PRE-CONFERENCE UW-MADISON LCTL
SYMPOSIUM
Thursday April 29, 2004
Howard Johnson Hotel
525, W.Johnson Street, Madison WI
608-251-5511
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
1:30pm – 9:00pm
The UW-Madison LCTL Symposium sponsored by the Dean of International
Studies and Programs, College of Letters and Science, NALRC, UW-Madison
Language Institute and NCOLCTL
(University Room B)
1:30pm - 3:15pm
First Session:
The Summer Language Institutes: Methods
and Outcomes
Chair:
Antonia Schleicher, African Languages and Literature, UW-Madison
Guest Speakers:
Richard Chi, Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature,
University of Utah, Salt Lake.
“Methods and Organization of a Successful
SLI”
Ben Rifkin, UW-Madison, Slavic Languages and Literature Department
“Learning Outcomes
of a Successful SLI”
Discussants:
Mary Jo Studenberg & Michael Cullinane, UW-Madison (SEASSI)
Vinay Dharwadker, Director, Center for South Asia, UW-Madison
(SASLI)
Magdalena Hauner, African Languages and Literature, UW-Madison
(SCALI)
3:15 – 3:30p.m.
Break
3:30– 5:15p.m.
Second Session: Some
Current Practices in Teaching the LCTLs
Chair:
Vinay Dharwadker, Center for South Asia, UW-Madison (SASLI)
Discussant:
Sheldon Pollock, George Bobrinskoy Professor of Sanskrit and Indic
Studies, University of Chicago
"Teaching Sanskrit"
Speakers:
Robert Bickner
Languages and Cultures of Asia, UW-Madison
Dustin Cowell
African Languages and Literature, UW Madison
Velcheru Rao
Languages and Cultures of Asia, UW-Madison
Jolanda Taylor
Dutch Program, UW-Madison
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5:30- 7:30 p.m. RECEPTION for ALTA and NCOLCTL participants
(University
Room)
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5:30- 5:45 p.m.
Korean Dance
Peggy Choi
5:45- 6:15 p.m.
Inaugration of
the UW Madison Language Institute
Chair: Magdalena
Hauner
6:15- 6:30 p.m.
Chinese
Dance
Jin-Wen Yu
6:30- 6:45 p.m.
Middle Eastern Dance
Sadira
Raks
Sharki
Music: Eshta
Ya Amar, composer:
Monir el Wisami
Raks sharki
(dance of the East)is the solo women's dance of the Middle East and was
originally developed by women for their own entertainment.While
raks sharki requires
a specific movement and technical vocabulary, it is an improvisational
dance form. The technique is focused on the dancer's ability to isolate
and move different parts of the body independently.
Sadira has been performing and teaching Middle
Eastern dance for over 25 years. She travels frequently to Egypt,
Morocco
and Jordan
to research both dance and music. Sadira has
studied in Egypt with choreographer Mahmoud
Reda and solo dancer Nadia Hamdi
and in Amman, Jordan with the Jafra Company.
She has performed at weddings in Cairo,
Egypt
and also for the Women's Club of Cairo.
Sadira directs the Riad
Dance Company, produces the Madison Middle Eastern
Festival and teaches Middle Eastern dance at Kanopy
Dance and for the U.W. Division of Continuing Studies.
6:45- 7:05 p.m.
Indian Dance
Meena Kalaanjali
7:05- 7:15 p.m.
African Dance
Edi Gbordzi
Bima
is a harvest dance from the upper western region of Ghana.
This dance is being performed by the youth after a success in harvesting
their farm products. They perform this dance during the harvest festival
to thank the ancestors and nature for good food and life they have gotten
from them. Bima is energetic, stylish and competing so only the youth
can perform it.
Atimevu Drum and Dance is a new group appearing
in Madison.
This group performs mainly Ghanaian traditional folk music and dance.
the group consists of six members. The group performs and does
educational workshops at school, churches and community centers through
out Wisconsin
State and travel
to other states as well.
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Please click here for the NCOLCTL 2004
Conference Schedule
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venkatesh@lang.nalrc.wisc.edu
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