8:00 – 9:00 a.m. (F Sessions)

F 1            Take a Bite Out of Speaking Assessment - Pringle Anyone?

Katie Jacobs, Guajome Park Academy; Melanie Paliotti, Guajome Park Acacdemy

The “Pringle Person” unit is an engaging way to have first and second year students review what they have learned over a semester and assess their speaking in an authentic way.  The presenters will start with the California World Language Standards, show how they will be addressed with the “Pringle Person” presentation, and then discuss classroom activities that lead up to the actual Pringle project.  Student materials will be given out in German and Spanish, although they can be easily adapted to any language.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: German, Spanish

Major Focus: Assessment

F 2            Cuéntame: 264 Spanish Conversation Cards - Talking up a Storm!!

Cathy Díaz, Watsonville/Aptos Adult Education, Mt. Madonna School & Cabrillo College; Contee Seely, Command Performance Language Institute, Publisher

Instant, non-threatening Spanish conversation is initiated by questions that students randomly select and then ask one another in activities that develop fluency, confidence and motivation. Sample cards, handouts and a bibliography will be given to participants. Come and enjoy the enthusiasm and leave with something to do Monday in class! This is an exhibitor-sponsored session.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Methods

F 3            QTalk: Memory & Language Acquisition, a Visual Approach to Speaking!

Maurice Hazan, QTalk 

The presenter, creator of the QTalk (a.k.a.“Symtalk”) Method, will demonstrate his new visual language teaching system. QTalk online activities, SMART Board exercises, student books, and games offer additional practice to help students speak comfortably in the target language! This is an exhibitor-sponsored session.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods

F 4            Wild & Wonderful Argentina

Elizabeth Matchett, NBCT, Gunn High School 

Spend an hour with the presenter and learn effective strategies for incorporating your most recent trip abroad into exciting standards-based lessons. She spent 6 months in Argentina  and, virtually every day, acquired authentic materials and experiences to use in her classroom. Come and see how she adapted the materials into culturally authentic learning experiences for her students and explore how you can do the same thing!

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Authentic Materials            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

F 5            Learning Culture from Life

Gail Wang, Cheng & Tsui Company, Inc. 

This session demonstrates an effective approach to teaching Chinese culture. Participants will watch and discuss “Children of Hangzhou”, a new educational DVD which reveals important cultural practices through the life and interests of four teens living in Hangzhou, China. This is an exhibitor-sponsored session.

Appropriate Level: Elementary, Secondary

Language Focus: Chinese

Major Focus: Culture

F 6            Activities Beyond the Japanese Classroom

Kyoko Shoji, Notre Dame High School

This session focuses on activities for Japanese language learners beyond the classroom to expand their learning and to promote the Japanese program. Activities include cultural events within school communities, participation in various types of contests, and Internet-mediated intercultural communication with students in Japan. The presenter will share the process and tips for each activity followed by discussion with the audience.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Japanese

Major Focus: Culture

F 7            “Oh, yeah!”: Using Reflection Writing to Develop Awareness in Oral Communication

Winifred Dajani, San Francisco State University

Oral communication skills don’t stop developing when students step outside the classroom. Reflective writing prompts students to think about how they, and others, express themselves orally. Developing awareness enables them to learn and monitor language skills independently. The presenter will discuss how she used a series of reflective writings in an advanced speaking and pronunciation class to help students realize that every interaction is an opportunity to observe and learn.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: ESL

Major Focus: Assessment            Special Emphasis: Bilingual/ESL

F 8       French Literature Today
Yann Perreau, Deputy Cultural Attaché, French Consulate, Los Angeles
 

The goal of this session is  to describe the richness and diversity of French and francophone literature today, from the Nobel laureate (2008) Jean-Marie Le Clézio to the new Goncourt laureate (2009) Marie N’Diaye. How is French literature in a “rebirth” at the beginning of the 21st century? How can we introduce these new writers to young Americans, so that they decide to read more French books?

Appropriate Level: All
Language Focus: French
Major Focus: Literature

F 9       Noi ambasciatori dell’Italia nel mondo: Corso di aggiornamento presso l' Università di Stranieri di Perugia
Chiara Carnelos, University of California, San Diego
 

Il Corso di aggiornamento proposto dall'Università di Stranieri di Perugia che in questa sede si vuole presentare e far conoscere (tramite visione del loro sito, distribuzione materiale ed altro) dura tre settimane e viene articolato nei moduli: culturale, linguistico e glottodidattico, Offre tipi diversi di attività, in parte a scelta del corsista: lezioni frontali, seminari, laboratori didattici osservazione in classi di italiano L2, incontri-dibattito ed attività di autoapprendimento.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: Italian

Major Focus: Authentic Materials

F10            Una Vida revolucionaria: Cultural Unit on Arzobispo Romero (Part 1)

Tabitha L. Miller, West Charlotte High School

This unit encompasses a study of El Salvador's Civil War in which Archbishop Oscar Romero played a significant role. Students are engaged through film, music, and texts. After participating in this unit, students will be able to define roles of key political figures, speak and write from the perspective of a civil war victim, participate in a mock protest, interpret song lyrics, and more. A CD and a packet of materials will be provided. They can be used at any level Spanish for high school.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Culture

F11            Using PowerPoint^® to Deliver Engaging Lessons (Spanish)

Claudia Prada, El Camino College 

The presenter will show new teachers how they can put together a PowerPoint^® lesson and make it engaging for the students.  The presentation will include vocabulary, a practice segment, a mini quiz and culture. The presentation will also include effects that can be added.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Technology            Special Emphasis: New Teachers (1 - 3 yrs.)

F12            Technology as the Core of Interactive Standards-Based Instruction (Part 1)

Iman Hashem, California Foreign Language Project, LA; Randa Jad-Moussa, University of California, San Diego

Technology provides access to content that is rich in cultural products, practices and perspectives. The presenter will provide tips on locating electronic sources for authentic materials that can be used to develop learner content knowledge and cultural proficiency. Through interaction, participants will analyze real-world interpersonal and presentational communication.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

F13            REALLY Interactive Spanish Language Classes: How to Keep Students Coming Back for More

Cynthia Coleman, Pearson Textbook/Media Company

Join us for a look at strategies and activities that keep students engaged and feeling successful. Participants will take part in hands-on communicative activities and see how these, combined with cool technology, maximize class time and student engagement. Handouts from this session provide activities for immediate use in the classroom. This is an exhibitor-sponsored session.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Methods

F14            In Search of . . . French Candies

Emmanuelle Remy-Riley, California State University, Los Angeles 

Discover French through the sense of taste. Explore the story behind two French candies and a “very sweet” website, including interactive activities and their use in the classroom. If you have a “sweet tooth” this is the place for you.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Culture

F15            Make Language Come to Life!  Innovative Lesson Ideas for the Language Lab

Marisol Flys Greenwald, Mesa Community College 

New creative lesson ideas for your language lab and numerous resources that have proven to be effective for all languages and levels of instruction will be shared.  There will also be a focus on authentic materials and how the language lab is a valuable tool in this transition. Sample audio magazines with CDs will be distributed to attendees while supplies last.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

F16            Teach and Travel in China:  A Unique Cultural Experience

Lewis Johnson, Teacher Trainer, LA STARS; Sally Lowe, China Program Coordinator, Barnard Elementary School; Shari Kaulig, Los Alamitos High School, Gayle Trager, El Toro High School

Summer China Travel and Teaching Program is a one-month personal intercultural program that offers American teachers a Chinese cultural experience and provides Chinese teachers and students with an opportunity to see American teaching methodology in action and learn English from American teachers. Presenters will briefly introduce the program and share with the audience their teaching and cultural experiences in China.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Culture

F17            The Educator's Toolbox: Introducing the 2009 World Language Content Standards for California Public Schools (Repeated in L15)

Brandon Zaslow, Occidental College - Department of Education 

Learn how the 2009 World Language Content Standards* will guide California's language programs. This session will provide practice in using the Standards to analyze instructional units. Participants will receive an orientation to the Educator's Toolbox** which contains an outline of the contents of the Standards, a glossary of key concepts, standards-based curricular maps, a guide to unit design, a benchmark prompt, rubrics, initial planning sheets for Stull evaluations, wall posters and a guide to observing Framework-aligned instruction.This session will be repeated on Sunday at 9:15 a.m. (session L15).

*(http://www.clta.net/standards/standards.pdf)                        **(http://www.clta.net/standards/toolbox.pdf)

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Assessment            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

G 1            Sabine und Michael: Beyond the Book

Robert Harrell, Pacifica High School 

This interest session presents ideas for going “into, through and beyond” Sabine und Michael. With a starting point of Michael Miller's excellent materials, participants will get ideas for using the story line beyond just reading and acting it out.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: German

Major Focus: Literacy

G 2            L'Enseignement des langues étrangères dans le système éducatif français

Doriane Minet, French Intern, Vistas In Education

The presentation will discuss the teaching of foreign languages in the French educational system, illustrating the significance of second language learning in France. The primary focus of the presentation will be the current policies and practices of second language teaching. There will also be a comparison of the importance of learning languages in the French system and in the American system. This is an exhibitor-sponsored session.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Culture

G 3            Fluent in Technology OR Want to Be?

Norah Lulich Jones, Vista Higher Learning 

Are you comfortable planning with and using instructional technology? Come explore a variety of technologies that integrate with your classroom practice. Identify why, when, and how to use different technologies to teach language and culture effectively. Learn how to tap into your students’ expertise to make teaching powerful (and easier on you).  This is an exhibitor-sponsored session.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: French, Spanish

Major Focus: Technology

G 4            What is Musical Echoing and Why Should I Use It?

Lonnie DaiZovi, El Dorado High School 

Musical Echoing (M. E.) is a new, exciting and highly effective methodology using call and response, and musical and pictorial stories. The presenter will involve the participants in this active presentation as she demonstrates how to use M. E. at various levels of language learning. This is an exhibitor-sponsored session.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods

G 5            Interactive Activities in Beginning Chinese Classrooms

Li Mann, Fresno City College 

This presenter will share some classroom-proven fun activities to stimulate student interactions and interest in a Chinese language classroom.  The presenter will share her ideas on how to adopt bingo charts, Johari Windows and other commonly available resources into a Chinese classroom.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Chinese

Major Focus: Methods

G 6            Motivational Activities for the Japanese Classroom

Rie Tsuboi, San Dieguito High School Academy; Shigeko Sekine, California State University, Monterey Bay 

Meaningful activities motivate students and enforce the language learning.  Using photos and videos, the presenter will share several such activities with attendees.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Japanese

Major Focus: Methods

G 7            Are We There Yet?

Dina Ross, Arizona Geographic Alliance 

Using geography, teachers will help students enjoy classes more. The lesson is about following directions using the nine elements of a map. Students will also draw a mental map.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: ESL/ELD

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: Bilingual/ESL

G 8            Fais pas ci, fais pas ça et Un gars, une fille: famille bobo, famille coincée, et Mars rencontre Vénus

Françoise Boden, Freedom High School 

Fais pas ci, fais pas ça and Un gars, une fille are two popular TV series from France 2. Family life and couple relationships are depicted in humorous ways in every day situations worth watching for levels 3, 4, AP and higher in French classes in order to increase listening comprehension and trigger engaging conversations/role plays among students. Participants will discover or rediscover two typical French families and one funny couple and get ideas on how to use this authentic material in the classroom.  Participants will receive activity handouts and scripts that can be used immediately at school.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Authentic Materials

G 9            An Arabic Thematic Unit

Layla Bahar Al-Aloom, Minaret Academy 

The presenter will share her experience in developing an Arabic thematic unit on family. Participants will have the opportunity to learn the benefit and effectiveness of using the thematic unit with the students. The presenter will share the successful results of engaging the students in learning the Arabic language through a variety of instructional activities.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Arabic

Major Focus: Professional Development

G10            Una Vida revolucionaria: Cultural Unit on Arzobispo Romero (Part 2)

Tabitha L. Miller, West Charlotte High School 

This unit encompasses a study of El Salvador's Civil War in which Archbishop Oscar Romero played a significant role. Students are engaged through film, music, and texts. After participating in this unit, students will be able to define roles of key political figures, speak and write from the perspective of a civil war victim, participate in a mock protest, interpret song lyrics, and more. A CD and a packet of materials will be provided. They can be used at any level Spanish for high school.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Culture

G11            Saving the Earth with Music and Games: A Unit on El medio ambiente

Carita Garcia, Santa Margarita Catholic High School; Lynn Oliva, Santa Margarita Catholic High School

Come and learn how to present a chapter on the environment in an upbeat and fun way. Attendees will be provided handouts, lyrics and a complete lesson plan.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Authentic Materials

G12            Technology as the Core of Interactive Standards-Based Instruction (Part 2)

Iman Hashem, California Foreign Language Project, LA; Randa Jad-Moussa, University of California, San Diego

Technology provides access to content that is rich in cultural products, practices and perspectives. The presenter will provide tips on locating electronic sources for authentic materials that can be used to develop learner content knowledge and cultural proficiency. Through interaction, participants will analyze real-world interpersonal and presentational communication.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

G13            Beyond the Textbook: Media and the 21st Century Learner

Lorena Richins Layser, National Consultant, EMC Publishing 

Our wonderful and wild students live in a different world than when we were in school.  This presentation will showcase using the Internet and magazines to provide students with high interest, content-based materials for second language learning.  Using authentic materials, students find information more relevant to their interest and daily lives. This is an exhibitor-sponsored session.

Appropriate Level: Elementary, Secondary

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Authentic Materials

G14            Using Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom

Maria Elena Marelli-Kalin, Montecito Union School; Laura Heredia, Montecito Union School

The presenter will share ideas and activities using technology to enhance the learning of a foreign language. Teacher and student-created online materials will be shared with participants.

Appropriate Level: Elementary

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Early Learning/FLES

G15            Effective and Ineffective Use of PowerPoint^® in Foreign Language Instruction

Margaret Rose Martinez-Don, University of San Diego 

Effective and ineffective use of PowerPoint^® in foreign language instruction offers guidelines and examples for interactive, effective use of PowerPoint^® aimed at enhancing foreign language teaching and learning.  To exemplify this, an interactive PowerPoint^® presentation practicing the present progressive is juxtaposed with an ineffective PowerPoint^® presentation on the same topic (art).

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

G16            World Language for All, in the Language from Day One.

Celeste DuBois Flax, NBCT, Skyline High School; Cory Henrickson, Skyline High School

Find out how to stay in the target language with student-centered activities, raps, rhymes, SAT vocabulary, geography and history, while bridging to our students' cultures. A NBCT "old face" and a brilliant young face share systems for classroom management and engagement to bring in lost students while inspiring the rest.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods

G17            Audio for a New Audience: Creating Recordings to Facilitate Communication

Hope Anderson, Monterey Peninsula College 

Help students communicate better in the target language by practicing with your own audio recordings. Learn various ways to use audio recordings with your classes and how to make them using free software. Your audio recordings (on CDs, iPods, or a course website) can provide meaningful input, support your in-class curriculum, guide students step-by-step through their acquisition of the language in communicative situations, and prepare them for conversation exams. Students can listen to explanations and complete drills outside of class, leaving more time in class for engaging, authentic activities.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

Saturday, March 13, 2010

2:15 – 3:15 p.m. (H Sessions)

H 1            Lernen ein Kinderspiel? - Spiele im Deutschunterricht (Part 1)

Alexandra Mittler, San Francisco State University 

This hands-on session identifies different aspects of games in the classroom and looks at different types of games that can be used. Participants will also develop their own games.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: German

Major Focus: Methods

H 2            Voces literarias: Enhancing Native Spanish Speakers' Reading Comprehension Through Metacognition and Text Engagement

Kenia Milloy Fuenmayor, The Preuss School, University of California, San Diego 

Voces literarias is a unit for teaching AP Spanish Literature to native Spanish speakers.  It is an approach to increase engagement with literary works and improve reading comprehension.  It also provides students with improved metacognitive strategies and helps students make a personal connection with the text. Attendees will receive a packet of handouts including lesson plans, activities, techniques and strategies to support reading.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: AP/IB            Special Emphasis: Heritage Speakers

H 3            Intercultural Activities for the World Language Classroom

Floyd Van Weelden, AFS-USA 

The session will include basic cultural definitions and activities to illustrate them. The attendees will be encouraged to participate in the activities. This is an exhibitor-sponsored session.

Appropriate Level: Elementary, Secondary

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Culture

H 4            Book & Brain Reading

Nancy Linden, Book & Brain Learning, Inc. 

Book & Brain Reading is a universal design method that helps students understand and discern the difference between concrete and abstract questioning. By knowing the difference between concrete (book) and abstract (brain) questions, a student will be better equipped to answer correctly. This is an exhibitor-sponsored session.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

H 5            Revolution in Interactive Chinese Learning

Kent Hsin, Yes! Chinese 

Chinese as a foreign language education in the U. S. hasn't changed much  during the last 40 years.  Interactive multimedia and Internet bring a whole new world of opportunities. This presentation shows the best examples of how to take advantage of such vast resources.

Appropriate Level: Elementary

Language Focus: Chinese

Major Focus: Curriculum/Articulation

H 6            California Standards-Based FLES Thematic Units

Ryoko Morimoto, Clarendon Elementary School; June Tonai-Figueras, Clarendon Elementary School; Kristi Hoshibata, Clarendon Elementary School

Based on the new World Language Content Standards for California Public Schools, the presenters will share their curriculum overview and sample activities they use in their K-5 classrooms. In this engaging and interactive presentation, teachers will receive materials and ideas they will be able adapt to their own lessons. These ideas and materials are adaptable for middle and high school lessons as well! All teachers are welcome!

Appropriate Level: Elementary

Language Focus: Japanese

Major Focus: Early Learning/FLES

H 7            Creating a Newsletter in an ESL Classroom

Tammy Johnson, ELS University of La Verne; Alex Ibaraki, ELS University of La Verne; Sandra Adams, ELS University of La Verne

Creating a class newsletter will not only promote your program, but will also build your students’ confidence.  Teachers will learn pedagogical strategies on how to help students analyze and evaluate local newsletters, identify the organizational features of a newsletter article, interview community members, write concise articles, edit and, finally, publish.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: ESL

Major Focus: Authentic Materials            Special Emphasis: Bilingual/ESL

H 8            Un peu de fromage, s'il vous plait!

Jan Treadgold, Retired French Teacher 

A young shepherd's search for love leads to a discovery in the caves of Roquefort.  This session takes you on a tour of those caves and gives you and your students the opportunity to explore the incredible world of French cheeses.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Culture            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

H 9            Summer in Venice: A Dream Made Possible by the CLTA / Italian Government Scholarship

Aned Muñiz Gracia, Grossmont College 

The presenter, CLTA's 2009 winner of the Laboratorio ITALS/Italian Government and LangAbrod Scholarships, will share her experiences studying in the world's most romantic city. An overview of the topics studied will be provided, including follow up and professional development opportunities at the Ca' Foscari University as well as insider's tips on how to make the most of your own Venice experience.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Italian

Major Focus: Professional Development

H10            Using Art for Discussion in Spanish 1

Presenter(s): Rebecca Anderson, Santa Monica College 

In this session, participants will be actively engaged in activities using contemporary Latin American art to generate conversations/discussions at a beginning Spanish level. The session will be conducted in Spanish. Activities can be adapted to other levels as well.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Authentic Materials

H11            Scrapbook: Mi viaje a un pais hispano

Anu Simh, San Diego Met High School 

Your students will find this a very engaging project.  At the end of the project they really get to know the geography, history and culture of their home stay country.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Culture            Special Emphasis: New Teachers (1 - 3 yrs.)

H12            Engaging the Content with Google Maps for Anybody

Leigh A. Murrell, Scripps Ranch High School; Heidi Beezley, San Diego Unified School District

Google Maps can be a bridge to engaging your content. In this presentation, we will look at the process of integrating Google Maps, Docs and Blogs with your curriculum.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

H13            Social Media as a Second Language: An Introduction to Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, Twitter, and Social Networking

Karl Richter, San Diego State University 

Our students are tweeting, texting and friending one another outside the classroom.  This session provides an introduction to social media and ideas on ways to bring these tools into the classroom.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

H14            Collaborative Learning: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Web 2.0 Technology in the World Language Classroom

Kathleen Rooney, Aragon High School 

Do you want to incorporate student-centered, communicative Web 2.0 technology projects into your world language curriculum but feel hesitant, confused or overwhelmed about how to do it?  In this presentation, participants will learn an easy, step-by-step process of how to implement engaging, interactive multimedia projects using Google Docs and VoiceThread.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

Saturday, March 13, 2010

3:45 – 4:45 p.m. (I Sessions)

I 1            Lernen ein Kinderspiel? - Spiele im Deutschunterricht (Part 2)

Alexandra Mittler, San Francisco State University 

This hands-on session identifies different aspects of games in the classroom and looks at different types of games that can be used. Participants will also develop their own games.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: German

Major Focus: Methods

I 2            «Madame, vous rigolez!  Vous allez vraiment nous faire écrire des poèmes en français?» (Part 1)

Rose Marie Kuhn, California State University, Fresno 

Cette “double session” vous propose de tester vous-même quelques « recettes » et activités pratiques d’écriture poétique pour que vous puissiez, à votre tour, apprendre à vos élèves à écrire de petits poèmes et leur faire apprécier la poésie, quelque soit leur niveau de compétence du français… car l’écriture d’un poème les inspirera à utiliser le français de façon créative et en appellera à leur imagination, tout en leur enseignant, bien entendu, grammaire, vocabulaire, conjugaison, ponctuation et bien d’autres éléments linguistiques.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

I 3            Popular Music in the World Language Classroom

Russell Johnson, Clairemont High School 

In this interest session, the presenter will discuss using popular music in the world language classroom.  The session details where to find music and lyrics as well as different ways to use music to teach language, culture and history.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: French, Spanish

Major Focus: Authentic Materials

I 4            A Cultural Celebration of Pan Dulce

Tina Livingstone, El Dorado High School; Robin Edwards, Lakewood High School  

Join members of Project COACH in learning about Mexican pan dulce and  how to present this delightful lesson to all levels of Spanish (Since pan dulce came from the French, French teachers are invited as well).  This 5-step lesson includes the history of pan dulce, vocabulary, games, student projects, music, recipes and more.  These activities will support language proficiency in all four skills.  Come and enjoy some delicious pan dulce from the San Diego area. This is a great model lesson for food lessons in all languages.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Culture

I 5            Instructional Strategies in the Classrooms of a Chinese Immersion School

Tsueylin Tracy Wang, National Center for K-16 Chinese Language Pedagogy, University of California, Berkeley 

In the classrooms of a Chinese immersion school, many non-traditional strategies were used adequately to achieve the Chinese immersion students' communicative competence. The immersion strategies can be applied to Chinese as a foreign language classrooms and heritage Chinese classrooms as well. However, Chinese language teachers need to change their perception about their roles in the classrooms in order to use the strategies effectively.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Chinese

Major Focus: Methods

I 6            Maximizing Students’ Language Proficiency Through Standards-Based Unit Plans

Yoshiko Saito-Abbott, California State University, Monterey Bay; Yo Azama, North Salinas High School

This session will demonstrate how to develop students’ proficiency through various learning activities and ways to monitor students’ language development. The presenters will share and demonstrate standards-based materials and activities driven by essential questions and aligning them with instructional practices.  Formative and summative assessment will be also discussed and shared.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: Japanese

Major Focus: Curriculum/Articulation            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

I 7            Esperanto: The Ideal Springboard to Languages

Martha Cardenas-Loutzenhiser, Garymar Language Services; Grant Goodall, Director of Linguistics Department, University of California, San Diego

Springboard to Languages is a flexible program which offers a unique introduction to foreign languages through the simple, regular, international language Esperanto, used as a tool to raise language awareness and build transferable skills. It's an ideal preparation for learning other languages and eases transition to junior high; it lends itself to cross-curricular activities, and is particularly suitable for the non-specialist teacher of foreign languages in primary schools. Esperanto is not only politically neutral, phonetic, and logical, it is also a lot of fun to learn!

Appropriate Level: Elementary

Language Focus: Esperanto

Major Focus: Early Learning/FLES            Special Emphasis: Bilingual/ESL

I 8            French Government Study Grant and CLTA LangAbrod Grant

Melissa Olvera, Alisal High School 

Are you a non-native French teacher interested in improving your language fluency and cultural knowledge? Do you just feel the need for an update on current events, politics and "le français tel qu'on le parle"? Come see and hear about this incredible learning opportunity offered by the French Government from a high school French teacher who, with the help of a CLTA LangAbrod grant, spent three weeks last summer at the Université Stendhal in Grenoble.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Professional Development

I 9            Captivating Instruction for a Foreign Language Reading Unit

Presenter(s): Hanan Deeb, Islamic School of San Diego; Nivine Deeb, Islamic School of San Diego

Entice your students to speak utilizing the latest technology! Have them publish their written work! These are just a couple of ideas you’ll find when you come and observe effective instructional strategies for teaching  lesson plans that target all Arabic or foreign language levels as well as different learning styles through a reading unit that incorporates TPR, TPRS, and the use of technology. All standards will be covered using the various levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Arabic

Major Focus: Methods

I10            Programas de cooperación de la embajada de España en Estados Unidos

Don Miguel Angel Pérez Abad Agregado del Consulado General de España en Los Angeles, Agregado del Consulado General de España en Los Angeles 

Se presentarán las líneas principales de actuación de los distintos programas de cooperación educativa llevados a cabo desde la Conserjería de Educación de España en los EEUU a través de las distintas demarcaciones, como la ubicada en Los Angeles y que gestiona toda la zona oeste. Analizaremos  los programas dirigidos a profesionales que deseen participar en programas educativos americanos y también los dirigidos a los hablantes nativos de inglés que deseen participar en programas educativos llevados a cabo en España. Igualmente reflexionaremos sobre nuestra múltiples iniciativas en apoyo de la multiculturalidad y la mejora de la calidad de la enseñanza y la formación continua de los docentes.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Professional Development

I11            Summer Study in Spain with the Spanish Embassy Grant

Helen Han-Kyung Lee, Rialto High School 

In this session, information about the Summer Study programs, sponsored by the Spanish Government, will be shared. The presenter will discuss her experience at the University of Salamanca’s Summer Program for teachers of Spanish.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Professional Development

I12            E-Portfolios: Formative Assessment for Reflexive Learning

Jean-Jacques Jura, California State University, Long Beach 

California State University, Long Beach’s Level 1 technology course has piloted an e-Portfolio as an option on BlackBoard^TM, guiding students to build a personalized record of artifacts and monitor their learning, class to class, using Internet resources for second language acquisition while, at the same time, developing their own reflections on the learning process.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Assessment

I13            Speaking Up and Interacting with Authentic Spanish Voices

Paula Hirsch, Windward School; Kyle Murley, Spanish Instructor, LARC at SDSU

Selecting authentic online Spanish materials for instructional adaptation is time-consuming. This presentation reviews accessible resources and demonstrates how to incorporate them in different learning environments. Authentic scenarios, which can be level-adapted, engage participants in critical thinking where they speak up about their cultural perceptions and understanding.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Authentic Materials

I14            Blended Learning: Web 2.0 Tool and Computer Applications for Presentation, Collaboration and Motivation

Randa Jad-Moussa, University of California, San Diego 

Explore the changing platform for the 21^st century language teacher. Learn about the possibilities of blended learning and Web 2.0 applications and tools that are not only engaging and motivating but also encourage communication and collaboration.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

I15            Taking Language Out of the Classroom: Student-Created Museums

Nicole Naditz, NBCT, Bella Vista High School 

What is a student-created museum? Beyond great PR for your language program, it is project-based, content-rich, authentic assessment that is linguistically and culturally rigorous! Take language and culture out of the classroom and into your community. All participants will receive a URL for editable versions of all materials.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Assessment

I16            Global Workplace Readiness for All

Sarah Rice Fox, San Diego County Office of Education; Nenette Adelson-Rodriguez, Director, San Diego County Office of Education

This session will provide strategies for engaging students and making input comprehensible that you can implement tomorrow in your classroom. Also, you will learn how to advocate for your world language programs in your schools and districts through sharing these strategies with all content teachers. This will be modeled through sharing the new San Diego County Office of Education's objective of global workplace readiness for every student.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Advocacy

I17            Stranded on a Deserted Island: Global Simulation Methodology (Part 1)

Todd Straus, Santa Rosa Junior College 

This double session presents an in-depth demonstration of Global Simulation Methodology which plunks teacher and students down in a (simulated) situation where survival over the course of the entire year depends upon the creation of a classroom community that pulls together and learns to speak the target language. It's fun, effective, and intense! This methodology can be employed at any level.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods

Saturday, March 13, 2010

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. (J Sessions)

J 1            Activate Learning

Sumaiyah Vedder, Iftin Charter School 

Strategies for active teaching and active learning of polite forms, subjunctive forms and more will be presented.  Examples in German and English will be used.

Appropriate Level: Elementary, Secondary

Language Focus: German

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

J 2            «Madame, vous rigolez!  Vous allez vraiment nous faire écrire des poèmes en français?» (Part 2)

Rose Marie Kuhn, California State University, Fresno 

Cette “double session” vous propose de tester vous-même quelques « recettes » et activités pratiques d’écriture poétique pour que vous puissiez, à votre tour, apprendre à vos élèves à écrire de petits poèmes et leur faire apprécier la poésie, quelque soit leur niveau de compétence du français… car l’écriture d’un poème les inspirera à utiliser le français de façon créative et en appellera à leur imagination, tout en leur enseignant, bien entendu, grammaire, vocabulaire, conjugaison, ponctuation et bien d’autres éléments linguistiques.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

J 3            Beating the Odds^® in the World Language Classroom

Cynthia Ramsey, King/Drew Magnet High School; Luis Zarazúa, King/Drew Magnet High School; Claudia Hernádez, King/Drew Magnet High School; Marianne Gomis, King/Drew Magnet High School; Elizabeth Soto,  King/Drew Magnet High School

The Department of World Languages at King/Drew Magnet High School has joined forces in professional development with all subject areas to apply the “Beating the Odds^®” curriculum model by Judith Langer in all academic subjects during the 2008-09 and current academic years. This session will present results for world languages based on the 7-step lesson plan proposed by Langer in her Center on English Language & Achievement (CELA) Research Report. Preliminary results for the first year yield promising results to boost student achievement as evidenced by increased API scores and a six-year WASC accreditation.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: French, Spanish

Major Focus: Professional Development

J 4            Futures: Revisited and Reborn

Carolyn Moir, NBCT, Pioneer Valley High School 

This Futures session is specifically designed for previous "graduates" of Futures I and/or incoming participants in Futures II.  We will hear updates from former fellows regarding past and future activities and help plan the next Futures Academy. Interested candidates for the next group of fellows are cordially invited to attend.  Where have we been and where are we going?

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Professional Development

J 5            Developing Intercultural Competence and Advanced Literacy Skills Through Chinese Historical TV Dramas

Chi-ju Hsieh, Duke University 

This presentation shows why and how heritage learners’ intercultural competence and formal literacy skills can be effectively increased through Chinese historical TV dramas. Discussions of the advantages of using this kind of material, and a project that helps learners achieve advanced literacy skills and intercultural competence will be presented.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: Chinese

Major Focus: Authentic Materials            Special Emphasis: Heritage Speakers

J 6            California Association of Japanese Language Teachers (CAJLT) Annual Meeting

Freda B. Yoshioka, Campbell Hall Episcopal K-12 

This is the annual meeting of the California Association of Japanese Language Teachers. Japanese teachers of all levels are welcome.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Japanese

Major Focus: Professional Development

J 7            Credentialing 101 for Language Teachers

Phyllis Jacobson, Commission on Teacher Credentialing; Terri Fesperma, Consultant, Commission on Teacher Credentialing

Everything you want to know about credentialing for language teachers and more! Participant questions are welcome.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Professional Development

J 8            A Variety of Resources to Teach a Unit on Body Parts

Cecile Nedellec, Serra High School 

During this session you will see an array of resources to teach a unit on health and body parts in French. Your students will be actively engaged, thanks to videos, games, comics and more. You will receive a complete packet for this unit and will be able to teach it starting Monday.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Methods

J 9            An Introduction to the Arabic Letters

Presenter(s): Afaf Elbanna, Al Rashed School 

Please come and join us for an introduction about teaching the Arabic Alphabets to beginner and intermediate students through the use of visual and interactive aids.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods

J10            Surviving AP Spanish Language

Elizabeth Frayre, Lakewood High School; Jesus Castrejón, Cabrillo High School

The presentation will provide Spanish teachers new to AP with information, resources, materials and ideas that will facilitate teaching AP Spanish Language.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: AP/IB            Special Emphasis: New Teachers (1 - 3 yrs.)

J11            Decisiones prácticas / Practical Decisions

Lilian Velazquez Acosta, Rio Linda; Doris Velazquez, Paraguay

An innovative approach to teaching culture will be demonstrated. The student is presented with a social situation and is required to develop a solution based on the information provided.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: Heritage Speakers

J12            Enseñando leyendas en la clase de español

Yolie Westerstrom Diego, Santa Cruz High School 

Participants will be given strategies and hands-on material to teach a unit on legends.  Ideas for “into, through and beyond” activities will be demonstrated.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Literacy

J13           CANCELLED Using Wikis for Collaborative Writing and Peer Review

Sunny J. Kim, San Diego State University; Paula Matthews, San Diego Mesa College

This session introduces wikis in the context of foreign language education and then focuses on concrete examples of wikis to enhance students' language production and knowledge sharing.

Appropriate Level: College/University

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

J14            Focused Feedback for Oral Skills à la Moodle^TM

Trevor Shanklin, Language Acquisition Resource Center,, San Diego State University; Rene Palafox, San Jacinto High School

We have configured Moodle^TM, an open-source course management system, to prod students into implementing instructor feedback.  Research will show whether this contributes to improvement in oral-skills proficiency.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Technology

J15            The Spanish Classroom: Implementing Learning Centers in High School

Carmen Melgar, St. Paul High School 

Because of their cooperative learning nature, learning centers (work stations) can be a great classroom management tool and a motivational teaching strategy that will not only boost the high school students’ interest in learning a language but it will also complement their learning styles, thus decreasing the affective filter of students when acquiring a second language. The presenter will share ideas about planning, setting up centers, classroom management and evaluation. Handouts will be provided.,

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: Bilingual/ESL

J16            Teaching the Preterite Tense: Tips, Projects, and Ideas

Jane Harmon, Ayala High School; Yolanda Peterson, Retired Spanish Teacher

Need some fresh ideas to teach the preterite?  Get tips, projects, and technology ideas on how to teach the preterite tense in Spanish.

Appropriate Level: Elementary, Secondary

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Curriculum/Articulation

J17            Stranded on a Deserted Island: Global Simulation Methodology (Part 2)

Todd Straus, Santa Rosa Junior College 

This double session presents an in-depth demonstration of Global Simulation Methodology which plunks teacher and students down in a (simulated) situation where survival over the course of the entire year depends upon the creation of a classroom community that pulls together and learns to speak the target language. It's fun, effective, and intense! This methodology can be employed at any level.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods

Sunday, March 14, 2010

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. (K Sessions)

K 1            Deutschland as Borderland:  The Wild & Wonderful World of German as a Foreign Language

Ruth E. Burke, California State University, San Bernardino 

Modern Germany exhibits some features that look a lot like Southern California.  Find out how standards intersect with immigration, identity issues, and second language acquisition in the intriguing borderland of Germany.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Professional Development            Special Emphasis: Bilingual/ESL

K 2            En route pour Paris, Bruxelles et Québec!

Evelyne Berman, El Camino College 

Join the presenter for a quick visit to several cities in the francophone world. Learn about famous people, places and things, about cultural and linguistic differences and how to make them come alive for your students.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Culture

K 3            Time and Stress Management for Teachers (Part 1)

Flo Martin Saint-Clair, Chapman University, California State University, Long Beach (retired) 

Stressed at school?  Running on empty by Friday? No time for yourself and/or family?   Take too many "mental health" Mondays? Then, this is for you: a closer look at your stress "triggers," how to manage your time and how to save your sanity.  We'll interact with colleagues, work with student-friendly materials and do some serious reflection on how to reintroduce "play" into our lives.  Please wear comfortable clothing!

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Professional Development

K 4            Wild & Wonderful Organized Chaos: Designing a School-Wide World Language Scavenger Hunt

Christine Lanphere, Natomas High School; Cindy Peiper, Natomas High School

The Natomas High School World Language Department organizes an annual "scavenger hunt" for all language classes on campus. Students navigate the campus using clues in the target language and interact with staff members. Come learn what is involved in organizing this fun, active, real-world use of language.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Assessment

K 5            FLES Swapshop

Margaret Peterson, San Francisco Unified School District; Akiyo Hirose, Clarendon Elementary School

Join us again this year for another energizing FLES Swapshop! K-8 teachers will walk away with tons of ready-to-use activities, ideas for lessons, and materials to get students engaged and communicating in the three modes. Bring several copies of your favorite activity to share in our Swapshop. Learn about National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL) resources as we build our California FLES community.

Appropriate Level: Elementary

Language Focus: Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

Major Focus: Early Learning/FLES

K 6            What Shamu Taught Me About Classroom Management

Bernie Rang, El Camino College 

Marine animal trainers and exotic animal trainers have developed many techniques that are useful in the classroom.  What is the equivalent of a bucket full of fish (for a dolphin) or a handful of kibble (for a dog) in the classroom?  From the beginning of the class to the end we are training our students to perform; and they are training us.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Professional Development            Special Emphasis: New Teachers (1 - 3 yrs.)

K 7            Immersion Through Games

Heather Roark Nodelman, Woodside Priory School 

Total language immersion IS possible and made more engaging by incorporating simple games into class each day.  This interest session will give you ideas of movement-oriented activities you can incorporate into your classroom in any language.  We will begin by playing a few games in basic Japanese (no prior knowledge needed!) and end with time for group sharing.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Curriculum/Articulation

K 8            Paris: Teach Your Students about Le Métro, Les Monuments, et Le Marché aux Puces

Gayle Trager, El Toro High School; Sylvia Batigalli, Polytechnic High School, Long Beach

Looking for new PowerPoint^® presentations on Paris with interactive lessons included? This COACH presentation combines Les Monuments, Le Métro and Le Marché aux Puces to help introduce French students to the cultural aspects of Paris in an engaging way.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Culture

K 9            The Miracle Worker: Self-Esteem through the “Eyes” of Helen Keller (Part 1)

Presenter(s): Maria A. Leinenweber, Occidental College

This content-based communicative unit based on the book, The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller, focuses on the obstacles Helen had to overcome throughout her life. In this hands-on session, the presenter will demonstrate Instructional Strategies that engage students and motivate them to learn about and understand the conditions faced by the disabled. The presenter will share ideas for aligning this story to the textbook High Point as well as the ELD Content Standards for grades 9-12.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: English           

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: Bilingual/ESL

K10            Estrategias comunicativas para enseñar la geografía y las culturas de América Latina

Lynn Eddy-Zambrano, Center for Latin American Studies, San Diego State University 

Using Spanish language maps, globes, atlases and realia, engage your students in authentic communication while familiarizing them with Latin American geography, cultures and contemporary life!  This session will demonstrate content- and communication-based activities endorsed as “definitely will use in my classroom!” by teachers who have participated in “América Latina: Temas trascendentes para el Siglo XXI” intensive institutes conducted by the Center for Latin American Studies at San Diego State University.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Culture

K11            Teatro infantil

Rachelle Zuniga, Cleveland State University 

Children's Theatre is an excellent platform for students to be comfortable about speaking in the classroom.  This also provides them with an application of language in a contextualized manner.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Literature

K12      It's Raining Comprehensible Input!  Maximizing Classroom Communication Via "INPUT FLOOD" (Part 1)
Presenter(s): Jason Fritze, NBCT, Laguna Beach Unified School District
 
FLOOD the classroom with Comprehensible Input and your students will maximize language acquisition at ALL levels and eagerly demonstrate their gains on standards-based assessments. Experience and practice methods & strategies that provide the ideal weather conditions for language acquisition, allowing your students to grow, blossom and communicate with joy and ease.
 
Appropriate Level: All
Language Focus: All Languages
Major Focus: Methods

K13            Wild & Wonderful World of Student Travel

Carol Sparks, Retired Teacher

Traveling with students gives teachers a new perspective on learning.  How do you plan a trip?  Recruit students?  Handle the unexpected?  This presentation will give teachers some tried and true ideas for traveling with students.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Culture

K14            Interactive Notebooks for the Language Classroom

Bethany Thompson, Apple Valley High School

Interested in having less stacks of papers to grade?  An easy and efficient method for keeping track of student work, grades and homework?  Tired of disorganized students? Interactive notebooks are the answer!  Learn how to use this amazingly simple idea to save your sanity.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods

K15            Border Dynamics: Differentiating L2 and Heritage Language Learners

Maria Bolivar, San Diego Mesa College

Meaning-centered instruction is the basis of this interest session. The main characteristics that confront a first semester instructor when dealing with the challenges of differentiated instruction will be presented.

Appropriate Level: College/University

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: Heritage Speakers

Sunday, March 14, 2010

9:15 – 10:15 a.m. (L Sessions)

L 1            Cloze Journals Using Interviews, Charts and Graphs

Cecilia Esquer, Ruben Ayala High School

Add one more technique to your eclectic style of teaching with 3-step interviews, charts and graphs. Participants will use cooperative structures such as simultaneous and sequential round robins and round tables. The chart will be the content which is about the students themselves. Students practice the target language while learning about one another.  All skills are practiced: listening, reading, speaking and writing.

Appropriate Level: Elementary, Secondary

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods

L 2            Activities for the French Classroom

Ester Anaya, Bloomington High School 

Develop strategies to help students acquire language skills through reading, interactive writing, conversation, songs, rimes and stories. Assess students' progress using manipulatives without grading papers.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: New Teachers (1 - 3 yrs.)

L 3            Time and Stress Management for Teachers (Part 2)

Flo Martin Saint-Clair, Chapman University, California State University, Long Beach (retired) 

Stressed at school?  Running on empty by Friday? No time for yourself and/or family?   Take too many "mental health" Mondays? Then, this is for you:  a closer look at your stress "triggers," how to manage your time and how to save your sanity.  We'll interact with colleagues, work with student-friendly materials and do some serious reflection on how to reintroduce "play" into our lives.  Please wear comfortable clothing!

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Professional Development

L 4            Differentiating Instruction in Single and Split Level Language Classes

Ida Lanza, San Pedro High School; Adriana Benvenuto, Granada Hills Charter  

A presentation and discussion of various research- and standards-based instructional strategies that can be used to differentiate instruction within a single language level or in a split-level class will be facilitated.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

L 5            Singing Along in Chinese - Integrating Music and Language Learning

Sally Mao Lowe, Barnard Elementary School 

The presenter will share her successful experience in creating a stress-free language learning environment by integrating performing arts and hands-on activities into daily language instruction.  She will also share her years of experience with curriculum development that is tailored for non-heritage groups of learners in a foreign language program.  Get ready and sing with us in this session!

Appropriate Level: Elementary

Language Focus: Chinese

Major Focus: Methods

L 6            Intergrating History into Japanese Classes

Aiko Sato, Monterey Trail High School 

By using effective teaching strategies and technologies, participants will learn how to help students acquire language skills and culture at the same time. This session introduces samples toward developing insight and reinforcing knowledge of history through the Japanese language.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: Japanese

Major Focus: Culture            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

L 7            Teaching Arabic Through Integration of Foreign Language Content Standards and Storytelling Activities (TPRS)

Khairat Nazzal, Islamic School of San Diego; Nivine Deeb, Islamic School of San Diego; Hanan Deeb, Islamic School of San Diego

In this presentation you will be introduced to a variety of activities that will transform your classroom into an environment bursting with energy and excitement. Come and experience vocabulary building techniques that apply to all ages and languages while enhancing student pronunciation, grammatical sense and conversational engagement.

Appropriate Level: Elementary, Secondary

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

L 8            Le Petit Prince

Karen Anne Donner, Western High School 

On emmènera ses élèves en voyage avec le Petit Prince où ils découvriront une compréhension élevée du français. Ils écriront pas seulement des phrases, mais des lettres comme un des personnages à un autre, par exemple.

Appropriate Level: Secondary

Language Focus: French

Major Focus: Literature            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind

L 9            The Miracle Worker: Self-Esteem through the “Eyes” of Helen Keller (Part 2)

Presenter(s): Maria A. Leinenweber, Occidental College

This content-based communicative unit based on the book, The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller, focuses on the obstacles Helen had to overcome throughout her life. In this hands-on session, the presenter will demonstrate Instructional Strategies that engage students and motivate them to learn about and understand the conditions faced by the disabled. The presenter will share ideas for aligning this story to the textbook High Point as well as the ELD Content Standards for grades 9-12.

Appropriate Level: Secondary, College/University

Language Focus: English           

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: Bilingual/ESL

L10            Going Beyond the Textbook; Strategies and Activities for New Teachers

Lourdes Fajardo, Santiago Canyon College 

Participants will discover strategies and activities that can enhance any textbook, ensure student engagement and learning, and provide students with the practice they need to reinforce vocabulary, communication and the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. You will definitely see student motivation and participation go through the roof!

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Methods            Special Emphasis: New Teachers (1 - 3 yrs.)

L11            Heading Your Way: The Olmec Mystery

H.J. "Hank" Klein, Los Angeles County School Districts 

The Olmec heads are among the most famous examples of native art in the New World. We can use these sculptures to teach both Spanish and social studies. This information is suitable for all levels of foreign language learners.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Culture

L12      It's Raining Comprehensible Input!  Maximizing Classroom Communication Via "INPUT FLOOD" (Part 2)
Presenter(s): Jason Fritze, NBCT, Laguna Beach Unified School District
 
FLOOD the classroom with Comprehensible Input and your students will maximize language acquisition at ALL levels and eagerly demonstrate their gains on standards-based assessments. Experience and practice methods & strategies that provide the ideal weather conditions for language acquisition, allowing your students to grow, blossom and communicate with joy and ease.
 
Appropriate Level: All
Language Focus: All Languages
Major Focus: Methods

L13            Using Art to Teach History

Mariana Apalategui; Prisca Bermudez

The presenters will demonstrate how to use works of art (Latin American paintings) to teach history while creating an appreciation for art. The selection of age-appropriate paintings will also be discussed.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: Spanish

Major Focus: Culture

L14            Latin Dance in the Classroom

Windsor Muguertegui, San Bernardino High School 

Teach your students the art of Latin dance. Bring dance, culture, Latin music, and fun to your classroom and school. Students will feel enthusiastic about their foreign language learning.

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Authentic Materials

L15            The Educator's Toolbox: Introducing the 2009 World Language Content Standards for California Public Schools (A Repeat of Session F17)

Brandon Zaslow, Occidental College - Department of Education 

Learn how the 2009 World Language Content Standards* will guide California's language programs. This session will provide practice in using the Standards to analyze instructional units. Participants will receive an orientation to the Educator's Toolbox** which contains an outline of the contents of the Standards, a glossary of key concepts, standards-based curricular maps, a guide to unit design, a benchmark prompt, rubrics, initial planning sheets for Stull evaluations, wall posters and a guide to observing Framework-aligned instruction. (This session is a repeat of F17 Saturday, 8:00 a.m.)

*(http://www.clta.net/standards/standards.pdf)                        **(http://www.clta.net/standards/toolbox.pdf)

Appropriate Level: All

Language Focus: All Languages

Major Focus: Assessment            Special Emphasis: No Child Left Behind