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48th Annual MaFLA FALL CONFERENCE October 29-31, 2015 Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center OFFICERS President Catherine Ritz Arlington Public Schools Acting President Elect Tiesa Graf South Hadley High School First Vice President Jessica Clifford Saugus High School Clerk Brenda Cook Brockton High School Treasurer Maryann E. Brady Tyngsborough High School Second Vice President Kathleen M. Turner Sharon High School DIRECTORS Cheryl A. Baggs Gloria Maria Blanco Thayer Academy ChinHuei Yeh Sherwood/Oak Middle School Mary-Ann Stadtler-Chester Framingham State University Stuart Gamble East Windsor High School Jorge Allen Andover High School Anna Tirone Winchester High School Jeanne L. O’Hearn Masconomet Regional Middle School Dominique Trotin Westborough High School Dawn Carney Brookline Public Schools Sinikka Gary Acton-Boxborough Public School Pat Dipillo Falmouth Public Schools COORDINATORS Membership Madelyn Gonnerman Torchin Tufts University Hospitality/Professional Development Joyce Beckwith Communications Ronie R. Webster Monson High School Advocacy Nicole Sherf Salem State University FORMER PRESIDENTS Richard Clark Benedetto Fabrizzi Alfred Desautels, S.J. Richard Newman Raymond Caefer Gerard Wilke Stella M. Boy John P. Nionakis Paul Guenette Elaine Hardie James McCann George Morse Jean-Pierre Berwald Mary Hayes Kathleen Riordan 1965-1966 1966-1967 1967-1969 1969-1970 1970-1972 1972-1974 1974-1976 1976-1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Joy Renjilian-Burgy Fran Lanouette Charles I. Finn Shirley G. Lowe Marian St. Onge Robert E. Courchesne Nancy Milner Kelly Helen M. Cummings George Steinmeyer Kathleen Imbruno, SSJ Daniel Battisti Richard Ladd Rita Oleksak Joyce Beckwith Mary Alice Garza-Samii 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Yu-Lan Lin 2001 Deborah Fernald Roberts 2002 Nancy Kassabian 2003 Joyce Szewczynski 2004 Charlotte Gifford 2005 Katherine Lopez Natale 2006 Janel Lafond-Paquin 2007 Madelyn Gonnerman Torchin 2008 Nicole Sherf 2009 Cheryl A. Baggs 2010 Nancy Mangari 2011 Tiesa Graf 2012-2013 Jane Rizzitano 2014 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS Stowell C. Goding James R. Powers Elaine Hardie Sr. Margaret Pauline Young Richard Newman Stella Boy/Jack Stein Richard Penta John P. Nionakis Evelyn Brega Paul Guenette Sol Gittleman Wilga Rivers Elizabeth Mahoney Joseph Vinci 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Edward Phinney Albert Vinatier Claire Quintal Helen Agbay Mary Hayes Kathleen M. Riordan Mel Yoken Joy Renjilian-Burgy Bess M. Harrington Brian Thompson Helen M. Cummings Jean-Pierre Berwald Rebecca and Jean-Paul Valette Patrick Loconto 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 Ronie and Larry Webster Gilbert Lawall Joyce Beckwith Yu-Lan Lin Richard Ladd Nancy Gadbois Phyllis Dragonas Daniel Battisti Rita Oleksak Deborah Fernald Roberts Nancy Kassabian Madelyn Gonnerman Torchin Charlotte Gifford 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Welcome to MaFLA’s 48th Annual Conference! Climbing the Proficiency Ladder: Many Languages, One Goal! October 29-31, 2015 Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center This year’s conference is centered on proficiency, a theme that is at the forefront of world language education. Massachusetts has always taken pride in exceeding national standards for teaching and programming. The workshops and sessions offered at this year’s conference will help all teachers in attendance not only to improve their craft, but also to work on reaching and exceeding the highest teaching standards in the profession. In addition to the 6-, 4- and 3-hour workshops that will run, there are also over 90 sessions on a variety of topics. Each year the MaFLA Conference Team works to put together a strong professional development opportunity and this year is no exception. Please Note the Following: • • • • • • Thursday is the Pre-Conference day with special 6-hour and 4-hour Pre-Conference workshops led by nationally acclaimed presenters. There is an additional fee for the workshops. Over 90 concurrent sessions are scheduled throughout the day on Friday and Saturday, and are included with your registration. They are organized in time slots by strand and offer something for everyone in the various strands represented throughout the program: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, Technology and Pedagogy. We also offer sessions for Administrators and Elementary language teachers. Greg Duncan is this year’s Keynote Speaker. He is a lifelong foreign language educator, the founder of InterPrep, and former foreign language administrator. He will give his address at noon on Friday. Please attend and listen to his take on the importance of proficiency and how we can work to increase proficiency in the classroom. At 5:30 PM in Abbington and Brookfield, we will hold our complimentary MaFLA Member Reception. Stop by and chat with other educators while enjoying some hors d’œuvres and beverages. Be sure to stop by the Exhibit Hall to catch up on the latest information and resources in student/teacher travel as well as classroom resources. Our final event of the conference is the Business and Awards Luncheon on Saturday. At this time we will present student and teacher awards, elect new Board Members and discuss future conferences. All MaFLA members are welcome to attend. I look forward to seeing everyone during the conference! Working together to increase proficiency in the world language classroom is an important endeavor and something that I know we all value as language teachers. If you have any questions during the conference, please feel free to ask me, a Board Member or a volunteer. We can be identified by the colored ribbons on our badges. Enjoy your time at the conference! Jessica Clifford, MaFLA 2015 Conference Chair Fall Conference 3 MaFLA 2015 Fall Conference Team Conference Chair Jessica Clifford President Catherine Ritz Second Vice President Kathleen Turner Acting President Elect Tiesa Graf Treasurer Maryann Brady Clerk Brenda Cook Registration Madelyn Gonnerman Torchin, Membership Coordinator Maryann Brady, Tiesa Graf, Ronie Webster Exhibits & Sponsors Catherine Ritz, Tiesa Graf, Kathleen Turner, Cheryl A. Baggs Website/Communications Ronie Webster, Communications Coordinator Larry Webster, Webmaster Advocacy Technical Support Team Nicole Sherf, Advocacy Coordinator Katherine Lopez Natale, Past President Vilma Bibeau, Jessica Massanari Sapp, MaFLA Advocacy Interns Tim Eagan Charlotte Gifford, MaFLA Past President Madelyn Gonnerman Torchin Evaluations Brenda Cook, Anna Tirone, Stuart Gamble Hospitality & Volunteers Joyce Beckwith, Hospitality Coordinator Stephen Kiley, Friend of Foreign Languages Awardee Janel Lafond-Paquin, MaFLA Past President Phyllis Dragonas, Distinguished Service Awardee Raffles Anna Tirone, Dawn Carney, ChinHuei Yeh Strand Coordinators Administration: Catherine Ritz, Pat DiPillo Chinese: Mary-Ann Stadtler-Chester, ChinHuei Yeh French: Joyce Beckwith, Dominique Trotin German: Cheryl Baggs, Kathleen Gallogly Italian: Anna Tirone Elementary: Dawn Carney Latin: Brenda Cook, Madelyn Gonnerman Torchin Pedagogy: Jessica Clifford Spanish: Jeanne O’Hearn, Jorge Allen Technology: Sinikka Gary, ChinHuei Yeh Photography Larry Webster Conference Logo Saugus High School Spanish 4 Honors Students 4 MaFLA 2015 Conference At A Glance ConferenceSchedule Schedule At-A-Glance Thursday, October 29 Friday, October 30 Saturday, October 31 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM Pre-Conference Check-In (Coffee will be available) 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM Conference Check-In and Onsite Registration 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM Hospitality and Registration Open 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Complimentary Coffee in Exhibit Hall Relax and organize your day! 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Immersion Buffet Breakfast $ 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM Volunteers/Presenters Breakfast 8:15 AM – 11:15 AM Three-Hour Workshops $ 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Three-Hour Workshops $ 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM Session G 8:00 AM – 5:45 PM 75-minute Concurrent Sessions (See descriptions on pages 11-27) 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Session H 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshops $ (Lunch/coffee breaks included) 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM Conference Check-In and Onsite Registration 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall Preview Wine & Cheese Reception 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM Featured Workshops $ (Supper/Dessert included) Friday Exhibit Hall Schedule 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM Complimentary Coffee 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM Cash and Carry Breakfast No sessions are scheduled during these times 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Grand Opening 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Buffet Lunch $ (Courtyard) Cash and Carry (Exhibit Hall) 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM MaFLA Business and Awards Luncheon $ 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Keynote Address: Greg Duncan Founder of Interprep & National Expert (Grand Ballroom) Session A – 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Session B – 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Three-Hour Workshops $ Session C – Keynote 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Retirees’ Reception (Presidential Suite) 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM Exhibit Hall Break (Raffles) 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM Exhibit Hall Break (Raffles) Fall Conference 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM Session J 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Exhibit Hall Break 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Exhibit Hall Break Exhibit Hall is open until 4:30 PM 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Exhibit Hall Grand Opening (Complimentary Coffee) 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM MaFLA Member Reception (Grand Ballroom) Join us for a complimentary beverage and hot and cold hors d’oeuvres! Friday Concurrent Sessions Session D – 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Session E – 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM Session F – 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM ($ = Pre-registration required) 5 PDP and Strand Information MaFLA provides high quality content PDPs and is a registered provider in the state. One PDP equals one hour of session, workshop, or post-conference discussion or adaptation of the material. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) requires that PDPs be bundled into batches of 10 hours of the same strand or content. Workshops and sessions are allocated by the key below. ALL Pedagogy ADMIN World language administration and programming CH Chinese culture and language in the classroom ELEM Elementary Education FR French culture and language in the classroom GR German culture and language in the classroom IT Italian culture and language in the classroom LAT Roman culture and Latin language in the classroom SP Spanish/Hispanic culture and language in the classroom TECH Technological support of language teaching in the classroom PDP Documentation: On pages 50-51, there is space to document your PDPs. Please remember that YOU are responsible for documenting and safeguarding this information for your relicensure. Be sure to keep this program, session/workshop handouts, and your notes as proof of your attendance. PDP Bundling: There are more than 26 PDP hours of sessions, workshops and events over the three days of the Conference. MaFLA will give you a certificate of attendance (see page 51), but it is your responsibility to document your Conference attendance experience; document evidence of the product you developed as a result of attending; and save this documentation. You bundle the time spent adapting and implementing the information gained at the Conference in your teaching and planning. This means that each session could be worth ten hours of PDP time or more depending on what you do with it and what product you have developed. The most rewarding and productive way to increase your PDPs is by applying your new knowledge to your district needs through discussion and idea implementation with your department colleagues after the Conference. You can also bundle Conference PDPs with PDPs from past or future MaFLA professional development offerings such as Diversity Day, Proficiency Academy or the Summer Institute. Presenters have been asked to include ideas for follow-up activities for the information gained from the session. ROOM CAPACITY INFORMATION All sessions are limited in attendance according to the room size. If you want to be sure to get a seat . . . arrive early. Abbington - 200 Brookfield - 200 Cheshire - 75 Danforth - 75 Sturbridge - 80 Brimfield - 35 6 Charlton - 35 Dudley - 30 Webster - 30 Seminar 1 - 40 Seminar 2 - 40 Executive - 55 Heritage Tavern - 50 Southbridge - 22 Oxford - 30 Boardroom 3 - 15 American Grille - 25 MaFLA 2015 Exhibit Hall Information Preview: Thursday, October 29 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Grand Opening: Friday, October 30 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Come browse our premier showcase of products and services available to you, today’s foreign language educators, and your classrooms! While visiting the Exhibit Hall, see the newest products, peruse the latest publications, and network with industry leaders. Exhibit Hall Hours Exhibit Hall Breaks Thursday, October 29 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Friday, October 30 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM Friday, October 30 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM Complimentary Coffee! Raffles and Sponsors Keynote Address – iPad Mini – Passports Educational Group Travel Complimentary Friday Morning Coffee – Sponsored by Pearson Thursday Wine and Cheese Reception – Sponsored by Vista Higher Learning Wine and Cheese Reception – One Night Bed and Breakfast - Publick House Advocacy Booth – $150.00 Gift Basket Raffle Drawings in the Exhibit Hall – Exhibitors MaFLA Member Reception – ACTFL 1-Year Membership; MaFLA 3-year Membership; ACTFL Keys Books; 2 Weekends at the Springfield Sheraton with Breakfast and parking. Saturday Business Luncheon – Weekend at the Host Hotel with Admission for 2 to Old Sturbridge Village Be sure to visit MaFLA’s Teacher Lounge next to the Advocacy Booth in the back of the Exhibit Hall. Take a break, have a cup of coffee and share what you’ve learned with colleagues! Ample seating will be available with areas to charge your laptops. Visit the Advocacy Booth in the Exhibit Hall (T8 and T9) ✓✓ Bring the coupon from your August MaFLA tri-fold to enter a raffle to win a gift basket valued at $150.00. ✓✓ Stop by to pick up resources that you can use to advocate for your program and enhance your classes. ✓✓ Have your photo taken to publish in your local newspaper and spread the word about your work. ✓✓ Learn about how to contact legislators and make a difference at the local, state, and national levels. ✓✓ Speak with MaFLA board members about how to protect and grow language programs in your district. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU! Fall Conference 7 Pre-Conference 6-Hour Workshops Thursday, October 29 ($) Pre-registration is required (space is limited – first come, first served) • For 6-Hour Workshops (9:00 AM – 3:00 PM) registration fee includes refreshment breaks, lunch and all materials. • For 4-Hour Featured Workshops (4:30 PM – 8:30 PM) registration fee includes supper and all materials. • Attendees can earn 6 PDPs for a 6-Hour Workshop, 4 PDPs for a 4-Hour Featured Workshop or a total of 10 PDPs if you attend both workshops. 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM W1 Abbington ALL If Not Proficiency, What? Greg Duncan, InterPrep, Marietta, GA Language programs that are guided by principles of proficiency are better able to give their students what they want, and students are more inclined to stay with language study for a longer time. In this workshop, we will learn how to describe the different levels of speaking proficiency; we will be able to spot them when we see and hear them; and we will spend time learning how we plan to make proficiency happen. W2 Brookfield ALL Design Beyond the Modes: Performance to Proficiency with IPAs for Transfer Jennifer Eddy, Queens College, City University of New York We will design IPAs in the three modes of communication and then go beyond the modes. Using the Turnarounds to Transfer model, learn the characteristics of transfer to turnaround tasks you already designed and create new ones. These tasks align with the Common Core and help students think beyond themselves, building critical thinking skills. Please bring culturally authentic material and tasks you wish to turnaround! W3 DanforthALL Organizing and Supporting Your Students’ Developing Proficiency: The New Teacher Guide Nicole Sherf, Salem State University Tiesa Graf, South Hadley High School This workshop will overview the nationally recognized characteristics and standards for highly effective foreign language teaching and advocacy. Tools will be provided to implement a proficiency-oriented and context-based approach to teaching, 8 assessment and programming, with the goal of having a strong impact on student learning and documenting evidence to demonstrate it. Technological tools will be presented to spark student interest and engage learners in communicative and culturallybased classroom activities. Bring a device and a textbook if it isn’t available online. W4 Executive 1 SP Go Slow to Go Far Without Textbooks Pedro Carrasquillo, Wellesley Public Schools Every class should be a story. Put away your textbook and instead design units so interesting that students will get lost in the stories and forget that they are acquiring the target language. This workshop will explore ways in which Teaching Proficiency in Reading Storytelling can make input more comprehensible and language acquisition more compelling and fun. This workshop is geared to Spanish teachers and will be conducted mostly in Spanish. W5 Sturbridge FR Atelier Pédagogique: Creating Thematic Units and Assessing for Proficiency Rebecca Blouwolff, Wellesley Public Schools Dawn Carney, Brookline Public Schools Lead your own Révolution française by moving away from textbook-driven teaching toward proficiency-based, thematic units. Learn how to devise essential questions for a thematic unit; write Can-Do Statements appropriate for students’ proficiency levels; select authentic materials for interpretive assessments; and create proficiency-focused interpersonal and presentational assessments. Bring an existing unit and textbook for reference. Come away with templates for unit design and lesson planning, websites for French thematic units, and sample performance assessments and rubrics. In French. MaFLA 2015 Pre-Conference 4-Hour Featured Workshops Thursday, October 29 ($) Pre-registration is required (space is limited – first come, first served) • Registration fee includes supper and all materials. • Attendees can earn 4 PDPs for the 4-Hour Featured Workshop. 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM W6 Abbington ALL Create a Rich Learning Environment for Student Interaction: 90% Plus Charlotte Gifford, Greenfield Community College What makes for a truly rich environment for language learning? Consistent target language use plus student performance! Explore practical strategies for target language use by teachers and learners in the context of performance-based instruction: connecting with learners through their own demonstrably successful language use. In an interactive format, we will illustrate, brainstorm and demonstrate activities and techniques that promote positive conditions for language learning through 90%+ target language use and that help students develop proficiency and confidence. W7 Brookfield ALL Solutions for Online Translators Amanda Robustelli Price, Independent Education Consultant, Newington, CT This is a follow-up workshop to the Best of MAFLA session of the 2014 Conference. Last year, participants explored activities for students to avoid internet translation and encourage creativity. In this workshop (for people who attended the first one and firsttime attendees), teachers will explore how to scaffold the writing process, structure rubrics and teach students to evaluate translators and to use online dictionaries. Participants will be given time for discussion and to personalize learning. Exhibit Hall Preview Thursday, October 29 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Wine and Cheese Compliments of Fall Conference 9 Friday Morning 3-Hour Workshops ($) Pre-registration is required (space is limited – first come, first served) • Onsite registration may be available ~ check at the Registration Desk. 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM W8 Seminar 2 CH Integrate Engaging Activities to Advance Mandarin Chinese Proficiency Na Lu-Hogan, Arlington High School Focusing on increasing students’ language proficiency, this interactive workshop will present activities that have been used with successful results by the presenter. Participants will take part in pair and group activities to experience how to actively engage students to support language development. In Mandarin. W9 OxfordGR Fostering Critical Thinking Through Authentic Materials Christina Frei and Bridget Swanson, University of Pennsylvania, Sponsored by AATG MA Chapter This interactive and hands-on workshop draws on the AP framework for World Languages and translates a theme-based approach to first-year language instruction. Attendees devise their own module based on these methods. Learn how to create engaging, content-based modules for the first year classroom structured around the six global themes. Tap into students’ background knowledge and foster their developing critical thinking through the use of reflective journaling. Didacticize challenging authentic materials for the beginner. In German. W10 Charlton LAT Let Your Students Sell Your Program: Latin Projects Beyond the Classroom Edward “Ted” Zarrow, Westwood High School MaFLA/NECTFL Teacher of the Year As Latin teachers, we can often face questions about the usefulness of what we do or how the knowledge of Latin can be a job advantage in a multi-lingual, global economy. In our individual districts, our programs are only as strong as our ability to forge meaningful connections with the community at large. We cannot do this alone. Our students themselves are the best advertisement for our programs. In this workshop, the presenter hopes to share some of the ways that he tries to harness his students’ humor and channel their Latin exhibitionism in constructive ways. Participants will leave this workshop having explored a series of pro- 10 jects which they can adapt for their own programs – projects in which students can take their knowledge of Latin to the people, so to speak, and perform for a wider audience beyond the traditional classroom setting. W11 WebsterIT Contemporary Italy: What To Learn, How To Teach It Anna Rocca, Salem State University In this workshop, we will explore the new social, cultural, and artistic aspects of Contemporary Italy and develop teaching strategies to expose students to global understanding of cultural differences and stereotypes. Authentic resources and ready-to-use activities based on these resources will guide participants to raise students’ intercultural awareness and to reflect on the factors that shape their individual views. Activities for students will be developed in groups and shared among participants. In Italian. W12 Sturbridge FR Activités engageantes à la québecoise Janel Lafond-Paquin, Rogers High School, Newport, RI This workshop will be hands-on and will contain grouping, vocabulary, cooperative, speaking, reconstructive, circumlocution and white board activities to name a few. Participants will complete the activities so that they are comfortable with them and will be asked to give suggestions for using these activities to suit their own curricular needs. These ideas will be noted and sent to participants via email after the workshop. In French. W13 Brookfield SP Integrating Global into World Language Instruction Jorge Allen, Andover Public Schools Kevin Smith, VIF International It is said that you can’t separate language and culture. For language teachers it is not always as easy as it sounds. How do you address both language objectives as well as discuss global and cultural issues with your students? In this session, participants will examine globalizing strategies and ideas, and practice integrating them into world language lessons. Participants will also explore and receive exemplar global language lessons and resources. In Spanish. MaFLA 2015 Friday Morning 3-Hour Workshops W14 Abbington ADMIN W15 CheshireALL Using Proficiency Data for Program Improvement Move Up the Ladder with Confidence and Clear Goals Greg Duncan, InterPrep, Marietta, GA Joshua Cabral, Brookwood School Exemplary world language programs are guided by principles of proficiency. One of those important principles is using external data to reflect on student progress and to determine needed modifications in instructional delivery. This session will focus on what our external assessments can tell us about proficiency attainment and how we can use that information to enhance teaching and learning. Students climb the ladder of language proficiency best when they feel safe, confident, successful and have fun in the process. In this workshop, participants will learn and practice activities that provide a supportive context for risk-taking, build community, focus on authentic language use, and follow language proficiency goals and standards. Participants will also learn how to guide students in self-assessing their language proficiency so they can set, monitor and assess their goals. Friday Morning Sessions Session A 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM A1 DanforthALL Building Proficiency by Focusing on Learners: Stylesand Strategies-Based Instruction Tim Eagan, Wellesley Public Schools In order to build proficiency, students need to understand what they are learning well as how they can learn more efficiently, with better results. Whether working with struggling learners, or students who do fine but could do better, there are specific instructional and learner strategies that can help to improve students’ learning and engagement. Participants will learn some background on SSBI as well as a number of strategies that they can use right away. A2 Brimfield ALL Bye-Bye to Teaching by the Book Rebecca Blouwolff, JJ Kelleher and Eileen Hawkins Wellesley Public Schools Do you teach “by the book”? Have you thought about trying something else but don’t know where to start? Begin to move your teaching away from a traditional, textbook-centered, grammarbased model toward a theme-based, proficiency model with proficiency-based assessments. Presented by an old dog who is learning to love new tricks, this session will prompt self-reflection, share a little inspiration, and connect you to many helpful resources such as blogs, planning templates, and authentic materials. A3 Dudley TECH Google Apps in the Foreign Language Classroom Amy St. Arnaud, North Reading High School Goal: Spend less time creating slides. Solution: There are free resources to copy and paste! Goal: Start “flipping”. Solution: You- Fall Conference Tube is loaded with great videos! Goal: Spend less time catching up absent students and recovering from snow days. Solution: Post on a website! Goal: Use less paper. Solution: Go paperless with Google classroom! Goal: Collect data. Solution: Use Google Forms! Goal: Get students to communicate in the target language. Solution: Use Google applications! A4 Seminar 1 SP Student-Generated Activities Luisa Piemontese, Southern Connecticut State University This session offers a hands-on demonstration of how to guide students to design their own activities. Most teachers spend many hours developing exercises that reinforce the material presented in their textbooks. Student-generated activities are created by students for other students with guidance from the teacher. This concept allows students to be more involved in the lesson, to motivate other students, to use language in a purposeful way, and to recycle a lot of information. In Spanish. A5 Executive 1 LAT/ALL Becoming Comprehensible - Easy, Practical Ways to Use Second Language Acquisition Research Gregory Stringer, Burlington High School This session will present a series of small, easy, practical and usable tweaks that any Latin teacher can start implementing immediately in order to begin to better align their classroom with the realities of language learning as demonstrated by Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research. Emphasis is on helping teachers easily and painlessly integrate research-driven best practices into their own classroom and style to improve students’ Latin proficiency. Activities will be modeled, with examples provided and discussion encouraged. 11 Friday Morning Sessions A6 Heritage Tavern ALL Productive Group Work Amanda Robustelli-Price, Independent Education Consultant, Newington, CT Do you want students to work productively in groups but aren’t sure how? This session will give sample structures to use within the classroom so that students are more engaged, use the target language, and accomplish tasks within a student-centered activity. Teachers will have the chance to try various activities and then personalize them for their own classroom. A7 Southbridge FR/ALL A8 American Grille ALL Bringing About an Awareness of Social Justice in the Foreign Language Classroom Catherine Wood Lange and Andréa Javel, Boston College Social, political, and cultural events in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean have long attracted the public’s attention, via the various media. The presenters will discuss social justice issues across languages and cultures, and show how they can be integrated into the foreign language classroom. The session will bring about an awareness of how social justice can take center stage while still achieving classroom objectives. The themes of identity, immigration, and the environment will be explored. Art as a Means of Cultural and Linguistic Learning A9 Board 1ALL Anne Zachary, Ottoson Middle School Interactive Visual Technology: Using ‘Thinglink’ in the Foreign Language Classroom In this session, participants will learn to use famous works of art as authentic resources in the classroom, and subsequently strengthen students’ cultural, linguistic and visual literacy. They will also receive a list of resources for creating art-based lesson plans and supplementing their own knowledge of art. This program will focus primarily on French Impressionism, but lessons may, of course, be adapted for other languages and artistic genres. Amir Effat and Thomas Byron, Boston University Are you looking for new ways to incorporate technology into the language classroom? This presentation will focus on three different methods of using the interactive images of ‘Thinglink’ that stimulate student communication and encourage cultural understanding. The simplicity of ‘Thinglink’ and its ability to foster student creativity make it an immensely valuable tool for second language acquisition. Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Friday, October 30 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Come browse our showcase and talk with a variety of exhibitors about your needs regarding foreign language texts, tours, materials and technology! Cash and Carry Breakfast Available Enjoy a cup of 12 compliments of . . . MaFLA 2015 Introducing the 2015 MaFLA Conference MOBILE APP sponsored by To enhance your experience at the 2014 MaFLA Fall Conference, we’re providing a state-of-the-art mobile app to give you important conference information right at your fingertips. With this app, you can…. CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOM SCHEDULE Browse the schedule by day or strand, then click on the event for more details including title, time, location, full description, applicable languages, and information about the presenter(s). LEARN MORE ABOUT PRESENTERS Greg Duncan Read presenter bios, view their websites, connect with them on social media, and access their handouts. CONNECT WITH EXHIBITORS Search for exhibitors by company name, or scan the list of exhibitors alphabetically, then view their websites and connect with them on social media. To download the mobile app, search for MaFLA 15 in your app store, or check mafla.org/events-2/annual-fall-conference/current-year/. The app can be downloaded on iPhone, iPad, or Android devices. Other types of devices may use the Web app. Fall Conference 13 Friday Morning Sessions Session B 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM B1 Danforth SP Hispanic Cinema: Creating Thematic Units with Films from the Spanish-Speaking World Matthew Jones and Sarah Amancio, Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District This session will describe teacher-developed thematic units built around various authentic films from the Spanish-speaking world. Students who have taken this course develop an awareness of such topics as the history and politics of Latin America and Spain, famous Hispanics, immigration, and realismo mágico. Participants will receive fresh ideas on activating students’ interest by engaging activities in the target language structured around the films they view. An iPad or laptop is suggested. In Spanish. B2 Brimfield FR Promoting French Through Films Joyce Beckwith, Wilmington Public Schools (Retired) The Co-Editor of Volume 1 Allons au Cinéma: Promoting French through Films published by AATF in 2014, will preview the 15 francophone films soon to be published in Volume 2 in an interactive session. Participants will discover how to incorporate these films into thematic units on global challenges such as alienation and prejudice, family structure and values, and gastronomy. Activities, resources, web quests, projects, sociohistorical contexts and performance assessments will all be presented. In French. B3 DudleyALL/ADMIN The WHYs, HOWs, and WHAT THENs of Flipping Your Classroom Sue Griffin, Boston University By moving teacher-centered content outside of the classroom, face time is freed up for a more in-depth focus on the three modes of communication: interpersonal, interpretative and presentational. This session looks at the reasons why one might choose to go this route, some practical options for making the flip, and some ideas for how to address the three modes of communication using authentic materials. The session will be conducted in English with examples primarily in Spanish. GRADUATE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ONLINE Graduate Certificate in SPANISH The online Graduate Certificate in Spanish is a 15-credit program designed to give additional language training to professionals for whom Spanish language proficiency and cultural knowledge are crucial for successful communication and understanding. Our Center for Teacher Education and Research also offers a variety of professional development workshops for teachers. Contact one of our Outreach Specialists today to learn more about these opportunities. For more information, please visit gobacknow.com or call (413) 572-8020 or email dgceadmissions@westfield.ma.edu. 14 MaFLA 2015 Friday Morning Sessions B4 Seminar 1 ALL B8 American Grille SP Assessing Performance: Moving from Chapter Tests to Authentic Assessments Flipping the Spanish Language Classroom Catherine Ritz, Arlington Public Schools Flipping the classroom, or Aula invertida, allows for class time to be used to engage in student-centered activities. In this session, participants will learn how to move the lecture outside the Spanish classroom, all facilitated by the use of technology with free and/or low cost websites and specific apps available for educators while learning the vocabulary and gaining confidence to talk in Spanish about this current educational trend. Bring a device. In Spanish. It’s time to let go of chapter tests and focus on what really matters - what students can do with language! In this session, the presenter will look at how to transform assessments into meaningful, authentic, and engaging ways to capture student progress. Integrating Can-Do statements and proficiency targets, and focusing on the three modes of communication, the presenter will share examples of performance assessments and practice transforming some typical language topics and developing assessments for use in any language classroom. B5 Executive 1 LAT Carmina et sacra quibus melius Latinam docere possis Alice Lanckton, Newton South High School Because songs and rituals enter the brain differently from what is read or spoken, using them in the Latin classroom enables better teaching of Latin. The presenter will share songs she has written, based on Broadway and old standards, to make Latin more accessible through a different, amusing, and engaging pathway. In addition, she will also share how she celebrates a calendar of events from the equinox in September to honoring seniors in June to make a coherent group of each class. B6 Heritage Tavern ALL Let’s Get (Inter)personal! Diana Zawil and Adriana Gonzalez, Andover High School B9 Board 1ALL Answers Will Vary Carlos-Luis Brown, Wilmington Public Schools Wendy Diozzi, North Reading Public Schools Teachers of world languages can get caught in the trap of using just workbooks, fill-in-the-blanks, and matching; and the communicative purpose of our lessons gets lost along the way. This session will help teachers use the tools of these kinds of assignments to build up to communicative assessments, measuring oral and written production. Teachers will leave with communicative objectives for their classes, building on what they already know how to assess. CONGRATULATIONS! To Poster of the Year Winner Hyoyan Kang Cheri Quinlan, Vista Higher Learning Exhibitor’s Session Silence is golden unless one is in a world language classroom. If a person is looking for ways to raise the decibel level of the classroom, this session will offer the ways to do so! The presenter will highlight authentic interpersonal tasks at various proficiency levels that can be adapted to any spoken language. B7 Southbridge SP ¡A Compartir! Raising Proficiency in the AP Spanish Class Viviana Planine and Helena Alfonzo Newton South High School Presenters will share two curricular units based on the novella Macario and the film Mar Adentro in order to increase students’ proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking. On Macario, all the big topics of the AP exam will be addressed while focusing on cultural comparisons. On Mar Adentro the focus will be on standing and defending a point of view, a skill necessary to write a persuasive essay. Participants should bring materials to share with colleagues. In Spanish. Fall Conference 15 Mid-Day Break Plan ahead. Don’t miss the opportunity to . . . •enjoy lunch and network with colleagues •hear the Keynote Address •talk with exhibitors Lunch will be served from 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Cash and Carry Lunch will be available in the Exhibit Hall. A great variety of hot and cold food items will be available for à la carte purchase. Ample seating and laptop charging will be available. A Buffet Luncheon will be served in the Courtyard. Soup and Salad Buffet with Vegetarian Tomato Bisque, Roasted Vegetables, Caesar or Mesclun Salads with Cranberries and Grilled Chicken, Assorted Pies and Cakes, Iced and Hot Tea, Coffee $15.00 – Pre-registration is required for the Buffet, but there may be additional tickets available. Check at Member Services. Keynote Address Grand Ballroom 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM No Other Sessions Will Be Offered at This Time Greg Duncan, a lifelong language educator, former foreign language program administrator and language education consultant, is this year’s Keynote Speaker. He will be giving his address titled, The Formula for Success: Learners at the Center. As an expert in the field of language education, Greg will offer inspiring words to motivate all conference attendees to work towards increasing proficiency in their classrooms. MaFLA is honored to welcome Greg as this year’s Keynote Speaker and we look forward to his insightful speech. 16 Exhibit Hall Break 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Take this opportunity to browse our premier showcase of products and services available to you, today’s foreign language educators! While visiting the exhibit hall, view the newest products, peruse the latest publications, network with industry leaders and visit the MaFLA Advocacy Booth at tables 8 and 9. Visit our exhibitors! Enter the raffles and register for the drawings. Raffle prizes must be claimed by 4:30 PM on Friday. View list of winners at Advocacy Booth. MaFLA 2015 Friday Afternoon 3-Hour Workshops ($) Pre-registration is required (space is limited – first come, first served) • Onsite registration may be available ~ check at the Registration Desk. 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM W16 Brookfield ALL Literacy and Proficiency: Making the Connection Charlotte Gifford, Greenfield Community College Research confirms that study of another language can reinforce literacy gains in the native language, a powerful claim for World Language study as part of the core curriculum. Our classes can become learning environments where students simultaneously move up the proficiency ladder in the target language and make gains in literacy in both languages. Participants will study/review key documents from both fields, making connections notably between the Common Core standards for ELA and our field’s national standards and proficiency guidelines. We will examine how effective use of authentic materials foster students’ performance in all communicative modes. Working within the framework of Backward Design, participants will learn how to review and readjust curriculum to make these potential gains a reality W17 CheshireALL Unfolding Curriculum with Backward Design Jennifer Eddy, Queens College, City University of New York How do I design from the Standards with performance as the goal? What does performance assessment look like? This workshop guides participants through a model protocol, aligning backward design specifically with the World Readiness Standards (5Cs). Teachers will learn how to design an articulated, thematic curriculum using Culture as the framer with transfer tasks that go beyond the communicative modes. Participants leave with tools to continue design work in their schools. W18 DanforthALL Achieving Proficiency Goals for Global Competence Rita Oleksak, Glastonbury Public Schools, CT In this workshop, participants will explore multiple ways of building proficiency in a foreign language classroom. Key strategies and activities that lead from performance toward proficiency will be demonstrated as a means of helping students to cross major proficiency borders. A focus on building intercultural competence as a means to encourage growth across skill areas within the target language will be highlighted. Participants will be provided with suggestions for classroom strategies. Fall Conference James Powers Endowed Workshop Former MaFLA Distinguished Service Award recipient (1973) and one of the founders of MaFLA, James R. Powers Jr., upon his death in 2008, bequeathed funds to MaFLA “the annual interest income from [which] to be used for the support of sessions on Theory and Research” (will, probated April 30, 2008). Workshops 16 and 17 are presented by Charlotte Gifford and Jennifer Eddy. Charlotte Gifford is World Languages Chair at Greenfield Community College. She holds a BA in French (Tufts), an MA in Spanish (Middlebury) and the DALF (Université Jean Monnet). Past President of MaFLA and Past Chair of NECTFL, she presents frequently, most recently on teaching with films, digital images and authentic materials, performance assessment and Backward Design. Dr. Eddy is a professor of World Language Education at Queens College of the City University of New York. She works with both pre-service and in-service teachers on a variety of topics, but most notably curriculum design. Dr. Eddy has presented at conferences throughout the United States and has also published many books, articles and online resources pertaining to teacher training and World Language Education. “Learning a language is important. Living in a melting pot of cultures means many languages from around the world are useful to know. However, without taking it step by step, you could forget parts of the language and struggle using the language. That is why the proficiency ladder is so important. By taking it rung by rung, you progress and expand your knowledge even greater. In my opinion, progressing step by step makes me feel it is much easier than originally thought to learn a second language. By starting with greetings, learning some verbs, and then adjectives and other vocabulary, I have gone from a Novice Low to a Novice High in about half a year! This is because through those three levels, I took it step by step, rung by rung..”---- M.S. Essay Runner-Up, Samantha Bunner, student of MaFLA member Emily Laughlin 17 Friday Afternoon Sessions Session D 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM D1 Abbington SP Learning About Culture and Current Events in the Target Language Ally Van Laethem and Jeanne O’Hearn, Masconomet Regional Middle School How can we expose our students to cultural aspects and societal issues while maintaining 90% target language use? The presenters will show how they incorporate these topics while infusing lessons with rich vocabulary and opportunities to practice the four language skills. Examples will include film, music, photographs and readings. While the examples relate to Spanish-speaking countries and are geared toward middle school, they can be easily adapted for use with other levels and languages. In Spanish. D2 Sturbridge FR Reading Paintings, Reading Poems: Strategies to Build Proficiency in the French Classroom Louissa Taha Abdelghanny, Salem State University Visual art is one of the best ways to capture students’ attention and get them to express their opinions. This session will focus on the use of art and poetry in the language classroom. It will show through specific examples how paintings can be used as a tool to teach poetry, develop linguistic competence and explore cultural and historical contexts. Participants will be provided with activities they can use in their own classroom. In French. D3 CharltonALL Experience an Integrated Performance Assessment Amanda Robustelli-Price, Independent Education Consultant, Newington, CT Do you keep hearing about Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs) but feel overwhelmed whenever you try to get started? During this session, participants will experience an IPA, including activities to prepare students for the three different assessments and grading with rubrics for the interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational tasks. After acting as “students,” teachers will have time in small-group discussions to personalize their learning for classroom use. D4 Brimfield ALL Characteristics and Practices of Highly Effective Language Teachers Peter Swanson, Georgia State, ACTFL President Elect Over the past several decades educational reform in the United States has focused on student outcomes. Studies focusing on the characteristics of highly effective language teachers suggest the importance of teachers’ identity as it relates to the workplace, commu- 18 nicative competence, motivational orientation as well as one’s sense of humor and sense of efficacy have positive effects on students and instructors alike. Grounded theoretically, empirical research on these five teacher characteristics will be presented. Afterward, the presenter will discuss high-leverage teaching practices that have been shown to improve teaching and learning of languages. This research has implications for world language teachers and district administrators. D5 DudleyALL Digital Professional Development: Twitter, Google+, and More Alison Nelson, Sandwich High School Do you ever wish you could get more professional development than what is offered in your district or surrounding area? Expand your Professional Learning Network (PLN) to include teachers from around the world. Using Twitter and other digital means opens you up to some of the best professional development possible. You’ll feel invigorated, rejuvenated, and ready to start each day with new ideas. Teachers are always ready to lend each other support or ideas. Come meet some “tweeps!” D6 OxfordGR Full Ste(a)m Ahead! STEM Subjects in Humanities-focused Language Programs Gisela Hoecherl-Alden, Boston University Integrating STEM subjects in K-16 language programs makes language study relevant to other disciplines, provides opportunities for students’ intellectual growth, and sustains, even increases, enrollments. Practical, learner-centered activities require teachers to adjust for visual-spatial learners in text-based curricula originally designed for auditory-sequential students. This handson session demonstrates how to enrich course content to accommodate all students through interactive, project-based activities that reinforce creative and critical thinking at all proficiency levels. In German. D7 Webster IT La scrittura e gli errori: come e quanto correggere la produzione scritta degli studenti Paola Zanirato Dorfmann, Lexington High School Should teachers correct errors in L2 student writing? When should teachers respond to students’ grammatical errors and how should they provide feedback? These are important questions that teachers face when correcting students’ writings. In this session the presenter will explore methods to improve students’ writing skills by analyzing direct versus indirect corrective feedback and comprehensive versus selective feedback. In Italian. MaFLA 2015 Clockwise from top left above, a view of the Quartier Petit Champlain from the deck of the Lévis ferry upon arrival in Québec City, le Château Frontenac in winter, and an interior view of beautiful Notre Dame Basilica in Old Montréal. We at FRENCH ON LOCATION have long believed that unless students get interested early, in the people, history and culture of the places where French is spoken, they will not stay enrolled in French classes for the joy of conjugating irregular verbs. To get them interested, and keep them interested, the study of French needs to be fun, interesting and relevant, and the best way to make it so, is to get students out of their zip codes, with teachers who can connect what their students are learning in class to what is happening in the real world. This is no less important to a language student than looking through a microscope would be to a student of biology. Seeing is believing, and understanding French and being understood in French in the real world is believing too. For further information about our meticulously planned trips to Montréal, Québec City and Paris, please visit our web site, www.FrenchOnLocation.com or better yet, call us at 877.456.5552. We sincerely believe that our affordable French trips, developed and refined over 30 years, are the very best available anywhere, and we look forward to demonstrating that to you. A VISIT CANADA company Fall Conference 19 FRENCH METHODS SPANISH French in Action On Being a Language Teacher An Introduction to Spanish for Health A Personal and Practical Guide to Success Care Workers Communication and Culture, Fourth Edition A Beginning Course in Language and Culture: The Capretz Method, Third Edition Now Available! Parts 1 & 2 Pierre J. Capretz and Barry Lydgate, with Béatrice Abetti, Thomas Abbate, and Frank Abetti Norma López-Burton and Denise Minor CHINESE Encounters Chinese Language and Culture Tu sais quoi?! Cours de conversation en français Cynthia Y. Ning and John S. Montanaro Annabelle Dolidon and Norma López-Burton Learning Chinese RUSSIAN A Foundation Course in Mandarin, Intermediate Level Russian Full Circle Julian K. Wheatley A First-Year Russian Textbook ANCIENT GREEK Donna Oliver with Edie Furniss Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms Revised Edition Readings, Review, and Exercises Cynthia L. Claxton Sophia Lubensky Russian Poetry for Beginners Attica: Intermediate Classical Greek Learn to Read Greek NEW! An Annotated Reader Andrew Keller and Stephanie Russell Robert O. Chase and Clarisa B. Medina de Chase Fundamentos teóricos y prácticos de historia de la lengua española Eva Núñez Méndez Seamos pragmáticos Introducción a la pragmática española Derrin Pinto and Carlos de Pablos-Ortega A New Anthology of Early Modern Spanish Theater Play and Playtext Bárbara Mujica ARABIC Ahlan wa Sahlan Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Intermediate Learners, Second Edition Julia Titus, Mario Moore, and Wayde McIntyre PORTUGUESE Bom Dia, Brasil Mahdi Alosh Revised with Allen Clark LATIN 3rd Edition of Português Básico para Estrangeiros Arabic for Life Rejane de Oliveira Slade Revised by Marta Almeida and Elizabeth Jackson A Textbook for Beginning Arabic Bassam K. Frangieh GERMAN Introduction to Spoken Standard Arabic Learn to Read Latin, Second Edition NEW! Andrew Keller and Stephanie Russell College Latin An Intermediate Course Peter L. Corrigan Legends of Ancient Rome Authentic Latin Prose for the Beginning Student Brian Beyer Deutschland Im Zeitalter Der Globalisierung NEW! A Textbook for Advanced Learners of German Gabriele Eichmanss Maier A Conversational Course on DVD Shukri B. Abed with Arwa Sawan Shou fi ma fi? Schreiben lernen Intermediate Levantine Arabic A Writing Guide for Learners of German Rajaa Chouairi Pennylyn Dykstra-Pruim and Jennifer Redmann Yale university press MaFLA_YUPAd.indd 1 20 www.YaleBooks.com/Languages 8/21/2015 4:25:47 PM MaFLA 2015 Friday Afternoon Sessions D8 Seminar 1 ALL D12 Southbridge ALL/ADMIN Language Proficiency + Cultural Intelligence (CQ) = Global Citizen Holding the Ladder: Guiding Teachers in ProficiencyBased Assessment Joshua Cabral, Brookwood School Carlos-Luis Brown, Wilmington Public Schools Kim Talbot, Melrose Public Schools How do we teach culture? Facts are a helpful start, but teachers need to use this knowledge to develop Cultural Intelligence (CQ) that will help them to engage appropriately and respectfully with different cultures. In this session, participants will learn a framework that uses the ten Cultural Value Dimensions commonly used to explore and understand cultures. Participants will leave with concrete ideas for preparing students to be global citizens with a strong CQ. D9 Seminar 2 CH Fun Activities Based on Critical Thinking Skills This session, especially suited to Department Chairs of World Language Departments, will demonstrate how a few districts have been pushing and helping teachers assess production skills via DDMs and other benchmarks. Samples of student work and rubrics will be shared. Together, the group will begin the process for widespread collaboration to help administrators build on each other’s work and make DDMs and benchmarks more meaningful. Retirees’ Reception 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Star Lew, Newton North High School This presentation will provide practical methods to help students obtain 21st Century skills such as critical thinking skills. The presenter will introduce how to categorize thinking strategies into routines for introducing and exploring ideas, for synthesizing and organizing ideas, and for digging deeper into ideas. The presentation will provide rationale behind every routine, appropriate content selection, process of each step, and assessment and tips. These methodologies will make the class activities more interesting. In Chinese. D10 Executive 1 LAT Nummi et Historia Thomas J. Howell, Belchertown High School Coins can be an excellent window through which to teach lessons on Roman culture and history. In this presentation, the presenter will share a unit on Nero and Agrippina and show how he integrated numismatics to engage students and enhance their learning. Participants will come away with a complete unit and ideas for adapting other historical or cultural units. D11 Heritage Tavern SP Google Classroom: On the Go Proficiency Thomas Powers, Andover High School This session will provide an integrated view of Google Classroom. Mobile technology and its application to language instruction and learning are the focus. Participants will create a class, invite students, create assignments, and convert from Microsoft Office. Resources and mobile apps will all be addressed. Participants should bring a laptop or tablet. In Spanish. Fall Conference Friday, October 30 Host Hotel Presidential Suite By Invitation Only D13 American Grille TECH Get Your Life Back! Learn How to Use Doctopus and Goobric Andrea O’Brien, Lexington Montessori School In this hands-on, interactive session, participants will learn how to use Doctopus and Goobric. With these Google Sheets Addons, one is able to distribute electronic assignments to students directly into their assignment folders, share documents, monitor student progress, and manage grading and feedback for student projects easily. With the latest update, participants can now also leave audio comments. There is no need to bring home stacks of papers and spend weekends grading. Bring a device. D14 Board 1CH Using TPR and Storytelling to Enhance Teaching & Learning Effectiveness Lijie Qin, Cheng & Tsui Company Exhibitor’s Session Traditional Chinese stories are rich resources for teaching and learning Chinese language and culture. Students, however, can have difficulties with comprehension due to challenging vocabulary. In this workshop, we will introduce an approach combining TPR and storytelling to make readings more dynamic. Students will expand their vocabulary by contextualizing it in high interest stories and be inspired to apply their newly acquired language skills to authentic situations including acting out, retelling, revising, and rewriting. 21 Friday Afternoon Sessions Session E 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM E1 AbbingtonALL The Ideal Lesson Plan: 10 Steps to Total Fluency! John Conner, Groton School, Breaking the Barrier Exhibitor’s Session In this session, the author of the Breaking the Barrier series leads participants through ten activities guaranteed to make classes more productive and exciting. Video clips of his own students will be shown along with examples of how he incorporates technology into his classes. The ideas presented can be used in the classroom the very next day. E2 Sturbridge FR E5 DudleyALL Adding Some Spice: Making Everyday Activities Interactive Sarah Silva, Tyngsborough High School In this session, the presenter will share ways to make activities more engaging, including vocabulary review, grammar and cultural topics. Attendees will have a chance to practice some of the activities shared in the presentation. Participants should bring a laptop to get started in creating something fun for Monday. E6 OxfordGR Cartoons, Comics and Satire as Prompts for Conversations AP Style Assessments at Any Level Thierry Gustave, UMass Boston Kristin Gillett, Westford Academy In this session, the presenter will use realia to start conversations about contemporary French culture using grammar and vocabulary in context. The examples will focus on French cartoons, comics and satire to analyze thematic social and cultural issues. The presenter will show activities and games where students will work on their language proficiency while learning about specific issues, making analyses and comparisons with the society in which they live. In French. To adequately prepare students for the AP exam, teachers need to start exposing them to the style of the exam at the lower levels. In this session, participants will become familiar with the format of the exam and practice creating lower level assessments that compliment their curriculum and utilize the format of the exam. E3 Creating Materials for AP Italian Language and Culture Brimfield TECH Technology Meets Hands-On Learning Gina Longstreet, Dover-Sherborn Middle School Whether you have been teaching the same material for years or have only been in front of a class for a few months, this session offers tools teachers are craving to liven things up! A focus on blending technology with hands-on experiences will provide ideas on how to rejuvenate creative writing prompts, and participants will also learn about art by MAKING art and use technology to make a big impact. This session includes a “how to” on Prezi and Blendspace. Participants should bring an electronic device. E4 Charlton ELEM/ADMIN It’s Elementary! Planning and Implementing World Languages in K-6 Dawn Carney, Brookline Public Schools Debbie Watters, Needham Public Schools Tim Eagan, Wellesley Public Schools Interest is growing across the state and the nation in developing K-12 language programs. How does one approach designing a sustainable, research-based and proficiency-based model? This session will provide a thorough overview of requirements for a successful elementary program from the perspectives of a long-established program, a program in its second year, and a brand new program. The discussion will include rationale, vision, planning, scheduling, hiring as well as curriculum, assessment and instruction. 22 E7 WebsterIT Giuseppe Cavatorta, University of Arizona, Tucson This session will present strategies that teachers of AP Italian can use to create instructional and assessment materials based on authentic resources that draw from the six course themes and their recommended contexts, and that will help students to address essential questions. Participants will learn how to identify and find suitable resources, how to contextualize them, and how to use them to create opportunities for students to engage in the three modes of communication. In Italian. E8 Seminar 1 ALL America’s Languages in the 21st Century: The National Commission and What MaFLA Can Do Bill Rivers, Joint National Committee for Languages – National Council for Language and International Studies The language industry occupies a central place in the world economy; addressing global geopolitics, demographic change and emerging global challenges such as climate change requires linguistic and cultural human capital. This presentation discusses the state of language in the U.S. in light of the upcoming Commission, and provides concrete steps that MaFLA leaders and members can take to ensure that they have a voice in policy decisions at the local and national level. MaFLA 2015 Fall Conference 23 ONLINE SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY After nearly fifteen years helping teachers in Connecticut develop their language and pedagogy skills by working with them to prepare lessons that integrate language and culture using technology to enhance delivery and learning, we are proud to be offering three summer programs: the Summer Institute for Teachers of Spanish (SITS), the Summer Institute for Teachers of Italian (SITI), and the Summer Institute for Teachers of Foreign Languages (SITLang). These programs are now offered fully online. State of the arts technology to facilitate delivery of instruction and contact with students no matter where they are More flexibility and less traveling time and expense Ability to review lectures and materials as often as needed for improved comprehension Strict deadlines, rigorous assessments and well defined academic standards For information about the Summer Institute for Teachers of Spanish, please contact: Dr Gustavo Mejía at mejia@ccsu.edu For information about the Summer Institute for Teachers of Italian, please contact: Dr. Carmela Pesca at pescac@ccsu.edu For information about the Summer Institute for Teachers of Foreign Languages, please contact: Dr Lilián Uribe at uribe@ccsu.edu More information at http://www.modlang.ccsu.edu/ 24 MaFLA 2015 Friday Afternoon Sessions E9 Seminar 2 CH E13 American Grille ALL Learning by Doing: Engaging Students in Chinese Language Learning Introducing ELAG, The European Languages Advocacy Group Sheng-Chu Lu Magali Boutiot, French Cultural Services, with Representatives from the Consulates of Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain Engaging Activities to Increase Student Interest in Chinese Language and Culture Lan Wu and Wan Wang Michael Driscoll School, Brookline Public Schools In this combined session participants will have the opportunity to take part in different games and engaging activities and learn how to incorporate them in class to help students improve Chinese proficiency. They will also have the chance to help students increase proficiency by using hi-tech or no-tech and exploring reallife tasks that support target language use by students. In Chinese. E10 Executive 1 LAT Reading Strategies: Summarizing with a Purpose Sara Cain, Melrose High School Christopher Cothran, Nantucket High School Heritage Tavern SP Common Core Standards in the Spanish Classroom Mario Nuñez, Santillana USA Publishing Exhibitor’s Session Participants explore the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in the Spanish classroom, its alignment with the National Language Standards, the Common Core en español, the ACTFL/CCSS Crosswalk and how instructional materials must support the CCSS. The presenter will also share information about a new Program and Student Certification and Summer Inservice Abroad Program. E12 Southbridge E14 Board 1ALL AFS Presents: Weaving Intercultural Education into Your Curriculum Jeanette Szretter, The River School (retired) AFS-USA Exhibitor’s Session In this interactive session, presenters will demonstrate several ways in which students at any level might interact with and show their understanding of a new passage of Latin ... without translating. E11 ELAG, the European Languages Advocacy Group, was recently created to promote the teaching of 5 European languages (French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish) and the benefits of bilingualism in New England. In this session, representatives from the Consulates of France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain will present on resources and support which are available to foreign language departments. Come and learn what ELAG, a unique initiative in the US, can do for YOU! SP Bring the world to your classroom and expose your students to intercultural experiences! Learn how to utilize AFS’ Intercultural Learning content to seamlessly incorporate global learning through the Common Core Standards into your curriculum. AFS Intercultural Programs will focus on four key ways that you can foster cross-cultural skills and understanding by encouraging diversity, promoting cultural dialogue, embracing technology and participating in a cultural exchange experience. AFS lesson plans and activities will be provided. “At first, learning a foreign language seems daunting, like looking to the top of a ladder. Even though climbing that ladder is difficult, reaching proficiency at the top is well worth the struggle. Multilingualism has multiple benefits, from conducting global business affairs to just being able to travel. No matter what the reason, the goal is the same: being able to communicate.”---- M.S. Essay Runner-Up, Allison Care, student of MaFLA member Norma Villareal Contextualizing U.S. Latino Literature for AP Spanish Literature and Culture (SP) Cameron Stephen, Cy-Fair High School, Cypress, TX This interactive session will model interdisciplinary instructional strategies for AP Spanish Literature and Culture that engage and challenge students to contextualize U.S. Latino Literature (specifically Tomás Rivera’s ...y no se lo tragó la tierra). The session will include formative and summative assessments that directly connect to the themes and learning objectives to effectively prepare students for success on the exam. Handouts provided. In Spanish. Fall Conference @MaFLAonline 25 Friday Afternoon Sessions Session F 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM F1 Sturbridge FR F4 DudleyALL Study Abroad: Choose France! Activities Your Students Will Love! Emmanuelle Marchand, French Cultural Services Rebecca Fortgang, Bay Farm Montessori Academy This session will explain the key points of the higher education system in France. It describes the advantages of studying there and how U.S. high school students can register to be enrolled full-time at a French university. In French. F2 Brimfield SP ¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de realismo mágico? Kenneth Reeds, Salem State University You think you know what it is, but can you define it? More importantly, can you teach it? Magical realism is a truly trans-cultural, yet slippery, concept with a history far longer and more international than most realize. This session will move beyond the noise to trace the story from 1920s Germany to Latin America and to the rest of the world. In Spanish. F3 CharltonALL/ADMIN The Proficiency Cohort: Making Shift Happen, DistrictWide Catherine Ritz and Na Lu-Hogan, Arlington Public Schools Working in isolation, teachers can find it overwhelming to develop a proficiency-based curriculum. But working in a collaborative cohort, teachers are willing to take risks and feel confident trying out new methods. The result of this on-going, job-embedded work is curricula with integrated performance assessments that support the development of student proficiency in meaningful, authentic, and engaging ways. Come learn about this process and hear the experience of one district that’s making shift happen! The presenter will show activities that can easily be done in the classroom as well as different ways to do activities that teachers are already doing. These activities work with all age groups and all languages. Participants will see and experience first-hand activities that will get students interacting and engaged tomorrow. F5 OxfordGR/ELEM My Kids Are Learning?!? Energetic Songs for Teaching German Susanne Powers, German Saturday School Boston In this session, participants will get to know energetic songs that have been especially written for learning German as a second language. The subjects are relevant, the verses short and quickly learned, new words are often repeated, and the melodies are catchy. Many studies have shown how important music is to brain development and everyone knows how much children love music. Come learn how to incorporate singing into the German class! In German. F6 Webster TECH Appy Hour + (75 mins of Appy Fun) Kevan Sano, Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Join me for Appy Hour! In this session, participants will learn to mix up some cool Apps to move students from consumers to creators. The presenter will share easy-to-use recipes to create multimedia presentations, projects, and products to showcase what students can do as they climb the proficiency ladder. Some sample recipes: Tellagami + Thinglink = Interactive engagement; Tellagami + Pic Collage + Book Creator = Digital Portfolio to document growth. Bring a mobile device: iPad preferred. F7 Seminar 1 ALL Creating and Incorporating Proficiency and Performance Speaking Assessments Throughout the Curriculum Devon Ellis, Wellesley High School In this session, teachers will learn the difference between proficiency and performance assessments and what that means in terms of speaking. Teachers will learn how to help their students bring their level of speaking up to match (or even exceed!) their level of writing at every level of language while still maintaining grammatical and contextual accuracy. Teachers will learn 4-5 different methods they can use and adapt for any and every level of language. Teachers will see examples performed as well as participate in speaking activities so that they will leave knowing exactly how to most effectively incorporate proficiency into their lesson plans and classroom. 26 MaFLA 2015 Friday Afternoon Sessions F8 Seminar 2 CH F11 Southbridge FR/ELEM Finding a Balance Between Paper, Pencil and the iPad Songs, Games and Activities for the French FLES Classroom ChinHuei Yeh, Shrewsbury Public Schools Judith Jeon-Chapman, Worcester State University The presenter will share and compare her own practices of using paper and pencil activities and the iPad in Chinese class. Topics discussed in this session will include different ways of teaching and learning through traditional and paperless methods. Participants will review the advantage of both methods and be able to choose the ideal approach to balance the use of mobile devices and paper and pencil in their own Chinese classrooms. In Chinese. In the FLES classroom, engaging young students and motivating them to communicate in French is facilitated by incorporating music and games in the lessons and by establishing entertaining traditions to reinforce what has been presented. Music is an excellent teaching tool as it enhances memory in a special way, and gestures help students associate French words with meaning. Songs will be presented, so participants should come prepared to sing. TPR (Total Physical Response) effectively helps students associate actions with words. Participants will learn and engage in a number of TPR activities and games. Participants in this session are encouraged to bring their own favorite French FLES songs and activities to share. In French. Perform the Culture: Integration of Behavioral Culture into Instruction HaoHsiang Liao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology This session presents a hands-on implementation of Performed Culture Approach in Chinese language instruction. The presenter will use concrete examples to demonstrate how to provide the learners the personal experience of doing things in class in a specific context. Through repeated rehearsal and evaluated feedback, learners can internalize and transfer both linguistic forms and behavioral norms from short-term to long-term memory and become successful participants in Chinese culture using Chinese as their primary language. In Chinese. F9 Executive 1 LAT Mythology Role-Playing Games in the Latin Classroom Jocelyn Demuth, Marlborough School District This presentation will show how to make students active participants in mythology through table-top role-playing games (RPG). The presenter will share ways RPG can foster continued cooperation and enthusiasm for Latin and will also explain the mechanics of an Aeneid based RPG. Participants will then play a portion of the game. All RPG materials will be provided. This activity can be adapted to any textbook and has been thoroughly play-tested in the Latin classroom with grades 7-12. F10 Heritage Tavern ALL Leading Student Trips to Europe Celestino Basile and Carol Fiancey, Gloucester High School Do you want to lead a student trip to Europe, but have been afraid to try this? In this session, the presenters will provide material, ideas, and information on how to organize and lead a trip to Europe. Participants will learn all the steps and gain useful information not only to plan but to make their trips a reality. The presenters have led many trips to Spain, France, and Italy and can offer ways to increase the confidence a leader needs to make the trip a reality. Fall Conference F12 American Grille FR Presenting Future French Opportunities After High School With ISE Rachel Faynik Marbell, Intercultural Student Experiences Exhibitor’s Session The presenter travels around to high school French classrooms speaking to students and administrators about the importance of French and how students can use French beyond their high school career. The presentation will focus on her background and the creative ways she has used French in her career as well as engaging methods to get students thinking about their future with French and how far they can go. Research on the importance of the French language in our world today, as well as programs for students to consider in the future will be discussed. “The increase in time and attention being paid to helping students learn more about other cultures is leading more people to want to learn how to speak another language. This inspiration among young students is creating a generation of kids that are going to build strong global connections throughout the world. The development of foreign language speakers is helping to create interconnectedness amongst people from all over the globe, and all of this stems from teachers and peers inspiring students to tackle the daunting task of climbing the proficiency ladder..”---- M.S. Essay Contest Winner Kelsey MacCallum, student of MaFLA member Stephanie Perry 27 COMPLIMENTARY! MaFLA Member Reception On behalf of the MaFLA Board, your conference chair Jessica Clifford would like to invite you to join us on Friday in the Grand Ballroom for complimentary hot and cold hors d’oeuvres and wine or soft drinks. The reception starts at 5:30 PM and runs until 8:00 PM. What Are We Having? Artichoke Beignets Cheese and Fruit Platter Vegetable Spring Rolls Pasta Station Vegetable Platter Scallops Wrapped in Bacon SpanakopitaCoconut Shrimp Cookies and Brownies Complimentary Beverage Coffee and Tea Station Thank you to the following for making this reception possible ACTFLAATF AATGCAM EMFLA MITA The Sturbridge Host Hotel New England Association of Chinese Schools 28 MaFLA 2015 You spoke. We listened. For over 50 years Sanako has worked closely with educators to perfect and enable better speaking, comprehension and communication skills for language learners. • Sanako has teacher-led language learning solutions for all situations - both inside and outside the classroom. Teachers have the flexibility to use any content from any provider they wish - from audio CDs and Internet- to teacher-created content. • Sanako products are not limited to certain languages; they can be used to teach and learn virtually any language - anywhere. “No other digital environment provides students with the just-in-time lear ning opportunities afforded by a language lab in which they may perform both formative and summative assessment measures. It is the interactive nature of the lab, the real-time measure of correction during performance that makes the language lab stand above all other digital environments in scaffolding student lear ning... 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Teachers and administrators will learn how to design program level, articulated, curriculum using Culture at the heart of the Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions in Stage One, Performance Assessment Student Statements in Stage Two, and Intercultural Competency Can Dos in Stage Three. This session is hands-on and interactive with presentation, examples, and discussion. Participants leave with tools to continue design work in their schools. In this workshop, participants will examine a wide variety of local and external foreign language assessments used in Glastonbury Public Schools. Data gathered from these assessments will be used to spark conversation around performance activities that help to support building proficiency in a foreign language classroom. Teachers will have time to review data in order to reflect on ways to set appropriate benchmark goals for their own curricula, instruction and assessments. Fall Conference Jennifer Eddy, Queens College, City University of New York 31 Saturday Morning Sessions Session G 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM G1 AbbingtonTECH Transform Your Level One Into a 90% Target Language Class! Ellen Shrager, Abington School District, Abington, PA Managing 90% target language usage and good class behavior can be derailed by transitions. Create a “daily tech-guide” that keeps transitions and activities in the target language supported by strong visual cues. This interactive session will help participants to extend paired practices and integrate authentic audio, video, and textbook accessories with seamless transitions, improving classroom management, student behavior, and creating a 90% target language classroom. Even a teacher’s lowest-ability classes will transform! G2 DanforthALL Students as Teacher: Using Teaching Assistants in the Immersion Language Classroom Ruth Whalen Crockett, Ilana Heller and Meryl Shea Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School Séptimo program. Session attendees will engage in a kinesthetic, immersion experience led by intermediate Spanish students. Students and teachers will model how they engage novice-level learners in community-building activities that facilitate language learning. Participants will learn how students at the intermediate level deepen their language skills while acting as coach, instructor and camp counselor to novice learners. G3 Sturbridge FR Language and Identity: le français au Québec Elizabeth Blood, Salem State University Explore the unique aspects of the French language as it is spoken in Québec. Participants will engage in activities to understand the differences between standard French, le français québécois and le joual. The presenter will explore poems and songs that reveal the importance of language to Québécois identity. Participants will learn how to present this central aspect of Québécois culture to students in their French classes. In French. At the Parker Essential School in Devens, Massachusetts, juniors and seniors participate as teaching assistants in the Introductory 32 MaFLA 2015 Saturday Morning Sessions G4 Brimfield ELEM/ALL Planting the Seeds of Proficiency in Elementary and Middle School Joshua Cabral, Brookwood School Students are successful in the elementary and middle school classroom when instruction is aligned with principles of child development. Learning is most productive in a classroom community that makes learners feel safe, valued and successful. In this session, participants will learn and practice activities that provide a supportive context for risk-taking, build community, and focus on authentic language interaction. Proficiency levels and Can-Do Statements are not just for older language learners. G5 Charlton IT/SP Using Songs to Develop Cultural Awareness and Oral Proficiency Angelica Avcikurt and Claretta Tonetti, Boston University attending STEM/MINT workshops and in organizing week-long STEM/MINT projects in their schools. They will demonstrate how to integrate science, technology and math all in the target language into the German curriculum. Participants will acquire STEM mini-lessons and ideas for larger STEM projects. In German. G8 WebsterALL Data Analysis Makeover: From 4-Letter Word to 4-Star Practice Kim Talbot, Melrose Public Schools They are students, not numbers! Sound familiar? It’s time to reframe. The presenter will share one district’s journey as common student learning experiences, common assessments and common grading are commonplace among our teachers who, with their students, remain the focus of teaching and learning by USING multiple data sets to craft goals and improve performance. Participants will examine their own journeys toward reframing state mandates, and gather the necessary resources to move forward. Music and rhythm are an important part of language learning. They encourage memorization, imitation and more advanced language production, depending on the songs’ topics and linguistic objectives. This interactive session introduces creative ways of using Italian and Spanish songs in the classroom. Participants will discuss techniques to engage students in activities that promote speaking and listening skills through developing cultural awareness and creative writing. Participants will receive materials with suggested songs and activities. G6 DudleyALL/ADMIN Teaching in a 1:1 Environment: How to Survive Without a Language Lab Renee Dacey and Daniela De Sousa Burlington Public Schools With many schools going 1:1, is there still a need for a language lab? This session will offer administrators and teachers ideas on how to manage speaking and listening activities within a language classroom. Presenters will provide examples of how speaking and listening tasks are completed inside a 1:1 classroom without the use of a costly language lab. G7 OxfordGR STEM in the German Classroom: Language Across the Curriculum Joan Campbell and Sarah Fetterhof, Lincoln-Sudbury High School, Nathan Pritchard, Nashoba Regional High School Britta Roper, Billerica High School Since Germany is a world leader in technology, students of German have the ideal context for simultaneously gaining language and STEM skills. The presenters will share their experiences in Fall Conference 33 We are back in New York City! Developing Intercultural Competence through World Languages The 62nd Annual Northeast Conference February 11-13, 2016 at the New York Hilton Midtown The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Rebecca K. Fox, Ph.D., George Mason University, Chair You won’t want to miss our: topic-specific strands to explore the theme of Intercultural Competence exhibit hall of publishers and vendors with something for everyone opening and closing sessions to bring attendees together around the theme workshops and sessions for language educators pK-16 All conference registration information available at: www.nectfl.org 34 MaFLA 2015 Saturday Morning Sessions G9 Seminar 1 SP G11 Preparing for the AP Cultural Comparison Task in Spanish III, IV and AP Adrienne Talamas, Leslie MacIntosh and Gabrielle Garschina Belmont High School This presentation will show how to support the AP curriculum by preparing for the cultural comparison task beginning in Spanish III and IV. The presenters have designed practical routines for the third and fourth year curricula, so that students arrive at the AP course already experienced with this component of the AP exam. Participants will receive practical materials, experience specific activities and have the chance to share new ideas. G10 Seminar 2 CH Skit as Proficiency-Oriented Summative Assessment Cheng-Fu Chen, Framingham State University This presentation explores proficiency-based teaching techniques in a Chinese classroom. Students’ learning difficulties can emerge from structural differences between L1 and L2. L1-to-L2 feature borrowing may be spotted early in formative assessments, but can remain obscure at a later stage of learning. An end-of-semester group skit is suggested as a summative assessment with which the outcome of formative instruction and learner language as expression can be examined to inform teaching. In Chinese. Executive 1 LAT Nunc est scribendum: Writing for Mastery Jacqueline Carlon, Paul Johnson, Alexis Whalen and Erin Shanahan, UMass Boston Research shows that active use of a language is the surest way to reinforce knowledge of vocabulary and syntax. In addition to providing opportunities for speaking in the classroom, teachers can engage students in writing activities, which can be a highly effective tool for acquisition, particularly those that allow for student creativity. This session will involve the participants in a series of writing activities that can be adapted to various levels of Latin instruction. G12 Heritage Tavern IT/ALL Kahoots: Free and Fun Formative Assessments Anna Tirone, Winchester Public Schools What do free, fun and formative assessments have in common? Come to the “laboratorio”, aka, Kahoots session and experience this online tool which you can use to How createadult fun, formative learners can assessments for your students. This is an interactive session. Afterand draw upon skills learning about Kahoots, you will participate in playing a game of knowledge honed over Kahoots and then creating your own. You will leave with your own a lifetime to master Kahoots, which you will be able to use the next time you meet your a foreign language. students. Bring vocabulary or information that you would like to Hardcover | $24.95 | £17.95 include in your formative assessment. Share, examine and learn about other online games you can create. The MIT Press “Becoming Fluent is written by cognitive psychologists who lucidly demonstrate how adults can successfully learn a foreign language by utilizing strategies based on reliable cognitive science and educational psychology research. The reader will understand how and why he or she can master a new language—an insight unrealized in previous texts.” —TIMOTHY JAY, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; author of The Psychology of Language and Why We Curse Hardcover | $24.95 | £17.95 mitpress.mit.edu/becomingfluent Fall Conference 35 Saturday Morning Sessions Session H 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM H1 AbbingtonALL Replacing Traditional Assessments with Group Projects by Using Authentic Materials Vilma Bibeau and Elise Knox, North Andover High School This session will provide participants with tips on how to replace traditional assessments with group projects by using authentic Spanish, Italian and French documents to increase cultural knowledge and to promote communication in the target language in class. In addition this session will offer practical advice regarding how to set groups and how to improve the use of class time while working on a project. Examples of resources along with class activities will be provided. H2 Danforth SP Puerto Rico: Building Cultural Competence Through Different Genres Hugo Viera, Westfield State University In this hands-on session, participants will develop lessons with authentic input from a variety of genres, including informational texts, literature, songs and audio-visual materials. Emphasis will be Substitute Lesson Plans for the sub who does *not* know German, French, or Spanish *********** More time-saving resources are in my store. www.TeachersPayTeachers.com/ Store/Carol-Nescio carolnescio@gmail.com 36 placed on how to integrate the development of linguistic proficiency with intercultural communication. The presenter will select a textual corpus centering on topics related to past and present Puerto Rican realities, such as ecology, diaspora and identity. In Spanish. H3 Sturbridge FR Alliance Française of Boston Award for Middle School Teachers of French Rebecca Valette, Boston College The Alliance Française of Boston is sponsoring an annual award for middle school teachers of French to support projects that will help promote their language programs. Three 2015 winners will present the results of their projects. Suggestions will be welcomed for ways in which the award can be improved. H4 Brimfield FR/SP Winning AP Tools and Techniques Jonathan Shee, St. Luke’s School, New Canaan, CT In this session, participants will gather a trove of easy-to-implement tips and tricks that will help their AP French or Spanish students tackle AP tasks with confidence. The presenter will share French and Spanish rubrics, resources and other materials digitally with all participants through Dropbox. This session is intended for both current and future AP teachers. H5 CharltonALL Data-Driven Foreign Language Teaching, Assessment and Programming Nicole Sherf, Salem State University Tiesa Graf, South Hadley High School In this session, the presenters will describe a variety of approaches to collecting and using data to inform teaching, assessment and programming. Ultimately, the goal is to produce functionally proficient and eager life-long language learners, and student involvement in this process is critical. The presenters will work with participants on a mutual goal of bringing students up the proficiency ladder by looking at data in a different way. H6 DudleyALL The Importance of Literature in Foreign Language Classes of All Levels Sarah Bilodeau, Cambridge Public Schools In this presentation, participants will explore the important role of literature in foreign language acquisition. As students of all ages embark on their climbing of the proficiency ladder, it is important that they encounter literature as early as their first weeks of enrollment in their course. The session will focus on concrete MaFLA 2015 Saturday Morning Sessions examples of recommended literary works and lesson plans that incorporate them into the curriculum for first through fourth year secondary French and Spanish classes. H7 OxfordGR Multicultural Germany: Teaching with Afro-German Texts Theresa Schenker, Yale University This session introduces a variety of Afro-German texts that can be used at different levels of German to teach about this important minority group in Germany. Session participants will get to know poems, short stories, novels, interviews, and other texts which can be included in units on multicultural Germany. Suggestions about the appropriate level for their inclusion will be given. The session concludes with summarizing a teaching unit on Afro-German poetry for intermediate German. H8 WebsterTECH World Languages: Full STEAM Ahead Mercé Garcia, Chestnut Hill School Although the letters “W” and “L” do not appear in the acronym STEAM, that does not mean that World Languages cannot be integrated with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. This session will provide teachers with fun and engaging lesson ideas and projects that integrate STEAM principles into the World Languages classroom. H9 Seminar 1 TECH The Use of Technology and Culture in the Spanish Classroom Wendy Cahill, Concord-Carlisle High School How can we engage and motivate students in the 21st century in Spanish classes with technology and culture? Culture is the base of any language that we learn and it is very important to teach it to our students. This session will provide great ideas to help teachers reach all students in different ways and allow them to work at their own pace. In Spanish. “Success can be looked as a ladder, one must start at the bottom in order to get to the top. The most important thing to aid in climbing is faith and bravery. To advance to greater heights, you need to take your feet off the ledge below. The higher you get, the harder it is to prosper. Leaving the ground and taking that first step begins the adventure. After that, those next steps are easy, quickly moving through each one. Climbing takes courage, knowing that there may be a possibility of falling. It’s never too late to start “climbing the proficiency ladder: many languages, one goal.”---M.S. Essay Contest Runner-Up Helen Cohen, grade 8, Sky View M.S., student of Emily Laughlin. Fall Conference H10 Seminar 2 CH Fun Chinese Class with Paper-Folding Yu-Wen Wang and Ming-Teh Wang, Needham High School Teaching Chinese is not only teaching language; introducing culture is the other essential component in the Chinese class. Paper-folding is one of the most effective ways to demonstrate an important aspect of Chinese culture. In this session, participants will learn to make different products of paper-folding based on the Ni Hao textbook series. Participants will be able to bring their products back to enrich their Mandarin program as well as to decorate their classrooms. In Chinese. H11 Executive 1 LAT Bringing Latin and Its Vivacity into the 21st Century Maureen Keleher, Thayer Academy Boo! Clues and mystery! People magazine! This session will explore active student-centered projects and activities that make antiquity alive for modern audiences and learners. Participants will explore projects that bring students together, get them up and moving, and connect life two thousand years ago to life now by looking at Halloween Hades; Rome and Pompeii scavenger hunts; and Ovid’s Heroides in the 21st century. Participants will brainstorm and create projects for their own students as well. H12 Southbridge SP Teaching Culture Laura Connor, Framingham State University Sometimes it is difficult to know how to integrate meaningful cultural lessons into curricula using the target language, particularly when teaching beginners. Participants will learn different strategies to incorporate culture into all levels of instruction using 90% target language. Examples will use a variety of cultures in the Spanish-speaking world but can be applied to many languages. H13Heritage TavernIT Misconceptions about the importance of the Italian language. Luigi (Gina) Maiellaro, Northeastern University Although Italian is not spoken in as many countries as some other Romance Languages, it has a special place in the world regarding many aspects of our lives, history, work and language. As teachers of Italian, we know the importance of Italian and the connections it has with work, careers, travel, language learning. It is more than a language spoken only in a few countries. In our world, students need to know what learning Italian will do for them in terms of jobs, economy, interests, etc. In this workshop, we will discuss and learn how to educate students, parents and other teachers about the importance of Italian and its connection to many areas of study, work and personal satisfaction. 37 Saturday Morning Sessions Session J 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM J1 Cheshire SP SWAP-SHOP / Anuncios de la Embajada de España / Recepción Joy Renjilian-Burgy, Wellesley College/President MA AATSP En esta sesión annual de la AATSP de Massachusetts en MaFLA, habrá un “Swap-Shop” de intercambio de ideas para incorporar cine en los cursos elementales, intermedios o avanzados de español o portugués.Trae 20 copias (de una página) de una corta actividad favorita para compartir con colegas. Incluye la actividad y el nivel de aprendizaje. En la segunda parte del programa, Eva Martín, la Consejera de Educación de la Embajada de España, describirá oportunidadades para ganar becas españolas. Ella presentará a la becaria de 2015 de Needham High School, Kate Swegan. Después de su breve presentación, vamos a disfrutar de copas y conversación, seguidas por una rifa. J2 DanforthALL This year, the presenter’s advanced Spanish elective became a self-sustaining machine, powered by perpetual conversation. Proficiency-based language and proficiency-based practices created an environment in which risks were taken and embraced and learning extended far beyond the classroom. Participants will leave with techniques to foster meaningful communication and promote deeper inquiry in the language class. J5 CharltonALL We Are All Foreign Language Teachers of Literacy Pat DiPillo, Falmouth Public Schools The goal of this session is to provide foreign language departments with a format for teaching culture and writing for literacy simultaneously. Participants will be given packets of information with graphic organizers, a rubric, and a methodology for teaching writing based on a prompt as well as articles on a cultural topic of relevance for French and Spanish. Participants will collaborate to write prompts that address the articles and share results. If I Were You: Connecting Linguistic Proficiency and Intercultural Competence J6 Dudley ALL Alison Carberry Gottlieb and Molly Monet-Viera, Boston University Noah Roseman, Brockton High School MathLA at MaFLA In this session, participants will receive a sampling of authentic cultural digital materials and create model lesson plans that ask students to reflect on the construction of cultural identity and values, comparing and contrasting their own experiences and perspectives with those of others. Expressions such as “If I were you” not only lead to the use of the advanced-level function of hypothesis, but also cultivate cultural empathy in the students. Participants will learn ways to help students climb the proficiency ladder while infusing weekly lesson plans with math! The presenter will show how to incorporate graphing, calculations and a variety of reasoning skills during this interdisciplinary session. Participants will be able to support their math departments and boost scores on MCAS, PARCC or whichever standardized test kids must face today. J3 J7 OxfordGR Sturbridge FR AATF Presents: Advocacy, Activities and Action Jonathan Shee, St. Luke’s School, New Canaan, CT Brian Thompson, President AATF E. MA Chapter Joyce Beckwith, Former AATF Regional Rep The presenter, President of the AATF Chapter in Connecticut, will offer an interactive, multi-media presentation on advocacy resources and strategies, exciting cultural and academic activities for students, building an “Exemplary French Program” in your district and creating community connections to promote French via public relations efforts. All French teachers are encouraged to atttend. A ne pas manquer! In French. J4 Brimfield ALL The Self-Driving Classroom or How I Learned to Love Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Jonathan Sirois, Tabor Academy 38 AATG MA Annual Chapter Meeting Joan Campbell, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Members meet with officers of our local AATG chapter and the German Cultural Institute of New England to make announcements, discuss upcoming events and strategies for keeping German vibrant in the schools and colleges in Massachusetts, air concerns, and network with colleagues. In addition, non-members are welcome to join us and find out about membership benefits. (Panel Discussion) J8 Webster IT MITA Annual Meeting Anna Tirone, Winchester Public Schools Gina Maiellaro, Northeastern University MITA invites all Italian teachers to its annual meeting. Anna Tirone and Gina Maiellaro will facilitate this meeting and update teachers on MITA and AATI and how these two organizations are working together. Dr. Domenico Teker, the Director of Education MaFLA 2015 Saturday Morning Sessions Office of the Italian Consulate, will be a guest speaker and will inform us on upcoming events and programs. J9 Seminar 1 TECH Proficiency Guidelines Through Task-Based Approach and Web Tools Diana Fiori, University of Rhode Island Monica Bel, Amherst College This session will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn diverse uses of new technology to conclude with a multimedia project. It consists of writing and recording a text using Blogs, WordPress, Wiki pages, Moodle, GarageBand/Audacity, and Google Drive. Participants should bring a laptop or a mobile device to experience the benefits of using Web tools inside and outside the classroom. J10 Seminar 2 CH Using Images and Topic-Specific Rhymes to Improve Chinese Teaching image and rhyme in Chinese teaching. The presenter will discuss how teachers can use narrative images linked with topic-specific rhymes to engage students in high-level language learning. Through the chanting of the rhymes, students are able to increase the fluidity of their sentence building. With this engaging method of practicing basic phrase patterns, students become more confident in their essay writing. Detailed images are utilized as reference points for the rhymes, thus creating a multi-modal learning technique. In Chinese. J11 Executive 1 LAT Classical Association of Massachusetts Annual Business Meeting Edward “Ted” Zarrow, Westwood High School The Classical Association of Massachusetts will hold its annual Fall Meeting. The MaFLA Batting Award winner, Cori Russo, Lynn Classical High, will report his findings from his attendance at the UMass Conventiculum. Please join us. New members are welcome! Dr. Edward “Ted” Zarrow, CAM president, MaFLA and NECTFL Teacher of the Year, will preside. Tianxu Zhou, Tabor Academy This session is designed to further explore the effectiveness of SPANISH STUDIES ABROAD Our Language & Culture Immersion Programs Customized Programs for faculty from shortterm to semester-long academic programs Professional Development for Spanish language teachers High school and Cultural travel options Study Abroad college-level immersion programs “Spanish Studies Abroad took what was just a vague dream at our university -- a winter program in Cuba -- and made it happen.” -Dr. Jack Lule, Professor & Chaire of Journalism and Communication, Lehigh University Spain Argentina Puerto Rico Cuba visit www.spanishstudies.org email info@spanishstudies.org call (413) 256-0011 Fall Conference 39 MaFLA Business & Awards Luncheon Saturday, October 31, 2015 Grand Ballroom, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Chicken Saltimbocca with Prosciutto and Provolone Cheese in a Garlic Mushroom Wine Sauce Tossed Seasonal Greens with Garden Vegetables and Choice of Dressing Chef ’s Choice of Rice or Potato, Fresh Vegetable of the Season Double Layer Lemon Cake Coffee and Tea Service Pre-registration is required for the meal. Tickets are $25.00 (A limited number of tickets will be available onsite) All members are encouraged to attend the business meeting after the meal. The Conference programming is not over yet! Come to the MaFLA Business and Awards Luncheon to celebrate colleague and student accomplishments, debrief the conference. Business Meeting Agenda Items Election of Officers and Board Members AWARDS: Distinguished Service Award Helen G. Agbay Graduate Study Scholarship Elaine G. Batting Memorial Scholarship Spanish Embassy Technology Award Cemanahuac Award MA German Educator of the Year Award Past Presidents’ Scholarship(s) CAM Award ISE Language Matters Award Chinese Teacher Award Italian Teacher Award French Teacher Award Mel and Cindy Yoken MaFLA Scholarship The Chinese Proficiency Scholarship Alliance Française of Boston Award for Middle School Teachers of French Announcement of Student Poster, Essay and Podcast Contest Winners New Teacher Commendations 25 Years of Service and Retiring Foreign Language Educators Notes to the Profession 40 MaFLA 2015 MaFLA would like to express its sincere thanks to the following companies and organizations whose loyal support makes our conference possible CORPORATE SPONSORS Sanako/Tandberg Educational BENEFACTORS VISTA Higher Learning American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages PATRONS Pearson Spanish on Location EF SUPPORTERS CAM – Classical Association of Massachusetts AATF Eastern Massachusetts Chapter EMFLA - Eastern Mass Foreign Language Administrators AATG Massachusetts Chapter MITA – Massachusetts Italian Teachers Association ISE – Intercultural Student Experiences New England Association of Chinese Schools Passports Educational Group Travel Host Hotel and Conference Center Fall Conference 41 Exhibit Hall Floor Plan 42 MaFLA 2015 Exhibitor Booth Assignments T1AATF 9 French on Location / Spanish on Location T2AATG T2 Goethe-Institut Boston, German Cultural Center of New England 32 Historia Antiqua 14 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 5 Intercultural Student Experiences (ISE) 49 ISA High School 60 Jumpstreet Educational Tours T3AATSP T6ACTFL 33AFS-USA 24-25 Applause Learning Resources 47Bayard 27 Breaking the Barrier, Inc. 28-29 Cambridge University Press 38-41 Carlex, Inc. 37 C.A.S.IT., Inc. 54 Cengage Learning/National Geographic Learning 15 Central Connecticut State University 22 Cheng & Tsui Company 58-59 Chester Technical Services, Inc. 17 Chinese in Focus LLC T4 Classical Association of Massachusetts (CAM) 52 DRE Designs 7-8 E B I Electronics, Inc 26 EF Educational Tours 34 EMC Publishing T7 European Languages Advocacy Group (ELAG) 36Explorica 35 Focus, an Imprint of Hackett Publishing Company T1 French Cultural Services 56-57 Learning by Design T8-T9 MaFLA Advocacy 20 Mango Tree Artisans T6NECTFL T5NNELL 51 Outlook International 11 Passports Educational Travel Group 3-4Pearson 18 Perfection Learning / AMSCO Publishing 23Prométour 42 QTalk Publishing 53 Rustic Pathways 31 Santillana USA Publishing 16 Spanish Studies Abroad 48 Student Travel Exchange Program 30 Students Love Travel 1-2 Tandberg Educational 10 Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston (T.E.C.O.) 43 The Pericles Group, LLC 45Think-Board/Think-Desk 46 Travel & Education 50 University of Massachusetts, Graduate Certificate Teaching of Spanish 12-13 Vista Higher Learning Fall Conference 21 Wayside Publishing 19 Westfield State University 44 Where There Be Dragons 55 WorldStrides International Discovery 6 Yale University Press 43 Exhibitor Directory AATF (American Association of Teachers of French) Eastern Massachusetts Contact: Brian Thompson Email: brian.thompson@umb.edu Website: www.aatf-easternmass.org French language and cultural resources. AATG (American Association of Teachers of German) Massachusetts Contact: Joan Campbell Email: joan_campbell@lsrhs.net Website: www.sites.google.com/site/aatgma German language and cultural resources. AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese) Contact: Debra Nigohosian Email: dnigohosian@aatsp.org Website: www.aatsp.org Devoted to the promotion of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian languages, literatures, and cultures. ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Contact: Marty Abbott, Executive Director Email: mabbott@actfl.org Website: www.actfl.org National organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction. AFS-USA Contact: Amy Gerhard 120 Wall Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10005 Email: agerhard@afsusa.org Phone: 1-800-AFS-INFO Website: www.afsusa.org A leading international high school student exchange for more than 65 years. Applause Learning Resources Contact: Michael Pollack 85 Fernwood Lane, Roslyn, NY 11576 Email: info@applauselearning.com Phone: 800-277-5287 Website: www.applauselearning.com Teaching aids in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Latin. 44 Bayard Contact: Catherine Lamy 4 Harbor Drive, Port Chester, NY 10573 Email: catherine.lamy@bayard-mag.com Phone: 908-405-0690 Website: http://monde.bayard-milan.com/usa-east-coast/ French magazines for kids and pedagogical tools for teachers in French, as well as magazines in Spanish, German, English and Chinese. Breaking the Barrier, Inc. Contact: John Conner 63 Shirley Road, Groton, MA 01450 Email: john@tobreak.com Phone: 978-448-0594 Website: www.tobreak.com Publisher of world language materials available in print and digital formats. Cambridge University Press Contact: Regina Snyder 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013 Email: RSnyder@cambridge.org Phone: 800-872-7423 Website: www.cambridge.org/us/cambridgeenglish Publishes materials that enrich teaching, learning, and research. Carlex Inc. Contact: Ava Hanna 1545 West Hamlin Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48309 Email: info@carlexonline.com Phone: 800-526-3768 Website: www.carlexonline.com Foreign language teaching aids, books, decorations, awards, etc. C.A.S.IT., INC. Contact: Maria Gioconda Motta 27 Water Street, Unit 102B, Wakefield, MA 01880 Email: mgmotta@casit.org Phone: 781-224-0532 Website: www.casit.org Promotion and preservation of Italian language instruction in schools. Cengage Learning/National Geographic Learning Contact: Lisa Arsenault 20 Channel Center Street, Boston, MA 02210 Email: donna.livingstone@cengage.com Phone: 800-892-0022 Website: www.ngl.cengage.com Science, Social Studies, Reading and Writing, ESL/ELD, Spanish, and Professional Development. MaFLA 2015 Exhibitor Directory Central Connecticut State University Contact: Gustavo Mejia 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, CT 06053 Email: mejiag@ccsu.edu Phone: 860-832-2875 Website: www.modlang.ccsu.edu Graduate programs (including online) in Italian and Spanish, summer institutes for foreign language teachers. Cheng & Tsui Company Contact: Cindy Su 25 West Street, Boston, MA 02111 Email: cindy@cheng-tsui.com Phone: 617-988-2400 Website: www.cheng-tsui.com Cheng & Tsui is the leading publisher of Asian language learning materials. Chester Technical Services, Inc. Contact: Chip Howe 10 White Wood Lane, North Branford, CT 06471 Email: sales@ctslabs.com Phone: 800-342-5285 Website: www.ctslabs.com Sony/SANS Language Labs, many levels for any budget, all upgradeable local support. Chinese In Focus LLC Contact: Kathy Swanson 87 Kimball Beach Road, Hingham, MA 02043 Email: sraswanson@yahoo.com Phone: 781-740-0545 Website: www.chineseinfocus.com Chinese language learning program for middle and high school students. E B I Electronics, Inc. Contact: Tom Troia 621 Lincoln Street, Seekonk, MA 02771 Email: sales@ebisys.com Phone: 800-554-1963 Website: www.ebisys.com Innovative tools built for the changing face of educational technology. Anywhere, anytime, any device. EF Educational Tours Contact: Alexis Jungdahl EF Center Boston Two Education Circle, Cambridge, MA 02141 Email: alexis.jungdahl@ef.com Phone: 800-637-8222 Website: www.eftours.com Educational tours for students and teachers. EMC Publishing Contact: Lori Anne Mattessino 875 Montreal Way, St. Paul, MN 55102 Email: lmattessino@emcp.com Phone: 800-328-1452 Website: www.emcschool.com Offering digital resources and learning solutions. See Passport for language learners! European Languages Advocacy Group (ELAG) Contact: Magali Boutiot Email: magali.boutiot@diplomatie.gouv.fr Advocating for the teaching and learning of European languages. Explorica Contact: Dr. Edward “Ted” Zarrow Email: tzarrow@westwood.k12.ma.us Website: www.massclass.org Supports the professional needs of teachers of Latin and Classical Humanities by sponsoring meetings and workshops. Contact: Sarah Kate Steinwedell 145 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02111 Email: ssteinwedell@explorica.com Phone: 888-310-7120 Website: www.explorica.com Explorica helps teachers create educational tours full of authentic, interactive learning experiences. DRE Designs Focus, an Imprint of Hackett Publishing Company Classical Association of Massachusetts (CAM) Contact: Dawn Eger Rizzo P.O. Box 274, Cohasset, MA 02025 Email: dredesigns@comcast.net Phone: 617-259-5184 Website: www.facebook.com/drecustomdesigns Specializing in Custom Crystal Jewelry incorporating rare and limited edition Swarovski Crystal. Fall Conference Contact: Ryan Picazio 847 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 Email: ryanp@hackettpublishing.com Phone: 317-635-9250 Website: www.hackettpublishing.com An independent publisher serving the humanities since 1972. 45 Exhibitor Directory French Cultural Services ISA High School French on Location/Spanish on Location Contact: Ivan Lopez 1112 W Ben White Blvd, Austin, TX 78704 Email: hs@studiesabroad.com Phone: 512-474-1041 Website: www.studiesabroad.com/hs High school study abroad. Contact: Magali Boutiot Email: magali.boutiot@diplomatie.gouv.fr Website: www.consulfrance-boston.org French language and cultural resources. Contact: Michael Donovan 134 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 Email: donovan@visitcanada.com Phone: 877-456-5552 Website: www.FrenchOnLocation.com Short and affordable domestic field trips for students of French and Spanish. Goethe-Institut Boston, German Cultural Center of New England Contact: Folke-Christine Moeller-Sahling Email: info@boston.goethe.org Website: www.goethe.de/boston German language and cultural resources. Historia Antiqua Contact: Douglas W. Ryan 60 Rocky Meadow Street, Middleborough, MA 02346 Email: historiaantiqua@verizon.net Phone: 508-947-2372 Website: www.historiaantiqua.com Presentations on ancient Greece and Rome brought to Latin and history classrooms. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Contact: Steve Hage 3800 Golf Road, Ste. 200, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Email: steve.hage@hmhco.com Phone: 617-640-4831 Website: www.hmhco.com Educational curricula, technology, and professional development. Intercultural Student Experiences (ISE) Contact: Jenny Quach 129 North 2nd Street, Suite 102, Minneapolis, MN 55401 Email: jenny@isemn.org Phone: 800-892-0022 Website: www.isemn.org Language travel immersion programs for students in the U.S. and abroad. 46 Jumpstreet Educational Tours Contact: Mark Clarke 780 Brewster Avenue, Suite 02-300, Montreal, QC H4C2K1 Email: yourteam@jumpstreet.com Phone: 800-663-4956 Website: www.jumpstreet.com Thrilling and enriching educational group trips across North America, Europe, and beyond. Learning By Design Contact: Harold Hanna 19309 Beech Daly, Redford, MI 48240 Email: hamharold@aol.com Phone: 800-772-7602 T-Shirts and Hoodies. MaFLA Advocacy Contact: Nicole Sherf, MaFLA Advocacy Coordinator Email: advocacy@mafla.org Website: www.mafla.org Information and resources to advocate for language learning and language programs. Mango Tree Artisans Contact: Devik Wyman 410 Boston Post Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776 Email: mangotreeartisans@yahoo.com Phone: 978-443-6122 Website: www.mangotreeartisans.com Fair trade artisan handcrafts and Day of the Dead figures. NECTFL (The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Contact: John Carlino Email: info@nectfl.org Website: www.nectfl.org Supporting teachers in the Northeast with professional development, resources, and more. MaFLA 2015 Exhibitor Directory NNELL (The National Network for Early Language Learning) QTalk Publishing Contact: Maurice Hazan Outlook International Contact: Ann Cooper Rustic Pathways 235 Garth Road, Suite D2D, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Email: Outlkinfo1@aol.com Phone: 800-937-6729 Website: www.outlook-international.com Custom-designed, special interest tours for groups, students, and cultural organizations. Contact: Lauren Alvarez 2527 Ursulines Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119 Email: rustic@rusticpathways.com Phone: 800-321-4353 Website: www.rusticpathways.com International community service, language immersion, and adventure programs for high school students. Passports Educational Travel Group Santillana USA Publishing Contact: Shawn Bernard 389 Main Street, Spencer, MA 01562 Email: info@passports.com Phone: 800-332-7277 Website: www.passports.com Teacher-led group educational tours. Contact: Andy Buckley 2023 NW 84 Avenue, Miami, FL 33122 Email: abuckley@santillanausa.com Phone: 860-872-5457 Website: www.santillanausa.com Spanish instructional materials and children’s literature for K-12 education. Pearson Contact: Chris Etchechury Spanish Studies Abroad Contact: Nadine Jacobsen-McLean Email: njacobsen@nnell.org Website: www.nnell.org NNELL provides leadership to advocate for and support successful early language learning and teaching. 100 Powder Mill Road PMB 106, Acton, MA 01720 Email: chris.etchechury@pearson.com Phone: 978-478-7910 Website: www.pearsonschool.com Our mission is to help people make more of their lives through learning. Perfection Learning/AMSCO Publishing Contact: Bill Ross 239 Salmon Brook Street, Grancy, CT 06035 Email: Bross@perfectionlearning.com Phone: 888-653-7361 Website: www.perfectionlearning.com Specializes in Spanish, French, and Latin resources for middle and high school. Prométour Contact: Anais Boschet 339 Saint-Paul Street East, Montreal, QC H2D1H3 Email: anais@prometour.eu Phone: 800-304-9446 Website: www.prometour.com Educational tour company specializing in tailor-made tours, immersions, and exchange programs. Fall Conference 22 Harrison Street, New York, NY 10013 Email: info@qtalkpublishing.com Phone: 877-549-1841 Website: www.QTalkPublishing.com Create instant immersion with visual “cues.” Students speak immediately in complete sentences. Contact: Jerry Guidera 446 Main Street, Amherst, MA 01002 Email: info@spanishstudies.org Phone: 413-256-0011 Website: www.spanishstudies.org Designs cross-cultural curricula and operates highly-regarded study abroad programs in Spain, Argentina, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Student Travel Exchange Program Contact: Jennifer Souther 12 Brine Ave., Plymouth, MA 02360 Email: Stepstudents@gmail.com Phone: 774-283-5395 Website: www.step-to-usa.com Youth language services, inbound & outbound programs. Students Love Travel Contact: Robert Delorie & Peter McGowan P.O. Box 1025, Portsmouth, NH 03802 Email: care@studentslovetravel.com Phone: 888-407-4024 Website: www.studentslovetravel.com Organizes private educational travel programs for high school and middle school groups. 47 Exhibitor Directory Tandberg Educational Vista Higher Learning Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston (T.E.C.O.) Wayside Publishing Contact: Michael Tierney 39 Old Ridgebury Road, Bldg. C4, Suite 209, Danbury, CT 06810 Email: info@tandbergeducational.com Phone: 800-367-1137 Website: www.tandbergeducational.com The leader in 21st century language learning solutions. Contact: Mei Hua Chang 99 Summer Street, Suite 801, MA 02110 Email: hua168c@ocac.gov.tw Phone: 617-737-2050 Website: www.taiwanembassy.org/US/BOS Promotes Taiwanese culture and language learning. The Pericles Group, LLC Contact: Kevin Ballestrini 21 Oakwood Drive, Storrs, CT 06268 Email: kevin@practomime.com Phone: 860-385-1701 Website: www.practomime.com Game-based learning solutions for learners, teachers, and administrators. Think-Board / Think-Desk Contact: Shannon DiStefano 500 Boylston Street, Suite 620, Boston, MA 02116 Email: sdistefano@vistahigherlearning.com Phone: 800-277-5287 Website: www.vistahigherlearning.com Vista Higher Learning develops innovative digital and print solutions for world language. Contact: Michelle Sherwood 50 Downeast Drive, Yarmouth, ME 04096 Email: sales@waysidepublishing.com Phone: 888-302-2519 Website: www.waysidepublishing.com Spanish, French, German, and Italian language and culture textbooks and online learning. Westfield State University Contact: Jessica Tansey 577 Western Avenue, Westfield, MA 01086 Email: dgceadmissions@westfield.ma.edu Phone: 413-572-8020 Website: www.gobacknow.com Public higher education institution. Contact: Hanson Grant 610 Maple Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Email: Hanson@think-board.com Phone: 617-657-9616 Website: www.Think-Board.com A unique, clear adhesive that turns any surface or desk into a dry erase board. It can be customized to fit any surface or wall. Where There Be Dragons Travel & Education WorldStrides International Discovery Contact: Patrizia D’Adamo 111 S. Independence Mall E. Suite 970, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Email: info@travelandeducation.org Phone: 215-396-0235 Website: www.travelandeducation.org Offers affordable study abroad in Spain for students and faculty development opportunities for teachers. University of Massachusetts, Graduate Certificate Teaching of Spanish Contact: Patty Chouinard 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125 Email: patty.chouinard@umb.edu Phone: 617-287-7900 Website: www.caps.umb.edu/certificates/teachingspanish Certificate program assists pre-service and in-service teachers to enhance their skills in the field of Spanish. 48 Contact: Eva Vanek 3200 Carbon Place, Unit 102, Boulder, CO 80301 Email: eva@wheretherebedragons.com Phone: 800-982-9203 Website: www.wheretherebedragons.com Travel language programs. Contact: Joe Nelson 32 North Augusta Street, Staunton, VA 24401 Email: jnelson@worldstridesdiscovery.org Phone: 800-522-2398 Website: www.educationaltravel.com Journeys designed to inspire, enrich, and educate. Yale University Press Contact: Dawn Angileri P.O. Box 209040, 302 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06520 Email: dawn.angileri@yale.edu Phone: 650-384-0902 Website: www.YaleBooks.com/Language Publisher of language texts and support materials in print and digital formats. MaFLA 2015 You spoke. We listened. Bring the language lab to your tablet with Sanako SOLO for Android and iPad. • Supports learning from beginner through to advanced levels • Can be used to learn any language - from ESOL to WL and international students • Allcommonmediafileformatsaresupported • Enables anytime, anywhere learning using your existing materials • Allow teachers to provide oral and qualitative feedback to students recordings - ideal for listen & repeat, question & answer and translation exercises Language learning anytime, anywhere: let students start an exercise in class and continue at home, and hand in their work anywhere in between. Students can connect to and work with the same course materials wherever they are. Sanako Solo is the free App Interface to a subscription based service. You can explore the solution with sample exercises. Subscription is needed for creating and editing your own files, student recordings and teacher comments. Come and see us at Booth # 1 Fall Conference LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE: Tandberg Educational, Inc. 39 Old Ridgebury Road Building C4, Suite 209 Danbury, CT 06810 Toll Free: 800-367-1137 info@tandbergeducational.com www.tandbergeducational.com info-us@sanako.com www.sanako.com 49 Conference Notes COMING IN 2016 . . . Another great year of high quality professional development opportunities from MaFLA Our very popular Diversity Day program returns to Lasell College in May. In July, we will again offer a Proficiency Academy at Westfield State University. And, of course, August heralds the return to Lasell College for our Summer Institute. Last, and far from least, we welcome ACTFL to Boston for their Annual Convention in November. Watch MaFLA.org for updates. 50 MaFLA 2015 Conference Notes Fall Conference 51 48th Annual MaFLA Fall Conference October 29‐31, 2015 Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, MA Record your Conference attendance here for documentation of PDPs. Keep this program, the Workshop/Session handouts and your Conference receipt for your records! Pre‐Conference Workshops – Thursday, October 29, 2015 Thursday 6‐Hour Workshop Title of Workshop and presenter/s: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Thursday 4‐Hour Featured Workshop Title of Workshop and presenter/s: 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM 3‐Hour Workshops – Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31, 2015 Friday 3‐Hour AM Workshop Title of Workshop and presenter/s: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Friday 3‐Hour PM Workshop 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Title of Workshop and presenter/s: Saturday 3‐Hour AM Workshop 8:15 AM – 11:15 AM Title of Workshop and presenter/s: Concurrent Sessions – Friday, October 30, 2015 A 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Title of Session and presenter/s: B 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Title of Session and presenter/s: C Keynote Address ‐ Greg Duncan 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Jot down thoughts/impressions here: D 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Title of Session and presenter/s: E 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM Title of Session and presenter/s: F 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM Title of Session and presenter/s: 52 MaFLA 2015 48th Annual MaFLA Fall Conference Concurrent Sessions – Saturday, October 31, 2015 G 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM Title of Session and presenter/s: H 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Title of Session and presenter/s: J 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM Title of Session and presenter/s: Immersion Breakfast, Saturday, October 31, 2015 Immersion Breakfast, 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Which language table did you sit at and what did you talk about? MaFLA does not keep records of members’ conference participation. Separate certificates will not be issued. It is the members’ responsibility to retain this documentation sheet and Session /Workshop handouts for relicensure. Certificate of Attendance MaFLA’s 48th Annual Fall Conference Climbing the Proficiency Ladder: Many Languages, One Goal? _________________________________________(participant name) attended the 48th Annual MaFLA Conference that took place October 29-31, 2015, at the Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center. _____________________________ Jessica Clifford 2015 MaFLA Conference Chair This certificate of attendance should be saved with a conference itinerary, session handouts and notes, and the program. Fall Conference 53 54 MaFLA 2015 Pre-Convention Workshops on November 19 ACTFL Is coming to San Diego Inspire. Engage. Transform. Think creatively and stimulate new knowledge Network and share with more than 6,000 colleagues Revolutionize your teaching practice Join us in San Diego with your colleagues from around the world for this incredible learning experience. You will have the option to choose from more than 700 educational sessions in a variety of formats covering a wide spectrum of the language profession. Visit with over 250 exhibiting companies showcasing the latest products and services for you and your students. The ACTFL Convention is an international event bringing together more than 6,000 language educators from all languages, levels and assignments. Be a part of our global community. Visit www.actfl.org Registration and Housing Advance Deadline for all convention information and updates is open now! October 28, 2015 Fall Conference 55 Clockwise from top left above, students visiting the Fuentidueña Chapel, a permanent loan to The Cloisters in New York City from the government of Spain, Miami’s Ancient Spanish Monastery, the oldest building in the Western Hemisphere, and students visiting the Ancient Americas Exhibit at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. At Spanish on Location, we have long believed that unless students get interested early, in the people, history and culture of the places where Spanish is spoken, they will not stay enrolled in Spanish for the joy of conjugating irregular verbs. To get them interested, and keep them interested, the study of Spanish needs to be fun, interesting and relevant, and the best way to make it so, is to get students out of their zip codes, with teachers who can connect and reinforce what their students are learning in class to what is happening in the real world. This is no less important to a language student than looking through a microscope would be to a student of biology. Seeing is believing. For further information about our short, but meticulously planned trips to New York City, Chicago and Miami, please visit our web site, SpanishOnLocation.com or better yet, call us at 855.628.2894. We sincerely believe that our affordable Spanish trips, developed and refined over 30 years, are the very best available anywhere, and we look forward to demonstrating that to you.
