National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages

(NCOLCTL)

 

Fourth Annual Conference

April 6-8, 2001

 

 (Papers and poster sessions that authors have submitted electronically may be accessed by clicking on the author’s name.)

FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2001

Foreign Service Institute, National Foreign Affairs Training Center

 

8:30-10:30 a.m.                                 
    
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.           

 


1:30-3:00 p.m.                                   

 

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Colloquia and paper sessions

Plenary Presentation – David Ingram, Griffith University

Colloquia and paper sessions

Colloquia and papers sessions

PLENARY PRESENTATION

David Ingram (Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia)

          “Innovations in Methodology for the Teaching of Heritage and Other

          Languages”

 

COLLOQUIA

Elizabeth M. Bergman, Danko Sipka, and  David Zorc (Language Resource Center, McNeil Technologies) and Yuling Pan (Georgetown University), 

“Linguistic Variation and Its Lexicographic Treatment: A Hands-on Account”

Hsiao-mi Chu, Siu Lun Lee, and Weiping Wu  (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

“ITTTT: Information Technology in Text, Teaching and Testing”

Michael E. Everson (University of Iowa), Frederick H. Jackson (Foreign Service Institute), and David L. Red (Fairfax County, VA Public Schools)

Reading in Truly Foreign Languages: What the research seems to say”

Vijitha Eyango & Thomas J. Hinnesbusch (University of California, Los Angeles), Dora Johnson (Center for Applied Linguistics), and Louis Janus & Nancy Stenson (University of Minnesota)

“Databases as Resources for LCTL Programs, Students, and Teachers”

Gerald Lampe (National Foreign Language Center), Laurel Rasplica Rodd (University of Colorado), and  Antonia Schleicher (University of Wisconsin)

“LangNet for the 1990s: A progress report”

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Presentations preceded by an asterisk (*) also offered demonstration and poster sessions on Saturday April 7.

Jianhua Bai (Kenyon College)

“Curricular Innovations in Advanced Chinese through Distance Learning Collaboration”

Min-hsun Chiang (University of Texas, Austin)

“A Study of the Adolescent Ethnic Language Class”

Carol Compton (University of Wisconsin)

“Developing a Heritage Language Program for Speakers of Hmong and Lao”

Alvino Fantini (School for International Training)

“Developing intercultural competence in the LCTLs”

Louis Janus (University of Minnesota)

“Norskklassen: Distance ed course without a teacher?”

Heekyeong Lee (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

“Language, Culture and Individual Voice: Issues in foreign language teaching”

*Elizabeth Mazzocco (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)

“LangMedia: A WorldWide Tool for Language and Culture”

John Spiridakis (St. John’s University)

“Greek Heritage Language Learning in the USA: A National Reconnaissance”

Yun Xiao (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)

“Voices from Chinese as a Foreign Language Classroom”

SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2001

Holiday Inn Arlington at Ballston

 

8:00-9:30 a.m.                                   
     
9:30-10:30 a.m.                                 

 

 

 

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.           

 

12:30-2:00 p.m.                                 

 

 

2:00-3:30 p.m.                                   

                                   

3:30-4:30 p.m.                                   

 

4:45-5:45 p.m.                                   

                                   

Colloquia and paper sessions

Plenary Presentation – Richard Brecht and William Rivers, National Foreign Language Center


Colloquia and paper sessions

Luncheon and Walton Award Presentation

Poster and demonstration sessions

Paper sessions

Small group discussion sessions

PLENARY PRESENTATION

Richard D. Brecht and William P. Rivers (National Foreign Language Center)

“National Security, the New Economy, and the Less Commonly Taught Languages in 2001”

COLLOQUIA

Helen Carpenter, Margaret Malone, and Paula Winke (Center for Applied Linguistics)

 “Innovations in Language Proficiency Testing”

Anna Uhl Chamot (The George Washington University), Dorry M. Kenyon  (Center for Applied Linguistics), and Antonia Schleicher

(University of Wisconsin)

“Resources for the LCTLs from the national Language Resource Centers”

Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, Arminee Yagheijian, and Reiko Yoshida (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

“Multiliteracy in Three Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Heritage Language Schools”

Julie Cain and Leslie M. Schrier (University of Iowa)

“Providing the Appropriate Mentoring for Developing Precollegiate Teachers of Chinese, Japanese, and Russian: Voices from            the Field”

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Presentations preceded by an asterisk (*) offered demonstration and poster sessions on Saturday April 7

 

Qinghai Chen (University of Michigan)

“Analysis of Mandarin Tonal Errors in Connected Speech by English-Speaking American Adult Learners”

H. Lin Domizio (Brown University)

“Retrospective Interviews: My Speech Behaviors and Native Speakers’ Norms”

Beatriz Fantini (School for International Training)

“Teacher-Student Guides for In-country Field Learning in the LCTLs”

Thomas Ihde (Lehman College, CUNY) and Ming Jian (William Paterson University)

“The role of the teacher in computer-assisted language learning”

Nichlolas O. Jungheim (Aoyama Gakuin University) & Sayoko Yamashita (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

“Nonverbal Behavior across Proficiencies in JSL Interlanguage Refusals”

Yuko Nakahama (Georgetown University)

“Cross-linguistic influence on topic management in L2 Japanese oral narrative”

*Susan Oezel (Indiana University)

“Meeting Turkish Students: A CD-ROM for Listening and Learning”

Tetsuya Sato (University of Arizona)

“Learner interaction during pair communication activities”

Helen Shen (University of Virginia)

“Character learning strategies”

*Rama Sohonee (Foreign Service Institute), and Terry Weston

“Working Around LCTL Fonts: Taking the Alternative Route

Kaija Wilson & Ulf Grahn (Foreign Service Institute)

“Using cartoons to introduce and analyze culture in less commonly taught languages”

 

POSTER AND DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS

Sungdai Cho (State University of New York, Binghamton)

“CALL Project for Intermediate Language Instruction”

Alexander Dunkel (University of Arizona)

“The Critical Languages Series: Multimedia CD-ROM courseware for LCTLs”

Yumiko Guajardo, Zachary Hickman, & Kathy O’Brien (United States Air Force Academy) and Ryoko Keaton (Transpacific Business Resources)

“Technology-Based Courseware and Language Maintenance: Processes and Outcomes”

Eun Joo Kim  (Princeton University)

“Link-based Korean vocabulary learning through a web site”

Sylvain Lelarge (Narwal Learning & Language Institute, The Netherlands) & Katalin Smideliusz (Berzsenyi College, Hungary)

“Brain-friendly language teaching for intercultural communication”

Sachiko Matsunaga (California State University, Los Angeles)

“Webfolios in Non-Alphabetic Scripts: A Case of Japanese”

Marmo Soernarmo (Ohio University)

“Quicktime movies and Javascript for online language learning”

Liang Tao, Zinny Bond, and Michael Beutner

“Advanced Technology Applications: Application and Adaptation”

Miao-fen Tseng (University of Virginia)

"Students' Chinese Web Publications as Supplementary Materials: Process and Results"

SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2001

Holiday Inn Arlington at Ballston

 

8:00-9:30 a.m.                                     

9:30-10:30 a.m.                                 

 

 

 

 

 

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.           

 

12:00-12:45 p.m.                               

Colloquia

Plenary Presentation – J. David Edwards, Joint National Committee for Languages and Miriam Kazanjian, Coalition for International Education
  

Paper sessions

Closing plenary: Summaries and Evaluations

PLENARY PRESENTATION

J. David Edwards (Joint National Committee for Languages) and Miriam Kazanjian (Coalition for International Education)

“Challenges in Establishing National Policies on Foreign Language and International Education”

COLLOQUIA

Gerald Hill (Indigenous Language Institute), Catherine W. Ingold (National Foreign Language Center), Akira Y. Yamamoto (University of Kansas),  and Ofelia Zepeda (University of Arizona) 

“Teacher development in heritage language maintenance: challenges and strategies”

Frederick H. Jackson (Foreign Service Institute), Ruth Mabanglo (University of Hawai’i), Elizabeth Riddle (Ball State