The QUEENS CONSORTIUM ON LOTE

invites you to the

FIRST CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

Queens College,

Friday, May 4th, 2012, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Please join us for a full-day conference

on the craft of teaching modern languages

 

 No registration needed

 

Breakfast and Lunch will be provided

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

8:30, Welcome Breakfast. Location: Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Room 230

9:00, Opening note and Introduction, Beatriz Carolina Peña, Queens Consortium on Languages Other Than English, Queens College

9:05, Welcome Remarks, William McClure, Acting Dean of Faculty, Division of Arts and Humanities, Queens College

 

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

Sandra B. Schreffler, Professor of Spanish and Linguistics,

Department of Modern Languages, Roger Williams University,

Introduced by Barbara Simerka, Acting Chair of the Hispanic Languages and Literatures Department

9:15-10:15, Location: 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, and Director of the Immigration Studies Working Group

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. Lunch will be served.

Implementing Chinese Heritage Language Courses at a Community College,

Presenters:Wei Lan and Maan Lin, Pennsylvania State University and 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

 

 


Beatriz Carolina Peña

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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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