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 126 B
073 how to make Basic Textbook
Activities more Communicative
This session offers an opportunity to think critically
about textbook activities and how to make them more
communicative Participants will identify the objective
of the textbook activity, its unaddressed skills, and how
with a few easy steps the activity can be reworked to
be more authentic and meaningful
Presenter(s): Michelle Leigh Farrell, Fairfield
University; Maria F. Paredes Fernandez, University of
Pennsylvania
sponsor(s): ACTFL
strand: Professionalism
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): Spanish
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Room 405
074 Learning Ellipsis of Case Particles,
Digital Literacy Through Twitter,
and Engaging Students in Active
Learning
The first presentation looks at how particle ellipsis is
represented in Korean textbooks and acquired by L2
learners In the second presentation, the presenter
will demonstrate how Twitter works as a microblogging
application in a language class and how it can be
used as an instructional tool that helps the development
of an L2 Korean learner’s digital literacy The
third presentation will highlight the use of a digital
storytelling project as an effective pedagogical tool to
engage students in active learning in foreign language
instruction Ideas on designing and implementing digital
narrative projects for different proficiency levels will
be shared
Presenter(s): Lucien Brown, University of Oregon;
Bumyong Choi, Emory University; Haewon Cho,
University of Pennsylvania
sponsor(s): ACTFL Korean SIG
strand: Technology
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): Korean
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Room 406
075 ACTFL Spanish for Native
Speakers SIG Business meeting
and Address by Andrew Lynch
This session features a guest presentation by Andrew
Lynch on locating bilingualism in the heritage language
classroom The SIG will also hold a short networking
meeting to inform members and potential new
members about the SNS SIG past accomplishments and
current activities
Presenter(s): Andrew Lynch, University of Miami; Sara
Beaudrie, University of Arizona; Michael Tallon,
University of the Incarnate Word; Cynthia M. Ducar,
Bowling Green State University
sponsor(s): ACTFL Spanish for Native Speakers SIG
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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Room 415
076 ACTFL modern Greek SIG Paper
Presentations
The following papers will be presented in this session:
Materials Selection and Adaptation to Advance
Linguistic and Cultural Competencies and Information
Structure in Modern Greek: Teaching Word Order
Flexibility.
Presenter(s): Evangelia Prionas, Stanford
University; Vassiliki Rapti, Harvard University;
Ourania Sinopoulou, Arcadia Center for Hellenic,
Mediterranean and Balkan Studies and Research
sponsor(s): ACTFL Modern Greek SIG
strand: The Learner
applicable level(s): All
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Room 501
077 motivation and Experiences:
Perspectives of African-<strong>American</strong>
Students and Teachers
This session explores the motivation of African-
<strong>American</strong> students at Historically Black Colleges, and
uses descriptive statistics and the Academic Motivation
Scale to discuss findings Additionally, there will be
focus on the voices of African-<strong>American</strong> world language
teachers, which provide an important perspective for
the world language community
Presenter(s): Nicholas Gatlin, University of Texas;
Arayna L. Yearwood, George Mason University
sponsor(s): ACTFL African-<strong>American</strong> Students SIG
strand: Research
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English
applicable language(s): All
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia marriott Downtown, Room 407
078 ACTR Board of Directors meeting
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 105 A
079 Italian Pedagogy I
These papers provide various approaches to the teaching
of Italian language and culture Amicizia, Affetto,
Amore: Engaging Students with the Topics of Love
(Bresciani); Cultural Encounters and Similarities Across
the Mediterranean (Alfieri); Italian Culture, History, and
Language through its Songs (Di Maria)
Presenter(s): Laura Bresciani (Chair), New York
University; Peter Alfieri, Roger Williams University;
Salvatore Di Maria, University of Tennessee
sponsor(s): AATI
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): All
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 106 A
080 Life Is Beautiful: Fifteen Years Later
Si rivive il film di Benigni: Italian Holocaust Cinema in
the After-life of Life Is Beautiful (Marcus); Music and
the Work of Fantasy in Life Is Beautiful (Neumeyer);
Present Absences in Life Is Beautiful (Picchietti)
Presenter(s): Antonio Vitti (Chair), Indiana University;
Virginia Picchietti; Millicent Marcus, Yale University;
David Neumeyer, University of Texas at Austin
sponsor(s): AATI
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: Italian
applicable language(s): Italian
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 106 B
081 Representing work & Labor in
Italian Culture II
Engagement of Italian literature and the arts with
their respective work cultures: Maleppeggio: cronache
dell’Italia del lavoro degli anni 2000 (Chirumbolo);
Industrial Films and the Government of Conduct in
1950s Italy (Bonifazio); and Consuming Labor and the
Laboring Consumer in Films by Monicelli, Wertmuller,
Comencini (van Watson)
Presenter(s): Valerio Ferme (Chair), University of
Colorado; Paolo Chirumbolo, Louisiana State
University; Paola Bonifazio, University of Texas;
William van Watson, Arizona State University
sponsor(s): AATI
strand: Culture
applicable level(s): Higher Education
language of Presentation: English, Italian
applicable language(s): Italian
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 120 A
082 AATG Business meeting
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 107 A
083 Reflections on the Italian AP Exam
a Year Later
After the Italian AP in its new format has been administered
it is important to reflect on what transpired from
the exam Both points of view, the one of the teachers
and the one of the students, who participated in this
exercise will be discussed
Presenter(s): Nicoletta Villa Sella; Nicoletta Da Ros;
Ida Wilder, Greece Athena High School, NY
sponsor(s): AATI
strand: Assessment
applicable level(s): Grades 6–12
language of Presentation: English, Italian
applicable language(s): Italian