Friday Breakout Sessions
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Breakout Sessions 1 8:30 - 9:20
101 NNELL Swapshop Breakfast and Networking Session
Kathy Olson Studler, St. Paul Academy and Summit School
Ed Rosheim, EMC Paradigm
Linda Chang, Hmong Academy
Audience: Elementary, middle school, all languages
102 Getting Students to Talk: Using Unrehearsed Interpersonal Tasks in the Classroom.
Frances Matos-Schultz , Ursula Lentz, and Mertixell Mondejar Pont, University of Minnesota
Audience: Middle and high school, higher education, any language
103 Using Technology to Teach Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
Viann Pederson and Gay Rawson, Concordia College
Audience: All levels, all languages
104 Using Neruda to Teach Literary Analysis
Sean Dwyer, MN-AATSP President
Audience: High school, higher education, Spanish
105 Dual Immersion Education and Engaging the Latino Families
Blanca Raniolo-Olivares, El Colegio High School
Eudoro Olivares, St. Paul Public Schools
Audience: All levels, all languages
106 Can’t Dance? Or Sing? Or Act? Or Draw? Neither can I!
Trina Keller, Perpich Center for Arts Education
Audience: All levels, all languages (examples in French)
107 Integrating Cultural Arts: Curriculum for K-12 Arabic and Chinese Programs
Gaelle Berg, Dingman Yu, Donna Kelly, Fang-Ju Lin, and Feng-Yi Wang, Minneapolis
Public Schools
Audience: Elementary, middle and high schools, Arabic and Chinese
Breakout Sessions 2 11:00 - 11:50
201 Qualifications for Teaching in an Immersion School
Kimerly Miller, Minnesota Advocates for Immersion Network
Shannon Peterson, Lakes International Language Academy
Luis Versalles, Richfield Dual Language School
Audience: All levels and languages
202 What Can Students Do? Using Common Assessments to Achieve Higher Levels of Proficiency
Gaelle Berg, Melissa Davis, and Michele Campbell, Minneapolis Public Schools
Ursula Lentz, CARLA, University of Minnesota
Audience: Middle and high school, higher education, Spanish, French and German
203 Teacher-Centered Discourse and Opportunities for Output in a French Class
Jason Martel, Johanna Enneser-Kananen, and LeeAnne Godfrey, University of Minnesota
Audience: All levels and all languages (examples in French)
204 The Unrehearsed Speech of Learners of Asian Languages
Sachiko Horii, Fang Wang, Yunseong Cheon, and Sara Khanzadi, University of Minnesota
Audience: High school and higher education, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Persian
205 Connecting with Your Students through Stories
Michael Grandys and Dayna Laber, Minneapolis Public Schools
Audience: Middle and high school, French and Spanish
206 Enhancing the Global Competency of World Language Learners
Dana Mortenson and Charmagne Campbell-Patton, World Savvy
Audience: Middle and high school, all languages
Breakout Sessions 3 1:30 - 2:10
301 Migraciones Literarias: La Literatura Centroamericana y la Interculturalidad
Martin Pflug, College of St. Scholastica
Audience: High school and higher education, Spanish
302 Discussion Session for Teachers Using the Minnesota Language Proficiency Assessment (MLPA)
Ursula Lentz, Center for Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota
Audience: High school and higher education, Spanish, French, and German
303 Integrating Content-Based Instruction in Chinese Language Teaching
Shu-hui Chang, Hmong College Prep Academy
Audience: All levels, Chinese
304 Preparing Students to Participate in Festival Quijote
Mary Lynn Montgomery, Coon Rapids High School, Minnesota-AATSP Mesa Directiva
Audience: Middle and high school, Spanish
305 Authentic Media: Connecting Lives and Contexts, Classroom to World
Dan Bane, Vista Higher Learning
Audience: High school and higher education, French, Spanish and Italian
306 Incorporate Culture in Your Lessons: Cultural Storytelling
Barbara Cartford, Wayzata Schools, Minnesota Language Teacher of the Year 2010
Audience: All levels and all languages
Breakout Sessions 4 3:00 - 3:50
401 Quizzes in the World Language Course: What Do They Really Measure?
David Paulson and Diane Leslie, Southwest Minnesota State University
Audience: High school, higher education, all languages
402 Presentación Cultural: Carnavalito Argentino
Paulino Brener, University Language Center
Audience: All levels, Spanish
403 Get Them Talking With Art and Music
Andrea Schueler, Stillwater Area High School
Audience: All levels and all languages
404 Translation Reconsidered: A University Course in Translation and Interpretation
Paul Hoff, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
Audience: High school, higher education, all languages (examples in Spanish)
405 Teaching Chinese in the Digital Age
Ju-Chang Wang, The Blake School
Audience: Elementary, middle, and high school, Chinese
406 Experiences in Strasbourg
Cristina Sturm, Rosemount High School
Audience: All levels, French
Breakout Sessions 5 4:00 - 4:50
501 Bienvenidos a Uruguay
Cancelled by presenter
502 Culture Beyond Chopsticks and Berets
Mary C. Voight, Yinghua Chinese Immersion Academy
Audience: All levels and all languages
503 México en su bicentenario
Ana Luisa Fajer Flores, Consulado de México
Audience: All levels, Spanish
504
Using Facebook Activities to Improve Writing Skills of Language Students: Offering Many Opportunities for Writing to our Digital Natives
Windy Roberts, University of Minnesota, Morris
Audience: High school and higher education, all languages
505 Portfolios Make Travel Meaningful
Mary Thrond, Minnesota State University of Moorhead
Audience: Middle, high school, higher education, all languages (examples in Spanish)
506 Addressing the Achievement Gap in the Urban Language
Classroom
Grant Boulanger, Robbinsdale Area Schools
Audience: Middle and high school, all languages
507 Bailemos Juntos
Paulino Brener, University Language Center
Audience: All levels, Spanish