The QUEENS CONSORTIUM ON LOTE invites all students, faculty, and staff to the on Campus

FIRST CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

on Friday, May 4th, 2012

 

Some Roads Less Traveled:

Addressing Heritage Learners and Incorporating Culture in Language Teaching

Keynote Address: Our Often-Forgotten Resource: Heritage Language Speakers

Sandra Sandra B. Schreffler, Professor of Spanish and Linguistics,

Department of Modern Languages, Roger Williams University

9:15-10:15, Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Room 230

Heritage Language Placement Exams: A Case of Polish HL Learners

Presenter: Agnieszka Rakowicz, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

10:30-11:20, Location TBA

 

Teaching Italian with the ePortfolio: Integrating Technology with Purpose

Presenter: Giulia Guarnieri, Bronx Community College, CUNY

10:30-11:20, Location TBA

 

Harnessing Motivation in a Spanish for Native Speakers class: An Experience with a Community-Based Curriculum

Presenter: Diana P. Romero, Columbia University

10:30-11:20, Location TBA

 

“Beyond Grammar Textbooks”: A Conversation about Experiential Teaching and Learning with Bilingual Faculty

Panel Chair and Moderator: Anahí Viladrich , Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY

Participants: Antonietta D’Amelio, Baruch College, CUNY, Eva Fernández, Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, Robert Vago, Professor of Linguistics, Queens College and The Graduate Center, Chair, Department of Linguistics and Communication Disorders, Queens College, CUNY, Sandra M. Wozniak, Queens College, CUNY, and Columbia University

11:30-12:45, Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, President’s Conference Room 2, Fifth Floor

Implementing Chinese Heritage Language Courses at a Community College,

Presenters:Wei Lan and Maan Lin, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

1:00-1:50, Location TBA

 

Media and/or Technology in the LOTE Classroom –Ipads anyone?

Presenter: Lisa Mars, Townsend Harris High School

1:00-1:50, Location TBA

 

Energizing the Spanish Language Classrooms through Music, Literature and Movies

Presenter: Sonia Tejada, Hewlett High School

2:00-2:50, Location TBA

Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language through the New Media: How Facebook, Wiki, Podcast, ePortfolio, Enhance the Learning Experience and the Teaching Performance

Presenter: Elda Buonanno, Iona College

2:00-2:50, Location TBA

Integrating Culture and Technology in the Elementary Italian Language Class

Presenter: Antonella Ansani, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

3:00-3:50, Location TBA

Manifestaciones de "La mancha indeleble": del cuento al corto

Presenter: Margherita Tortora, Yale University

 

Teaching Foreign Languages to First Time Learners: A Definitive Methodology?

Presenter: Hamid Bahri, York College, CUNY

4:00-4:50, Location TBA

For more information, contact Beatriz Carolina Peña at beatriz.pena@qc.cuny,edu

  

 

 
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Beatriz Carolina Peña, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Director of the Queens Consortium on LOTE (Languages Other Than English),
Director of the Basic and Intermediate Language Courses,
Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures,
Queens College
65-30 Kissena Blvd.,
Flushing, New York 11367
Office Phone: (718) 997-5635
Office location: Kiely Hall 243D


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