West Virginia Foreign Language Teachers’ Association Annual Conference
October 16th and 17th, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV
From Theory to Practice:
Crossing the Bridge from Standards to Performance
Schedule at a Glance
Friday October 16th
8:009:30am
9:4511:45am
12:001:15pm
1:302:20pm
2:303:15pm
3:15 –
3:30 pm
3:304:15pm
4:305:15pm
5:30-?
Registration and light breakfast. Wilson Student Union
Plenary Session
Alyssa Villarreal
Lunch in the cafeteria
Associations Meetings
Meetings of the various language associations.
QSL (Quiet Study Lounge)
Room 131
Margie Snyder Strand Amelia Richter Strand #3
To Continue or Not
#2
Using Movie Talk in the Continue: Factors
Foreign Language
influencing our Students’
Classroom
Decisions to Continue or
Cease Studying a Second
Language.
Light Snacks
QSL
Zaida Villanueva &
Angela Matute Strand
#2
Webquests: Another
way to travel.
Using webquests to
increase cultural
understanding.
QSL
Dominic Carcione
Strand #1
Optimizing Vocabulary
Notebooks
How to use vocabulary
notebooks to increase
vocabulary acquisition.
Room 131
Ashlee Vititoe Strand #2
Proficiency Through Real
World Examples and
Assessments
Room 134
Nicoletta Villa-Sella
Strand #2
Eliciting Cultural
Awareness
How to develop higher
order thinking skills
through culture.
Room 134
Terri Marlow
Strand #2
Leer es Poder
Effective strategies for
using authentic materials as
lesson content as well as to
develop ability in reading
comprehension
Room 131
Room 134
Leah Devine and Jennifer Strand #1 Mark More
Applications for Microsoft
La Casella Strand #2
Come Sleet or Come Snow: One Note in the classroom.
Crossing the Bridge to
Proficiency
How to use Skype to keep
your students engaged in
the L2 during snow days or
for distance learning.
Culture Comes Alive! Heavy hors d’oeuvres & live music by Robert Masten.
Wilson Student Union
Saturday October 17th
8:008:30am
8:309:00am
9:00am3:00pm
9:1010:00am
10:1011:00am
11:0012:15pm
12:301:15pm
1:302:15pm
Registration and light breakfast.
Welcome Session - Wilson Student Union
Vendors - located in main hallway
Advocacy Update in Ballroom
America's Languages in the 21st Century: The National Commission and what
WVFTLA Can Do to Advocate for Foreign Language Instruction
Dr. Bill Rivers, Executive Director Joint National Committee for LanguagesNational Council for Languages and International Studies Chair, ASTM F43
Committee on Language Services and Products
Poster and Mini-Grant Presentations Room 301
Luncheon
Featured workshop with keynote speaker Alyssa Villarreal in Ballroom
QSL
Susana Gomez &
Nuria Ballesteros
Strand #2
Building students’
self confidence and
creativity through
music, video and
ICT.
Room 131
Nicoletta Villa-Sella Strand
Strands #1 & #2
Lesson Swap
Ms. Villa-Sella will lead an open
discussion of the participants’ best
FL lessons.
Room 134
Michelle Leversee &
Carol Muniz Strand
#1
One Note WondersIntegrating the One
Note tools in the
Proficiency Based
Classroom. This will be
a working lesson, so
bring a device to
create and develop
content using One
Note.
Room 131
Anne Lambert Strand #1
You have to build a bridge before
you can cross (or burn) it!
How to help WV students make
connections to foreign language.
Room
134 Margie Snyder
Strand #1
Circling your way to
using the target
language.
Using the circling
strategy to attain the
ACTFL suggested 90%
language use in the L2
Classroom.
2:15 –
2:45 pm
2:453:30pm
Light snacks.
3:45 –
4:00pm
Closing plenary session. Room 134
Executive committee meeting immediately following the closing plenary session.
QSL Amelia
Luise Richter
Strand #2
Remembering
when foreign
language was
foreign: returning
the teacher to the
students’ lenses.
Prepared by WVFLTA Vice President Bill Denham wdenham@mail.k12.wv.us / wdenham@k12.wv.us