TOMORROW, May 4th, CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE TEACHING at Queens College 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This communication (including any attachments) is intended solely for the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or legally protected. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email message and delete all copies of the original communication. Thank you for your cooperation.