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

SATuRDAY November 17, 2012
DAILY PROGRAm SAturDAy, November 17, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom Lobby
369 ACTFL Electronic Poster Presentations I
Electronic Poster presentations will be displayed on a laptop computer at a high round table around which attendees can stand for viewing and interaction The following
multiple electronic posters will be presented at the same time in the area so you can hear more than one presentation during the hour
369-01 Avatar Professor, Avatar Student: Teaching Culture
in Second Life
Real cultural competency comes from personal contact with a culture, something
that is difficult to reproduce in the classroom The Second Life virtual world affords
opportunities for students to explore environments that are rich with cultural information
Through virtual exploration, students gain a personal understanding of culture
and a new perspective
Presenter(s): Gloria B. Clark, Penn State University
369-02 Building Linguistic and Cultural Competence
Through microblogging for Beginning Chinese as a
Foreign Language
This poster session examines the pedagogical pros and cons of microblogging tools
based in the United States and those based in China for building linguistic and cultural
competence at the beginning level of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL), and
shares examples of learning tasks and activities
Presenter(s): Jin Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
369-03 Creating Online Language materials with
wordpress.com and Screencasting Tools
This article is divided into five sections The first section introduces what Wordpress
is and compares it with another popular blogging server—Blogger The second section
introduces the key features in Wordpress com and demonstrates how they can be
used to create multiple interactive online websites/blogs The third section will show
how other screencasting tools such as Camtasia can be incorporated into Wordpress
to create a multimedia website In the fourth section, the author will showcase how
she has used it in language teaching The last section summarizes the advantages of
using Wordpress in language teaching and other applications to language teaching/
learning
Presenter(s): Ling-Ling Shih, Hope College
369-04 Delivering Social media Content for the Less
Commonly Taught Languages
In this era of Internet and apps, language instructors need to be technologically savvy
to keep up with the ever changing resources found in popular social media sites This
e-poster session provides a practical guide for instructors in the less commonly taught
languages to integrate social media sites into their curriculum
Presenter(s): Salmy Gheblawi and Ario Sunindyo, Department of State
369-05 Did They Catch that Error? Students’ use of Spell
Checkers
Are you tired of students’ spelling mistakes on typed assignments? We will discuss two
studies that examined the types of spelling errors Spanish and French students make
and how successful they are at correcting them We will also offer suggestions on how
to effectively implement spell checkers during writing assignments
Presenter(s): Le Anne Spino and Solene Inceoglu, Michigan State University
369-06 Digital Travelogues: Step into history or Another
Culture—Digitally!
When it is not possible to visit a country where another language is spoken, we
can pretend to visit and create a digital memory of our trip Using free online tools,
students superimpose pictures of themselves “exploring” famous sites, creating a
narrated movie with subtext all in the target language
Presenter(s): Margaret Roberts, Friends Central School
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369-07 Documentary and Art: IPA for 2nd Year Portuguese
What is art? What is beauty? How does art transform lives? Students confronted such
questions in “Only When I Dance,” and “Lixo Extraordinário” (Wasteland), through
activities that integrated culture with proficiency goals Students produced their
own documentaries in Portuguese Process and design will be highlighted in this
presentation
Presenter(s): Celeste D. Mann, Villanova University
369-08 Enhancing Immersion Experiences Through Service
Learning in San Andres, Colombia
A service learning-based college course opened doors for expanded experiences in
Colombia, a country where students had previously been reluctant to study Students’
final coursework indicated that volunteering with local residents intensified their
immersion experience, enhanced their appreciation of the culture, and accelerated
their Spanish oral proficiency
Presenter(s): Carol S. Dean, SUNY–Oneonta Secondary Education; Maria Cristina
Montoya, SUNY–Oneonta
369-09 Epistolary Contemporaneity: Cultural Presence in
Pre-20th Century women’s Literature
Most epistolary exchanges are informed by the writer’s urge to communicate with
personally and intellectually trusted friends The poster session on cultural presence
in pre-20th century women’s literature connects contemporary students to topics of
personal travel reports, alienation vis-à-vis the literary forces of one’s time, one’s love
life, or simple gossip
Presenter(s): Gerburg Garmann, University of Indianapolis
369-10 hybrid Spanish: metacognition, Foreign Language
Instruction and virtual Studying Abroad
Hybrid Spanish consists of students taking a virtual study-abroad trip involving a
preparation, immersion, and reflection period In a typical semester, weeks 2–3
provide students “survival strategies” in the foreign country (i e , cultural knowledge,
expressions, and body language) At the end they “return to the USA” and reflect on
their experience
Presenter(s): Diana Ruggiero, University of Memphis
369-11 Incorporating Advertising and Smartphones into
Instruction
Attendees will learn to revise traditional activities by incorporating advertising and
smartphones into their teaching Advertising is everywhere and smartphones are
part of most students’ life They can be tools that shape student awareness of other
languages and cultures Attendees will take home examples of practical activities
Presenter(s): Brenda Monica Magnetti, University of Arkansas
369-12 Online Diagnostic Assessment in Foreign Language
Teaching and Learning
Online Diagnostic Assessment (ODA) is a free web-based tool, aiming to help foreign
language learners evaluate and enhance their learning in Arabic, Chinese, Korean,
Russian, Spanish and other languages The presenter will demonstrate and explain
how to incorporate the ODA into classroom and help students achieve higher levels
of proficiency
Presenter(s): Ying Shiroma, Defense Language Institute