The Wyoming Foreign Language Teachers’ Association
Wild about World Languages:
Paradigm Migration in the Wild West
Holiday Inn, Cody, Wyoming
Fall 2015 Conference, October 8-10, 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
7:00-8:00
7:00-5:30
8:00-8:30
8:30-12:30
Session I
Lunch
Session II
12:30-1:30
1:30-4:30
Session III
Registration
Exhibitors: Please remember to visit our sponsors!
Welcome, & Announcements: Courtnie Link & Jaime Basham
I-A: Chantal
I-B i: Martha Pero Halemba:
Thompson:
Using Project Based Learning to Increase Student
Oral Proficiency
Interview
Familiarization
This workshop is an
introduction to the
techniques of
administering and
rating the Oral
Proficiency Interview
(OPI) at the Novice
through Advanced
levels. Participants
observe and conduct
live practice
interviews. They
critique and discuss
interview elicitation,
structure, and rating.
Proficiency
Understand what PBL means to students and teachers
and how it can increase motivation for students as well
as move them to higher levels of proficiency.
Examples will be provided of scaffolding and projects
to help students move from Novice to Intermediate to
Advanced.
(8:30-10:30)
I-B ii: Sandy Garcia:
Flipped Classrooms
Do you spend a lot of class time explaining grammar or
teaching vocabulary? Would you like to quit explaining
so much and just practice the language with your
students? The presenter will share how she has made
changes in her classroom to allow students to have
more time to communicate in the target language.
(10:40-12:30)
*Fajita Bar: Served at the hotel
*Please discuss and find ways to implement the information into your
classrooms from this morning’s session. (PTSB credit hour)
III-A: Chantal
III-B: Craig Sheehy:
Thompson:
TPRS: A Demo, a Review, and Variety for You!!!
Oral Proficiency
Interview
Familiarization
(continued)
TPRS is a methodology that has had a profound effect on
the teaching of foreign languages and many teachers have
experienced inspiring results in the communicative abilities
of their students. In this session, teachers will not only be
reminded of (or exposed to for the first time) the method and
its theory and experience a demo lesson. In addition,
teachers will receive 30 practical ways to add variety to their
TPRS lessons.
4:30-6:00
Session IV
6:30-9:00
Session V
IV-A: Executive
Council Meeting
The Exec.Council
will be eating and
meeting at the
hotel
IV-B: Dinner with Colleagues
On your own:
Discuss Sessions I & III. How will you implement session
materials into your classrooms?
Please be sure to be back to the hotel, if you’d like to carpool
to the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center by 6:00pm—or feel
free to join up with us there at 6:30 pm.
Heart Mountain Interpretive Center: 1539 Road 19, Powell, WY 82435
WWII Japanese American Confinement Site
Located between Powell and Cody @ the Intersection of HWY 14a and Road 19
 Private after hours tour of the facility (6:30pm-8:00pm)
 After tour return to hotel for debriefing and dessert
(Cookies, Brownies, and Coffee)
Friday, October 9, 2015
7:00-8:00
8:00-8:30
Session VI
7:00-5:00
8:30-12:30
Registration
Welcome & Morning Announcements: Courtnie Link & Jaime Basham
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Department of Education Announcements: Robin Holbrook
World Languages’ Day: Rebecca Steele
Vendors & Exhibitors Information/Presentations
Exhibitors: Please remember to visit our sponsors!
VII-A: Chantal Thompson
VII-B i: Craig Sheehy (Repeat):
(Repeat):
Session VII
Oral Proficiency Interview
Familiarization--Repeat
TPRS: A Demo, a Review, and Variety
for You!!!--Repeat
(8:30-11:30)
VII-B ii: Martha Pero Halemba:
Using Project Based Learning to
Increase Student Proficiency--Repeat
(11:40-12:30)
WFLTA
Business
Luncheon
Session VIII
12:30-2:00
WFLTA Business Luncheon: Soup, Salad, & Baked Potato Bar
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Welcome & Announcements: Courtnie Link
Minutes and Treasurer’s Report: Charles Ewing
WFLTA Business: Courtnie Link
WFLTA Elections: President Elect
 Legacy Language Scholarship
o Qualifications:
 Studying Education/World Languages in the State of
Wyoming
 University Student Membership Status of WFLTA
o To be used for:
 Educational Expenses
 Study Abroad
2:15-5:15
Session IX
IX-A: Chantal Thompson:
IX-B i: Martha Pero Halemba:
Oral Proficiency Interview
Familiarization (continued)
Using Project Based Learning to Increase
Student Proficiency (Continued)
(2:00-3:15)
IX-B ii: Sandy Garcia:
Flipped Classrooms--Repeat
(3:25-5:15)
6:00-7:00
Session X
7:00-9:00
Session XI
President’s Reception—(Sponsored by E.F.) Wine and Appetizers
Entertainment: Brooks Robinson
Awards Dinner: Bandana BBQ Buffet (Pulled Pork & BBQ Chicken)
Keynote Addresses: Craig Sheehy (PNCFL President)
& Sandy Garcia (PNCFL Rep)
Awards:
 Friend of Foreign Language
 New Teacher of the Year
 Teacher of the Year
 Tribute to Vicki Robinson by: Paula Egan-Wright
Saturday, October 10, 2015
7:00-8:00
Registration:
8:00-9:45
Session XII
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Don’t forget to leave your PTSB form, completely filled out, hours added
up, and signed at the registration desk.
Please also fill out the conference feedback portion on the back. We
look at your suggestions and try to implement as many ideas as possible
into future conferences.
XII A: Co-
XII B: Rebecca Steele:
XII C: Jason Hendryx
Facilitators:
World Languages Day
Workshop
Empowering YOU to play with
world language: Fundamental
Considerations and Practical
Applications
Charles
Ewing &
Mary Ellen
IbarraRobinson
UW's World Languages
Day will celebrate its fourth
year in the spring of 2016.
As we continue to improve
the event, the input from
World Language instructors
PostSecondary around the state is
Articulation invaluable. For this session,
we would like to refine the
Meeting
competition guidelines and
judging criteria. We would
also like to determine a
theme for the upcoming
WLD. This session will be
structured as a workshop,
where we can discuss and
finalize each of these items.
In this interactive session participants
will be introduced to some basic
underlying principles of language play
and then provided a range of
representations of language play in
English and Chinese which exemplify
these principles. After participants have
experienced these language play
examples, they will be asked to 1)
develop several kinds of language play
for the world language(s) they currently
teach, and 2) explain where they might
employ language play in their curriculum
for most benefit and why. Participants
will receive a certificate of language play
completion and a list of references for
further reading at the end of the session.
10:00-10:40
Session XIII
10:50-11:50
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Making the World your Classroom: Educational Travel Panel (20
minutes)
*Leslie Boaz (Pre-Arranged Group Travel)
*Anne Underbrink (Teacher-Guided Travel)
*Diane Chamberlain (Teacher Arranged and Home Stay Travel)
 Post-Secondary Report (20 minutes)
A: Rebecca Steele: World Languages Day 2016
Come and find out what our theme is, why you should be there, and how to
prepare your students to get the most out of the World Languages Day
experience.
B: Martha Pero Halemba: Buy-In! What to do to help your students,
colleagues, & administrators be proficient in proficiency.
Session XIV Having trouble with your students, administrators, colleagues, and parents?
Learn how to be proactive in your district with some information and examples
to help you explain your proficiency-based classroom.
C: Jason Hendrix: Grammar Commercials: Considering the Possibilities
World Café
Activity
10 min.
rotation
at each
station
In this session participants will be introduced to the concept of a grammar
commercial for classroom instruction and then view an actual Chinese grammar
commercial. After viewing the Chinese grammar commercial, participants will
unpack the possible advantages and disadvantages of such an approach for the
teaching of grammar.
D: Ryan Beardall: The CLI Process: Aligning Curriculum to the New
World Language State Standards
Examine current examples of how to align your curriculum to match the
Curriculum Leadership Institute’s guidelines.
E: Leslie Boaz: Keys to the Classroom, “The Keys to Planning for
Learning”
Discuss the importance of planning and how to get the most out of your lessons.
All participants will receive a copy of the ACTFL “The Keys to Planning for
Learning” book.
F: Jaime Basham: Google Classroom
What can Google Classroom do for you? Come learn about this fun way to
interact with and share important documents with your students.
11:50-12:00
XV: Closing Remarks: Happy trails to you, until we meet again!
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Session XV
12:10-2:00
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Invitation to mark your calendars and join us in Casper next year.
Are you interested in helping with our WL Task Force? Come join
us right after the conference.
XVI: Task Force Luncheon/Meeting
Facilitator: Martha Pero Halemba
(To be held at the hotel)