--Brad Andrew - juniata.edu€¦  · Web viewAssociate Professor of Economics and Chair of International Studies, Juniata College. VLB 1116 ... of the Department of World Languages

Juniata CollegeLanguage in Motion

Language and Culture Teaching InstituteAugust 19-20, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Von Liebig Center for Science (VLB), Room 2011(Agenda Subject to Change)

Thursday, August 19, 2010

8:45-9:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast VLB 2011

9:00-9:05 a.m. Welcome and announcements--Deb Roney, Director, Language in Motion, Juniata

VLB 2011

9:05-9:50 a.m. Standards-Aligned System for Language and Culture Teachers: Understanding Our Connections to Student Achievement--Sarah Braxton, Librarian, Juniata Valley Elementary School

VLB 2011

This presentation covers the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) new Pennsylvania Standards-Aligned System (SAS), which was designed to improve student achievement. The presentation will share the initiative and its website, which includes clear standards, fair assessments, and effective instructional design and practices. K - 16 culture and language teachers will learn specific ways that SAS can help them be better teachers, colleagues and leaders in their communities.

9:50-9:55 a.m. Break

9:55-11:25 a.m. Concurrent Sessions:

9:55-11:25 a.m.A. Integrating Film and Outrage into Your Class

--Brad Andrew, Associate Professor of Economics and Chair of International Studies, Juniata College

VLB 1116 (Rockwell Seminar Room)

This session will show film excerpts that illustrate abuse of power and injustice in developing countries perpetrated by wealthy countries and organizations that they control. Participants will take part in small-group conversations about their reactions to the film clips. Then the whole group will discuss how to integrate such experiences effectively into the classroom and what issues would need to be addressed to use such learning situations effectively.

OR9:55-11:25 a.m.

B. Dictation Unlimited--Prudence Ingerman, Senior Instructor in the Intensive EnglishProgram, Juniata College

VLB 2011This highly participatory and interactive session will be immediately useful for teachers of all levels of language, any language. Various forms of dictation, including 1:1, cheating, beginner, and advanced, will be covered.

11:25-11:35 a.m. Break

11:35 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Concurrent Sessions:

11:35 a.m.-12:20 p.m.A. Record This: Easy Online Audio Tools

--Margaret Gonglewski, Associate Professor of German, George Washington University

VLB 2011This session will introduce several easy, online tools for audio recording—perfect for having students produce short speech samples to check pronunciation but also for completing longer tasks to check comprehension and oral proficiency.

OR11:35 a.m.-12:20 p.m.

B. Teachers’ Experiences in Guatemala: Chicken Buses, Mayan Ruins

and Immigration to the U.S.--Christine Maxwell, Spanish Teacher, Southern Huntingdon County High School, and Michelle Steward, Social Studies Teacher, Juniata Valley High School

VLB 1116 (Rockwell Seminar Room)This session is a visual presentation on two teachers’ three-week experience taking Spanish language classes in Xela through Juniata College’s Teachers Abroad program. Topics will include cultural excursions to Tikal, Lake Atitlan, Antigua, and some local indigenous communities. Additionally, a discussion on the daily life of Guatemalans—food, transportation, and ethnic divisions as well as how foreign intervention in the 20th century has shaped the country today—will be included.

12:20 p.m.-1:15 p.m. Lunch: Ellis Hall: Get your food in Baker Refectory and go to the

Faculty Lounge to eat.

Language Tables—French, German, Russian, Spanish, and English. Those who participate in the non-English-language discussions both days earn an additional hour of Act 48 credit.

ALL SESSIONS AFTER LUNCH ARE IN VLB 2011

1:15-1:20 p.m. RETURN TO VLB 2011

1:20-2:20 p.m. The Moral of the Story: Using Fables--Gretchen Ketner, Instructor in the Intensive English Program, JuniataCollege

VLB 2011This interactive presentation will examine reasons for incorporating fables into second language and culture learning and possible activities based on fables. There will be a discussion of how to use fables to build students’ language skills and cultural understanding.

2:20-2:25 p.m. Break

2:25-3:10 p.m. Cultural Tolerance or Relativism: Helping Students See the Difference--Jim Roney, Professor of Russian and International Studies, Juniata College

VLB 2011This session considers classroom examples of how students confront and understand the tension between learning to respect everyone's values and continuing to assert one's own. Participants are asked to think about cases when they have dealt with this problem in their own classes.

3:10-3:15 p.m. Break

3:15-4:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion: Expectations of Incoming College First-year

Students --Michael Henderson, Moderator, Associate Professor of French and

Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, Juniata College

VLB 2011This session will engage all attendees in a discussion of some key questions about preparing students well for college language and culture classes. Are ACTFL proficiency guidelines and state standards compatible? Is a communicative teaching approach really possible in the high school or college classroom? Why do so many incoming college freshmen place into second or third semester courses after four or five years of instruction? Is it still possible to define 'cultural proficiency' in the twenty-first century?  Is this possible to do so without offending someone?

TONIGHT Homework for tonight:1. Choose a sample activity you use successfully in your classes

to teach language or culture. You will have approximately 4-5 minutes to share your idea. If you want copies of handouts made, we are happy to do that. Turn them in to Deb or Maggie on arrival in the morning.

2. Start the LCTI evaluation form included in your packet. Consider also: How can we make next year’s LCTI irresistible?

Juniata CollegeLanguage in Motion

Language and Culture Teaching InstituteAugust 19-20, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Von Liebig Center for Science, Room 2011

Friday, August 20, 2010

8:45-9:00 a.m. Registration, continental breakfast VLB 2011

9:00-9:05 a.m. Welcome and Announcements/Moving to your first sessionVLB 2011

9:05-9:55 a.m. Concurrent Sessions:

9:05-9:55 a.m.A. “Second Life” and Second Language Acquisition Technology

in the World Language Classroom -- Judith Benz, Assistant Professor of German, Juniata College

VLB 1090 (Computer Lab)This presentation explores the implications of the virtual world “Second Life” for foreign language learning and discusses its use in the foreign language classroom. The presentation offers insights on why, when, and how to integrate “Second Life” into language instruction. It also provides hands-on advice on how to get started in “Second Life” and language-specific materials.

OR9:05-9:55 a.m.

B. Cognate Power!--Christine Maxwell, Spanish Teacher, Southern Huntingdon County High School

VLB 2011 Would you like to improve your second language skills rapidly?  This fun, interactive workshop is based on the principles of cognate recognition. Although examples will be from Spanish, the approach works for other languages as well.

9:55-10:00 a.m. Break

10:00-10:55 a.m. Concurrent Sessions:

10:00-10:55 a.m.A. Technology in the World

Language Classroom-- Laura Hanley, German Teacher,

Toms River High School South, Toms River, NJ VLB 1090 (Computer Lab)

This session will be a discussion of the applications for internet technology in the modern world language classroom. Examples will include Moodle, Google docs, Google voice, and others. It will be a presentation with some hands-on practice.

OR 10:00-10:55 a.m.

B. Teacher Travel Opportunities for Cultural and Linguistic Workshops—Attending the Crow Canyon Archeological Center in Colorado-- Michelle Steward, Social Studies Teacher, Juniata Valley High School

VLB 2011Learn how to obtain grants through the National Endowment of the Humanities for teacher workshops and institutes located throughout the country and abroad. The focus will be on my experiencesattending the Crow Canyon Archeological Center located in the fourcorners for a week-long workshop on the ancient Pueblo communities inthe American Southwest.

10:55-11:00 a.m. Break

11:00-12:30 Concurrent Sessions:

11:00-12:30A. Immigration Reform 1924: Protecting Our Culture?

--David Sowell, Professor of History and Department Chair, Juniata College

VLB 2011The Immigration Act of 1924 decreed "national origins" as the basis of US immigration policy. Eugenics, scientific racism, the Red Scare and other variables shaped the Act. By playing different roles, teachers will gain insight into this complex and disputed moment in US history.

OR11:00-12:30

B. Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultural Immersion in Pennsylvania and Guatemala--Henry Thurston-Griswold, Professor of Spanish, Juniata College

VLB 1116 (Rockwell Seminar Room)

Language and cultural immersion activities for participants: initial planning session of a Spanish immersion day for high school students in the spring of 2011, short videoconference with our Guatemalan partners at the Asturias Academy, and a discussion of ways that teachers’ high school classes can develop relationships with and support the Asturias Academy. CONDUCTED IN SPANISH.

12:30-1:20 p.m. Lunch: Ellis Hall: Get your food in Baker Refectory and come to

the Faculty Lounge to eat.Language “Tables”—English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish. Those K-12 teachers who participate in the non-English-language discussions both days earn an hour of Act 48 credit.

1:20-1:25 p.m. RETURN to Von Liebig Center for Science; choose your room based

on the session you wish to attend during the concurrent sessions. Go

directly there unless you need to pick up something from 2011 first.

1:25-2:25 p.m. Concurrent Sessions:

1:25-2:25 p.m.A. Ready for College? Helping Students to Reach Intermediate

High by the End of Grade 12--Christopher Gwin, German and Social Studies Teacher, Haddonfield Memorial HS (Haddonfield, NJ)

VLB 2011This presentation discusses what the role of the teacher is in providing effective instruction so that students can reach the level of proficiency necessary to enter undergraduate programs with confidence. The presentation will include proficiency levels, how to help students move through those levels, ways to determine what progress the students are making, and how to integrate culture.

OR1:25-2:25 p.m.

B. Geography, Art, and More: A Teacher’s Experience in Russia--Debra Solomon, World History Teacher, Hollidaysburg

VLB 1116 (Rockwell Seminar Room)Solomon will present her experiences in Volgograd and Moscow on her Teachers Abroad Russia summer study trip. The session will include information on these regions of Russia and its history and art. The three weeklong lessons she has prepared using material from her trip and helpful resources she has found will be included, and the presentation will be enlivened with anecdotes, stories, and images. The lessons contain ideas that can be readily adapted to teaching a variety of subjects.

2:25-2:30 p.m. Break2:30-4:00 p.m. You’re the Experts: Idea Exchange

--All participantsVLB 2011

Each participant will have about 3-5 minutes to showcase a sample activity used successfully to teach language or culture.

4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks, Evaluations, and Paperwork6:00-8:00 p.m. Optional: Nittany Valley Shakespeare Festival presents Much

Ado about Nothing. Halbritter Lawn, Campus Quad. Free.

Thank you for coming!