FRIDAY, APRIL 29 (IN PERSON)
12:00 - 1:00 pm: Keynote Address (Folwell Hall 108)
Kate Paesani, "What is Innovation in World Language Education and Why Does it Matter?"
Adopting innovative teaching paradigms and curricular structures can be challenging for language educators. Doing so involves rethinking often decades-long knowledge of and experience with tried-and-true approaches. So why bother to innovate? This keynote will explore this question by first defining innovation with a particular focus on critical pedagogies and then drawing on research that explores language teacher learning as they innovate. The presentation will conclude with implications and tips for innovating in ways that are feasible and sustainable.
Keynote Speaker Bio: Kate Paesani (Ph.D., Indiana University) is Director of the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) and affiliate faculty in the Departments of French and Italian and Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on literacy-based curriculum and instruction and foreign language teacher development, couched within the frameworks of multiliteracies pedagogy and sociocultural theory.
Friday Afternoon Paper Presentations
All Friday afternoon paper presentations will take place in the Language Center on the Twin Cities campus. Refreshments will be provided.
1:00 - 2:15 pm: Session One
Katrien Vanpee (Director of Arabic Language Instruction), "Diversifying Arabic Language Curricula: What Social Justice Pedagogy Has to Offer"
Meraj Ahmed (Director of Hindi/Urdu Language Instruction), "Developing a Place for Teaching Hindi and Urdu Amidst the Language Controversy"
Moderator: Hae Ree Jun (Director of Japanese Language Instruction)
2:30 - 3:45 pm: Session Two
Yao Tu (Associate Director of the Chinese Flagship Program): "Building a Language Curriculum for Career Readiness and Success"
Catherine Clements (Teaching Specialist, Minnesota English Language Program): "Online Teacher Training with Telecollaboration: Lessons from Mexico"
Moderator: Helena Ruf (Director of Language Instruction in German, Nordic, Slavic, and Dutch)
4:00 - 5:15 pm: Session Three
Jenneke Oosterhoff (Senior Lecturer in Dutch and German): "Working with Literary Texts"
Ling Wang (Director of Chinese Language Instruction): "An Instructional Innovation to Maximize Students' Active Engagement"
Moderator: Bryce Johnson (Senior Teaching Specialist in Korean)
5:30 - 6:30 pm: Reception (Nolte Lounge)
SATURDAY, APRIL 30 (VIRTUAL)
Saturday's sessions will be delivered live on Zoom. Join the Zoom meeting here. The meeting ID is 974 5300 9777.
10:00 - 11:15 am: Session Four
Ashlie Henery (Lecturer and Coordinator of First-Year French): "Rethinking the Final Exam: First-semester French Small-Talk Themes Put into Authentic Practice"
Keiko Kawakami (Senior Teaching Specialist in Japanese): "“Simon’s Cat,” Practice of Narrative Speaking Improvisation, and BOSSA"
Moderator: Hae Ree Jun (Director of Japanese Language Instruction)
11:30 am - 12:45 pm: Session Five
Beth Kautz (Interim Director of the CLA Language Center): "Sustainability and Intercultural Competence through Virtual Study Abroad"
Lydia Belatèche (Senior Lecturer in French): "Language, Laughter, and Learning: Student Communities during Pandemic Times"
Moderator: Hae Ree Jun (Director of Japanese Language Instruction)
1:00 - 1:35 pm: Session Six
Aracely Thomas (Graduate Student in the College of Education and Human Development and President of MCTLC): "Minnesota Seals and World Language Certificates: Current Policies, Practices and Neoliberal Logics"
Moderator: Cecily Brown (Senior Lecturer in Spanish)