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NORTHE AST
CONFERENCE
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
61ST ANNUAL NECTFL CONFERENCE
Sustaining Communities through
World Languages
Janel Lafond-Paquin, Rogers HS, Newport RI, Chair
Thursday, March 27 – Sunday, March 30, 2014 | Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Boston
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2 Northeast Conference Program 2014
2014 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE EVENTS AT-A-GLANCE
Thursday, March 27 Friday, March 28 Saturday, March 29
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.: 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.: 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.:
Registration open Registration open, 4th Floor Past Chairs’ Meeting
4th Floor Hospitality open, 3rd Floor (by invitation only)
Maine, 5th Floor
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.:
SANS, Inc./Mead Fellows meeting Gala Opening of Exhibit Areas with coffee 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.:
(by invitation) and muffins! Exhibit Areas visit time! Registration open, 4th Floor
Regis, 3rd Floor 3rd Floor Hospitality open, 3rd Floor
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.: 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.:
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Exhibit Areas NADSFL breakfast (members only)
Meeting Rooms 3rd Floor Vermont, 5th Floor
Workshops
(open to ticketed registrants only) 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.:
9:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Gala Reopening of Exhibit Areas –
60-minute concurrent sessions FREE coffee & muffins!
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. scheduled all day (see pgs. 36-37)
Meeting of the States Luncheon 3rd Floor
3rd Floor Atrium
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.:
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Exhibit Areas, 3rd Floor
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.:
Meeting of the States Exhibit Areas visit time! 8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.:
Regis, 3rd Floor 3rd Floor 60-minute concurrent sessions
(by invitation only) scheduled all day (see pgs. 36-37)
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.: 11:15 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.:
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.: Awards Ceremony
Kick-off activities! Advisory Council Meeting and Lunch
Salon CD, 4th Floor (members only)
“Speed-date” a new language!
Sing “Happy Birthday” to FLTeach! St. Botolph, 2nd Floor
All are welcome – wear your badge! 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.: 12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.:
Provincetown, 4th Floor Awards Reception Exhibit Areas visit time
3rd Floor Atrium 3rd Floor
All NECTFL attendees are welcome!
7:30 p.m. – ??:
Palmes académiques dinner
Offsite – Bistro Petit Robert
(by invitation only)
Plan your schedule Sunday, March 10
ahead of time, but
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.:
be prepared with Registration open, 4th Floor
back-up choices in 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.:
2-hour teaching labs
case a presenter Meeting Rooms
is forced to (open to ticketed registrants only)
cancel. 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.:
NECTFL Board of Directors Meeting
(Board members and staff only)
Regis, 3rd Floor
Northeast Conference Program 2014 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Northeast at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Friday Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 NECTFL LEADERSHIP
Our Thanks to the Northeast Saturday Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Board of Directors, Consultants,
Conference Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . 5 Editors, Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Marriott Copley Place
A Message from Conference Chair Meeting Room Floor Plan . . . . . . 40 Official Advisory Council
Janel Lafond-Paquin . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Index of Presenters . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Wall of Recognition/Silent Auction . 7 Board of Directors/
IMPORTANT PULL-OUT FORMS Advisory Council Election . . . . . 57
This Year’s Award Winners . . . . . . . . 8
General Conference Evaluation Local Committee/Hospitality
Past Conference Chairs . . . . . . . . . 61
Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Committee Members . . . . . . . . . 60
Past Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Session Evaluation Form . . . . . . . . 43
Board of Directors Student Award for 2014 CONFERENCE
Professional Development
Excellence in Language Study . . 66 A Message from the 2015 Chair,
Credit Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Cheryl Berman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CONFERENCE EVENTS
EXHIBITS
Thursday Workshops and Sunday
List of Exhibitors and
Teaching Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Program Grids,
Exhibits Area Floor Plans . . . . . . . . 46
Friday and Saturday . . . . . . . . 36-37
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY VISTA HIGHER LEARNING, WITH THANKS ALSO TO:
AATSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Massachusetts Foreign Language Tandberg Educational Inc. . . . . . . . 19
Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
ACTFL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 62 Vamonos Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Middlebury Interactive . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Cambridge University Press . . . . . . 54 Vista Higher Learning . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Qatar Foundation International . . . 69
Concordia College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Yale University Press. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Passports Educational Group
don Quijote – Academia Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . insert
SANS Inc./21st Century Technology
Italian Trade Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 for Language Learning . . . . . . insert
Official Program is published annually for use by Northeast Conference participants. 2014, Northeast Conference on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Advertising: Appearance of paid advertising in this publication does not
represent official endorsement by the Northeast Conference of the products and services described or promoted therein.
Address: Northeast Conference at Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773, Carlisle PA 17013-2896
4 Northeast Conference Program 2014
OUR THANKS
TO THE 2014 NORTHEAST
CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
The following companies are loyal supporters of our Conference.
We encourage you to contact them and add your thanks to ours!
American Council on the Teaching Pearson
of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Qatar Foundation International
A&R Productions
SANS Inc./21st Century
Breaking the Barrier Technology for Language Learning
Dickinson College
Santillana USA
Explorica Inc.
Vista Higher Learning
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Wayside Publishing
Nanhai
Northeast Conference Program 2014 5
A welcome letter from the
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2013 NECTFL Conference Chair!
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Dear Northeast Conference Participants,
Welcome to the 61st annual Northeast Conference at the Marriott
Copley Place in the beautiful historic city of Boston!
It is both an honor and a privilege to serve as your 2014
Conference Chair!
I sincerely hope that you will use every opportunity while you are
here to network with as many colleagues as possible and to take
advantage of the dynamic presenters who have graciously agreed to
share their professional expertise with you! Over the past year, our
organization has been working to provide you with the best possi-
ble professional development experience and we are truly excited to
share the results of our efforts with you here in Boston!
Over the course of the next few days, you will have the chance to
connect with presenters, exhibitors and colleagues as you put togeth-
er your own personal conference experience. Here is a brief summa-
ry of the exciting opportunities that we have in store for you! Janel Lafond-Paquin
• Visit the exhibit areas from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Friday as well as from Rogers High School
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday to see what new materials you can Newport RI
find! This is the perfect time to renew your friendships with
exhibitors with whom you have made contact throughout the years and/or to begin new
friendships with exhibitors you may have not seen before!
• Fill your professional development coffers with as many sessions and workshops as you
can! This is your chance to learn as much as possible so that you can return to your
classes energized for the rest of this school year and beyond!
• Come to our Awards Ceremony on Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and meet those who
have made a distinct contribution to the world language profession as a whole.Your pres-
ence will make all the difference!
• Network with as many people as possible – it’s all about sustainability of programs, prac-
tices and performances!
• Experience all that Boston has to offer! The area we are in is absolutely lovely and you
will surely find something to pique your interest!
• Participate in our post-conference webinars in order to extend your professional develop-
ment in the comfort of your own home!
• The Silent Auction has become a signature event for NECTFL that has attendees clustering
around the tables! Come browse the items up for bid and keep your fingers crossed that
you will be the last name on the bid list once the auction is closed! This year’s offerings
are spectacular!
• Register if you haven’t already done so for our free hands-on Sunday morning teaching
labs! Space is limited so go to the 4th floor registration counters to sign up now!
I would be remiss if I did not mention our Local Committee members who have so gra-
ciously given of their time for both hospitality and session evaluation. Their service is
invaluable to us. Please thank them if you see them during the course of the conference.
Please do not hesitate to approach me when you see me in Boston. I’d love to hear any
comments, suggestions and/or concerns that you may have.
Welcome to Boston!
Welcome to NECTFL!
Warmly,
Janel Lafond-Paquin
2014 NECTFL Conference Chair
Rogers High School
6 Northeast Conference Program 2014
TWO GREAT TRADITIONS AT THE NORTHEAST CONFERENCE!
THE “WALL OF RECOGNITION”
Whatever your role in our pro- NECTFL website, a special Wall
fession — teacher, administrator, of Recognition celebrates those
researcher, program director, who have mentored, inspired and
adviser, association leader, con- taught all of us.
sultant — you are also a life-long Each honoree is represented on
learner. the Wall by a photo and a tribute
You know how it feels to written by the nominator.
have been inspired, challenged, Honorees are memorialized
cared for, or encouraged by an if they are no longer with us
educator. and designated as living legends
You know how it feels to have if they are!
earned someone’s respect, over- All honorees able to be present
come someone’s disappoint- NECTFL believes in the power of
teachers. But we know that indi- will be recognized, with their
ment in you, or completely sur- nominators, at our Friday,
prised someone by exceeding vidual teachers are not always
recognized or honored as they March 28, evening Awards
expectations. Ceremony in the Salon CD on
should be. We know that mak-
You know who deserves your ing a difference in someone’s life the 4th floor of the hotel. The
gratitude … who should be isn’t always a flashy process that Wall with all photos and tributes
remembered and honored … who attracts attention. will be displayed throughout the
would be truly thrilled to discover Conference.
what he or she meant to you. Starting at the 2012 Northeast
Conference and virtually on the
MAKE A BID AT THE THIRD ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION AND
TAKE HOME AN ITEM YOU DIDN’T EXPECT TO FIND AT NECTFL!
Valuable classroom materials…
Baskets full of goodies from our member states…
A beautiful illuminated letter picture…
The third Annual NECTFL Silent Auction will take is important to include that information on the bid
place on Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and sheet in a legible manner. At 2:00 p.m. Friday and
Saturday from 8:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the 1:30 p.m. Saturday, the highest bidders will be
tabletop area of the exhibit hall on the 3rd level of notified by phone. They will be asked to go to the
The Marriott Copley Place Hotel. Each day will registration desk on the 4th level to pay for the
have different items available. Catalogues of the item with cash, check or credit card. They will then
items are available in the auction area. Baskets bring the receipt to the auction area and claim their
from many of the states representing the Northeast item(s). After 30 minutes, if the item is not
region will be on display and available for bidding. claimed, it will go to the next highest bidder. The
Throughout the day, we encourage you to visit the FedEx Office, located on the 2nd floor, is open
area often to view the items offered and to make from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and from
your bids. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday if you wish to mail
anything home.
Winners will be contacted via their cell phone so it
All proceeds from the auction will benefit the professional development opportunities that the conference offers.
Northeast Conference Program 2014 7
THE 61ST ANNUAL NORTHEAST CONFERENCE AWARDS
CEREMONY AND RECEPTION TO BE HELD FRIDAY, MARCH 28
CEREMONY FROM 6:30-7:30 P.M. IN SALON CD, 4TH FLOOR – ALL ARE WELCOME!
RECEPTION FROM 7:30-8:30 P.M. IN THE 3RD FLOOR ATRIUM – ALL ARE WELCOME!
Please join us to celebrate the accomplishments, commitment, or promise of these individuals to whom the profession
owes so much! The reception will not be open until award winners arrive from the Awards Ceremony.
2014 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of throughout the U.S. (in approximately 35 2014 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages Annual Award for Outstanding states) and internationally in Costa Rica, France, Foreign Languages James W. Dodge Memorial
Leadership in the Profession, given in memory of India, Japan, Quebec, Yugoslavia, and others, and Foreign Language Advocate Award, given outside
Nelson H. Brooks: GLADYS C. LIPTON she has presented or keynoted in many of the the profession in recognition of work on behalf of
Dr. Gladys Lipton is the major regional and state organization meetings. languages: CLAY PELL
Director of the National On a personal note, Dr. Lipton has been mar- In an interview with
FLES* Institute, a ried to Robert Lipton for over 70 years. They Language Magazine edi-
Commandeur dans l’or- have two daughters, four grandchildren, and tor Daniel Ward*, Clay
dre des palmes five great grandchildren. In the past year, she Pell – who has studied
académiques, former has become devoted to painting and was invit- Arabic, Chinese, and
President of the ed to donate one of her paintings to NECTFL Spanish – reflected on
American Association of for the 2014 Silent Auction. the significance learn-
Teachers of French, for- Gladys Lipton’s influence extends across the ing another language
mer chair of the AATF’s country and the world, but she has always can have: “… probably
Gladys C. Lipton National FLES* made the Northeast her home, and the everyone who has built
Clay Pell
Commission, former Northeast Conference is honored that she is fluency in another lan-
Associate Editor of Hispania, author of over 160 one of us! She served as a Director on the guage can speak in
varied publications including a FLES* methods Board of NECTFL from 1973-1976 and was edi- their own way to how it has enriched their life.
book in its fifth edition, and educator par excel- tor of the Northeast Conference Newsletter Certainly, learning a second language has been
lence at all levels of instruction in New York from 1993-1995. She has presented at NECTFL shown to improve cognitive development and
City and Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Not conferences on numerous occasions. learning outcomes across the board. And some
content to rest on such laurels, Dr. Lipton con- Dr. Lipton is among the most prolific Northeast of the findings I’m most excited about show
tinues to support world language teachers with Conference Reports authors listed in those vol- how study-abroad experience can help close
her online “Ask Gladys” feature (www.gladys-c- umes, having been invited by Conrad J. Schmitt the achievement gap between minority college
lipton.org)! She has set the standard for advo- to write on “Foreign Languages in the students and their majority peers.” The
cacy in our field, honing approaches to work- Elementary School” in 1964, by F. Andre Northeast Conference is honored to recognize
ing with parents and administrators long before Paquette to address “The Times and Places for Clay Pell’s dedication to the critical importance
current challenges made such efforts every Literature” in 1967, by Jerome G. Mirsky to of language study and immersion in the cul-
teacher’s responsibility. Her honors include explore “Inservice Involvement in the Process tures where a language is spoken with its
ACTFL’s Steiner Award for K-12 Leadership, the of Change” in 1971, by Stephen L. Levy to par- Dodge Award for foreign language advocacy.
Distinguished Alumna Award from Brooklyn ticipate in the work of the Committee on Clay Pell has dedicated his career to public
College, NNELL’s Special Recognition Award, Curriculum for the 1975 volume on Goals service and making a difference in the lives of
the French Honors Award from NYU, Clarification, and finally by Alice C. Omaggio to people. As the grandson of the late U.S. Senator
NYSAFLT’s Distinguished FL Leadership Award co-author “Foreign Language in the Secondary Claiborne Pell – also a NECTFL Dodge Award
and many others. Her innumerable accomplish- School: Reconciling the Dream with the winner! – his dedication to public service is
ments reflect an uncanny ability to discern Reality” in 1983. deeply rooted. He is currently a candidate for
what is truly needed and to gather the Governor of the state of Rhode Island and
Among all these remarkable contributions to
resources required to fulfill that need: she thus believes the state needs a problem solver who
the profession, the most remarkable is Gladys
created a World Language Outreach Program at can spur growth and link Rhode Island’s econo-
Lipton’s determination to fight year in and year
the University of Maryland Baltimore County my and students to 21st century opportunities.
out for foreign languages and for the language
which included teacher seminars, an
educators who help children see the world After law school, Clay joined the Coast Guard,
International Camp for children aged 7-10, a
from new, challenging and exciting perspec- like his father and grandfather before him. As an
series of “Let’s Talk” teacher days, and, at the
tives. In an era when too many of us are dis- officer in a service devoted to helping people
AATF, the now venerable National French Week.
couraged, Gladys Lipton does not give up. She and saving lives, Clay had the privilege of lead-
Dr. Lipton, in the acknowledgements section of is a treasure, and we at NECTFL are privileged ing men and women in uniform. He represent-
the 5th edition of Practical Handbook to to confer on her the 2014 Brooks Award for her ed the government as a prosecutor in military
Elementary Foreign Language Programs (FLES*) distinctive embodiment of “outstanding leader- courtrooms, and also as a liaison with foreign
in Grades K-8, thanks her Brooklyn College ship in the profession.” Nous vous embrassons, military personnel from around the world.
methods instructor for “scheduling a class visit chere amie, chere collegue! Clay then joined President Obama’s national
to a grade 4 French FLES* class.” She went on security team, serving as director for strategic
to conduct her doctoral research on the place planning. It was Clay’s job to bring together
of reading in FLES programs. Starting her stakeholders across the federal government –
teaching career in a New York City high school, from the Department of Defense to the
she remained dedicated to foreign language in Department of Education – and look holistically
elementary school. Through her many articles, at opportunities for their engagement in for-
books and personal presentations, she has eign policy and national security, during a time
worked to assemble a body of FLES* research of competing priorities, challenges and very
that can help expand programs throughout the limited resources.
country. Dr. Lipton has been invited to speak
8 Northeast Conference Program 2014
AWARDS (Continued)
The president then appointed Clay Deputy 2014 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Professor of German, in addition to being affili-
Assistant Secretary at the Department of Foreign Languages Stephen A. Freeman Award for ated with the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies;
Education. There he led the U.S. government’s Best Published Article: “Overcoming Curricular Marianne Lancaster is Senior Lecturer in the
efforts to equip America’s students with the lan- Bifurcation: A Departmental Approach to Department and Coordinator of the First Year
guage and international education opportuni- Curricular Reform,” Die Unterrichtspraxis/ Program; and Caroline Schaumann, an Associate
ties they need to succeed in the world econo- Teaching German Volume 46, Issue 1 (Spring Professor of German, is also affiliated with the
my. At his departure, Assistant Secretary Brenda 2013). Jewish Studies and Film Studies programs.
Dann-Messier said that he had “brought tremen- Usually, a tribute begins Together with their late
dous energy, leadership, and vision to interna- with a short biography colleague at Emory,
tional education and providing America’s stu- of the author, detailing Maximilian Aue, a facul-
dents with global skills” and that he had “been a education, home institu- ty member in German
powerful and effective voice for strengthening tion, and research inter- and Comparative
the nation’s international and foreign language ests. This year’s winner Literature, they
programs.” of the Stephen A. describe, step by step,
Clay graduated first in his class from the Coast Freeman award for best how they worked with
Guard Direct Commission Officer School, article cannot be intro- each other and their
earned his J.D. from Georgetown University, duced in the traditional students to overcome
and graduated from Harvard College with high Maximilian Aue way because it prac- Peter Höyng the traditional language-
honors in Social Studies and a Citation in (posthumous tices what the title literature divide that so
Modern Standard Arabic. Clay is a recipient of award) promises. The article is adversely affects student learning, retention and
the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the the result of a lengthy collaboration between departmental governance in many collegiate
Coast Guard Achievement Medal. He studied the five full-time faculty members from the foreign language programs. The essay serves as
law in China and Argentina and has studied German Department at Emory University. a roadmap for any language department seek-
Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic. Hiram Maxim is Professor of German Studies, ing to address curricular reform.
Clay continues to drill as a member of the U.S. Core Faculty member in the Linguistics Beginning with the chairperson’s role in
Coast Guard Reserve in East Providence. He Program, and Director of the Emory College department-wide curricular reform, the other
resides in Providence with his wife, Michelle Language Center; Peter Höyng is Chair of the contributors outline institutional contexts,
Kwan. German Studies Department and Associate describe the curriculum’s theoretical frame-
* http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=6331 (date of access
3/4/14)
Northeast Conference Program 2014 9
AWARDS (Continued)
work and detail how Margaret Carlson, the fundamental context for learning a second
they selected and Pennsylvania State language.
sequenced course mate- Modern Language Cultural sensitivity, cultural literacy, and inter-
rials that allowed them Association (PSMLA) cultural competence will be at the forefront of
to integrate the study of Ms. Carlson is a Spanish this project. The Language and Culture
language and content at and French Instructor Wiki Project will serve as a clearinghouse for K-
all curricular levels. at Deer Lakes High 8 world language educators to share and bor-
Together, they devel- School in Cheswick PA. row lessons that marry language and culture,
oped a curriculum that and that are standards-based and
moves from narration at steeped in best practices.
Marianne K. the beginning via expla-
Lancaster The Language and Culture Wiki Project seeks
nation to argumentation Hannah Gonzalez,
to:
at the final levels. At the Maryland Foreign
Language Association • Promote understanding through cultural
time the article was
(MFLA) practices
published, Emory’s
German faculty was Ms. Gonzalez is a • Spread the spirit of cultural diversity
engaged in implement- Spanish Teacher at Mt. • Generate a collaborative, creative,
ing a curriculum-wide Hebron High School in and team-spirited approach to cultural
assessment plan to Woodbine, MD. understanding
determine how level- • Support the teaching experience
specific outcomes are • Provide a teacher development tool
being met.
Abbe Guillet, New York • Offer a platform for sharing resources,
Hiram H. Maxim The Northeast
State Association of strategies, and perspectives
Conference congratu-
Foreign Language The Language and Culture Wiki Project will tap
lates all five authors for
Teachers (NYSAFLT) world language professionals to serve as con-
the insightfulness,
Ms. Guillet is a French tributors of culture-based lessons as well as sea-
patience, dedication,
Teacher at C.W. Baker soned veterans to serve on its editorial board.
collegiality, and talents
High School in The site seeks to have a diversity of languages
required to effect this
Baldwinsville NY. and grade levels represented within the K-8
significant a curricular
continuum.
change. The 2014
Freeman Award is an
expression of our grati- Nancy S. Zimmerman,
Kathleen Turner,
tude to them for shar- Pennsylvania State
Massachusetts Foreign
ing this work with the Modern Language
Caroline Language Association
field at large. Association
Schaumann Ms. Turner is a French Spanish professor –
teacher at Sharon High Kutztown University
School in Sharon MA.
2014 NECTFL Service Awards, given with grati- “Creation and
tude to individuals who have contributed to the Electronic
execution of the conference, will be announced Dissemination of
at the Awards Ceremony. Bilingual eBooks for
Young Language Learners”
2013 SANS, INC./MEAD LEADERSHIP FELLOWS The eBooks will consist of original texts and
2014 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Congratulations to this year’s Fellows and illustrations collaboratively written and pro-
Foreign Languages Teacher of the Year Finalists best wishes to them as they embark on their duced in pairs of Spanish-speaking heritage and
leadership projects! L2 university students.
(The NECTFL Teacher of the Year will be pre-
sented at the Awards Ceremony on Friday, In a collaborative effort, pairs consisting of one
Nathan Lutz, Foreign L2 learner and one Spanish-speaking heritage
March 28, 6:30 p.m.)
Language Educators of learner will write an original short story or chil-
Sean Boettinger, Greater New Jersey dren’s book in prose or in verse. The paired
Washington Association Primary School French university students will begin writing the story
of Teachers of Foreign teacher – Kent Place at the beginning of the Fall 2014 semester. The
Languages (GWATFL) School story/book must be suitable for young Spanish
Mr. Boettinger is a “The Language and and English language learners in the region (or
Spanish Teacher at the Culture Wiki Project” nationally for that matter); for example, for
Dr. Henry A. Wise High As language teaching immersion schools and elementary schools in
School in Annapolis, MD professionals, we uni- areas with large populations of bilingual
versally accept that culture should be the cen- (Spanish-English) students such as Reading,
terpiece of our curriculum. Unfortunately, cul- Allentown and Lancaster. The stories/books
ture is often an add-on, or worse, is not taught will be bilingual side-by-side books so that
in the target language. The Language and English language learners as well as Spanish
Culture Wiki Project acknowledges culture as language learners can benefit. All text will be
edited by the instructor and returned for multi-
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text in an eBook format with narration in both
languages (subject to Kutztown University’s
publication regulations). Additionally, the
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Language Resource Center at Kutztown
University will assist in the technical aspects of notes to mark important
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Northeast Conference Program 2014 11New Books from Yale Visit our booth #408
Methods Spanish German
On Being a Language An Introduction to Spanish Schreiben lernen
Teacher for Health Care Workers A Writing Guide for Learners
A Personal and Practical Guide Communication and Culture, of German
to Success Fourth Edition Pennylyn Dykstra-Pruim and
Norma López-Burton and Robert O. Chase and Jennifer Redmann
Denise Minor Clarisa B. Medina de Chase
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Chinese Fundamentos teóricos y kurz geschrieben
prácticos de historia de la An Interactive German Reader
Encounters lengua española James Pfrehm
Chinese Language and Culture Eva Núñez Méndez
Arabic
Cynthia Y. Ning and
John S. Montanaro A New Anthology of Early Ahlan wa Sahlan
Modern Spanish Theater Functional Modern Standard
Learning Chinese Play and Playtext Arabic for Intermediate Learners,
Bárbara Mujica
A Foundation Course in Second Edition
Mandarin, Intermediate Level Mahdi Alosh
Seamos pragmáticos Revised with Allen Clark
Julian K. Wheatley Introducción a la pragmática
Ancient Greek española Arabic for Life
Derrin Pinto and A Textbook for Beginning Arabic
Attica: Intermediate Carlos de Pablos-Ortega Bassam K. Frangieh
Classical Greek French
Readings, Review, and Exercises Introduction to Spoken
Cynthia L. Claxton Standard Arabic
French in Action A Conversational Course on DVD
Learn to Read Greek A Beginning Course in Language Shukri B. Abed with Arwa Sawan
Andrew Keller and Stephanie Russell and Culture: The Capretz
Method, Third Edition Shou fi ma fi?
Russian Pierre J. Capretz and Barry Lydgate, Intermediate Levantine Arabic
with Béatrice Abetti, Thomas Abbate, Rajaa Chouairi
Russian Full Circle and Frank Abetti
A First-Year Russian Textbook Portuguese
Donna Oliver with Edie Furniss
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Russian-English Dictionary Cours de conversation en français 3rd Edition of Português Básico
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12 Northeast Conference Program 2014WORKSHOPS and TEACHING LABS
Please ⽧ Workshops are optional, three- or six-hour professional development experiences that are highly inter-
Note: active and that explore a topic in depth. Workshops require advance sign-up on your registration form
and the payment of a fee (in addition to your registration fee). They are offered on Thursday, March
27 only. Coffee service is included.
⽧ Teaching labs are optional, two-hour professional development activities that are hands-on and that
you will leave with materials and strategies to implement in the classroom right away. Teaching labs
require advance sign-up on your registration form, but there is no cost added to your registration fee.
They are offered on Sunday morning only. Coffee service is included.
⽧ If you wish to register for workshops or labs, please indicate the workshop or lab number(s) on your
registration form.
⽧ Workshops are NOT sessions (see pages 20-39): sessions are 60 minutes long and are scheduled for
Friday and Saturday only. You do NOT sign up in advance for sessions and there is NO ADDITION-
AL FEE for them.
⽧ We regret that we cannot honor requests to switch workshops.
⽧ Workshop locations are printed on entry tickets.
of the workshop. An online reference will be provided
THURSDAY, MARCH 27 to every attendee. This session will be beneficial both to
9 AM - 5 PM “digital natives” and “digital immigrants.” Examples
(break from 12-2 pm) given can be adapted across all age levels.
1. ACTFL Workshop: Planning for Student 4. Special Education Strategies and
Learning: Effective Curriculum, Unit, & Modifications for the World Language
Lesson Design ($150) Classroom ($75)
Laura Terrill, Independent Consultant Glennysha Jurado-Moran, Piscataway (NJ) Public
Schools
Learn guiding principles for designing standards-based
curriculum, units, and lessons focused on developing Are you looking for strategies to help you meet the
learners’ language performance. Consider how the needs of learners in your classroom? Learn useful and
National Standards, 21st Century Skills, and Common practical strategies to modify instruction and assess-
Core guide the development of a vertically aligned cur- ments in all three modes of communication presented
riculum that builds students’ communication skills and by a dual-certified Special Education and World
cultural understandings. Participants explore thematic Language teacher. Gain a background on learning dis-
unit design and daily lesson planning with strategies abilities. Make sense of Individualized Educational
that maximize student learning in support of curricular Plans and learn how to implement modifications in a
goals, with indicators of performance expected at each way that benefits all students. Discover how integrating
level of instruction. various learning strategies and simple modifications can
not only meet the needs of all learners but also spice up
your classroom.
THURSDAY, MARCH 27
9 AM - 12 PM
3. iTech, uTech, we all Tech ($75)
Mercè Garcia, The Chestnut Hill School
Looking for more interactivity for your language class-
es? Do you want to know how to make technology a
tool in your daily instruction, not the aim of it? Do you
learn best by doing? This workshop will provide you
with proven and ready to use ideas on how to integrate
technology into your classroom activities. You will have
time to experiment apps and other online resources we
will be walking you through. Please bring your iPads
and your computer so that you can fully take advantage
Northeast Conference Program 2014 13for effective teaching are integrated into the STARTALK
planning tools and will leave with greater understanding
and specific information.
7. Trabajar con cortometrajes en la clase de
español ($75)
Esther Gimeno Ugalde, Boston College
Este taller pretende acercar al docente al medio cine-
matográfico y presentar el cortometraje como una útil
herramienta didáctica. Se presentará una breve reflex-
ión teórica acerca de las múltiples ventajas que ofrece
este medio en las clases de lengua. El propósito de esta
primera parte será introducir algunos criterios de selec-
ción que faciliten la tarea del profesor a la hora de optar
por un cortometraje. Esta breve introducción servirá de
base para presentar una secuencia didáctica elaborada
5. The Elephant in the Room: Grammar and a partir del cortometraje Éramos pocos (2005). En la
Proficiency ($75) segunda parte del taller, de carácter más práctico, los
Bill Heller, SUNY Geneseo participantes deberán hacer sus propias propuestas
Reflect on the role of grammar in the communicative didácticas a partir de una variedad de cortometrajes
curriculum by examining the work of Lee and (Ana y Manuel; Ella o yo; La Bruja).
VanPatten, Doughty and Williams, De Mado and others
through the lens of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.
8. Groups, Games, Good Times and a Tidbit
The presentation will primarily be an interactive lecture of Technology ($75)
interspersed with a variety of brief activities to process, Valerie Greer, Bay Shore (NY) Middle School
assimilate and apply the main concepts presented. Wendy Mercado, Bay Shore (NY) Middle School
Participants will leave with some concrete strategies to
Increase the level of enthusiasm and participation in
try in making changes advocated in the workshop and
your class with games, cooperative activities and use of
with a detailed handout. No prior knowledge is
technology. Learn activities that make the students feel
assumed, but previous familiarity with the ACTFL
like your class is all fun and games when it’s actually a
Proficiency Guidelines and secondary teaching experi-
valuable learning environment that fosters all skills.
ence will be helpful. Warning: This workshop may raise
Participants will learn many new games and activities
more questions than it answers!
that will enhance their lessons and make them more
6. How to Plan and Propose a Good enjoyable for everyone. Each game and activity present-
ed will include demonstrations and audience participa-
STARTALK Program ($75) tion. Teachers will leave with a packet of materials and
Catherine Ingold, National Foreign Language access to links that can be implemented with any lan-
Center - U. MD. guage or level. Bring the life back to your language class
Jennifer Eddy, Queens College/CUNY and have your students begging for more!
Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Hart, University of
Maryland THURSDAY, MARCH 27
Nicole Rumeau, University of Maryland 2 PM - 5 PM
This workshop guides participants on how to lead a
successful STARTALK program, from Idea to 9. Communicative Latin: Speaking and
Implementation. Since 2007, STARTALK has led the Writing in the Classroom ($75)
profession in providing summer language immersion Jacqueline Carlon, University of Massachusetts
experiences for students and highly focused profession- Boston
al development for teachers in critical languages.
Presenters will help you craft a sound proposal, plan the This workshop will introduce teachers to a number of
curriculum, and guide you through implementation techniques and exercises that use speaking and writing
with a variety of tools, support materials, and hands on to teach Latin grammar and enhance reading skills. The
resources. Participants will have the opportunity to goal is to help teachers enliven their classrooms and
brainstorm ideas and use tools that will help them in address the varied learning styles of their students by
their classrooms. They will understand how principles incorporating active methods that engage students in
14 Northeast Conference Program 2014meaningful communication with one another and with This workshop will guide teachers through the logistics
the texts they read. All the activities are informed by of designing centers, grouping students, and managing
recent research in second language acquisition. it all — whether teachers have their own classrooms or
Participants should have a good working knowledge of travel. Time will be spent creating and sharing activi-
Latin, as the workshop will be interactive, but no expe- ties, so teachers will leave with a handful of ready-to-use
rience with speaking is necessary. materials.
10. Using the iPad in the WL Classroom 12. Best of NJ: Acquisition through
($75) Comprehensible Input - Gaining Micro-
Dana Pilla, Haddonfield (NJ) Public Schools Fluency ($75)
Glennysha Jurado-Moran, Piscataway (NJ) Public Liam O’Neill, Pascack Valley (NJ) Regional HSD
Schools Current brain research suggests that a L2 is acquired
Tap into the iPad world and learn how to use this most efficiently through Comprehensible Input (CI). CI
engaging, yet easy to use technology. The iPad and its Theory and current TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through
Apps are a fun way to inspire and motivate your stu- Reading, Storytelling) practices draw from this brain
dents. Learn how the iPad can be used for instruction research, address all modes of communication and are
and assessment in all three modes of communication at transforming classrooms across the country. Presenter
all levels of language learning. Discover how it can not will teach a lesson in Chinese, dissect the lesson with
only bring authentic language directly to your students attendees and share videos of student work. Attendees
but can also enhance language learning in a manner will see the power of repetitive, comprehensible lan-
that is appealing and meaningful to today’s students. guage input and get direction for further exploration.
No significant background knowledge is required to Can your year one students speak extemporaneously for
benefit from this session. over two minutes? Learn how most can when instruc-
tors make language engaging, comprehensible and
11. Using Centers to Differentiate in the meaningful. Explore CI Theory and TPRS practices.
Early Language Classroom ($75)
Nathan Lutz, Kent Place School 13. Writing the ACTFL-CAEP Report ($75)
Rebecca Fox, George Mason University
Differentiation is indisputably the best way to reach the
academic needs of all our diverse learners. Managing a Do you need help preparing your ACTFL/CAEP
differentiated classroom, however, deters many teach- Program Report? This workshop will prepare foreign
ers because of preparation time, materials manage- language teacher education programs to write their
ment, and limited student face time with the teacher. ACTFL/CAEP (NCATE) Program Report as they seek
With the implementation of learning centers, early lan- national NCATE recognition. Participants will examine
guage teachers can effectively have their students work- the program standards, the program report template,
ing independently at their instructional level while other and sample assessments. Hands-on activities will focus
students are receiving direct instruction or being on the types of assessments and data that can demon-
assessed by their teachers in homogenous groupings. strate achievement of the standards.
14. The Power of Formative Assessments:
Unlocking Student Learning ($75)
Deborah Espitia, Howard County (MD) Public
Schools
Leslie Grahn, Howard County (MD) Public Schools
Want to know more about formative assessments and
what to do with the data you collect from them? Then,
join us as we explore, experience, and analyze a variety
of formative assessment strategies. Time will be provid-
ed to create formative assessment tasks and highlight
points in a lesson where formative assessments might
occur. Then, we’ll take that next step to identify possi-
ble responses to formative data based on what we know
about our learners and their needs. A variety of
resources will be provided and access to a wiki with
many more.
Northeast Conference Program 2014 15adapting provided templates to create worksheets. All
materials will be shared via Google Drive. Examples will
be in Spanish, but templates can easily be adapted for
other languages.
18. District Determined Measures: Oral
Proficiency
Pat DiPillo, Falmouth (MA) High School
Have you been searching for a method or process to
develop a District Determined Measure that addresses a
specific need in regard to assessing oral proficiency and
target use of language by students? Attending this
teaching lab will help you to create an instrument that
you can use to gauge target language use in an interac-
tive collaborative way by assessing oral proficiency at
SUNDAY, MARCH 30 whatever level you teach. Participants will be guided
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM step by step through the SMART Goal creation process
to design and take away a comprehensive Action Plan
(No fees apply, but you must sign up on registration ready to be implemented in their respective districts and
form and get a ticket.) used immediately.
16. Hands-On Clay Gargoyles & Stained 19. Technology to Get Students Talking
Glass Windows Holly Forsyth, Fox Chapel (PA) Area SD
Cheryl P. Berman, Newington (NH) Public Schools Jessica Taylor, Fox Chapel (PA) Area SD
SAU District 50 “Best in Conference” winners will present a hands-on
This teaching lab will present two hands-on activities of teaching lab demonstrating best practices from collab-
creating a clay gargoyle and small stained glass window. orations across cultures and schools. Learn how to
This lab will bring cultural education into your French incorporate easy to use technologies such as flip cam-
classroom. Each activity will be presented in an actual eras, iMovie, Skype, video and paper scrapbooks,
hands-on format where each attendee will make and Photobooth, YouTube, websites, iPods/ podcasts, and
take a lesson for these two items. Presenter will connect virtual learning into your instruction. Plan (free), sus-
each activity to your French classroom with a vocabu- tainable and reasonable projects that can be accom-
lary list and brief historical information. Participants plished in a few classes. Try out a few technological
will gain knowledge of how to bring these wonderfully tools in break-out groups and plan for your specific
historical pieces of French history to life! Attendees will context. See how our technology-enhanced mini les-
make and take their own creations and receive the sons can combine into an integrated sequence and can
instructions and standards connections to make these connect to larger curricular goals and effective collabo-
wonders educational and affordable to their middle rations. Beginners welcome! Examples in Spanish and
school students. Quechua.
17. 1000 Words: Using Authentic Images to 20. Digital Storytelling with Online and
Spark Speech and Writing Mobile Tools
Chela Crinnion, Ethical Culture Fieldston School Angela Gunder, Northern Virginia Community
Images are powerful tools to spark speech and writing.
College
By using authentic images — photographs, ads, and Silvina Orsatti, University of Pittsburgh
even those inspirational posters that inundate social Learn practical hands-on strategies and technology
media — you can spark great discussions and journaling tools for bringing language learning to life through dig-
in your classes. This teaching lab will focus on sources ital storytelling. Participants of all skill levels are invited
and approaches for incorporating authentic images into to take part in an active and informative teaching lab
lessons. Examples will be presented thematically, with that will showcase some of the best online and mobile
topics such as Friends and Family, Health and Wellness, tools for learning. All of the applications are specifical-
and Community and Service. Participants will have time ly aligned to providing students with more time on task
to collaborate, searching for authentic images and and better opportunities for engagement with the tar-
16 Northeast Conference Program 2014get language. The session will guide participants techniques but will also illustrate how these customized
through the usage of the tech tools, demonstrate best self-created movies can be perfect teaching materials in
practices for implementation in the classroom, and pro- developing the three modes of communication. We will
vide them with a hands-on project and rubric. examine how video carries many elements of the 5C
standards in teaching foreign languages.
21. Engage and Motivate the Reluctant
Language Learner 26. Assess For Success in the World
Norah Jones, Fluency Language Services Language Classroom
In this practical, participatory teaching lab, participants
Ashley Tremper, Trinity Episcopal School
experience and practice activities that motivate and Looking for ways to assess your students that aren’t
reconnect reluctant and unmotivated students to teach- limited to multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank? After a
ers, their classmates, and language-learning itself. brief overview of formative vs. summative assessment,
Practical information on why adolescents disengage a variety of hands-on and innovative activities will be
from language-learning is paired with specific activities presented and then created by the participants.
to overcome fear and disinterest. Three foundational, Educators will walk away with numerous ideas and
breakthrough language “truths” in action can return actual assessment tools to implement immediately in
students to peer approval, learning, and personal iden- their own classrooms. While most of the examples will
tity. The highly-integrated steps provide participants be in Latin, any language teacher can benefit from this
immediate and practical understanding, activities, and learning lab. It has been taught at a New Teacher
resources. A thorough handout is provided. Institute for teachers of all grade levels with great suc-
cess.
22. Engaging Activities for All Learners
Janel Lafond-Paquin, Rogers High School 27. Glamorize Your Lesson Plans!
Need some strategies for teaching your own target lan-
Arlene White, Salisbury University
guage? Come to this teaching lab and participate in Caroline Mark, Parkside High School
more than twenty engaging activities that will enhance Need more glamorous lesson plans? Sparkling warm-
your students’ learning experience and provide you with ups? Intriguing transitions? Fascinating and engaging
ideas for reaching and teaching all your students. pair activities? Exciting exit strategies? Alluring
Activities and strategies can be used at any level of resources? A hands-on lesson plan make-over may be
instruction and with any formal text or literary selec- just what you’ve been looking for! Come and see!
tion. They include paired activities, activities that target
the four skills, cooperative activities, differentiated
instruction activities, activities that promote logical
thinking, technological activities, and creative activities.
For those seeking to engage all students in active lan-
guage learning and to prevent boredom, this lab is an
opportunity to experience in two hours a myriad of
activities that can be easily incorporated into their own
language classes. A handout with all activities will be
given to participants.
24. Hands-on Movie Making to Create
Meaningful/Authentic Materials Enhancing
Language Experiences
Celia Liu, The College of New Jersey
Movies (short film) offer more authentic and meaning-
ful language experience than merely text or still pictures
could. During this teaching lab, the presenter will
demonstrate how easy it is to create movies using short
video clips captured by smart phones, tablets or cam-
era. Incorporated with appropriate PowerPoint slides
and subtitles in the movie, a meaningful video, which is
suitable to your own lesson plan, will be created in no
time. This session will not only cover the movie making
Northeast Conference Program 2014 1728. Voyage to the Louvre: Art in the World
Language Classroom
Malachi Wood, Princeton Public Schools
Shannon Carr, L.C. Bird High School
Judith Csatari, Richmond Middle School
Christelle Palpacuer Lee, Rutgers U Graduate
School of Ed
Let’s go to the museum! In this teaching lab, partici-
pants are invited to travel virtually to the Louvre in
Paris, and learn how to integrate a voyage into art into
their world language classroom. Participants learn: (1)
what the Louvre museum is, (2) how to integrate art
into their classrooms, and (3) how to design a voyage to Turn off your
the art museum along with museum activities. cell phones in
Participants will discover the collections of the Louvre
and art appreciation through interactive and fun activi- meetings, events,
ties they can use later in their classroom. They will then performances,
examine three classroom units developed by the presen- workshops,
ters as well as samples from students’ work and experi- and sessions,
ences at the museum. They will be able to use these
units as templates to design tasks that target the world
PLEASE!
languages and Core Curriculum Contents Standards.
The material created in this lab will include activities,
assessments, and assignments. Handouts include unit
and lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, videos,
and photos.
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Northeast Conference Program 2014 19INDEX OF CONCURRENT SESSIONS
• FRIDAY, MARCH 28 •
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM: EXHIBIT AREA Connect your language class with schools 36. Mens sana in corpore sano
VISIT TIME! around the world through technology. This ses- Friday, 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, MIT
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM FRIDAY TIME sion will explore opportunities and resources
Latin/Secondary
SLOT for language exchanges, both through study
abroad and exchanges online, to connect stu- William Clausen, Washington Latin PCS
30. ES: Accademia Italiana: Italian through Myth: dents’ in-class learning to the real world. Gabe Malone, Washington Latin PCS
Authentic Materials on Mythology in Italian Participants will learn about virtual exchange Students have not just a mind but also a body.
Classes and online platforms that enable students to And adolescents are competitive. This session
Friday, 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, Clarendon communicate and collaborate with peers from will focus on drawing out the implications of
140 countries on projects that address global these two observations. We will demonstrate
Italian/Postsec
issues. and engage participants in roughly a dozen
Francesca Romana Memoli, Accademia group activities designed to improve students’
Italiana 34. Best of NH: Bewegtes Lernen mit Musik! understanding of Latin. Activities include noun
This session highlights the use of authentic (Active Learning with Music) ending races with blacktop chalk, hopscotch
FRIDAY
materials in Italian classes of US students, expe- Friday, 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, Harvard with personal pronouns, conjugating verbs
riencing an important aspect of the culture: German/All levels around the world using mini white boards, cha-
mythology. How teachers can build lessons, rades with vocabulary, comparative adjective
Alison Pantesco, Keene State College
using authentic materials tailor-made for col- songs, and more. The goal here is not to pacify
lege and university students, setting up differ- “Sieh es! Sag es! Tu es!” Music is a great vehicle
students with games but rather to create activi-
ent phases, adopting modern teaching tech- for increasing enthusiasm in the German class-
ties that will drive superlative adjectives and
niques, like guided virtual visits to famous room, enriching vocabulary, internalizing gram-
the sequence of tenses deep into their minds.
mythological sites: Palinuro, Scuola Medica matical structures and practicing pronunciation
Participants will learn a number of new activi-
Salernitana, helmsman of Aeneas. Tips are given in a manner that students of all levels and their
ties and be challenged to think about why they
to participants. teachers (!) enjoy. Before you reach for another
make the choices they do in class. Some back-
worksheet, try a little music with choreogra-
ground of Latin would be beneficial, but some-
31. ES: Vista Higher Learning: Form, Content, phy! The presenter will guide participants in
one could learn from the presentation even
Strategies, Tools: Planning and Delivering learning simple choreography for songs which
without such knowledge.
Instructional Excellence they will then be prepared to teach in elemen-
Friday, 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, Dartmouth tary and intermediate levels. Handouts of the 37. What Teachers Should Know about Teaching
lyrics with explanations of choreography will and Assessment of Writing
French, German, Italian, Spanish/HS, Postsec
be available for participants when the session is
Norah Jones, Fluency Language Services Friday, 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, Northeastern
completed. A video demonstration of upper
This interactive session presents, in turn, for- level students presenting a song with more Arabic/Postsec
mat, content, strategies, and visual tools for challenging lyrics will also be shown to illus- Rabab El Nady, Tufts University
planning and delivering high-quality, integrated trate the success of this instructional tool. NO This presentation will highlight strategies and
and scaffolded lessons and courses. dance experience is required, but participants approaches, which are both useful and practi-
Participants learn how to define appropriate should not be surprised if they leave this ses- cal, that teachers can use to overcome the chal-
expectations, and experience content and tools sion humming and tapping their foot! lenges they face while teaching and assessing
to meet and assess each expectation. Each par- writing. The presenter will show a successful
ticipant leaves with a personalized instructional 35. Crônicas: A Tool to Teach and Learn model that was adopted to enhance learners’
plan, having identified the basics of their pre- Portuguese FL writing ability and enable teachers to assess
ferred content, strategies, and tools. A thorough Friday, 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, Hyannis learners’ writing skills efficiently. The model
reference handout is provided. Portuguese/HS, Postsec outcomes, as well as the successes and chal-
Celia Bianconi, Boston University lenges both teachers and students encountered
32. ES: Explorica: An Inside Look at Student while implementing the model, will be report-
Travel Nilma Dominique, MIT
ed as well. A PowerPoint presentation in addi-
Friday, 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, Exeter This session is a Portuguese presentation on tion to hands on activities and handouts will be
All languages/HS, Postsec reading authentic material in a foreign language used throughout the session.
classroom through the use of crônicas, a rich
Sarah Steinwedell, Explorica
literary genre that tells about an episode involv- 39. Using the LinguaFolio Can-Do Statements in a
In learning a foreign language, what could be ing real people and that can be found in Standards-Based Classroom
better for your students than conversing with a Brazilian newspapers and magazines. Students Friday, 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, Regis
native speaker – not in the classroom – but in can benefit from working with crônicas to
another city or country? Join us to learn how German/K-12
improve their vocabulary and word pronuncia-
you can provide your students with an afford- tion, to learn about culture and to identify Deborah Orth, Cony HS
able, educational trip within the US or abroad. themselves with a particular passage. Our ses- This session will introduce the LinguaFolio Can-
Discuss how to overcome common obstacles sion promotes classroom discussion and analy- Do Statements and how they’ve been used to
and how to motivate and engage students. sis of real situations. This approach engages guide the development of a standards-based
attendees to interact with peers to promote curriculum. The presenter, SANS, Inc./Mead
33. ES: iEARN: Connecting Classrooms around the Fellow Deborah Orth, will share her experi-
teaching and learning activities. The reading
World with iEARN-USA ences and give examples of this ongoing work
activities will be demonstrated and participants
Friday, 9:15 AM-10:15 AM, Fairfield will discuss how to successfully incorporate in progress. The session will also explore possi-
Arabic, Chinese/HS them into language classrooms to increase cul- bilities of using the Can-Do Statements in order
Jennifer Russell, iEARN-USA tural awareness and language proficiency. to create a digital portfolio using Microsoft One
Exercises are also appropriate for Spanish Note.
speakers who are learning Portuguese.
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