Preliminary Program 2003
Saturday, March 8, 2003
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Section 6
Form and Meaning: Twin Goals in Language Instruction
Linda Quinn Allen, Iowa State University, Ames
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Secondary/Postsecondary
Language Focus: French
Best of Iowa: Using the Internet in World Language Classes
Barbara Anderson, Dubuque HS, IA
Content: Technology
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Critical Thinking: A (National) Standard Tool
Cathy Barrette, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Tricky Grammar Points: Wisdom of the Aged
Leon Book, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Just for Technophobes: How to Implement and Successfully Use Technology in First and Second Year College Classes
Angela Carlson-Lombardi, Frances Matos-Schultz, Monica Kenton, and Susan McMillen Villar University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Postsecondary
Language Focus: Spanish
How to Create a Clasroom Drenched in Communication and Dripping with Culture -- MOVE Your Students to a World City for the Entire Year
Sue Fenton, Applause, Newington, CT
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: General
International Spanish Academies (ISAS)
Cáliz Gil, Embassy of Spain, Washington, DC
Content: Currciulum, Materials
Audience: General
Language Focus: Spanish
An Experiment in Data-Driven Learning
Betsy Kerr, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Content: Technology
Audience: Postsecondary
Language Focus: General
Using Current Events and Stories to Teach Past Tenses
Lorena Richins Layser, McDougal Littell, Eden, UT
Content: Language Acquisition
Audience: Jr. High/Middle/Secondary
Language Focus: General
Content in 30 Minutes - How to Incorporate Content-Based Lessons and Activities in a FLES Curriculum
Ines Lormand, SRA/McGraw Hill, Lafayette, LA
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Elementary/Middle School
Language Focus: General
More Ser and Estar
Maria Luque-Eckrich, DePauw University, Cloverdale, IN
Content: Culture
Audience: General
Language Focus: Spanish
Reading in the Spanish Classroom
Mario Nuñez and Charles Conway, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Austin, TX
Content: Curriculum
Audience: Jr. High/Middle/Secondary
Language Focus: Spanish
Best of Wisconsin: Helping Students Become Independent Readers
Rita Olson, School District of South Milwaukee, WI
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: General
The Heritage Language Program of the Seven Oaks School Division--A Unique Model
Greg Sametz, Seven Oaks SD Heritage Languages, Manitoba, Canada
Content: Elementary Programs
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Achieving the 5: Steps for Success in Upper Level Spanish
Rich Sayers, Prentice Hall, Longmont, CO
Content: Materials
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: Spanish
New Directions in Evaluation, Grading and Assessment of Student Work
Jefford B Vahlbusch, Gale Crouse, Kate Mastruserio Reynolds, and Carter Smith, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
9:25 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Section 7
Verbs in Play…Meeting Curricular Objectives
Tess Cordeiro, Oak Park HS,Manitoba, Canada
Content: Materials/Methods/Techniques
Audience: Jr. High/Middle/Secondary
Language Focus: General
Don't Teach French Without This!
Kathy DaSilva, Cedar-Works Software, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Content: Assessment, Materials, Technology
Audience: Secondary/Postsecondary
Language Focus: French
Thematic Culture Units: Abrir paso and Parcours
Eva Neisser Echenberg, Miraflores, Montreal, Canada
Content: Culture, Materials
Audience: Jr. High/Middle School, Secondary
Language Focus: French, Spanish
You Played a Song - NOW What? - Fun with Oh LB LB - Sing Your Way to French
Sue Fenton, Applause, Newington, CT
Content: Materials
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: French
Mission Possible: Agent Oblotschek auf der Spur
Christiane Frederickson, Klett International, Oakland, CA
Content: Culture, Methods/Techniques
Audience: Jr. High/Middle School, Secondary, Postsecondary
Language Focus: German
District Supervisors and Department Heads Unite and Resolve
Marilyn Gordon and Marie Trayer, IN-VISION, Omaha, NE
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
TPR Storytelling
Susan Gross, Colorado Springs, CO
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
"Flash Em!"--Flashcard Activities for the Block
Kassie Harshman, Lafayette HS, St. Joseph, MO; Marilyn Selkirk, Benton HS, St. Joseph, MO
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
At the Movies with Wolfgang Kraft - "Treffpunkt Berlin: A Sneak Preview"
Wolfgang Kraft, EMC/Paradigm Publishing, Saint Paul, MN
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: General
Capture Story Power: Tips For Telling, Reading, Writing and Role-Playing
Patti Lozano and Renate Donovan, Independent Consultants, Houston, TX
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: Spanish
Un poco de todo: Teaching First-year Spanish to the Learning Disabled in a Suburban High School
Michael Morris, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb; Heidi Huck, Roilling Meadows HS, IL
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: General
Close Encounters with the Reel Joan: Using Film Versions of the Story of Jeanne d'Arc
Mary Jo Netherton, Morehead State University, KY
Content: Culture
Audience: Postsecondary
Language Focus: French
Strategies Multiplied
Sharon B. Rapp, Conway HS, AR
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
ACTFL: Inspiring Change Locally
Paul Sandrock, Department of Public Instruction, Madison, WI; Laura Terrill, Parkway School District, St. Louis, MO
Content: Curriculum
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Teaching Grammar to Today's Students: Strategies for Success
Rich Sayers, Prentice Hall, Longmont, CO
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Jr. High/Middle/Secondary
Language Focus: General
AP Spanish: Tools for Success
Ken Stewart, Chapel Hill HS, NC
Content: Materials, Teacher Preparation
Audience: Secondary/Postsecondary
Language Focus: Spanish
Best of North Dakota: Student Projects, Products, and Processes
LeAnne K. Tracey, Pam Fisher, and Sandy Meidinger, Foreign Language Association of North Dakota (FLAND)
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: General
11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. Section 8
Technology Tools: Using Blackboard/WebCt to Organize and Enrich You Existing World Language Class
Mary Jo Arns-Radaj, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN
Content: Technology
Audience: Postsecondary
Language Focus: General
Informational Session on the Spanish Advanced Placement Language and Literature Exams
Johnnie Eng, Alamo Heights HS, San Antonio, TX
Content: Materials, Curriculum
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: General
Noticing the Effect of Extensive Reading: Case Study of an Independent Learner
Carol Foye Eyal, TransPacific Hawaii College, Honolulu
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Symtalk: Foreign Language Acquisition and Concepts of Memory
Maurice Hazan, Symtalk, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Content: Currciulum, Materials
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Rockin' and Hip Hoppin' in the French and Spanish Classroom
Steven Langlois, World of Reading, Atlanta, GA
Content: Methods/Techniques, Curriculum, Materials
Audience: General
Language Focus: French, Spanish
Putting Together an E-mail Exchange that Works
Linnea Visness, Apple Valley HS, MN
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Elementary/Jr. High, Middle School/Secondary
Language Focus: General
Cityscapes: Urban Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom
Sydney Norton, St. Louis Art Museum, Forest Park, MO
Content: Culture, Teacher Preparation, Research
Audience: Secondary/Postsecondary
Language Focus: German
Learning to be Literate--Again
Janel Pettes, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Content: Research
Audience: Postsecondary
Language Focus: General
The Impact of One Year of Language Study on K-6 Students
Marcia Harmon Rosenbusch, National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Ames, IA; Jan Padgitt and Eduardo García-Villada, Iowa State University, Ames
Content: Elementary Programs
Audience: Elementary
Language Focus: General
Artists or Actors? Addressing Different Learning Styles in the Classroom
Pam Starkey, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Saint Paul, MN
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
AATG Sharing Session
Virginia Steinhagen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: AATG
Best of Kansas: Oportunidades: Casona’s La Dama de Alba for the Intermediate Spanish Class
Chuck Thorpe, Kansas Foreign Language Association
Content: Methodology
Audience: General
Language Focus: Spanish
The Romancero, Selena and Enrique
Mary-Anne Vetterling, AATSP, Regis College, Weston, MA
Content: Culture
Audience: General
Language Focus: Spanish
Le Système Educatif
Jane Weinstein, Vistas in Education, Minneapolis, MN; French Intern, Ecole Nationale de Commerce - Bessières
Content: Culture
Audience: General
Language Focus: French
Introducing REALIDADES: Prentice Hall's New Spanish Program
Cathy Wilson, Prentice Hall, Glenview, IL
Content: Materials
Audience: Jr. High/Middle/Secondary
Language Focus: Spanish
A Textbook Analysis: How to Integrate Culture in a Foreign Language Classroom
Youngjoo Yi and Akiko Kashiwagi, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Content: Culture
Audience: General
Language Focus: LCTLs
2:05 p.m. – 3:20 a.m. Section 9
L'Enseignement de la culture française: les documents authentiques
Jayne Abrate, AATF, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Content: Culture
Audience: Secondary/Postsecondary
Language Focus: French
Best of Colorado: Exploring Drama Techniques in the Language Classroom
Sarah Dodson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Best of Illinois: Using Games for Interactive Learning
Penny Fields, Jackson School, Elmhurst, IL
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Elementary
Language Focus: General
Using German Songs to Teach German
Richard Jones, Ritenour HS, St. Louis, MO
Content: Methods/Techniques, Materials, Culture
Audience: Jr. High/Middle/Secondary
Language Focus: German
Beyond Casablanca: How to Develop an Understanding of the Maghreb and Integrate It into the Classroom
Mary Ellen Kasak-Saxler, Stillwater Area HS, Stillwater, MN; Michèle Cassavante, The Blake School, Minneapolis, MN
Content: Culture
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: French
Linking Languages--Blending Borders
Melinda Lehenbauer and Jean Collins, Fulton HS, MO
Content: Culture
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: General
Technology and Teacher Education: Linking Standards, Learning and Teaching in a Standards-based Teacher Education program
Aleidine J. Moeller and Katya Koubek, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Content: Teacher Preparation
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) Reduction at Home and Abroad
Gabriela Olivares-Cuhat and Philippa Brown Yin, Cleveland State University, OH
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
New Material from the Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes
Uwe Rieken, Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Chicago, IL
Content: Materials
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: German
Best Practices in Standards-Based Reform
Deborah W. Robinson, Ohio Department of Education, Columbus
Content: Curriculum
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Deutschlands Rolle in der Europäischen Union (EU)
Patricia Syring, Fort Dodge HS, IA; Gerald Syring, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA
Content: Policy/Issue
Audience: Secondary/Postsecondary
Language Focus: German
Make Every Minute Count!
Laura Terrill, Parkway School District, St. Louis, MO
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Los jóvenes españoles
Esther Zaccagnini, Embassy of Spain, Washington, DC
Content: Culture
Audience: General
Language Focus: Spanish
Preparing Your Institution for NCATE: The New Foreign Language Standards
Helene Zimmer-Loew, American Association of Teachers of German, Cherry Hill, NJ; Deborah W. Robinson, Ohio Department of Education, Columbus; Nancy Humbach, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Content: Teacher Preparation
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
3:30 p.m. – 4:45p.m. Section 10
La Promotion du français: le travail de tous
Jayne Abrate, AATF, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Content: Policy/Issues
Audience: General
Language Focus: French
Vamos Al Barrio
Thomas Alsop, Marian College, Indianapolis, IN
Oscar Ozete, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
Content: Culture
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: Spanish
Curriculum Mapping: A Tool for Improved Curriculum Communication
Jeanette Borich, Terrace Elementary, Ankeny, IA; Greg Carenza, East Elementary, Ankeny, IA
Content: Curriculum, Elementary Programs
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
Been There, Done That, Got the T-shirt, Now What?
Mercia Foster, The Midland Academy of Advanced and Creative Studies, MI; Christine Joslin, Kuemper Catholic Schools, Carroll, IA
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Elementary
Language Focus: General
Best of Tennessee: Teaching Spanish Through Culture
Beckie Gibson, Hume-Fogg Academic HS, Nashville, TN
Content: Culture
Audience: Secondary
Language Focus: Spanish
An Interpreter's-Eye View of Venezuela
Louise Horner, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville
Content: Culture
Audience: General
Language Focus: Spanish
A Practical Guide for Community Based Learning
Ruth Kauffmann, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: Postsecondary
Language Focus: General
Speech Art for German Language Teachers and Students
Johanna Rieken, Esperanza Community School, Chicago, IL
Content: Methods/Techniques
Audience: General
Language Focus: German
New Visions in Action: Projects You Can Do at Home
Paul Sandrock, Department of Public Instruction, Madison, WI
Content: Curriculum
Audience: General
Language Focus: General
TraiNDaF: Leading the Field of German
Helene Zimmer-Loew, American Association of Teachers of German, Cherry Hill, NJ
Content: Policy/Issue
Audience: General
Language Focus: General