NCOLCTL 2006

 

 

 

 

 



The Madison Concourse Hotel
One West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53703

Please, view Final Program in PDF

Preliminary Schedule

Thursday April 27, 2006

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

NCOLCTL Executive Board Meeting
(Conference Room I)

   
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION
(Hotel Lobby)

   
1:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Pre-Conference workshop for NCOLCTL
(Capitol Ballroom)
“Assessment in Less Commonly Taught Languages”
By Margaret Malone

   
5:30- 8:30 p.m.

NCOLCTL CONFERENCE RECEPTION AND STUDENTS’ SKITS/PERFORMANCES (Senate A&B, Wisconsin Ballroom)

Claire-Marie Hefner will perform Balinese dance and Kuchipudi dance between students’ culture night performances. The Balinese dance called "Panji Semirang" is about a princess who disguises herself as a man so she can travel safely in search of her lost fiance. The Kuchipudi dance called "Raas Shabdum" is a dance about the love between Lord Krishna and Radha.

   

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Friday April 28th, 2006

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. COFFEE AND MUFFINS
(Madison/Wisconsin Ballroom)
   
8:00 - 5:00 p.m. REGISTRATION
(Hotel Lobby)
   
8:30-9:00 a.m.

General Welcome Remarks:
- Antonia Schleicher, Executive Director, NCOLCTL
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Gilles Bousquet, Dean International Studies, Director of the International Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Magdalena Hauner, Associate Dean, College of Letters and Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Michael Everson, President, NCOLCTL
University of Iowa

   
9:00-10:00 a.m.

FIRST PLENARY SESSION
(Capitol Ballroom)
Chair:
Speaker: Gail McGinn
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Plans,
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness “Expanding LCTL Capacities in the Department of Defense”

   
10:00-11:00 a.m. SECOND PLENARY SESSION
(Capitol Ballroom)
Chair:
Speaker: Carl Falsgraf and Robert Slater
Center for Applied Second Language Studies and National Security Education Program
“Closing the Proficiency Gap in Critical Languages: The Role of Federal-Higher Education Partnerships”
   
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. COFFEE BREAK
   
PARALLEL SESSION I
Paper Presentations
   
  Session 1A (Research) - (University Room AB)
11:15 – 11:45 a.m.

Erika H. Gilson
Princeton University
“Future LCTL Capacities in the United States: The Turkic Case”

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Hiam Kanbar
Defense Language Institute
“Teaching the Spoken Language: Examples from Arabic and Korean”

   
  Session 1B (Curriculum) - (Capitol Ballroom A)
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Abdulkafi Albirini
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
“A New Approach to Teaching Less Commonly Taught Languages”
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Ariann Stern
Arizona State University
“The ASU Critical Languages Institute: Curricula for Advanced LCTL Proficiency”
   
 

Session 1C (Materials) - (Capitol Ballroom B)

11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Oluseye Adesola
Yale University
“Tone Acquisition and Reading Proficiency”
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Nabih Kanbar
Defense Language Institute
“A different approach to listening comprehension: an experience in Arabic”
   
 

Session 1D (Method) - (University Room CD)

11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Kiarie Wa'Njogu
Yale University
“ Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching African Languages: A Quest for Relevance ”
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Atefeh Oliai, Christian Degueldre, & Mary Ann Lyman-Hager
University of Wisconsin-Madison and San Diego State University
“Teaching and learning strategies toward the Distinguished level: Persian – Arabic”
   
  Session 1E (Technology) - (Conference Room I)
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Michael Quinlan
Transparent Language, Inc.
“ Update: The BYKI “Free Buildout” Program for LCTL Lexical Learning ”
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Nigora Azimova and Talant Mawkanuli
Indiana University
“Interactive Teaching of Turkic Languages through Videoconferencing”
   
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

U.S. Department of Education Meeting
(Conference Room 4)
“The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad program (GPA)/Advanced Overseas Intensive Language projects”

   
12:15 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own
   
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

THIRD PLENARY SESSION
(Capitol Ballroom)
Chair:
Speakers:
Ralph Hines
International Education and Graduate Programs Service,
Department of Education
and
Richard D. Brecht
Executive Director,
University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language
“Title VI/Fulbright-Hays and Less Commonly Taught Languages”

   
PARALLEL SESSION II:
Paper Presentations
   
  Session 2A (Research) - (University Room AB)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Dora Johnson
Center for Applied Linguistics
“Arabic K-12 in the United States: An Update”
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Joanna Radwanska-Williams
Macao Polytechnic Institute
“On the non-literalness of the ‘native speaker’ concept”
   
  Session 2B (Curriculum) - (Capitol Ballroom A)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Michelle Fu
University of California- Los Angeles
“Voices of Our Students”

3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Rick Robinson and Erick Kendrick
Georgia Perimeter College
“Co-Curricular, Experiential and Instructional Support Initiatives for LCTLs”
   
  Session 2C (Materials) - (Capitol Ballroom B)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Louis Janus
University of Minnesota
“Presentation of new book on LCTL material development”
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Nasrullo Khodjaerov and Mikael Thompson
Indiana University
“A Multimedia Program for Using Songs to Teach Foreign Languages”
   
  Session 2D (Method) - (University Room CD)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Lois M. Feuerle
Oregon Judicial Department
“Indigenous Languages of Mexico and Guatemala in the United States: A Model for Training Interpreters in Rare Languages”
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Masako Boureston and David Kojo Hakam
Defense Language Institute and Hawaii Joint Language Center
“Projects that engage and empower students”
   
  Session 2E (Technology) - (Conference Room I)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Natalia Antokhin
Defense Language Institute
“Integrating Culture in On-Line Autonomous Learning. Developing a New Model for the GLOSS.”
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Natalie Lovick and Svetlana Pavlov
Defense Language Institute
“Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence Through the Use of Technology”
   
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. COFFEE BREAK
   
PARALLEL SESSIONS III:
Colloquium
   
  Session 3A (Curriculum) - (University Room AB)
3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Gerd Brendel, Ida Raynes, Jee-In Kim, and Kwang Cho
Defense Language Institute
“Proficiency Scales and Curriculum Design and Development”
   
  Session 3B (Needs Assessment) - (Capitol Ballroom A)
3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Masako Boureston, Ted Han, Jay Kunz, Peter Silzer, and
Anisa Zahir
Defense Language Institute
“Collaborative Development and Implementation in Multiple LCTL Programs”
   
  Session 3C (Program Development) - (Capitol Ballroom B)
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.

Abdesalam Soudi, Moneera Al-Ghadeer, and Dustin Cowell
University of Pittsburg and University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Challenges of first year language instruction in an immersion program”

   
  Session 3D (Professional Development) - (University Room CD)
3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Eva Prionas, Amma Oduro, and Khalil Barhoum
Stanford University, University of California-Berkeley, and Stanford University
“Strengthening LCTLs through Accountability and Professional Development”
   
  Session 3E (Technology) - (Conference Room I)
3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Karunakaran Krishnamoorthy, Kandalas Srinivasacharya, and Lakhan Gusain
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Washington University
“Teaching Less Commonly Taught Languages with Modern Methodology and Technology”
   
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Walton Award Banquet
(Wisconsin Ballroom)
   

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Saturday April 29th, 2006

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. COFFEE AND MUFFINS
(Wisconsin Ballroom)
   
8:00 - 5:00 p.m. REGISTRATION
(Hotel Lobby)
   
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. FOURTH PLENARY SESSION
(Capitol Ballroom)
Chair:
Speaker: Paul Sandrock
WI Department of Public Instruction
“Global Literacies for All Students”
   
9:00 – 12:00 noon

COTIM Annual Meeting
(Conference Room 4)
Consortium of the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay

   
9:30 – 9:45 a.m. BREAK
   
PARALLEL SESSION IV:
Colloquium and Paper Presentations
   
  Session 4A (Curriculum) - (University Room AB)
9:45 – 11:15 a.m. Shensheng Zhu, Monica Lavelle, Anto Knezevic, and Atousa Mirzaei
Defense Language Institute
“Challenges in Developing and Implementing Curricula for the Less Commonly Taught Languages”
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Elizabeth H D Mazzocco
The Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
“Curricular Models that Maximize Linguistic Resources for the Independent Learner”
   
  Session 4B (Program Development) - (Capitol Ballroom A)
9:45 – 11:15 a.m. Paul Sandrock, Madeline Uraneck, Chen Yea-Fen, Garry Davis, Lynn Sessler, and Michelle Guyette
WI Department of Public Instruction, University of Wiscosnin-Milwaukee, Menasha (WI) Joint School District, and LaFollette High School
“Growing LCTL Programs, K-12”
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Margaret E. Malone
Center for Applied Linguistics
“Developing Understanding of Oral Language Proficiency through Distance Learning”
   
  Session 4C (Professional Development) - (Capitol Ballroom B)
9:45 – 11:15 a.m. Dora Johnson
Center for Applied Linguistics
“Certification for LCTL Teachers in the U.S.: Problems and Possibilities”
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Anjel Tozcu
Defense Language Institute
“Teacher Training and Professionalization in Less Commonly Taught Languages”
   
  Session 4D (Research) - (University CD)
9:45 – 11:15 a.m. Jiaying Howard and Naoko Matsuo
Monterey Institute of International Studies
“Language Use of Non-native Chinese and Japanese Speakers at Workplace”
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Betty Lou Leaver
Coalition of Distinguished Language Centers, Washington D.C. and University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
“What Successful Language Learners Say about Second Language Acquisition”
   
  Session 4E (Research) - (Conference Room I)
9:45 – 11:15 a.m. Manuela Wagner, Barbara Lindsey, Munir Akash, Abdesalam Soudi, and Amira El-Zein
University of Conneticut, University of Pittsburg,
“Expanding the LCTL Learning Experience Through Multimodal Communication Tools”
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Eun Joo Kim
Ohio State University
“The role of literacy development in heritage language proficiency”
   
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m

SALTA Annual Meeting
(Conference 5)
“South Asian Language Teachers Association”

   
11:45 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch on your own
   

1:15 – 2:15 p.m.

FIFTH PLENARY SESSION
(Capitol Ballroom)
Chair:
Speaker: Elizabeth Bernhardt
Stanford University
“LCTLs Surviving and Thriving in Conventional College and University Settings”

   
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

COTIM Annual Meeting
(Conference Room 4)
“Consortium of the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay”

   
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. COFFEE BREAK
   
PARALLEL SESSIONS V:
Colloquium and Paper Presentations
   
  Session 5A (Program Development) - (University Room AB)
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. John T. Urban and Pat Brooks
University of Arizona
“Partnership Across Languages”
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Georgette Jabbour
University of Iowa
"Arabic as a Foreign Language in the US: Controversies, CrossLinguistic Difficulties, and Pedagogical Implications"

4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Valery Belyanin
University of Pittsburgh
"Cultural Awareness of Heritage Speakers"
   
  Session 5B (Research) - (Capitol Ballroom A)
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Sohee Kim, Eunyoung Won, Anne Todd, and Margo Glew
Harvard University, Michigan State University, and The University of Washington
"LCTL Program Building: a Multi-layered Approach"
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Hezi Brosh
Bard College
"Students’ motivation to study Arabic in American colleges and universities"
4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Charles Owu-Ewie
Ohio University, Athens
"Krashen’s Monitor Model and Its Implications to African Language Teaching"
   
  Session 5C (Curriculum) - (Capitol Ballroom B)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Michiko Nakagawa
Colby College
"Developing a project-theme-based curriculum for Concordia Japanese Language Village"
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Natalya Dragunsky and Elena Mounts
Defense Language Institute
"А Bridge-Type Lesson As a Tool of Creating Virtual Immersion Situations"
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Sungok Hong
Indiana University
"Incorporating Culture into Language Teaching with the Aid of Heritage Students"
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Anil Thakur and Anand Dwivedi
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
"kyaa in Hindi: Context for Determining its Multiple Functions"
4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Hiro Justin Ota
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
“Teaching Taiwanese and cultural identity”
   
  Session 5D (Method) - (University Room CD)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Ooyoung Pyun
Ohio State University
“Writing directly in less commonly taught languages”
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Krystyna U. Golkowska
Cornell University
“Gender roles in foreign language textbooks”
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Hang Zhang
Defense Language Institute
“Language Maintenance of LCTLs”
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Rakhmonkhoja Inomkhojaev
Indiana University at Bloomington
“Several Methods for Teaching Pashtu Script
4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Alwiya Omar
Indiana University
“Resources for reinforcing listening and speaking skills for more advanced language learners: Examples from Kiswahili”
   
  Session 5E (Technology & Materials) - (Conference Room I)
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Leonce Rushubirwa
University of Kansas
“Is Technology Integration into Foreign Language Curriculum a Suitable Means of Implementing the Standard of Foreign Language Teaching in the U.S.?”
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Danko Sipka
Arizona State University
“Expanding the Reading Capacity: Slavic Text Taggers Project”
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Benjamin Rifkin and Dianna Murphy
Temple University and University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Multimedia in Advanced Level Learning: Lessons from the RAILS Project”
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Gunnar Anderson
State University of New York at Potsdam
“Bringing Realia from the Web into the Classroom”
4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Gallia Porat
Stanford University
“Online Assessment in the Less Commonly Taught Languages”
   
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Delegate Assembly Dinner
(Senate Room A)
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Delegate Assembly Meeting
(Senate Room A)
   

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Sunday April 30th, 2006

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. COFFEE AND MUFFINS
(Wisconsin Ballroom)
   
8:00 - 12:15 p.m. REGISTRATION
(Hotel Lobby)
   
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. SIXTH PLENARY SESSION
(Capitol Ballroom)
Chair:
Speaker: Carl Falsgraf
"STAMP: Assessing Proficiency for All Students in All Languages"
   
9:30 – 9:45 a.m. BREAK
   
PARALLEL SESSIONS VI: Paper Presentations
   
  Session 6A (Materials) - (University Room AB)
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.

Gautami Shah
Rice University
“Expanding LCTL Capacities in the United States: The web”

10:15 –10:45 a.m. Abbas Karakaya
Indiana University
“Limitations of the ADIM ADIM series in Studying Turkish in the U.S.”
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. LEE Siu Lun
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
“Reading Materials Database for Chinese Teachers and Learners”
11:15 –11:45 a.m.

Christina Manuel
Defense Language Institute
“Challenges faced during designing curriculum and development of materials for less commonly taught languages with focus on Urdu language and Iraqi dialect of Arabic”

   
  Session 6B (Research) - (Capitol Ballroom A)
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Hyun-Sook Kang
University of Pennsylvania
“The effects of corrective feedback on ‘kitchen’ Korean”
10:15 –10:45 a.m. Eun-Jo Lee and Eun Joo Kim
Ohio State University
“Examining heritage language school effectiveness through a parents’ needs analysis”
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Dianna Murphy and Michele Back
University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Comparing student motivation for continuing language study in LCT and CT languages”
   
  Session 6C (Research) - (Capitol Ballroom B)
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Jean Sook Ryu
Defense Language Institute
“Effectiveness of Children’s Stories, TV Dramas, and Movies”
10:15 –10:45 a.m. Sachiho Mori
Indiana University
“Individual Differences in L2 Acquisition of Japanese Particles WA and GA”
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Paula Winke and Heather Weger-Guntharp
Georgetown University and Michigan State University
“Why U.S. college students are learning Arabic: A motivation study”
   
  Session 6D (Professional Development) - (University Room CD)
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. James Dirgin and Ali Cicekdag
Defense Language Institute
“Raising the Bar: Proficiency Enhancement Program (PEP) for Training the Arabic Faculty”
10:15 –10:45 a.m. Elena Osinsky and Hande Uysal
University of Iowa
” Professional Development for Language Tutors in an Autonomous Language Learning Setting ”
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Oyewole Arohunmolase
Adeyemi College of Education, Nigeria
“Nigerian Languages in Education in the United States of America”
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Svetlana V. Nuss
International Academy
“Language Marketing: How to Increase Stability of Your Language Program”
   
  Session 6E (Materials & Method) - (Conference Room I)
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Shensheng Zhu
Defense Language Institute
"Lasagna Model of Course Development"
10:15 –10:45 a.m.

Amelia Liwe
University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Community-Based Language Activities"

10:45 – 11:15 a.m.

Elvira Fonacier
University of Hawaii at Manoa
"Got Online LCTL?: Issues in expanding capacities"

 

 

The final program will be available by April 24. For details and clarifications, please email

ncolctl@mailplus.wisc.edu

 

 

 
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