| 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) |
| |
|
