Conference Sessions and Workshops
Thursday, September 25, 2014
9:00 – 11:30 Strand A: Concurrent Workshops
Session 1:
Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning
– Introduction to TELL
Presenter:
Lisa A. Harris, Virginia Department of
Education
What does a model foreign language teacher look like? Participants will use the
Virginia Foreign Language Professional Development Framework, the Virginia
Standards for the Professional Practice of Foreign Language Teachers (VSSPT/FL),
and the Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning Project (TELL) to identify and
explore characteristics of effective foreign language teachers.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Harrison 1
PR1, PR3
1
Thursday, September 25
Session 2:
30 Years and Counting: More Best Practices of
a Teacher Who Loves What She Does (Part 1)
Presenter:
Barbara Peterson, Breaking the
Barrier, Inc.
This workshop is back by popular demand! Participants will explore a wider variety of
topics, including practice, review, evaluation, grading, conversation and other
communicative activities, culture, individualization, projects, and best handouts. Leave
the workshop energized and with myriad activities and strategies to use in your
classroom on Monday and throughout the school year!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 3:
Secondary / All Languages
English
Harrison 2
P2, P8, LE7
There’s an App for That: Apps Every World
Language Teacher Should Have
Presenters: Sharon Scinicariello, University of
Richmond
Stacey Powell, Auburn University
Kristy Britt, University of South
Alabama
Mobile apps offer the possibility of “anytime, anywhere” organization and learning.
They can also increase exposure to the target language and culture, foster
collaboration and language production, and encourage lifelong learning.
Participants in this workshop will engage in hands-on exploration of useful apps for
world language teachers and students.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Harrison 3
LT1, LT2, LT3
2
Thursday, September 25
Session 4:
Using Authentic Spanish Literature in the
Middle and High School Spanish Language
Classroom: Strategies and Suggestions for
Teaching
Presenter:
Mario Núñez, Santillana USA
Publishing
During this workshop, participants will review the new Virginia Standards of
Learning (SOL) and its implications for Spanish teachers teaching Spanish in a world
language instructional model.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Elementary / Secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Harrison 4
P1, P2, LE5, LT1
Session 5:
Rencontre autour de l'album
Presenter:
Janine Kotwica, Centre André
François
L'album, qui s'adresse à l'adulte autant qu'à l'enfant, est un genre littéraire et
artistique à part entière qui acquiert, petit à petit, ses lettres de noblesse. Quelle est
sa place en milieu scolaire ? Quelles sont ses caractéristiques ? Le choix du critique,
bibliothécaire, ou enseignant, est-il une démarche subjective ou peut-il obéir à des
critères identifiables ? Comment le questionner pour en extraire la substantifique
moelle sans nuire à l'émotion et à la séduction du texte et des images ? Cette
rencontre vise à tenter de répondre à ces interrogations à partir de quelques titres
incontournables du paysage éditorial.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / French
French
Taylor 1
LT1, LT2, P2
3
Thursday, September 25
12:45 – 3:15 Strand B: Concurrent Workshops
Session 6:
Have a Real Conversation? Can-Do!
Presenter:
Norah Lulich Jones, Fluency Language
Consulting
Let’s take a fun and interactive look at the key elements of authentic interpersonal
speaking – training students to have realistic conversations instead of what can
seem like police interrogations! You will gain practical insights, objectives, and
lesson plans that integrate conversational elements with Can-Do Statements
(NCSSFL-ACTFL).
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 7:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Harrison 1
P3, P5, LE7, PF3
30 Years and Counting: More Best Practices of
a Teacher Who Loves What She Does (Part 2)
Presenter:
Barbara Peterson, Breaking the
Barrier, Inc.
This workshop is back by popular demand! Participants will explore a wider variety of
topics, including practice, review, evaluation, grading, conversation and other
communicative activities, culture, individualization, projects, and best handouts. Leave
the workshop energized and with myriad activities and strategies to use in your
classroom on Monday and throughout the school year!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Harrison 2
P2, P8, LE7
4
Thursday, September 25
Session 8:
An Introductory Workshop for Online
Language Teaching
Presenters: Kathryn Murphy-Judy, Virginia
Commonwealth University
Marlene Johnshoy, University of
Minnesota
Betsy Louis, Virtual Virginia
Brianne Moore-Adams, Virtual Virginia
Whether you are teaching fully or partially online language courses, this workshop,
led by three online practitioners, will walk you through the ins and outs, ups and
downs, of teaching online mainly at beginning and intermediate levels of the
secondary (I-IV) and post-secondary (first/second year) education.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 9:
Secondary / Post-Secondary/ All Languages
English
Harrison 3
P8, LT1, LT2, LT3
Pipiemus: Social Media and the Latin
Teacher
Presenter:
Jo Feingold, Lafayette High School
Let’s tweet! This session focuses on Twitter and other social media for the Latin
teacher. We will go through the steps of creating an account, finding people to
follow, searching effectively to find Latin content that does not pertain to salsa, and
curating your professional network using tools such as HootSuite.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Latin
English
Harrison 4
LT1, LT2, LT6
5
Thursday, September 25
Session 10:
How to Choose the Right Book for Your
French Class
Presenter:
Janine Kotwica, Centre André François
A specialist in French youth literature, Madame Janine Kotwica, will discuss the
fundamental question of the criteria to take into account when selecting books for
your students depending on their abilities and the goals you hope to achieve, Come
and learn how to evaluate books like an expert!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 11:
Elementary / Secondary / French
French
Taylor 1
P9, LT1
Murder, Romance and Fantasy
Presenter:
Cindie Kelly, Massaponax High School
Using The Niebelungenlied as a vehicle, participants will learn how to develop an
interdisciplinary unit that engages students in a wide range of activities addressing
history, geography, music, and cultural mores incorporating language development and
culminating with a student development project. Participants provided with samples and
handouts.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / German
German
Taylor 2
P2, P3, P7, LT1
6
Thursday, September 25
Session 12:
La música de la vida
Presenter:
María del Mar Torres Ruiz,
Embassy of Spain
¿Te suenan Serrat, Sabina, Aute, Rosana, Cecilia, o Mari Trini? En este entretenido
taller, conoceremos a los artistas y sus carreras musicales, analizaremos las letras
de sus canciones y reflexionaremos sobre los aspectos culturales que emanan de sus
temas más populares. La presentación tendrá un formato dinámico con el fin de
facilitar la participación activa de todos los participantes y se incluirán recursos
didácticos.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Spanish
Spanish
Taylor 1
P2, P9, LT1, LT5
3:30 – 6:00 Strand C: Concurrent Workshops
Session 13:
Stationenlernen with German Youth
Literature
Presenter: Natalie Eppelsheimer, Middlebury
College, Goethe-Institut Trainer Network
Participants will learn how to teach effectively with learning stations. They will
complete and reflect on a sample learning circle based on Elke Heidenreich’s Wissen,
was man will, followed by a discussion on possible set-ups, role-assignments, and
rules for station learning in the foreign language classroom. In the second part of the
workshop, participants will create their own station learning activities with short
texts.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s)
Secondary / Post-secondary / German
German
Harrison 1
P2, P7, P8, E5
7
Thursday, September 25
Session 14:
Calling All Web Designers
Presenter:
Shirley Hall, Ocean Lakes High School
Are you interested in creating a working website for your students? This is a
session for you. You will be presented with several websites that you can embed
into your class and then you will receive the opportunity to build your own.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 15:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Harrison 2
LT1, LT2, LT6
Operation LAPIS: Students Saving the World,
One Classroom at a Time
Presenter:
Emily Anne Lewis, Herndon High
School
This program will show how a student engages Operation LAPIS (game-based
learning) and utilizes its tools to personalize his/her learning experience. Attendees
will see the benefits game-based learning provides and then experience them
firsthand as they participate in a mission from Operation LAPIS from a student’s
perspective.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Latin
English
Harrison 3
P8, LE5, LT1,C5
8
Thursday, September 25
Session 16:
I get it! From Boring to Engaging: Using
Minicuentos to Teach Reading Strategies
Presenter:
Lily Anne Goetz, Longwood
University
Are your students bored or frustrated with incomprehensible literature
assignments? This interactive, hands-on session will give you strategies for using
minicuentos, authentic literary readings that offer a rich context for teaching reading
strategies. Participants will receive models and will produce lessons incorporating
pre-reading and post-reading activities that will motivate students and lead them to
that moment of insight when they ”get it” on their own. You are invited to bring a
short literary text for use during the workshop. Handouts and sample lesson plans
will be provided.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
VCCS Session 17:
All Levels / Spanish
Spanish
Harrison 4
P9, LE5, LE6
How to Be Ready for Cyber Snow Days:
Free Online Resources that Help Create
a Virtual Classroom
Presenter:
Takako Shigehisa, Northern Virginia
Community College
Severe winter weather caused schools to declare a high number of snow days this
year, which presented an opportunity for teachers to search and implement ways to
teach outside the classroom without changing the curriculum. The presenter will
share resources such as Nearpod, Blendspace, Leanist and more. Examples of student
engagement, outcome, and assessment will be shown. The presenter will
demonstrate, step by step, how to create a virtual classroom. By the end of the
session, the participants will create virtual lessons with multimedia components as
well as various interactive tools online that are free of charge. The participants are
strongly encouraged to bring their computers or tablets to this workshop.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
VCCS / Secondary / Post-secondary / All
Languages
English
Taylor 1
LT1, LT2, LT3, LT4
9
Friday, September 26
9:00 – 9:45 Strand D: Concurrent Sessions
Session 18:
MOPI Breakfast and Closing Session (7:45 9:45)
Presenter:
Lisa A. Harris, Virginia Department of
Education
This session will include a review of the process to apply for ACTFL certification as a
MOPI tester. The workshop is open only to teachers who attended the MOPI
pre-conference workshop.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 19:
Restricted to MOPI workshop participants
English
Room 11
PF1, PF2, PF3, PR2
Advocacy: A Toolkit!
Presenter:
Cindie Kelly, Massaponax High School
Interested in growing your advocacy skills? Are you ready to promote study,
learning, and use of all world languages? You may not realize it but every time you
share that you are a world language teacher you are advocating and advocacy
matters! In this session you will earn how to develop a toolkit to help you become a
more effective advocate with special focus on advocating within your community,
person-to-person, and via media. Handouts will be provided.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Harrison 3
C1, C4, C5, PR1, PR5
10
Friday, September 26
Session 20:
Sails of Liberty: Teaching around the
Hermoine Lafayette Voyage
Presenter:
Andree M. King, Alliance Française of
Charlottesville
This presentation will offer teachers Internet resources and e-communications with
paired classes in France to commemorate the crossing of the Hermione, Lafayette 's
frigate, a symbol of the Enlightenment shared by the American and the French
people up to today.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 21:
All Levels / French
English
Taylor 3
P9, LE6, LT3, C5
Going Further with Modern Connections
Presenter:
Shirley L. Hall, Ocean Lakes High
School
This presentation will look at creating units with a spin by finding modern
connections to the subject matter. Participants will also learn various approaches to
embed technology, games, and much more.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Latin
English
Taylor 4
P2, P7, P8
11
Friday, September 26
Session 22:
From Bored to Engaged: Teaching in a New
Age
Presenters: Elizabeth Williams, Battlefield High
School
Mallory Trowbridge, Battlefield High
School
Catherine Porter-Lucas, Battlefield
High School
The participants will experience a variety of new and familiar engaging instructional
strategies that are easily adapted to any grade level or subject to provide
differentiation for all learners. Please join us and create your own activity to take
back to your classroom for immediate use.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 23:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Ampitheatre
P4, LT1, LT2, LT3
Standards Based Learning Duolingo
Presenters: Kimberly A. Martinez, Salem High
School
Paola Brinkley, Salem High School
Are your students able to participate successfully in a spontaneous conversation in
the target language? Standards based learning combined with duolingo in the
classroom incorporates listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities to meet
the three modes of communication. The recycling of information and repetitive
practice will improve students’ ability to utilize the target language.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room D
LE7, LT2
12
Friday, September 26
Session 24:
Flipping the World Language Classroom:
Tools for Instructors and Individual Student
Learning and Practice: Part I
Presenter:
Greg Rivera, Cengage Learning, Lorain
County Community College
What exactly is flipping the world languages classroom? We will define flipping the
classroom and talk about how flipping the classroom allows you to be creative and
engage students. We will focus on using the language, not just talking about it,
planning out activities, and some tools of the trade. These online tools include
solutions for: collaboration/community, creating presentations, student production,
social interaction, sharing of content and cultural immersion.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 25:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room H
LT 1, LT 2, LT3
Motivating Students to Learn German by
Staging Well-Known German Texts on Film
and Stage
Presenters: John F. Reynolds, Longwood
University
Carrie Collenburg-Gonzales, Longwood
University
Brett Martz, Longwood University
Using excerpts from German and Austrian plays, adapted and performed by
students of German, the session will demonstrate how works by major German
authors can be used successfully to motivate students to pursue further study of
German and, by performing the works, increase their language proficiency.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / German
German
Room I
P9, LE6, LE7, LT1
13
Friday, September 26
Session 26:
Usage of English-Derived Loan Words by
Native Japanese Speakers Who Live in the
United States
Presenter:
Miwa Takeda, Former Graduate
Student, Waseda University
この発表は、アメリカに暮らす日本語母語話者が使う、英語
由来の外来語を調査・分析したものです。例えば、日本で「
チャイルドシート」と呼ばれているものは、アメリカでは「
カーシート」と呼ばれることが多々あります。このような外
来語使用における差異を、アメリカ在住の日本人およそ60人
に対する調査から収集し、年齢・性別・英語への習熟度等を
軸としてまとめました。この発表では、実証的に言葉の変化
を観察するための見方を同時に解説してゆきます。普段から
使い、教えている日本語という言語がどのような姿をしてい
るか見直し、再発見することを楽しんでいただければと思い
ます。
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
PR2, PR3
14
Friday, September 26
Session 27:
Spanish Culture in the Classroom:
Scholarship Presentation
Presenter:
Alexandra Shourds, Powhatan
School
Come explore ways to introduce students to current events and cultural aspects of
Spain. Through photos, technology, and experiences students will catch a glimpse of
daily life in Spain. Culturally rich resources will explore a variety of topics including
popular television shows, clothing styles and trends, architecture, history, and
typical food eaten in Spain. This will be an interactive session and handouts will be
provided.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 28:
Elementary / Secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 2
P2, LE5, LT1, LT3
The eTextbook Revolution and Your
Classroom
Presenter: Steve Giroux, Teacher’s Discovery
The magic, passion and human instinct a teacher brings into the four walls of a
classroom cannot be replaced or even mimicked by a computer. The Voces® vision
is to integrate technology into the real classroom, enhancing student understanding
of culture how it manifests itself in the Spanish language. Here is how Voces®
eTextbooks -in your hands- make it happen. Let's spend less on textbooks and more
on teachers. [eTextbooks for Intro Spanish, Spanish 1 and 2.]
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Spanish
English
Room 3
LT1, LT3, P9
15
Friday, September 26
Session 29:
Promoting French Language Study by
Supporting French Teachers
Presenters: Jean-Claude Duthion, Embassy of
France
Céline Jobé, Embassy of France
This session will provide teachers of French with updates and information on the
actions of the Educational Services Department of the French Embassy. A variety of
programs designed for the professional development of teachers of French will be
presented: workshops organized throughout the year with the goal of helping
teachers hone their skills and connect with each other on the local level; short-term
pedagogical grants for study at specialized centers in France; summer universities
lasting 3 to 5 days; the creation of a distance learning module to help teachers
expand their knowledge of contemporary France. The Embassy also offers a variety
of other tools to support the teaching of French: partnerships with schools in
France; information on accessing pedagogical resources; help organizing contests
and large events; hosting French-language teaching assistants; and support for
French immersion programs.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / French
French
Room 8
LT6, C5, PR2, PR3, PR4
16
Friday, September 26
Session 30:
Great Apps for All Language Learners
Presenter:
Kholoud Mayees, Hylton High
School
How does one design effective lessons that integrate technology and fully involve
students? This session will help teachers gear their instruction toward a more
student-centered classroom and to use more performance based assessments.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 31:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 12
P1, P2, P3, P8
Teacher-Made Stories to Promote Literacy
Presenters: Elizabeth Stickley, Loudoun
County Public Schools
Sarah Sierralta, Loudoun County
Public Schools
Yuliel Cruz, Loudoun County
Public Schools
Ever try to find just the right book to supplement your lesson only to find that not
one quite supports what you have taught? In this Best Practices presentation, you
will learn how to use curricular themes to increase student literacy through simple
teacher-written stories with interactive comprehension activities.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Elementary / Secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 15
E4, P1, P2, P3
17
Friday, September 26
VCCS Session 32:
Mi amigo quiere subjuntivo
Presenter:
Miguel A. Lechuga, Germanna
Community College
Students often find learning the subjunctive mood challenging and frustrating. The
presenter has developed an easy, fun, and successful way to present this concept.
The presenter will share the method he developed and the attendees will leave
ready to teach this concept to their own students.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 33:
VCCS / All Levels / Spanish / French / Italian
English
Room 16
P2, LE5, LE7
Exploring the Rich Historical Heritage of the
Storytelling and Music of Senegal
Presenter:
Francesca Chery, Fred M. Lynn Middle
School
As a recent participant in the Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Program to
Senegal, the presenter intends to share her experience and knowledge of the
Senegalese oral tradition by incorporating authentic materials that facilitate the
understanding of relationships among cultural products, practices, and
perspectives. In this session, the teachers will explore and experience the role of
oral traditions and folklore in the West African culture, specifically Senegal, through
music and realia. They will have the opportunity to analyze and experience several
traditional instruments from Senegal and recreate a storytelling circle where
students are encouraged to communicate in the target language. In order to
facilitate a deeper understanding, a Kirikou unit as well as several learning and
interactive tools that incorporate all three modes of communication will be shared.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / French
French
Room 17
P9, E4, LT1, LT2
18
Friday, September 26
Session 34:
Experiential Learning: Language Immersion
and Service Learning Opportunities
Presenter:
Jenni Williams, Education First
Looking for ways to engage students in authentic use of the target language? Learn
about language immersion programs in China, France, Spain, and Costa Rica and
service learning programs worldwide that immerse students in the local
community. Join us to discuss how to make this possible for your students!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Room 18
C5, LE5, LE6, LE7
10:00 – 10:45 Strand E: Concurrent Sessions
Session 35:
HOT Collaborative Assessments
Presenter:
JoAna Smith, Nottoway County Public
Schools
Attendees will learn strategies to assist in incorporating group assessments using
higher order thinking in the world language classroom. The assessments will
incorporate Marzano strategies, TIP (teacher innovation progression),
differentiation (for ESL and GT students), rubrics, and Project Based Learning.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Harrison 3
PF1, PF2, PF3
19
Friday, September 26
VCCS Session 36:
Bringing Language to Life: Practical and Fun
Strategies for Active Teaching and Learning
Presenter:
Gabriela Christie -Toletti, Tidewater
Community College
World language instructors will explore ways to achieve active teaching and
learning that emphasizes the students’ participation in the learning process by
creating an environment that continuously encourages students to apply their
linguistic knowledge while acquiring intercultural understanding. Attendees will
learn successful learner-centered activities that use varied strategies designed to
accommodate different learning styles and interests.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 37:
VCCS / All Levels/ All Languages
English
Harrison 4
P2, P7, P8, LE5
From Front Royal to Charleville: Making the
Global Connection
Presenter:
Heidi Trude, Skyline High School
Students, teachers, administrators, parents, and the community all stand to benefit
from international school partnerships. This session will examine ways to extend
learning opportunities for students through the creation of international school
partnerships. Participants will also learn strategies and ideas to ensure the success
of the partnership.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Taylor 3
LE7, LT1, LT2, C5
20
Friday, September 26
Session 38:
In Medias Res: Cultural Context and
Language Acquisition in the Latin Classroom
Presenter:
Jacquelyn Wilkins, William Byrd High
and Middle Schools
Integrating culture into the Latin classroom is often relegated to toga-wrapping and
feast days. In this session, participants will see how authentic Roman cultural
integration can occur in every level of Latin to support and enrich language
acquisition. Examples will be examined and then participants will design a project.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 39:
Secondary / Latin
English
Taylor 4
P9, LE6, LT3
Revised 2014 Foreign Language Standards of
Learning
Presenter:
Lisa A. Harris, Virginia Department of
Education
What is new and different in the revised Foreign Language Standards of Learning?
The participants will receive an overview of changes to the SOL and engage in
conversation with the VDOE Specialist for Foreign Languages on the revised
standards.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Elementary / Secondary / All Languages
English
Ampitheatre
P1, PR3, PR4
21
Friday, September 26
Session 40:
Teaching the Lesson with Meaningful Input
Strategies
Presenter:
Sharon B. Hahnlen, Liberty University
Participants will explore ways to provide opportunities for students to engage in
cultural observation (products and practices) and analysis (perspectives) of both
the new and the students’ own cultures. This session will offer high-yield strategies
to help students achieve daily performance objectives. Various aspects and theories
of input will be highlighted.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 41:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room D
LE4, LE5, LE6
Native Arab Students’ Perception of Diglossia
Presenter:
Hezi Brosh, United States Naval
Academy
Perceptions and beliefs of Arab students who study Modern Standard Arabic
regarding diglossia, the gap between the spoken and the written varieties of the
language, were collected through a questionnaire and follow-up semi-structured
interviews with thirty Israeli Arab students in the 12th grade and their teachers.
Come to the session and learn the results of this amazing research project.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / Arabic
English
Room F
C5, PR2, PR3
22
Friday, September 26
Session 42:
Flipping the World Language Classroom:
Tools for Instructors and Individual Student
Learning and Practice: Part I
Presenter:
Andrew Tabor, Cengage Learning
We will take the concepts and technologies learned in the first part of this session
and put them to use. We will create a flipped lesson plan for one chapter of a
language textbook, keeping these questions in mind:
• What content will students consume outside of the classroom?
• Will you try to use or transform content you already have?
• Will you leverage some of the great content already available by textbook
publishers or on the Internet?
• How will you spend class time once students have taken in the assigned materials
prior to class?
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 43:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room H
LT 1, LT 2, LT3
Deutschlandmusik Was ist jetzt “in”? Update
your German Music Collection
Presenter: David Gardner, Warwick High School
The world of music is an ever-changing world. Styles come and go. What was
popular when you wrote that lesson plan or last went to Germany is not necessarily
what kids are listening to today. Make sure that you stay on top of the current
trends in popular culture.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / German
German
Room I
P9, LT1, LT3
23
Friday, September 26
Session 44:
The Virginia Governor's Japanese Academy
Presenter:
Sachiko Sakamaki, Landstown High
School
This session provides in-depth information on the Japanese Academy, one of the
Virginia Governor's Foreign Language Academies, a three-week summer intensive
language program for high school students in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As
high school teachers of the Academy students, or college instructors of their future
students, the audience will find this session quite interesting. A brief background
and history of the Academy and an explanation of how the program is organized and
operated will be presented. Examples of unique activities that are not restricted by
traditional instructional settings in a regular classroom will be shared.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 45:
Secondary / Post-secondary / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
LE5, LE6, LE7, C5
Speak Up: Promoting Active Use of the Target
Language
Presenter:
Norma J. Hernandez, Northumberland
County Schools
Get your students engaged and talking in the target language with classroom
activities that are exciting, communicative, purposeful, fun, and drive your students
towards proficiency.
Audience:
Language:
Location:
TELL Correlations:
Secondary / Post-secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 2
P2, P8, LE5, LE7
24
Friday, September 26
Session 46:
Music and Movement: A Powerful Tool for
Language Learning
Presenter:
Andres Salguero, ¡Uno,Dos,
Tres con Andrés!
Singing songs is a great way to teach new vocabulary and develop speaking skills.
With movement, kids retain new vocabulary by engaging kinetic memory…plus, it’s
fun! Join us to sing and dance songs in Spanish both old and new that you can use to
support language learning for your students.
Audience:
Languages of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 47:
Elementary / Spanish
Spanish and English
Room 3
P2, LE6, E4, LT1
The Essential Question: The Glue That Binds
Our Lessons
Presenter:
Elizabeth Sacco, EMC Publishing
21st Century Learning suggests that as World Language Teachers, we create lessons
framed by an essential question. These questions anchor our lessons and promote
those all-important critical thinking skills as they investigate social issues, all
required by the Common Core State Standards. In this session we will explore how
to successfully implement the use of essential questions from inception to
assessment, highlighting activities from EMC's new World Language Programs,
T'es branché? and ¡Qué chévere!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Room 8
P3, PR4
25
Friday, September 26
Session 48:
Complete Guide to Successful Implementation
of Contextualized, Communicative Projects in
the Target Language
Presenter:
Olivia Exum, Goochland County Public
Schools
Investigative projects add relevance, authenticity, and maximize engagement, but
implementation may seem daunting or chaotic. In addition to receiving two ready-to
implement project plans, colleagues will interact to create new projects, feel the
benefits of these real-world, collaborative experiences, and learn how to
successfully provide students these opportunities.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 49:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 12
P2, C1, C5, LT2
Zorro and FUYJI Monster Make the Preterit
Tense Easy
Presenter:
Virginia H. Wright, WP High School
Learning the preterit tense with all its rules is easy and fun with FUJYI land
mnemonic storyboard. Take your students on an adventure through the land of
FUYJI to learn and enjoy the rules of the Spanish preterit tense. The participants will
leave with exciting materials to use in their own classes.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / Spanish
English
Room 15
P2, P7, LT1, LT2
26
Friday, September 26
VCCS Session 50:
Analyzing Student Interaction in the Distance
Learning Classroom
Presenter:
Eric-Gene J. Shrewsbury, Patrick Henry
Community College
Empirical data from a 2011 case study of students taking Spanish through distance
learning will be presented with discussion of the results. In response to the study’s
outcomes, the researcher explains his application of these results as motivation to
transition from using Blackboard discussion and voice boards to using groups
offered in Facebook to increase the quantity and quality of student interactions
while also providing exposure to authentic material. The researcher will also
discuss techniques in course management used for his distance learning and face-toface courses that include OneNote, iAnnotate, and bContext.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 51:
VCCS / All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 16
LT1, C5, PR3
Comment se servir de l'authentique
Presenter:
Catherine Mazzola, Appomattox
Regional Governor’s School
Learn how to build a lesson centered on an authentic document and turn your
students into language detectives. Teach your students to study and hypothesize
based on how they see the language is used so that they can build their own
understanding of how a certain grammar concept works. In the process, brush up
on your French pedagogical vocabulary. This lesson planning approach is based on
the methods recommended by the Alliance Française of Bordeaux during a Stage
Pédagogique in the summer of 2013.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / French
French
Room 17
P2, P8, LE5
27
Friday, September 26
Session 52:
Discover Languages: More than Just a Song
and a Dance
Presenters: Sean Smallman, Plaza Middle School
Ken Yeatts, Great Neck Middle School
Shirley Hall, Ocean Lakes High School
Discover Languages Month and National Foreign Language Week should be
celebrated with activities in every school that promote the benefits of learning
languages; however, this does not happen in many schools. Why are these events
important? How does one motivate one’s community to participate, or tie projects to
standards and objectives? Gain ideas for making it happen!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 18
E4, C1, C4, C5
11:00 – 11:45 Strand F: Concurrent Sessions
Session 53:
Reach and Teach All Students
Presenter:
Norah L. Jones, Vista Higher Learning
Engage with authentic short films, contemporary culture, crafted video tutorials,
and instructional design. Experience innovative digital tools for 21st. Century as
students to watch, listen, speak, write, personalize communication, and grow in
confidence. Explore how all of these innovative tools and content lead to powerful
teaching, mentoring, assessment, and evaluation.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / All Languages
English
Harrison 3
P2, LE5, LE7, PF1, LT1
28
Friday, September 26
Session 54:
How to Bridge the Gap Between High School
and College World Language Classes
Presenter:
Angela Leruth, College of William and
Mary
This session identifies appropriate strategies for preparing high school students to
adapt and to succeed in the college world language-learning environment. The
attendees will explore ways to develop greater interaction between local high
school and college language learners including mentorship structures.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 55:
Secondary / College / University / All
Languages
English
Harrison 4
P5, LE7, C1, C5
BYOD: Language Learning Goes Mobile
Presenter:
Jennifer Carson, Virginia Beach City
Public Schools
Harness the power of student-owned smartphones and tablets to promote
engagement and collaboration in the world language classroom. Learn how one
school district's Bring Your Own Device policy facilitates language learning. Bring
your own device and join in!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Taylor 3
LT1, LT2, LT3, LE5
29
Friday, September 26
Session 56:
Something Fishy This Way Comes: The How
and Why of Garum
Presenter:
Lori M. Kissell, Liberty High School
Garum was the ubiquitous condiment and spice of the Roman world. Come discover
the production, trade, and uses of this product. Samples available for adventurous
types to taste.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 57:
All Levels / Latin
English
Taylor 4
LE6, LT3
Stop Testing and Start Assessing: Linking
Assessment with Learning
Presenter:
Arnold Bleicher, ACTFL OPI
Tester/Trainer and AAPPL Measure
Lead Trainer
Testing? Assessing? Formative? Summative? Performance? Proficiency?
New terms recently introduced in the World Languages community appear to have
blurred the lines between Proficiency and Performance. This session will focus on
clearing up the confusion and will bring to light the subtle differences between
Performance and Proficiency and how they work together, not in opposition.
There are direct implications for classroom instruction and, in particular on
assessing student progress in the acquisition of languages. We will; explore ideas on
how to determine if a sample is on level and address the scoring of student samples.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Ampitheatre
PF1, PF2, PF4
30
Friday, September 26
Session 58:
Discovering Chinese Pro: Creating a Holisitic
iPad Classroom
Presenter:
Helen Yung, Better Chinese LLC
Got iPads? Make Mandarin-learning interactive and effective for 1:1 learning or
group work on both iPads and PCs. Discovering Chinese Pro is a comprehensive,
four-year iPad curriculum for instructional delivery that engages students anytime,
anywhere from any web-enabled device. Learn to use administrative tools to
message, assign homework, grade, track student performance, and manage students
through one interface. Come and hear how to implement best practices in Chinese
iPad classrooms
Audience:
Languages of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 59:
Secondary / Chinese
English and Chinese
Room B
LT4, LT5
Learn how Reading and Speaking in the
Target Language Can Energize Your
Classroom
Presenter:
Effie Evans Hall, Woodgrove High
School
Feeling stale? Learn Effie’s two simple systems to help you jumpstart the energy
level in YOUR classroom. The Euro Project (keeping students in the target language)
and the Reading Project (starting each class with five minutes of reading studentselected material) provide an environment where passive language acquisition
enhances learning.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels/ All Languages
English
Room D
P2, LE4, LE7, LT1
31
Friday, September 26
Session 60:
Integrated Approach to Teaching Arabic:
Evidence from the Field
Presenter:
Marie-Claude Thomas, United States
Naval Academy
Diglossia is a situation in which two distinct varieties of Arabic are used by native
speakers. This linguistic situation has implications for natives and non-natives. How
do instructors decide what to teach first? The modern standard Arabic or the
spoken variety? In this session, the presenter will share an integrated approach and
the problems that it brings.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 61:
Secondary / Post-secondary / Arabic
English
Room F
LE7, PR2
Experience Culture in the Classroom:
Performing Rakugo
Presenter:
Manako Fujiwara, George Mason
University
This session introduces a cultural reading course called Readings in Japanese Culture
where students perform Rakugo as the final project. Through vocabulary building
and grammar exercises, students read and learn three major genres of Japanese
culture: fairy tales: Tsuru no ongaesh), myths: Shinwa, and traditional comical story
telling: Rakugo. By reading Tsuru no ongaeshi students cultivate an understanding of
the unique Japanese concept of On. Through the reading of Shinwa, students learn
the legend of how Japan was created, and how it is related to Shinto. In the Rakugo
reading, students learn to not only read the script and enjoy it, but they also have an
opportunity to perform an original piece following its traditions.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
P9, LE5, LE6, PF1
32
Friday, September 26
Session 62:
Tuning in to Authentic Spanish
Presenter:
Virginia Flores, Midlothian High School
Diana Erazo, Cosby High School
Expand the use of music in the Spanish classroom utilizing authentic Spanishlanguage music to teach grammar, vocabulary, culture, and real world issues and
events that align with AP and IB themes. Go beyond the simple worksheets or
listening activity to create thematic units or projects employing a variety of
technological tools.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 63:
Secondary / Post-secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 2
P1, P2, P3, LT1, LT3
News and Networking: Mobile-Ready Access
to Spanish and French Culture
Presenter:
Dan Battisti, Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt
News and Networking gives your students access to high-interest, age-appropriate
articles and video updated throughout the year. No need to spend time searching.
Activities to support the articles and videos are included. Students share comments
via a monitored blog. All participants will receive mobile-ready access to this site!
Audience:
Languages of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Spanish / French
English, Spanish and French
Room 3
P9, LT1, LT3
33
Friday, September 26
VCCS Session 64:
Reuse, Recycle, and Regain Their
Attention with Songs
Presenter:
Cristina Sparks-Early, Northern
Virginia Community College
Songs are a phenomenal way to recycle vocabulary and grammar and to engage
students in the world language classroom. Additionally, songs help students make
cultural connections, reach the auditory learner, and add energy to a non-energetic
day. The participants will explore numerous Spanish language songs that they will
want to use in the classrooms on Monday!
Audience:
Languages of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 65:
VCCS / All Levels / All languages
English and Spanish
Room 8
P2, P8, LE7, LT1
Going beyond PowerPoint and YouTube:
Websites and Apps for German Teachers
Presenter:
Marcel Rotter, University of Mary
Washington
The session familiarizes participants with websites and apps that help economize
prep time for German teachers, facilitate student interaction, and access authentic
German resources.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / German
German
Room 11
P9, LT1, LT2, LT3
34
Friday, September 26
Session 66:
Imagination Vacation: Using Virtual Trips to
Give Your Students the World
Presenter:
Autumn Yates, Edlin School
Have you ever longed to give your students an opportunity to use their language and
cultural skills in another country? Now you can, without ever leaving your
classroom! Learn how to design an imaginary international field trip, combining
vocabulary and culture into an exciting experience that your students will never
forget.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 67:
Elementary / All Languages
English
Room 12
LE5, LE6, LE7, LT1
Creating Authentic Learning Contexts
Presenter:
Wendy W. Amato, WorldStrides
Session participants will explore a provided resource kit and collaborate on various
uses and applications. Participants will receive templates for creating classroom
personas, activities to develop personal connections to descriptive language and
idioms, materials for cross-disciplinary lessons, guides for a range of technology
integration, and assessment rubrics. Leave this session with renewed passion for
teaching!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Room 15
P2, P3, P7, P8
35
Friday, September 26
Session 68:
Differentiating Instruction by Using Creative
Stations in the Target Language
Presenters: Gisele Vazquez Falls, Tallwood High
School
Tina Treptor, Ocean Lakes High School
In this session, attendees will learn how to set up interactive, student-centered
stations using a variety of strategies that range from the simple to the complex,
while engaging students in the target language.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 69:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 16
P2, P8, LE4, E5
Immigration espagnole au cours des Trente
Glorieuses à travers l'étude du film Les
femmes du 6ème étage
Presenter:
Isabelle Reeves, St. Anne’s Belfield
The recent film Les femmes du 6ème étage focuses on the issue of Spanish
immigration in the sixties in France, and could be used as part of a bigger unit on
immigration. In order to grasp the full meaning of the film better, students need to
have a better understanding of the nature of immigration that was taking place at
the time and also to familiarize themselves with the type of society France was in
the sixties. In addition, students will benefit from a short but effective overview of
the 19th Century Parisian renovations led by the Baron Haussmann. The Internet,
used effectively, can provide engaging previewing activities. This session will show
participants how to design a civilization unit based on different media - in this case,
film and Internet. The presenter will share practical lesson plans with the audience.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / French
French
Room 17
P2, P9, LE6, LT3
36
Friday, September 26
Session 70:
Task-Based Learning and Assessment:
Strategies and Recommendations
Presenter:
Lamiaa Youssef, Norfolk State
University
This session presents an overview of task-based instruction. It provides rationales,
strategies, and recommendations for the effective use of task-based activities and
assessments in the world language classroom.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 18
P2, P7, P8
12:00-2:00 Affiliate Organization Luncheons
Session 71:
VFSLA Luncheon
Presenter:
Suzette Wyhs, VFSLA President
This business luncheon serves as the fall meeting for those who serve as district
Supervisors of World Languages in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Membership
varies depending on the size of the program in each district. New members are
always welcome. Open only to supervisors who preregistered for the luncheon.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Foreign Language Supervisors
English
Room A
C5, LT6
37
Friday, September 26
VCCS Session 72:
VCCS Luncheon and Opening Session
Presenters: Annette Waggoner, FLAVA President
Abigail Stonerock, Director of Faculty
Development, Virginia Community
College System
Ty Corbin, Dean of Educational
Support Services, J. Sergeant Reynolds
Community College
Miguel Lechuga, WL Peer Group Chair
The luncheon is open only to VCCS World Language Peer Group members who
preregistered for the FLAVA Conference. Dr. Stonerock will provide greetings
and remarks. Dr. Corbin, a member of the VCCS Faculty Evaluation Workgroup, will
discuss important components of the New Evaluation System. A new WL Peer
Group Chair will be elected.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 73:
VCCS World Languages Peer Group
English
Auditorium
C5, LT6
AATF Luncheon
Presenter:
Fabrice Teulon, AATF President
This business luncheon serves as the fall meeting for AATF Virginia Members. New
members are always welcome. Open only to members who preregistered for the
luncheon.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
AATF Members
French
Room H
C5, LT6
38
Friday, September 26
Session 74:
CAV Luncheon
Presenter:
Fred Franko, CAV President
This is a luncheon for teachers of Latin and classics in Virginia. New members are
always welcome. Open only to members who preregistered for the luncheon.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
CAV Members
English
Room 4
C5, LT6
2:00 – 2:45 Strand G: Concurrent Sessions
Session 75:
What’s Flex Anyway? Examining an
Exploratory World Language Model for
Elementary School
Presenters: Keisha Baylor, Newport News Public
Schools
Briana Basset Camden, Newport News
Public Schools
Many exploratory world language models are available, but how do they translate to
elementary school? How can one engage elementary school students in language
learning beyond providing worksheets, stories, and songs? The presenters will
share and effective district model that utilizes smart technology that they developed
over the past three years.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Elementary / All Languages
English
Harrison 3
P6, LT1, LT6
39
Friday, September 26
Session 76:
Increase Student Engagement Through
Games
Presenter:
Rosemary Carpenter, Poquoson High
School
This session will feature ways to create fun and excitement about learning
vocabulary and grammar using a variety of games and competitions. Attendees will
leave armed with new games and strategies to begin implementing in their
classrooms immediately.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 77:
Elementary / Secondary / All Languages
English
Harrison 4
P2, LE5
Spanish Immersion in High School:
Communication and Culture Learning
through Communities
Presenter:
Lucy Welbourn Johnson, University of
Virginia
This session will review key findings of a doctoral study related to the role of peer/
teacher communities and Spanish-speaking communities in the development of
second language proficiency and cross-cultural awareness. Foreign language,
Immersion and ELL educators and administrators alike are invited to explore the
implications for their own practice.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / All Languages
English
Taylor 3
PR3
40
Friday, September 26
Session 78:
Teaching Latin Poetry to Twenty-first Century
Teens
Presenter:
Cygnet Steer, Virginia Tech
When Latin students first encounter poetry, they can become confused and
frustrated. Often they begin to view poetry as simply awkward prose. I propose
methods of approaching poetry to help avoid the frustration, and to enable the
students to appreciate the subtlety and beauty of poetry.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 79:
Secondary / Post-secondary / Latin
English
Taylor 4
P9, LE5, LE6
Thinking on Your Feet, Making Connections,
and Communicative Activities
Presenter:
Victoria Bryant, Miller School of
Albemarle
In this session, ideas will be shared on ways to create ongoing activities that create a
sense of safety and community through consistency and clear expectations.
Examples of diaries, warm ups, and ways to maximize the use of the target language
will be provided. A Google Drive will be shared and edited by all during the session.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Ampitheatre
C5, LT6
41
Friday, September 26
Session 80:
Modern Chinese: An Innovative, Introductory
College Program
Presenter:
Helen Yung, Better Chinese LLC
Learn about Modern Chinese《現代中文》, a new, AP and ACTFL aligned college
curriculum that gets students reading and speaking Chinese faster. Preview the
innovative lesson-story approach, clear grammar instruction, and multimedia
components. Come and see how language educators across the country are using
Modern Chinese to engage their high school and college students with authentic and
relative content in contemporary Chinese society.
Audience:
Languages of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 81:
Secondary / Post-secondary /Chinese
Chinese and English
Room B
P1, P9, LT1, LT2
Leveling the Playing Field: When Classroom
Differentiation Is Not Enough – An Easy,
Functional Solution for Schools
Presenter:
Olivia Exum, Goochland County Public
Schools
Is the mix of abilities in your world languages class proving discouraging for
students, despite your well-designed, differentiated plans and materials? Learn how
students at a rural Virginia school proposed diversifying their world language
learning environments and brought new options to their school, equitably serving
all types of learners without increasing costs!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Room D
P4
42
Friday, September 26
VCCS Session 82:
Teaching Arabic Pronunciation
Presenter:
Sana N. Hilmi, Northern Virginia
Community College
The presenter will demonstrate different strategies used to teach pronunciation in
Arabic or any other languages. The presenter will share the Arabic alphabet, its
phonemes, and pronunciation. The presenter will share methods that are used to
differentiate between similar sounds in Arabic. The presenter will provide tips and
approaches to help students produce some difficult sounds.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 83:
VCCS / All Levels / Arabic
English
Room F
P2, LE7
Enter an Authentic Environment!
Presenters: Hiromi Lamberson, Green Run High
School
Mai Fujii, Bayside High School
This session explores creative ways to use Skype, Edmodo, and other digital tools in
the classroom. Those apps have many possibilities to challenge students, while
taking them away from the closed classroom environment and bringing them into
the real world.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
LT1, LT2, LT3
43
Friday, September 26
Session 84:
Project-based Learning: Cultura
afrolatina
Presenter:
Josie Sevilla, Grafton High School
This session will provide an overview of effective strategies that will enable
attendees to enrich the cultural component of their courses by incorporating afrolatino culture into regular units of study.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 85:
Secondary / Spanish
English
Room 2
P7, LE4, LT3
Using Animoto in the Classroom
Presenters: Anita Knight, Patrick County High
School
Angela Rose, Patrick County High
School
This session will focus on the use of the Animoto program in the classroom as a
technological resource to enhance instruction. The presenters will share valuable
strategies and activities that you can begin to implement immediately.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 3
LT2, LT3
44
Friday, September 26
Session 86:
Going beyond Bratwurst and Sauerkraut at
the Virginia Governor’s German Academy
Presenter:
Bettina Staudt, Jamestown High School
This session will be a summary of a German teacher’s experience at the Virginia
Governor’s German Academy at Washington and Lee University, hoping to
encourage other educators to become part of the program and to promote this
wonderful opportunity for students in their respective school divisions.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 87:
Secondary / German
German
Room 8
LE5, C5, LT6, PR3
AATF Virginia Welcomes Fabrice Bracq
Presenter:
Fabrice Teulon, AATF President
Come see Fabrice Bracq present his short-film Diagnostic, as shown at the VCU 2014
French Film Festival. After the film, participate in an interview with the director.
Dr. Semyc is a specialist of a widespread disease for which there is no cure to date.
To announce the diagnosis is a difficult exercise, that he however has mastered to
perfection. Le Dr Semyc est un spécialiste d'une maladie très répandue pour
laquelle il n'existe aucun traitement à ce jour. Annoncer le diagnostic est donc un
exercice délicat qu'il maitrise à la perfection.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / French
French
Room 11
PR2, PR3
45
Friday, September 26
Session 88:
Using Integrated Performance Assessments
Presenter:
Mary O’Donnell, James Madison
University
In this session, participants will see an overview of how they might use the ACTFL
Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) to prepare thematic units incorporating
materials from world language textbooks. Specific examples will be shared.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
VCCS Session 89:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 12
P3, P6, PF1, PF3
How We Teach Difficult Grammar Topics in
the Spanish Class
Presenters: Alexander Scott, Virginia Western
Community College
Thelma Simpson, Virginia Western
Community College
The presenters will discuss and share ideas that they use to teach difficult grammar
topics with a student-centered approach that helps to develop listening, oral,
written, and reading skills. A cultural component is integrated with each lesson. The
practical issues of day-to-day lesson planning to develop teaching skills that
promote student motivation through positive reinforcement will be emphasized.
The session will be conducted in Spanish.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
VCCS / All Levels / Spanish
Spanish
Room 16
P2, P3, P8, LE6
46
Friday, September 26
Session 90:
Get to Know Van Gogh!
Presenter:
Beth Marshall, Riverbend High School
Looking to pique the interest of your right-brain learners in the classroom? This
session will present the history of Vincent Van Gogh's life growing up in Holland and
ending in France. We will study his unique artistic style and give specific lessons on
how to introduce Van Gogh into your classroom through activities such as puzzles,
pastel drawings, a virtual art museum visit, or even playing a game of "Pin the ear on
Vincent". Lessons will target a variety of levels from beginning French classes up to
AP. Participants in the session will brainstorm on the many ways to use art and art
history in daily lessons, and even have an opportunity to create their own
masterpiece.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 91:
Elementary / Secondary / French
French
Room 17
P2, P7, P8, LT1
Speak Naturally: Using Unscripted Language
Videos in the Classroom
Presenter:
George Van den Bergh,
Thisislanguage.com
Finding authentic language videos on websites such as Youtube is a challenge. Are
they relevant to the curriculum? Are they appropriate for the students’ age and
ability? In this session attendees will use www.thislanguage.com to find quality
videos and incorporate them into lessons to improve students’ oral and aural skills.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Room 18
P9, LE7, LT1, LT2
47
Friday, September 26
3:00 – 3:45 Strand H: Concurrent Sessions
Session 92:
Spending Too Much Time on Discipline?
Presenter:
Jeannine Tate, Timetoteach.com
Do you have students who are taking up valuable teaching time? Learn practical
classroom management strategies that eliminate repeated warnings, requests, and
low level disturbances. This approach teaches behavioral expectations and provides
a model to show students how to take responsibility for their own behavior.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 93:
Elementary / Secondary / All Languages
English
Harrison 3
E1, E2, E3
Dare to Differentiate: First-Step Strategies
for the World Language Classroom
Presenters: Karlena Sakas, John Handley High
School
Sarah Elliston, John Handley High
School
Eric Echelberger, John Handley High
School
Looking for new and improved ways to reach even more of your language learners,
whether they are advanced, on grade level, or struggling? The presenters will
review the basics, then share strategies in this interactive session led by one Latin
and two German teachers.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Harrison 4
E1, P1, P2, P8
48
Friday, September 26
Session 94:
Academic Vocabulary and ELLs: Unlocking
the Puzzle
Presenters: Deanna Nisbet, Regent University
Evie Tindall, Regent University
This session will provide attendees with strategies for teaching academic
vocabulary to English language learners. The presenters will provide an overview
of academic vocabulary, guidance in the selection of vocabulary for classroom
instruction, introduce effective instructional strategies, and make recommendations
that foster meaningful practice. Handouts will be provided.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 95:
All Levels / ESOL
English
Taylor 3
P4, LE5, PR3
The Handwriting on the Wall: The
Herculaneum Graffiti Project
Presenters: Margaret Hicks, L.C. Bird High School
Donna Dollings, James River High
School
Kathryn Clikeman, University of
Richmond
Gia Nyhuis, University of Richmond
Megan Rebman, Millsaps College
Mary Beth Smith, Washington & Lee
University
How do you look for ancient Roman graffiti? How are we cataloguing it to make it
accessible for scholars and students? Learn what an archaeological team of
undergraduate students, Latin professors, and secondary Latin teachers did this
past summer in Herculaneum as they located, analyzed, recorded, and
documented their discoveries – treasures that originally were mere scratches on the
wall.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Latin
English
Taylor 4
LE5, LE6
49
Friday, September 26
Session 96:
Making the Most of National Foreign
Language Week: Project Ideas to Engage the
Whole School
Presenter:
Lisa A. Harris, Virginia Department of
Education
National Foreign Language Week offers a unique opportunity for world language
teachers to engage the whole school and community in language learning
opportunities. The participants will review sample project descriptions, rubrics, and
plans to make National Foreign Language Week a community event.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 97:
Elementary / Secondary /All Languages
English
Ampitheatre
E1, C1, C4, C5
Transitioning Beginning Chinese Language
Teachers into U.S. Classrooms via Support of
Online Professional Development
Presenters: Xiaoyan Ma, Virginia Tech
Lihong Wang, Confucius Institute at
George Mason University
This session will feature an online professional development module for beginning
Chinese language teachers as a support and resources platform where the beginning
teachers can interact with the online Community of Practice to discuss their
challenges, learn instructional strategies, solve instructional problems, and develop
into highly effective classroom educators.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s)
All Levels / Chinese
English
Room B
C5, PR2, PR3
50
Friday, September 26
Session 98:
How Well Do You Know Your Alphabet?:
Recognize Future Needs
Presenter:
Douglas Bowman, Jefferson County
Schools
Take a few steps at the beginning in order for the students to skip most of the issues
associated with so-called irregular spellings. Take steps to help the learners read
more efficiently and have an easier time at pronunciation. The presenter will
provide practical samples in Spanish with comparisons in German, Danish, and
Italian.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 99:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room D
LE7
Bridging the Gap: From SLA to Day-to-Day
Presenter:
Scott Grapin, Pascack Valley High
School
Teachers exit pre-service programs with admirable goals of creating classrooms
that promote proficiency only to be met with curricula and benchmark assessments
that are hardly conducive to implementation. Along with a demonstration lesson,
this session will provide a recipe for teaching with comprehensible input (CI) with
the goal of bridging the gap between research and practice to accelerate student
proficiency.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages / ESOL
English
Room F
P1, LE4, LE7
51
Friday, September 26
Session 100:
A Bottom-up Vertical Articulation Project for
the Betterment of Curriculum and
Professional Development Using the Minna no
can-do Site
Presenters: Tomomi Sato, University of Virginia
Aiko Kitamura, College of William and
Mary
Mayumi Hino, Ocean Lakes High School
Kyoko Vaughan, Hayfield Secondary
School
This session introduces a teacher-initiated vertical articulation project. Four
Japanese teachers examined the issues that underlie program articulation. They
reviewed their goals of language instruction and held a discussion on the meaning of
dekiru: what students can do with language rather than what they know about it.
They discussed the evaluation of students' proficiency, which led to discuss the
usage of the Minna no can-do Site as a tool for assessing the consistency between
goals, curricula, assessment tools and classroom activities. This presentation
reports the work-in-progress of this project.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
PF3, P7, LE5, PR3
52
Friday, September 26
Session 101:
Designing Modules: Planning, Learning
Experience and Collaboration
Presenter:
Patricia Orozco, University of
Mary Washington
Recent increases in class size and great diversity in the student population has made
an impact on the process of course design. In this session, attendees will see how a
modular curriculum offers an approachable model that can be applied to foreign
language learning. Participants will design advanced and achievable modules.
Audience:
Language of the presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
VCCS Session 102:
Secondary / Post-secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 2
P2, P4, P8
Practical Strategies for the Spanish
Heritage Speaker Classroom
Presenter:
Eddie Enriquez Arana, Northern
Virginia Community College
Effective learning strategies and course materials for building a Spanish for heritage
speakers program will be the cornerstone of this session. Attendees will develop
insights into heritage speakers’ learning needs and skills. Additionally, the matter of
effective placement will also be discussed. Sample course materials for participants’
engagement will be provided.
Audience:
Language of Presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
VCCS / Secondary / Post-secondary / Spanish
English
Room 3
P2, P4, P8
53
Friday, September 26
Session 103:
Use the World as Your Classroom
Presenter:
Ivan Lopez, studeisabroad.com
This session will showcase effective ways to educate high school students abroad
both in and out of the classroom. Anyone can participate in an educational tour;
however, are your students improving their foreign language or gaining interest in
the world’s rich cultural history? Our academically focused programs provide
students the opportunity to take college level classes with a fun balance of cultural
activities and excursions. In addition, they will live like a local in their destinations.
How does this affect student interest and discipline in your classroom upon return?
Come find out!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 104:
Post-Secondary / All Languages
English
Room 8
LT1, LT3, C5
Critical Thinking Learning in the Classroom
Presenters: Emily Stewart, Cambridge University
Press
Laura Usselman, Cambridge University
Press
Critical thinking allows learners to think about their own thoughts (metacognition)
and the reasons behind their points of view. Students reflect on their own ways of
making decisions and/or solving problems. Recall and rote memorization only
require surface-level thinking. This session will focus on five activities to integrate
critical thinking into your Spanish classroom.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Spanish
English
Room 12
P2, LE5, LE6
54
Friday, September 26
Session 105:
Skills-Centric Teaching
Presenter:
Warren Warsaw, Norfolk Academy
Verb conjugations. Vocabulary lists. Memorized dialogues. Throw them all out!
Teaching a language is all about giving students skills for today's world. Whether
accessing materials online or traveling internationally, students expect to know how
to navigate in the language. They want to be able to read newspaper articles,
understand radio programs, write coherent e-mails, and engage in authentic
conversations. To that end, teachers need to rethink how they teach. A skillscentric approach helps students quickly and confidently decode what they hear and
read, and to write and speak in real-life situations. The session will move quickly
from the theoretical to the practical. Handouts will be given. Read excerpts in
different languages, listen to podcasts in French, and invent stories spawned by a
photograph.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / French
English
Room 15
P7, P9, LE4, LE5
55
Friday, September 26
VCCS Session 106:
Teaching World Language Online – Without
Overdosing on Coffee or Red Bull
Presenter:
Polly Nelson, Lord Fairfax
Community College
This session is intended for those who are interested in offering online world
language courses and would like to take advantage of the examples and experiences
of a colleague who has established a rigorous, manageable, and effective community
college online Spanish program. Topics covered will include text and materials,
course structure and approach, sample assignments, common pitfalls, time
management for instructors, and academic honesty. There will be time for
questions, sharing, and collaboration. Come and learn how to teach online courses
effectively without being overwhelmed with management tasks…and still get some
beauty sleep each night!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 107:
VCCS / All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 16
LT1, LT3, PR3
On est les meilleurs!
Presenter:
Karine Boulle, St. Anne’s Belfield
After Spanish took over her department in 2002, the presenter had to redefine how
she was teaching, but more particularly how others were viewing French. Her
classes went from 70 students per grade to 10 students. Since she implemented the
simple techniques that she will demonstrate in this session, her classes have
doubled in size, and many students who are currently taking Spanish or Latin
mention how they wish they had taken French. The idea is not to reinvent what we
are doing, but simply to modify certain elements of our class to change the
perspective. This session will also include promotional activities that are easy to
implement. Participants will be given lesson plans and will be able to adapt this
lesson to the level of each student.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / French
French
Room 17
P2, P8
56
Friday, September 26
Session 108:
Music, Technology and Communication in the
Flipped Classroom: Playing Hard While
Learning Hard
Presenter:
Gonzalo Gallardo, J. Michael Lunsford
Middle School
This session will examine “flipped” (technology-assisted) instruction, and how it
promotes differentiation in the classroom. After reviewing implementation
strategies (video creation, tracking views, incentives, etc.), the presenter will discuss
the role of music, communication, reading, and games in a flipped classroom, how
this format has impacted students and parents, and how you can incorporate these
strategies into your practice.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Elementary / Secondary / All Languages
English
Room 18
P2, P9, LE5, LT1
4:00 – 4:45 Strand I: Concurrent Sessions
Session 109:
Score Big with Strong Language Goals
Presenter:
Marleny Perdomo, Arlington Public
Schools
Writing language objectives is an essential component of effective instruction, yet
many times this step is not fully addressed in lesson planning and development to
ensure the best language experience for the students. This hands-on session will
focus on developing language outcomes for listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
The participants will develop their own goals that they can use in instruction the
next day.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Harrison 3
P1, P3, P5, P7
57
Friday, September 26
Session 110:
Make and Take: Hands-on Activities for the
Language Classroom
Presenter:
Ginny Ogden, Jefferson Forest High
School
Come to get ideas to actively engage your language students. With these hands-on
activities, you will encourage their creativity and communication skills. Create
exciting activities that will be ready to use Monday morning.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 111:
Secondary / All Languages
English
Harrison 4
P2, P8
Going Native! Foreign Language-ESOL
Collaboration
Presenters: Alysse Cullinan, L.C. Bird High School
Megan O’Neill, L.C. Bird High School
Khadijah Luqman, L.C. Bird High
School
The population of English language learners continues to increase. This session will
provide attendees with strategies for collaboration between World Language and
ESOL teachers that will benefit all students by increasing their speaking skills.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / ESOL
English
Taylor 3
P4, LE7
58
Friday, September 26
Session 112:
Using The Handwriting on the Wall
Presenters:
Donna Dollings, James River High
School
Margaret Hicks, L.C. Bird High School
How can ancient inscriptions and graffiti be used in the classroom to reinforce
grammar and cultural knowledge? Participants will share their suggestions and
work together to develop new approaches with help from two teachers who
participated in the Herculaneum Graffiti Project.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 113:
All Levels / Latin
English
Taylor 4
LE5, LE6, LE7
Build a Better Block
Presenter:
Rachel McAllister, Staunton River High
School
Block scheduling is challenging in the language classroom, requiring creative
strategies to engage students the whole period. Attendees will learn successful
strategies, including station work and mini-projects to help them plan creatively.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Ampitheatre
P2, P8
59
Friday, September 26
Session 114:
Matryoshka and More!
Presenters: Elena Ksenjek, Virginia Beach City
Public Schools
Lyudmyla Yuzhbabenko, Virginia
Beach City Public Schools
Alfreda Pohrivchak, Virginia Beach
City Public Schools
This presentation will showcase successful strategies for teaching Russian to high
school students. Engaging activities, which generate enthusiasm and promote
student oral language proficiency, will be emphasized. Participants are encouraged
to join in the discussion.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Russian
Russian
Room A
P2, P8, LE7
60
Friday, September 26
Session 115:
Enhancing Chinese Language Teaching in a
College Setting: Strategies and
Considerations
Presenters: Hongchu Fu, Washington and Lee
University
Yanhong Zhu, Washington and Lee
University
Shihua Lu, Washington and Lee
University
Shu Su, Washington and Lee University
This session aims at discussing Chinese language teaching strategies at all levels in a
college setting. Focusing the discussions on the linguistic, the pedagogical, as well as
the cultural aspects of language teaching, this panel hopes to explore new ways of
teaching that can enhance the effectiveness of Chinese language instruction.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 116:
All Levels / Chinese
Chinese
Room B
P6, LE6, LE7, PR3
PBL and Interdisciplinary Studies:
Buzzwords with Real Language Application
Presenter:
Cammie R. Williams, William Byrd
High School
Most teachers realize the value of connecting languages to other disciplines. Learn
numerous techniques and activities that encourage language use and cross-content.
Take away lessons to implement immediately or later in the school year.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Room D
P3, P5, P6, P8
61
Friday, September 26
VCCS Session 117:
Integrating VoiceThread into Your
Classroom Activities and Assessments
Presenter:
Silvana McGillis, Northern
Virginia Community College
VoiceThread provides a unique environment where students engage with course
content and their peers in a way that is more rewarding and effective than textbased learning systems. It allows an effective model for the role of a 21st century
teacher-facilitator while simultaneously fostering a student-centered learning
environment. Attendees will receive tips and strategies for using VoiceThread
Attendees will discover the secret to making assessment fun, relevant, and inclusive.
These tips will be valuable whether teaching online or traditional courses.
Attendees will receive a collection of web-based resources.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 118:
VCCS / All Levels / All languages
English
Room I
PF2, LT1, LT2
Incorporating Online Kanji Learning Tools
into Reading Instruction to Enhance Selfdirected Kanji Learning
Presenters: Yoshiko Mori, Georgetown University
Motoko Omori, Georgetown University
Kumi Sato, Georgetown University
In this presentation, we will demonstrate how the Japanese language program at
Georgetown University has been incorporating online kanji learning lessons into
reading instruction. We will demonstrate how our objectives are exemplified in our
lessons and discuss the synergistic benefits we can expect from the combined effect
outside the classroom online tools and structured classroom instruction.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
P2, LT1, LT3
62
Friday, September 26
Session 119:
Having Your Students Speak the Language
Through Music
Presenter:
Aucelia Corliss, Corporate
Landing Middle School
In this hands-on and interactive workshop, participants will use listening, speaking,
reading and writing strategies to analyze a contemporary Spanish song. The
participants will leave with effective activities that will help them teach their
students to speak in the target language through music.
Audience:
Language of Presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 120:
Secondary / Post-secondary / Spanish
English
Room 2
P7, P8, P9, LE5
AP Language and Culture: It’s Not about the
Exam, It’s about the Future
Presenter:
Olivia Exum, Goochland County
Public Schools
Teaching AP? Come learn about designing/refining your syllabus, providing and
facilitating engaging, authentic opportunities for language use, emphasizing key
language skills, and much more! Share ideas, bring questions, and take home a
sample syllabus, syllabus templates, one group project plan, one individual project
plan, and at least three ready-to-use lesson/activity plans.
Audience:
Language of Presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-Secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 3
P1, P2, P8
63
Friday, September 26
Session 121:
German Swap Shop
Presenters: Marcel Rotter, Mary Washington
University
AATG members
The workshop gives German instructors of all levels a forum to exchange and
discuss concrete ideas in teaching. Contributions will be solicited from the AATG
membership beforehand.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 122:
All Levels / German
German
Room 8
C5, LT6, PR3
Not Just Another Composition: Writing for
Children in the L2 as Community-Based
Learning
Presenter:
Jennifer Shotwell, Randolph-Macon
College
Participants will see an example of community-based learning in which elementarylevel French students wrote and designed picture books to send to children in Terre
Noire, Haiti. Through the help of students and teachers at a local K-12 French
Immersion School, students in first-year French at Randolph-Macon College learned
techniques for storyboarding and writing books with universal appeal. Participants
in this session will gain ideas on how to implement such a project and potentially
build relationships with community partners at the same time. The presenter will
discuss project planning and pacing, lessons learned, and rubric design.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / French
English
Room 11
P2, P3, LE7, PF1
64
Friday, September 26
Session 123:
Teach Better, Work Less!
Presenter:
Karine Boulle, St. Anne’s-Belfield
Learn ten innovative techniques that will engage your students, make them 21st
century learners, and free up your time! This session will provide concrete
examples on how to gain more time by simply shifting what you already do well.
Even experienced teachers will learn new tricks! Participants will be able to adapt
these techniques to their students’ levels.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 124:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 12
P2, P8, LT1
Enhancing Your ASL Program
Presenters: Elizabeth Bush, Loudon County Public
Schools
Gabriel Love, Loudon County Public
Schools
Promoting ASL at the secondary level can be difficult as students, parents, and
counselors have misconceptions about the language or class. This session will help
teachers and program leaders address these concerns while making their programs
energetic and visible around their schools. In-class activities to actively engage
learners will be shared. The use of technology for teachers and students will be
demonstrated. Sample projects, presentations, and school-wide activities will be
shared, along with directions and rubrics. The ASL program at your school will get
an energizing lift with these activities. Please join us!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / ASL
ASL
Room 15
P2, P4, LT3, PR3
65
Friday, September 26
Session 125:
Comparing Students' Perceptions of Online
and Face-to-Face Language Learning
Presenter:
Noreen Davis La Piana, Liberty
University
This session will discuss the findings of a study that examined students’ perceptions
towards online language learning and face-to-face learning. A survey of multiple
intelligences combined with an Online Learning Readiness Survey was distributed
to 2,177 community college and university students in order to measure the
strength of each of the nine intelligences each student possessed, as well as their
perceptions of readiness for online language learning. Student preference for
online/hybrid versus traditional language class was also considered. Attendees will
learn the results of the study and implications for designing and delivering
effective instruction.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 126:
Post-secondary / All Languages
English
Room 16
LT6, PR3
Les chansons que nous aimons
Presenter:
Ruth Ferree, University of Virginia
Grâce aux sites Web, on peut facilement découvrir les chansons populaires. Soient
les comptines d'enfants ou le rock, les chansons sont attirantes et souvent les élèves
les répètent sans y réfléchir. Je présenterai mes favorites avec des suggestions pour
les employer. Je vous invite à apporter les vôtres. Chantons!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / French
French
Room 17
P8, P9, LT1, LT3
66
Friday, September 26
5:00 – 5:45 FLAVA Opening Reception
Session 127:
FLAVA Opening Ceremony and Reception
Presenter:
Annette Waggoner, FLAVA President
Everyone is cordially invited to attend the FLAVA Opening Ceremony and
Reception.
Enjoy wonderful hors d’oeuvres and the company of your friends and
colleagues!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Auditorium
PR1, PR3, PR4
67
Friday, September 26
7:00 – 9:30 Professional Organization Meetings and Receptions
Session 128:
AATG Business Meeting, Reception and Film
Presenters: Marcel Rotter, AATG President
AATG members
AATG members are invited to attend the AATG business meeting, reception, and film
screening. In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall,
this year’s German movie will be Westwind (2011). Summary (IMDB): While
training for sculling championship at summer camp in Hungary in 1988 East
German teenage twin sisters meet young guys vacationing from Hamburg. In the
meeting of east and west the bond between sisters is tested.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 129:
All Levels/ German
German
Room 8
C5, LT6
Embassy of Japan Reception and MAATJ
Business Meeting
Presenter:
Keiko Abrams, MAATJ President
MAATJ members are invited to attend the MAATJ business meeting and a wonderful
reception sponsored by the Embassy of Japan.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels/ Japanese
Japanese
Room F
C5, LT6
68
Friday, September 26
Session 130:
AATSP Business Meeting and Reception
Presenter:
Debbie Sommer, AATSP President
AATSP members are invited to attend the AATSP business meeting and a wonderful
reception sponsored by Santillana USA. There will be salsa lessons.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s)
Session 131:
All Levels/ Spanish
Spanish
Room H
C5, LT6
EF Education First Reception
Presenter:
Jenni Williams, EF Education First
Invited guests will attend the EF Education First Reception sponsored by EF
Education First.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s)
All Levels/ All Languages
English
Room I
C5, LT6
69
Saturday, September 27, 2014
9:00 – 9:45 Strand J: Concurrent Sessions
VCCS Session 132:
VCCS World Languages Peer Group Breakfast
and Working Session (8:00 -9:45)
Presenters: Miguel Lechuga, WL Peer Group, Chair
Patrick Tompkins, Dean of
Communications, Humanities, and
Social Studies, Thomas Nelson
Community College
Dr. Patrick Tompkins will address the VCCS World Languages Peer Group members.
The breakfast session is open only to the VCCS World Languages Peer Group
members who preregistered for the FLAVA Conference.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 133:
Restricted to VCCS WL Peer Group Members
English
Auditorium
C5, LT6, PR3
Speak Up Everyone! Let’s Get Them Talking
Presenter:
Josie Sevilla, Grafton High School
This is a highly informative session with strategies for getting your students to talk
using the target language, every class meeting. Attendees will learn exciting
techniques to encourage students to speak using the target language.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Harrison 3
LE5, LE7
70
Saturday, September 27
Session 134:
Whodunnit? Using Crime Shows in a Second
Semester Language Course
Presenter:
Sarah Szczepanski, University of
Kentucky
The qualities and familiarity of crime shows allow instructors to create a thematic
unit to increase second language proficiency as well as cultural competency. Topics
include: selection of episodes, strategies for incorporating language lessons into the
presentation of a television show, and valid means of assessment.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 135:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Harrison 4
P2, P7, P8, PF1
Networking and Study Abroad
Presenter:
Robert Barnes, United States Army
A major part of the study abroad experience is becoming accustomed to a new place,
learning the language of the host nation, and fighting homesickness. Networking is
a skill that assists the student studying abroad with these issues as well as prepares
him for his return home and provides worldwide educational, business and social
contacts that serve for a lifetime. Learn how to network as a study abroad student.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Post-secondary / All Languages
English
Taylor 3
C5, LT6
71
Saturday, September 27
Session 136:
Roman Rhetoric and Shakespeare’s Julius
Caesar
Presenter:
George Fredric Franko, Hollins
University
Shakespeare crams his plays with the rhetorical and stylistic devices studied in
Latin authors. This presentation will suggest how Julius Caesar can enrich lessons
with its familiar subject matter, relevance to the AP Latin syllabus, overlap with
English literature, good auxiliary resources, and potential for fun in performing the
rhetoric.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 137:
All Levels / Latin
English
Taylor 4
P1, P8, P9, E4
Practical Applications of Video in the
Communicative Higher Education Classroom
Presenter:
Susana Marin, George Mason
University
The use of multimedia has been strongly recommended to enhance the learning of
world languages. This session will demonstrate easy and practical ways to facilitate
interpretative, interpersonal, and presentational communication with the use of
video in the post-secondary classroom. These activities can be easily modified to
use at all levels of language instruction.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Post-secondary / All Languages
English
Harrison 1
LE7, LT1, LT2
72
Saturday, September 27
Session 138:
Fun with Chinese: Engaging Students with
Culture-Centered Activities
Presenter:
Lili Chao, Corporate Landing Middle
School
In this session, the presenter will share and model multiple techniques that
incorporate culture, music, arts, and games, providing students with exciting
language learning experience. Participants will engage in hands-on activities with
resources they can use in their own classrooms to enhance their students’ listening,
speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 139:
Elementary / Secondary / Chinese
English
Room B
P7, P9, LE7
Unleash the Creativity
Presenter:
Terea James, Tunstall High School
It’s time to open the box and let the creativity flow. Discover new ways to
encourage the students to express themselves and practice what they have learned
using student-created videos, word art and, PowerPoint presentations. Examples
will be in French but can be adjusted for any language.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room D
P2, LE7, LT2
73
Saturday, September 27
Session 140:
Incorporate Holiday Activities Through
Games
Presenter:
Melanie Nunes, River Bend Middle
School
Need an activity before a holiday? Use games to teach holiday vocabulary. The
presenter will share a game that she designed that effectively teaches vocabulary
and cultural perspectives and practices. Come and learn how to play this great
game with your students!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s)
Elementary / Secondary / German
German
Room F
P2, P8
Session 141:
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Presenter:
Autumn Yates, Edlin School
The study of art and Spanish does not have to be mutually exclusive. This session
will demonstrate how to introduce some of the history’s most iconic Spanish and
Latin American artists within the context of thematic vocabulary, and how to
conclude each study with a relatable art project.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s)
Elementary / Secondary / Spanish
English
Room H
P9, LE6, LT3
74
Saturday, September 27
Session 142:
Incredible Immersion!: Measuring
Language Acquisition at the Governor’s
Foreign Language Academies
Presenter:
D. Rudy Smith, Robinson Secondary
School
Virginia’s full-immersion language academies offer the opportunity for growth and
maturity in the areas of language acquisition and culture awareness. This session
will delve into the growth patterns of students who participate in the Governor’s
Spanish Academy. The tool to assess this growth is ACTFL’s newly developed
AAPPL testing program. The AAPPL program will be discussed, student activities to
promote the growth of language and culture will be presented, and outcomes will be
reviewed. Come to learn how students go from good to superb and how we can
prove that this is the case!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 143:
Secondary / All Languages
English
Room I
PF1, PF3, PF4
Japanese Grammar from the Learner's Point
of View: Reducing & Clarifying Rules
Presenter:
Akira Suzuki, University of Richmond
The fewer rules that learners must manage, the smaller the load they carry on their
shoulders in studying a language. Native speakers of any language tend to think
from the native speaker's point of view. Japanese language is no exception.
Japanese native speakers have no doubt about existing traditional Japanese syntax,
as it is the only syntax they know. In this session teachers will have an opportunity
to view Japanese syntax in a non-traditional way. The objective is to help students
acquire Japanese language skills by reducing the traditional rules of syntax and
clarifying syntax to them.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
P2, P4, LE7
75
Saturday, September 27
Session 144:
La Tertulia: Acquire Spanish Naturally
Through Stimulating Conversation
Presenter:
María Jesús Centeno, University
of Alabama at Birmingham
Improving oral proficiency in a foreign language requires more practice than the
classroom allows. In this presentation, attendees will learn new ideas for practicing
Spanish outside the classroom. The audience will have the opportunity to share
their own ideas and activities.
Audience:
Language of the presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 145:
All Levels / Spanish
Spanish
Room 2
LE7, C5
Tour of Latin America through Music and
Dance
Presenter:
Andrés Salguero, ¡Uno, Dos, Tres
con Andrés!
Expand the horizons for Spanish students and give them cultural context by
exposing them to the diversity in Latin American cultures. In this journey - with
stops in Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and more – we will learn about
musical rhythms and dances from the Latin American world.
Audience:
Languages of the presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Elementary / Secondary / Spanish
Spanish and English
Room 3
P8, P9, LE6
76
Saturday, September 27
Session 146:
Creating Successful ELLs: 3 Ways to Foster
Resilience
Presenter:
Michelle Abrams-Terry, Henrico Public
Schools
You have the power to make a difference! This session will provide attendees with
three strategies to help ELL students be academically and socially successful in
school. Session participants will engage in various hands-on and discussion
activities.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 147:
All Levels / ESOL
English
Room 8
P2, P4, LE7
A Content-Based Approach to Advanced
French Language Classes: Three Examples
Presenters: Antoine Guibal, University of Virginia
Dorothee Polanz, University of Virginia
Nathan Brown, University of Virginia
Three instructors at UVA share their different approaches to teaching the same
advanced French language class. Come learn how they engage students in speaking
and listening activities through diverse fields such as French theatre, French culture
in America today, and contemporary French TV and radio.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / French
English
Room 11
P8, P9, LE7, LT1
77
Saturday, September 27
Session 148:
Three Activities for Complete Student
Engagement
Presenter:
Zach Neumann, Larkspur Middle
School
In this session, attendees will participate in three classroom activities that they can
use to engage every student while using the target language! This is what fun
learning looks like!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 149:
Secondary/ All Languages
English
Room 12
P8, LE7
Games and Incentives for World Language
Classrooms
Presenter:
Linda Lynch, Poquoson High School
This session will focus on using games and incentives to assist teachers in
motivating students to participate orally in class using the targeted language.
Shyness, a fear of failure, and seeing no use for learning the target language prevent
many foreign language students from participating orally in class. Motivating
students to speak the language will be more successful if the lessons are fun and
have meaning. We will discuss games, electronics, incentives, and websites, such as,
Edmodo, Zondle, Señor Wooly, and Quizlet that can be used to motivate oral
participation and add meaning to the lessons for students. (If time permits, we will
play a few sample games)
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Spanish
English
Room 15
P8, LT2
78
Saturday, September 27
Session 150:
The Artful French Classroom: From Paris to
the Côte d'Ivoire!
Presenters: Twyla Kitts, Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts
Allison Carneiro Da Silva, Stonewall
Jackson Middle School
Monica Johnston, Collegiate School
This session presents strategies for creating learning environments that promote
inquiry skills using works of art as prompts for writing exercises, vocabulary
building, and conversational practice. Discussion focuses on providing a meaningful
context for teaching language skills and investigating Francophone culture through
art-related essential questions and scaffolded exercises.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 151:
Secondary / French
French
Room 17
P8, P9, LT3
Join the Fight for a Virginia State Seal of
Biliteracy
Presenters: Annette Waggoner, Longwood
University
Marleny Perdomo, Arlington Public
Schools
Why is it important for our students to earn a Virginia State seal of biliteracy on
their diplomas? Why implement it? During this session, the participants will get
answers to these questions in addition to learning about procedures of awarding the
SSB, state requirements, benefits, and costs for schools. Bring your ideas! A
discussion will be generated to develop outreach strategies, award design, seeking
endorsement and spreading the word.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Room 18
C5, LT6, PR3, PR5
79
Saturday, September 27
10:00 – 10:45 Strand K: Concurrent Sessions
Session 152:
Engaging Your Students’ Brains!
Presenter:
Charles Kesner, Cumberland County
School
Zombies are everywhere in today’s pop culture. When the presenter added zombies
to his curriculum the students were suddenly speaking to “survive”. This
presentation demonstrates how a curriculum based around popular trends
improves problem solving, listening, speaking, reading, writing, collaboration,
engagement, soft skills, intercultural competence, and more. All the while keeping
the classroom friendly.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 153:
All Levels/ All Languages
English
Harrison 3
P2, LE5, LE7
Drama Techniques: A Powerful Tool in
Language Learning
Presenter:
Mónica Mulholland, George
Washington University
Drama techniques enhance language learning at all levels of instruction. In this
lively and practical workshop, the participants will learn by doing and will take
away multiple ideas that they can adapt to their specific classroom situation. The
main focus will be on the experimentation of engaging students in drama games and
role-play.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels/ All Languages
English
Harrison 4
P2, P8, LE5
80
Saturday, September 27
Session 154:
Web 2.0 and Beyond
Presenter:
Jennifer Carson, Virginia Beach
City Public Schools
Take your students’ language learning to another level with a variety of new
Internet sites and applications that engage, inform, and inspire creativity. Be the
first teacher in your school to use DuoLingo, Kahoot, Prezi, or Powtoons. Bring your
own device and play along!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 155:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Taylor 3
LT1, LT2, LE3, LT4
Caesar’s Splintered Personality: A Tiered
Approach toward Teaching Leadership to
Latin Students
Presenter:
Norman M. Achin, Chantilly High
School
Caesar’s writings are dense and complex as much due to his style as to what they
say about his character and leadership. Students can understand this concretely
through modern leadership and personality theory, and relate it to their own lives.
By doing so, we explore a fresh approach to understanding Caesar in the modern
world.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Latin
English
Taylor 4
P2, LE6
81
Saturday, September 27
Session 156:
Turn to Your Neighbor and… Taking
Advantage of Student Interactions
Presenter:
Ruth Ferree, University of Virginia
When it comes to learning new vocabulary, multiple meaningful encounters matter.
From quick flashes of spontaneous speech to games, and project-based activities,
peer interactions multiply opportunities for negotiating meaning and practice with
vocabulary. Come experiment with quick activities you can use immediately and
examine strategies for organizing longer peer-to-peer interactions.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 157:
All Levels/ All Languages
English
Ampitheater
LE5, LE7
Use of Input and Output Theory in Designing
K-12 Exercises
Presenter: Yun Zhu, St. Catherine’s School
Based on the Input Hypothesis and Output Hypothesis, the presenter discusses how
to design exercises/tasks in K-12 classrooms to achieve students’ proficiency level
of the target language and communicative competence on four levels: linguistic,
sociolinguistic, discourse, and strategic competence.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Elementary / Secondary
Chinese
Room A
P2, P5, P8, LE7
82
Saturday, September 27
Session 158:
Integrating National Foreign Language
Learning Standards at College Level
Presenter:
Yan Xie, Liberty University
Integrating the foreign language learning standards at college level is not only
theoretically feasible but also practically rewarding. Attendees will better
understand why it is significant to implement the standards. They will also be
familiarized with how to practice the standards through the presenter’s sharing of
teaching experiences.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s)
Session 159:
All Levels / Chinese
Chinese
Room B
P1, P2, P7, LE7
Classroom Management, Discipline, and Best
Practices for Student Engagement
Presenter:
Meriem Bacha, Beech Tree Elementary
School
In this session, the presenter will demonstrate how classroom management saves
time when it is linked to building relationships and to applying the best practices of
teaching. Attendees will learn the impact of laying down rules for classroom
procedures, controlling their body language, and differentiating their teaching to
reach all students.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Elementary / Secondary/ All Languages
English
Room D
E1, E2, P2, LE3
83
Saturday, September 27
Session 160:
So, My Boss Wants Me to Develop
Professionally and How Do I Do That?
Presenter:
Dick Kuettner, Washington and Lee
University
Spend some time with Dick Kuettner, FLAVA’s professional development head and
president-elect to learn more of FLAVA’s on-going and future initiatives for growth
in the profession. Learn what constitutes professional development, learn how
maximizing your involvement can provide you a more rewarding career, and come
ready to discuss your needs and aspirations. The only prerequisites for attending
this session are having a genuine interest in teaching and a strong desire to have
your students achieve their maximum potential.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s)
Session 161:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room H
PR1, PR2, PR3, PR4
A Business Japanese Curriculum for Everyone
Presenter:
Shoko Hamano, George Washington
University
In this session, the summary of the outcomes of the Business Japanese seminar (May
2014) organized by George Washington University will be presented. Various
methods for incorporating business-related topics into curriculum at all levels of
Japanese teaching will be introduced, followed by description of Business Japanese
modules developed at George Washington University, such as the Bed and Breakfast
Brochure Project and the Convenience Store Case Study. The presentation will
conclude by summarizing the common threads that run through pre-college and
college curricula and suggesting a few ideas to further enrich both.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
P2, P7, LE5, LE7
84
Saturday, September 27
Session 162:
¡Pon Samba en tu Salsa!
Presenters:
Jeffrey Kirkman, Harrisonburg
High School
Phil Yutzy, Harrisonburg High
School
The World Cup is over; the Olympics are coming! O FUTURO É AGORA! Don’t ignore
Brazil in your Spanish Language classroom. It’s easy to incorporate Brazil into your
Spanish curriculum. The benefits to your students’ language, cultural and
professional successes are incredible! Don’t leave them behind!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 163:
Secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 2
P2, P5, LE6
Activities for a Spanish Oral Proficiency
Class
Presenter:
Alejandra B. Sobrado, Virginia
Tech
This presentation will provide opportunities for Spanish teachers to improve their
students’ oral proficiency in Spanish through participation in a variety of oral
exercises and exchanges.
Audience:
Language of the presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 3
LE5, LE7
85
Saturday, September 27
Session 164:
Wordplay, Wordsmithing, Fantasy, and Ideas
Presenter:
Viktoria Van Eck, Peninsula Catholic
High School
This workshop for upper-level German will demonstrate language mastery with
poems and short stories. We will discuss, read, and listen to selections, taking a
voyage of discovery into German literature. Translations may introduce these
works and their authors to an English-speaking audience.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 165:
Secondary / German
German
Room 8
P9, LE5, LE7, LT1
Améliorer l'enseignement de Français Langue
Etrangère (FLE): SPCD en France
Presenters: Kathryn Sheely Wheelock, Wakefield
High School
Each year, the French government awards teacher-training grants, Stages
Pédagogiques de Courte durée, to improve skills and methodologies for teaching
French language and culture. Benefit from one participant's experience and return
to your own novice through advanced level classrooms with collaborative online
resources and specially-designed pedagogical projects. Bring your own device,
please.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / French
French
Room 11
LT6, PR2, PR3, PR4
86
Saturday, September 27
Session 166:
Go Global with International School
Partnerships
Presenter:
Lisa Harris, Virginia Department
of Education
Preparing students to be globally competitive is a continuing challenge for all
schools. Establishing direct ties to schools in other countries is one way to help give
students an international perspective. Areas of discussion will include partnership
opportunities, pathways for developing international school-to-school partnerships,
and examples of successful partnership projects.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
VCCS Session 167:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 12
C5, LT3, LT6
Did Your Students FLIP for You?
Presenter:
Cristina Sparks-Early, Northern
Virginia Community College
Now that we are flipping our classrooms, we need to ascertain that our students are
flipping with us, and not flipping out. This session will show teachers numerous
quick, warm-up activities that serve as informal assessments to let the instructors
know that their students are learning.
Audience:
Languages of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
VCCS / All Levels / All languages
English and Spanish
Room 15
P8, PF2
87
Saturday, September 27
VCCS Session 168:
Teaching Culture Through Multimedia
Presenters: Carmen R. Figueroa, Northern
Virginia Community College
Chaiya Mohanty Ortiz, Northern
Virginia Community College
Research has demonstrated that engaging students in the learning process increases
their attention and focus, motivates them to practice higher-level thinking skills, and
promotes meaningful learning experiences. This session will focus on teaching
culture through multimedia using unique technology and 100% student active
engagement.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 169:
VCCS / All Levels / All languages
English
Room 16
P8, LT3
Beyond the Menu: Using Authentic Materials
in Integrated Performance Assessments
Presenters: Schuyler Stephens, Loudon County
Public Schools
The use of authentic materials is a key way to introduce the study of culture and
promote cultural competence. Furthermore, using "real language" in the world
languages classroom naturally supports performance-based objectives. Despite the
obvious benefits, the goal of using authentic language may be hard to achieve in all
levels; for the novice learner, the language product may be frustratingly difficult, or
the associated task overly simple, relying more on visual cues than grasp of target
language or culture. This session will present immediately usable sample learning,
practice and integrated performance assessment activities that use authentic
materials for all levels. You will learn where to find and how to incorporate
products of the target language easily in your instruction and thereby increase
learner motivation.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / French
French
Room 17
P9, PF1, PF3, LT2
88
Saturday, September 27
Session 170:
All About Oral Assessment
Presenters: Michele Martin, Christopher Newport
University
Craig Griffin, Poquoson High School
Helen Small, Newport News Public
Schools
This panel will focus on oral assessment for any language at any level. We will look
at the what, when, and how. Plus, we will ask: Do we give students choices? Do we
let them prepare? Can they work with other students? Do we develop specific
grading rubrics each time?
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels/ All Languages
English
Room 18
PF1, PF2, PF3
11:00 – 11:45 Strand L: Concurrent Sessions
Session 171:
World Language Teachers as Cultural
Mediators: Effective Practice for Intercultural
Competency
Presenter:
Olga Ivonne Corretjer, George Mason
University
With the increasing presence of multicultural students in today’s schools, teachers
desire to become effective “cultural mediators”. Often, they lack the professional
training to do so. Through interactive games and introduction to cultural-teaching
models, the attendees will partake in outlining approaches to incorporate effective
practices for intercultural competency in their classrooms.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Harrison 3
P2, P4, P5
89
Saturday, September 27
Session 172:
Language for the 21st Century: Practical
Applications
Presenter:
Sarab Al Ani, Yale University
ACTFL introduced a skills map for teaching world languages that would fit students
of the 21st. Century. This map includes a number of crucial skills that students must
master. This presentation introduces and explores some practical applications of
those skills, shedding some light on issues such as: practical aspects and examples of
the use of technology in language teaching, program based teaching and classroom
based assessment.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 173:
All Levels/ All Languages
English
Harrison 4
PF1, LT3
Engage and Inspire Student Creativity with
Tech Tools
Presenters: Elena Ksenjek, Virginia Beach City
Public Schools
Lyudmyla Yuzhbabenko, Virginia
Beach City Public Schools
Alfreda Pohrivchak, Virginia Beach
City Public Schools
Learn how using technology in the world language classroom engages students in
learning. Global collaboration will be a focus area during this presentation that
promotes a student-centered learning experience. Wordles, Vokis, E-pals, etc. are
some of the applications that will be presented for all language teachers (with
Russian examples).
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Taylor 3
LT1, LT2, LT3
90
Saturday, September 27
Session 174:
The Question of Peace, from Classical Rome to
the United Nations and Beyond
Presenter:
Robert Graf, Blue Ridge Middle School
A tour of the ARA PACIS of Emperor Augustus in Rome, and classical Latin quotes on
peace and justice, will introduce a PowerPoint that can be used for discussion in
Middle School and High School Latin or History classes about peace initiatives in the
world of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 175:
All Levels / Latin
English
Taylor 4
P5, P8, LT3
Art Inspired by Poetry Reading
Presenter:
Najoua Benothane, Woodside High
School
The concept of a transcription of a poem into a painting started as an IPA
(Integrative Performance Assessment) project in a world language classroom. This
innovative strategy of teaching allows students to reinforce and further their
knowledge of other disciplines such as art history, history of a specific country, the
target language, and the form of poetry. By integrating subjects such as
mathematics, art history, French history and world languages, this project is able to
meet many standards.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels/ All Languages
English
Ampitheatre
P1, P8, LE5, PF1
91
Saturday, September 27
Session 176:
Integrate Google Drive in Chinese Classrooms
Presenter:
Yuqing Yao, Prince William County
Public Schools
The presenter will show how to use a Google presentation to teach in class.
Students will use a Google Form to submit a Can Do Statement, a pre-assessment and
a post-assessment. In this session, participants will have an overview of how to use
Google Forms to assess student learning.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 177:
Elementary / Chinese
Chinese
Room A
PF3, LT4
Chinese Language Students’ Challenges and
Effective Teaching Strategies
Presenters: Peng Yu, College of William and Mary
Qian Su, College of William and Mary
Lei Ma, Confucius Institute at College of
William and Mary
Tai Pan, Confucius Institute at College
of William and Mary
Students of Chinese language are facing a variety of challenges throughout their
studies. This panel discussion aims at identifying those key challenges and discuss
effective teaching strategies. The panel will engage the audience in a conversation
to discuss best practices in order to help students overcome those challenges.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / Chinese
Chinese
Room B
P4, P5, LT6, C5
92
Saturday, September 27
Session 178:
Language Learning Is Not Catch Me If You
Can
Presenters: Brandi Hernández, Booker T.
Washington High School
Pura I. Bellido, Booker T. Washington
High School
Activities for language learning are often an outgrowth of the teacher’s personality,
interests and / or learning style. In this session, the participants will engage in
activities that encourage all learners to try something new or that is not currently in
their interest profile.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 179:
All Levels/ All Languages
English
Room D
P2, P8, LT6
An Innovative Instructional Methodology of
Critical Thinking Method to Teach Arabic
Presenter:
Randa Annous, Virginia
Commonwealth University
In teaching Arabic, making students understand the connection between the writing
system and the spoken language is a critical skill. In this session, the presenter will
demonstrate how to teach Arabic letters and connect them to how to read words in
order to assist students in acquiring the sound system as well as novice reading
skills.
Audience:
Languages of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Post-secondary / Arabic
English and Arabic
Room F
LE5, LE7
93
Saturday, September 27
Session 180:
The eTextbook Revolution and Your
Classroom
Presenter: Steve Giroux, Teacher’s Discovery
The magic, passion and human instinct a teacher brings into the four walls of a
classroom cannot be replaced or even mimicked by a computer. The Voces® vision
is to integrate technology into the real classroom, enhancing student understanding
of culture how it manifests itself in the Spanish language. Here is how Voces®
eTextbooks -in your hands- make it happen. Let's spend less on textbooks and more
on teachers. [eTextbooks for Intro Spanish, Spanish 1 and 2.]
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 181:
Secondary / Spanish
English
Room I
LT1, LT3, P9
Japanese Articulation and Beyond
Presenter:
Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, University of
California San Diego
There have been various projects and efforts made to exchange information and
curricula among the teachers of the Japanese language. The Japan Foundation and
the University of Virginia have funded multiple groups to conduct the Japanese
Articulation Projects. As the project is coming to the end of a three-year term, the
workshop is designed to elicit discussion as to how to maintain the project as a
sustainable action and not a short-term exercise.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
C5, LT6, PR3
94
Saturday, September 27
VCCS Session 182:
Practicality in World Language
Instruction
Presenter:
Juvenal E. Abrego-Meneses, J
Sergeant Reynolds Community
College
The concept of practicality has been misunderstood, misused, and even unknown by
many foreign language instructors. This workshop has been designed to provide
foreign language instructors with various instructional strategies that exemplify the
use of the Practical Language Approach, and its benefits for both students and
teachers who seek to be successful in the process of learning and teaching a world
language.
Audience:
Language of the presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 183:
VCCS / All Levels / Spanish
Spanish
Room 2
LE5, LE7, PR3
¡Se me olvidó! – How to Use Storytelling to
Help Students Remember the Toughest
Vocabulary
Presenter:
Nancy Feigenbaum, Bruton High
School
Not all students can memorize verb charts, but they won’t forget the story about the
giant snake that swallowed the student—or the location phrases used to tell it. This
workshop explains how to turn required vocabulary and grammar into memorable
tales. The examples are in Spanish.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 3
LE5, LE7
95
Saturday, September 27
Session 184:
How to Promote Your German Program
Successfully
Presenter:
Friedericke Braun, Zentralstelle für
das Auslandsschulwesen
The session familiarizes participants with resources and strategies to promote the
study of German and of German programs. The session will answer questions such
as: How do you get your program noticed, how do you get funding, who are your
partners in promoting the program?
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 185:
All Levels / German
German
Room 8
LT6, C1, C5
Alexandre Dumas en cuisine
Presenter:
Fabrice Teulon, Virginia Tech
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) is best known, of course for his historical novels,
such as The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, or Queen Margot. A fine
cook himself, he wrote also a Great Dictionary of Cuisine (Le Grand dictionnaire de la
cuisine) that includes more than 3,000 recipes. The text belongs to a period that
redefined cooking and gave gastronomy and culinary writing a specific place in the
literary production of the time. As we will show in this session, The Great dictionary
is not only a simple corpus of recipes, but it also provides both a unique perspective
on the development of cooking in nineteenth-century France and on gastronomy.
The session will include specific examples to be used in the classroom, as well as a
detailed bibliography on the subject.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / French
French
Room 11
P9, LT1
96
Saturday, September 27
Session 186:
Unique Uses of Technology
Presenter:
Wasan Al Quaisi, Arlington Public
Schools
In this session the presenter will demonstrate how to use two engaging software
programs for a flipped or on-line classroom: Jing.com and Padlet.com. They are free
and can be downloaded from the Internet. They can also be used for K-16 for
informal and quick assignments.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
VCCS Session 187:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 12
LT1, LT3
Promoting Learning of Language and Culture
Presenter:
Ana Ruiz-Fodor, Danville
Community College
This session will focus on the use of cultural aspects that assist cognitive learning
processes when acquiring new languages. Attendees will be treated to a cultural
approach to consolidate language acquisition. Resources to be used for the benefit
of all students at all levels will be shared.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
VCCS / All Levels / All languages
English
Room 15
LE5, LT1
97
Saturday, September 27
VCCS Session 188:
Lights, Camera, Action: Video Projects for
Every Language Learner
Presenter:
Martha Davis, Northern
Virginia Community College
Student presentations no longer need to involve nervously standing in front of one’s
peers with prepared notes or a PowerPoint presentation. Widespread video
technology in smart phones, tablets and laptops enables students to be producers,
directors and stars in their own movies that both educate and entertain. In this
session, the participants will view authentic student video clips from the 100-level
commercials to the 200-level original telenovelas. Handouts that include video
project themes, guidelines, and grading rubrics will be provided.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
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Session 189:
VCCS / All Levels / All languages
English
Room 16
PF1, LT2
L'Immersion française à l'Académie
Française
Presenters: Katy Jones, Governor’s French
Academy
Erin Taylor Dougherty, Governor’s
French Academy
The attendees will learn how the Governor's French Academy operates. Everyone
will participate in A day at the Academy. There will be mini-activities. Attendees
will receive a mini-agenda for our day at the Academy, with sample classes,
conversation courses, a presentation, afternoon activities, Beaux Arts activities, les
affaires activities, and a surprise!
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / French
French
Room 17
LE5, LE7, LT6, PR3
98
Saturday, September 27
Session 190:
K-7 Language Learning: A Unique Approach
Presenters: Sofia Sequeira, Washington and Lee
University
Laura Noker, Washington and Lee
University
The presenter will discuss how post-secondary student volunteers are able to
implement a program of language learning for students in local elementary and
middle schools. The languages currently taught are French, Spanish, Japanese,
Chinese, and German. This is a model that can work for all communities.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Post-secondary/ All Languages
English
Room 18
LT1, C2, C5
99
Saturday, September 27
12:00 – 1:45 FLAVA Awards Luncheon
Session 191:
FLAVA Awards Luncheon
Presenter:
Sue Robertson, Chair, FLAVA
Recognition and Awards
Everyone who pre-registered is cordially invited to attend the FLAVA Awards
Luncheon.
The following FLAVA Awards will be presented:
• The David E. Cox Excellence in Teaching Award K-12
• The R. Marshall Brannon Excellence in Teaching Award Post-Secondary
• The Helen P. Warriner-Burke Distinguished Service Award
• The Friend of FLAVA Award
• College/University Student Recognition
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All pre-registered FLAVA members
English
Adams
C5, LT6
100
Saturday, September 27
2:00 – 3:30: Strand M: Concurrent Workshops
Session 192:
Linguafolio: Introduction
Presenter:
Helen Small, Newport News Public
Schools
An introduction to and overview of LinguaFolio, a student self-assessment and
portfolio system designed to improve language learning and cultural competence as
it promotes autonomous and lifelong learning.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 193:
All Levels/ All Languages
English
Ampitheatre
PF1, PF2, PF3
Successful Teacher Candidate Thematic Units
Presenter:
Sharon B. Hahnlen, Liberty University
This workshop will demonstrate how Methods and Capstone instructors can help
their teacher candidates develop meaningful and teachable thematic units, which
integrate Standards (SOL, 5 Cs, WIDA, ISTE), and Literacy into fully functional
thematic units.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Post-secondary / All Languages
English
Room D
P1, P2, P3, P6
101
Saturday, September 27
Session 194:
Using Technology Tools to Enhance Language
Learning
Presenter:
Maha Sweis-Dababneh, DePaul
University and Moraine Valley
Community College
The presenter is the 2012 Innovation of the Year Award winner at Moraine Valley
Community College for developing Arabic online courses. The presenter will share
online Open Educational Resources (OER) that enable students to learn the target
language. The presenter will discuss free online educational resources and various
ways to enhance second-language acquisition in, and beyond, the physical
classroom.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 195:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room F
P2, LT1, LT6
Bringing the Reading Method to Life in the
Latin Class Without Sacrificing Grammar!
Presenter:
Lindsay Herndon, Spotsylvania High
School
The reading method of Latin instruction strives to teach students by experiencing
the language through stories and incorporating grammar as a means to reading. In
this session attendees will see ways of bringing the reading method to life while still
incorporating grammar effectively.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / Latin
English
Room I
P9, LE5, LE6
102
Saturday, September 27
Session 196:
Re-evaluating Oral Performance Assessment:
Is My Good the Same as Yours?
Presenters: Tomoko Marshall, University of
Virginia
Mieko Kawai, University of Virginia
What exactly does good speaking performance mean? Common assessing
instruments such as the ACTFL OPI aim to provide tools that are reliable and valid;
however, teachers’ subjective judgments affect the results. In this workshop,
participants will use a sample rubric written in Can-do statements to rate speech
samples, discuss rationales for the ratings, and discover their own biases. The
participants will learn how to set realistic and practical goals of instruction and to
plan appropriate daily classroom activities to achieve these goals.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 197:
All Levels / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
PF1, PF2, PF3, PF4
Beyond the Book: Ideas for Student
Engagement
Presenter:
Rebecca McQueen, Staunton River High
School
Designed for German III, IV, and V, this session will offer ideas to put language into
action beyond the textbook and worksheets. Topics range from cartoons, to
Pixibücher, cooking videos, and even Erlkönig. Whether you need something quick
or something more extensive, you will come away with new ideas to get your
students engaged in the language.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / German
German
Room 8
P9, LE5, LE6, LT1
103
Saturday, September 27
Session 198:
Prototypes in Spanish Linguistics- Part I
Presenter:
Terrell A. Morgan, Ohio State
University
Come get your mind around Prototype Theory and see how it can help you explain
notoriously difficult aspects of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
This approach will cast new light on parts of speech, the personal “a”, indirect
objects, the subjunctive, loan words, nicknames, and other areas of grammar.
Audience:
Language of the presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 199:
All Levels / Spanish
Spanish
Room 11
LE7, PR2, PR3
Descriptive Feedback: A Way to Support
Student Learning
Presenters: Inmar Romero, Prince William County
Schools
Maritza Blandon, Prince William
County Schools
Gimara Richards, Prince William
County Schools
Descriptive feedback is one of the most innovative tools in the 21st century to
support and enhance student learning. The more students believe in their abilities
and skills, the more they are likely to succeed learning a language. In this workshop,
attendees will learn how to provide descriptive feedback in order to empower their
students to achieve their learning goals.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 12
PF2
104
Saturday, September 27
Session 200:
Mobile Apps to Foster Learner Engagement
Presenters: Sharon Scinicariello, University of
Richmond
Stacey Powell, Auburn University
Kristy Britt, University of South
Alabama
Whether used in or beyond the classroom, mobile apps, particularly those created
for use in the target culture, are an effective tool to foster learner engagement and
the use of the target language in context. Participants will discuss, create, and
evaluate learner-centered activities using apps as both resources and production
tools.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 201:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 15
LT1, LT2, LT3
Teletandem: Engaging Students with Native
Speakers
Presenters: Lulú de Panbehchi, Virginia
Commonwealth University
Tony Brinckwirth, Virginia
Commonwealth University
Greg Hellman, Virginia Commonwealth
University
In a teletandem session, students from different countries connect via Skype or
similar technology and help each other learn to communicate using the target
language. The goals of this workshop are to present the teletandem theory, how to
start a teletandem collaboration, and to inform on the best practices of technology
for conducting teletandem sessions. The presenters will share their teletandem
sessions in Spanish and will provide examples from the long-running teletandems in
Portuguese and Mandarin.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 16
LT1, LT2, LT6, C5
105
Saturday, September 27
Session 202:
Prunelle et Mélodie
Presenters: Isabelle Reeves, St. Anne’s Belfield
Amy deGraff, Randolph-Macon College
Teaching short films is particularly appealing to the language teacher. A film-short
can be viewed over one class period and discussed either in depth or broadly. In
addition, a film-short is usually simple, focusing on one idea and is highly symbolic.
Students are invited to consider the film-short in many different ways and to
approach it as they would a poem, decoding visual cues and inferring meaning. In
this session, after a viewing of the film, presenters will propose a way to teach
Prunelle et Mélodie and will share their ideas with participants. This session is
meant to be both informative and interactive.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 203:
All Levels / French
French
Room 17
P9, LE5, LT1
BYOD: Bring Your Own Device-Learn. Set-up
and Plan Technology Lessons for your
Language Classroom
Presenter:
Ginny Ogden, Bedford County Public
Schools
Need help setting up meaningful technology lessons in your Foreign Language
Classroom? Would you like to incorporate more technology and increase student
participation and language use? This is the workshop for you!! Bring your own
device and we will practice and learn how to use different apps and programs to
engage your students and get them to communicate in the target language.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 18
LT1, LT2, LT3
106
Saturday, September 27
3:45 – 5:15 Strand N: Concurrent Workshops
Session 204:
The Governor’s Foreign Language
Academies: How to Tackle the Application for
Success
Presenter:
Deborah Sommer, Hampton City
Schools
The workshop will review the process that best facilitates the successful submission
of applications for students to the immersion and other language academies.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 205:
Secondary / All Languages
English
Ampitheatre
LT6, C5, PR3
The Latin Classroom: Flipped!
Presenter:
Laura Berg, Northside High School
Learn how to create a flipped language classroom using various technologies.
Discuss the pros and cons of such a classroom and brainstorm solutions to common
problems. Explore how flipping your classroom can help your students succeed.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Latin
English
Room A
P2, LE5, LE7, LT1
107
Saturday, September 27
Session 206:
All Things Considered: Language Classroom
Edition
Presenters: Alice Ann Mahoney, L. C. Bird High
School
Khadijah Luqman, L. C. Bird High
School
Are you struggling with staying in the target language? Are you tired of the same
bell-ringer? Are you having difficulty transitioning between activities? Do you have
five minutes that you need to fill? After attending this hands-on workshop, you will
walk away with procedures, resources, and activities for staying in the target
language, anticipatory sets, making transitions, and lesson closure.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 207:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room D
P8, LE4. LT6
Teaching Arabic at Higher Level
Presenter:
Ismael Khalil, Al-Mamoor School
In this hands-on workshop, the presenter will lead attendees in acquiring new
instructional techniques to improve the teaching of the Arabic language. These
methods will enable teachers to better prepare their students to improve their
critical thinking skills and their awareness of the Arab culture.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Arabic
Arabic
Room F
LT6, PR2, PR3
108
Saturday, September 27
Session 208:
SMART Goals for Language Learners
Presenter:
Lisa A. Harris, Virginia Department of
Education
The Code of Virginia requires that student academic progress be a part of teacher
evaluation. Goal setting is a viable option as one measure of academic progress for
all teachers. The participants will learn how to write, evaluate, and monitor SMART
goals for foreign language students.
Audience:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 209:
Elementary / Secondary / All Languages
Room I
PF1, PF2, PF3
From How to Teach to Why Teach Japanese
Presenter:
Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, University of
California San Diego
Since the need and interest in learning the Japanese language increased in the early
80s, the Japanese language educators have concentrated on what to teach and how
to teach it. As the world’s needs and interests shift in the 21st century, Japanese
language educators need to consider why we teach Japanese. During this workshop,
we will discuss and brainstorm the new direction as well as the reasons why we
teach Japanese.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Japanese
Japanese
Room J
LT6, PR3
109
Saturday, September 27
Session 210:
Passport to Education
Presenter:
Lisa Zajur, Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce
Passport To Education promotes the importance of education to Virginia's Hispanic
community, who are the youngest demographic in the U.S., who continue to be the
fastest growing segment of our labor force, having the highest dropout rate than any
other ethnic group. Passport To Education supports Hispanic students with a wide
range of academic standing, who demonstrate significant risk factors, including low
family income and parental educational attainment, who, can go to college but may
not without intervention. There are clear, established links between literacy,
education and subsequent entry into the workforce. Passport To Education helps
Hispanic middle and high school students, and their families, understand the many
aspects of the U.S. school system and the resources available to them, while
marketing higher education as a viable and important next step. Passport to
Education addresses specific language and cultural challenges that Hispanic
students and families face in understanding the importance of higher education and
the means to achieve it.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 211:
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 8
P4, P5, LE5, LT1
Prototypes in Spanish Linguistics- Part II
Presenter:
Terrell A. Morgan, Ohio State
University
Come get your mind around Prototype Theory and see how it can help you explain
notoriously difficult aspects of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
This approach will cast new light on parts of speech, the personal “a”, indirect
objects, the subjunctive, loan words, nicknames, and other areas of grammar.
Audience:
Language of the presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / Spanish
Spanish
Room 11
LE7, PR3
110
Saturday, September 27
Session 212:
Integration of Content and Language in the
FLES Classroom
Presenter:
Marleny Perdomo, Arlington Public
Schools
Students learn best when they can connect language to content and when they have
multiple opportunities to practice the language they acquire. The mathematics and
science elementary curriculum provide many opportunities for FLES students to put
into practice basic language functions and vocabulary they have acquired, thereby
maximizing language output while revisiting content area concepts.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Session 213:
Elementary / Spanish
Spanish
Room 12
P1, P7, LE5, LE7
Oral Practice and Assessment via Google
Voice
Presenter:
Jennifer Herner, Fluvanna County High
School
The presenter will discuss innovative ways to increase oral communication and to
assess it properly. Learn how to set up and use Google Voice for oral practice and
assessment in world languages.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
Secondary / All Languages
English
Room 15
LE7, PF2, LT2
111
Saturday, September 27
Session 214:
Academic Vocabulary and English Language
Learners: The Importance of Tier Two Words
Across Curricula
Presenter:
Sarah Eqab, Prince William County
Schools
Academic vocabulary is the linguistic glue that holds school tasks, texts, and tests
together. It creates cohesion and clarity in writing and oral discourse. In this
session, the attendees will learn how vocabulary is divided into three tiers, that tier
two vocabulary is often overlooked, and effective strategies to help students learn
and retain tier two vocabulary.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / ESOL
English
Room 16
P2, P7, LE7
112
Saturday, September 27
Session 215:
La culture de la Côte d'Ivoire: Sociéte
Presenters: Patricia Cummins, Virginia
Commonwealth University
Brahima Kone, Virginia
Commonwealth University
Lindsey Fitzgerald, Virginia
Commonwealth University
Le French West Africa Project de VCU a envoyé cinq futurs enseignants en Afrique
de l'Ouest en été 2014. Ils ont trouvé des matériaux pédagogiques visant les trois Ps
de la culture. Les produits de la culture: Le premier intervenant présentera une liste
des sites web sur les arts et la littérature orale. Il présentera une chanson, un conte
de la tradition orale, et un exemple de l'artisanat. Certains sites web contiennent
des guides pédagogiques, et l'intervenant fera des suggestions pour la classe de
français suivant l’âge des enfants. Les perspectives de la culture: Le deuxième
intervenant parlera des écoles, des organisations non-gouvernementales, et des
entreprises de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Le troisième intervenant se concentrera sur les
pratiques culturelles. Les intervenants fourniront les coordonnées des enseignants
africains qui s'intéressent à des communications par e-mail ou par Skype.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / French
French
Room 17
LT3, LT6, C5, PR3
113
Saturday, September 27
Session 216:
Take Your Phones Out! Integrating Mobile
Devices in the Language Classroom
Presenters: Claudia Deferre, Prince William County
Schools
Jennifer Guido, Prince William County
Schools
Current high school teachers will present most recent classroom-tested and learnerapproved apps suitable for language learning. Student practice, digital portfolio,
and teacher support tools will be presented. Teachers will leave with practical
knowledge that can be implemented immediately in the classroom.
Audience:
Language of presentation:
Location:
TELL Correlation(s):
All Levels / All Languages
English
Room 18
LT1, LT2, LT3, LT6
114