lisa Seidlitz, Augustana College; Teresa
R. Bell, University of Oklahoma; Martina U. Lindseth
and Joshua Brown, University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire
sponsor(s): AATG
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 121 B
065 Building on Our Successes: Plans
for the Future
AATG’s key tactic in meeting the needs of tomorrow’s
German teachers is the development of a comprehensive
strategic plan to establish where it’s heading—and
how it will get there Join key leaders to learn about
and plan AATG’s roadmap for the future
Presenter(s): Thomas Keith Cothrun, AATG; Kathy
Fegely, Antietam School District; Carol Anne
Costabile-Heming, University of North Texas
sponsor(s): AATG
strand: Professionalism
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English, German
applicable language(s): German
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 121 C
066 Broad Perspectives on the Chinese
Language Learning Field
These papers investigate broad issues such as the
development of pedagogical bases within LCTL fields,
service learning as an effective strategy for developing
competent Chinese teachers for K–12 environments,
and emerging Chinese expressions which are not part
of standard Chinese, but which are embraced and
accepted by Chinese speakers Lessons Large & Small:
Six Models for LCTL Field Development (McGinnis);
Integrating Service-Learning into Chinese Language
Teacher Education (Chen); Chinese Under Globalization:
The Emerging Lingua Franca of the Masses (Xiao)
Presenter(s): Scott G. McGinnis (Chair), Defense
Language Institute; Dongdong Chen, Seton Hall
University; Yun Xiao, Bryant University
sponsor(s): CLTA
strand: Professionalism, Research
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: Chinese
applicable language(s): Chinese
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 122 A
067 Chinese Information Structure and
its Pedagogical Implications
Information structures involve the various ways in
which information is restructured for communication
This panel focuses on Chinese information structure
and pedagogy Presentations include: Chinese Language
Structure and Pedagogical Research; Teacher Action
Research and Pedagogy; Improvements of Teaching
Information Structure Derived from the Interlanguage
Corpus.
Presenter(s): Shou-Shin Teng (Chair), Liyuan Chen,
Chang-jen Chou, and Meeiyuan Fann; National
Taiwan University
sponsor(s): CLTA
strand: Research
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: Chinese
applicable language(s): Chinese
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 122 B
068 Stepping into Chinese with STEm
In the 21st century, STEM (science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics) classrooms provide a
way to build a sustainable and well-articulated Chinese
program The presenters paired with university science
professors to create scientific thematic units The audience
will explore the units and techniques for including
these innovative strategies in their classes
Presenter(s): Lucy Lee (Chair), Livingston High School;
Janice Dowd; Mary Curran, Rutgers, State University
of New Jersey
sponsor(s): CLASS
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): All
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): Chinese
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 123
069 Improving Reading and writing
Skills in Chinese
These papers address improvement of reading skills in
Chinese through improving the reading strategies utilized
by learners, and through effective assessment of reading
proficiency levels via recall protocol assessments Also
addressed is the integration of an academic writing
component into an advanced reading and writing course
A Study on the Reading Strategies of CSL Adult Learners
(Ke, Chan and Zhu); Developing Academic Writing Skills
in Advanced Chinese Reading Courses (Wang); Employing
Recall Protocols for Superior-level CFL Reading: Potential
and Challenges (Chen)
Presenter(s): Shui Duen Chan (Chair), Xinhua Zhu, and
Sihui Ke, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Yang
Wang, Brown University; Tingting Chen, University
of Iowa
sponsor(s): CLTA
strand: Assessment
applicable level(s): All