NCOLCTL 2006

 

 

 

 

 



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

Please, view Final Program in PDF

Preliminary Schedule

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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