Some Roads Less Traveled:
Addressing Heritage Learners and Incorporating Culture in Language Teaching 
 
Please join us for a full-day conference on the craft of teaching modern languages
 
No registration needed
 
Breakfast and lunch will be provided
 
Some Roads Less Traveled:
Addressing Heritage Learners and Incorporating Culture in Language Teaching


8:30 Breakfast
 
Keynote Address: Our Often-Forgotten Resorce: 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: Powdermaker Hall, Room 110
 
Teaching Italian with the ePortfolio: Integrating Technology with Purpose
Presenter: Giulia Guarnieri, Bronx Community College, CUNY
10:30-11:20, Location: Powdermaker Hall, Room 112
 
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: Powdermaker Hall, Room 121
 
“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, Location: 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: : Powdermaker Hall, Room 110
 
 
Media and/or Technology in the LOTE Classroom –Ipads anyone?
Presenter: Lisa Mars, Townsend Harris High School
1:00-1:50, Location: Powdermaker Hall, Room 112
 
Energizing the Spanish Language Classrooms through Music, Literature and Movies
Presenter: Sonia Tejada, Hewlett High School
2:00-2:50, Location: Powdermaker Hall, Room 110
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: Powdermaker Hall, Room 112
 
Integrating Culture and Technology in the Elementary Italian Language Class
Presenter: Antonella Ansani, Queensborough Community College, CUNY
3:00-3:50, Location: : Powdermaker Hall, Room 110
 
Manifestaciones de "La mancha indeleble": del cuento al corto
Presenter: Margherita Tortora, Yale University
3:00-3:50, Location: : Powdermaker Hall, Room 112
 
Teaching Foreign Languages to First Time Learners: A Definitive Methodology?
Presenter: Hamid Bahri, York College, CUNY
4:00-4:50, Location: : Powdermaker Hall, Room 110
 
 
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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