2011 SCHEDULE
Tuesday, August 23 |
| 8:30-9:00 | Continental Breakfast | CLS Library | |
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome & Overview of workshop | CLS Staff | CLS, Room 100 |
| 9:15-9:45 | Language Lesson Demo followed by discussion
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Blake Wentworth, Lector, South Asian Studies
Vincent Cangiano, Coordinator, Fields Program, CLS |
CLS, Room 100 |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break | ||
| 10:15-12:00 | Workshop: Communicative Language Teaching | Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Director, CLS | CLS, Room 100 |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch break
Intro to Classes V2 |
John Graves, Faculty Liaison, CLS | CLS, Room 100 |
| Reading resources and handouts are posted on the Classes*V2 site
Task for Wednesday: Prepare a communicative activity (bring copies to share with your group) |
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Wednesday, August 24 |
| 8:30-9:00 | Continental Breakfast | CLS Library | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Lesson Planning | Seungja Choi, Senior Lector II, East Asian Languages and Literatures | CLS, Room 100 |
| 9:30-10:15 | Group break-out session: Sharing a communicative activity | Facilitated by CLS staff | Break-out rooms |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break | ||
| 10:30-11:15 | Writing in the Foreign Language Classroom | Suzanne Young, Associate Director, CLS | |
| 11:15-12:00 | Assessment: Overview of ACTFL Guidelines and Standards | Irina Dolgova, Senior Lector II, Slavic Department | CLS, Room 100 |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch Break
Orientation to classroom technology |
John Graves & Steven Mellilo, CLS | CLS, Room 100
CLS, Rm. 112 and 215 |
| Reading resources and handouts are posted on the Classes*V2 site
Task for Thursday: Prepare a lesson plan outline for a beginning-level lesson (bring copies to share with your group) |
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Thursday, August 25 |
| 8:30-9:00 | Continental Breakfast | CLS Library | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Journal writing | Ayala Dvoretzky, Senior Lector II, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | CLS, Room 100 |
| 9:30-10:00 | Word Press/Blogging | Trip Kirkpatrick, Academic Technology Specialist, CLS | CLS, Room 100 |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break | ||
| 10:15-11:00 | Group break-out session: Sharing lesson plan outlines | Facilitated by CLS staff | Break-out rooms |
| 11:00-11:30 | Reading Comprehension | Sonia Valle, Senior Lector II, Department of Spanish and Portuguese | CLS, Room 100 |
| 11:30-12:00 | “Interdisciplinary/Inter-Institutional Teaching Modules” | Marion Gehlker, Senior Lector II, German Department | CLS, Room 100 |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch Break
Panel: Classroom Diversity |
Ruth Koizim, Senior Lector, French Department
Judy York, Coordinator, Resource Office on Disabilities |
CLS, Room 100 |
| Reading resources and handouts are posted on the Classes*V2 site
Task for Friday: Prepare a 10-minute beginning-level lesson to teach tomorrow
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Friday, August 26 |
| 8:30-9:00 | Continental Breakfast | CLS Library | |
| 9:00-10:00 | Teaching Scenarios | Risa Sodi, Senior Lector II, Department of Italian | CLS, Room 100 |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break | ||
| 10:15-10:30 | Guidelines for feedback on micro-teaching | Vincent Cangiano, Fields Program Coordinator, CLS | CLS, Room 100 |
| 10:30-12:00 | Break-out session: Microteaching demonstrations and critiques | Peer feedback in small groups | Break-out rooms |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch Break
Panel Discussion on the Importance of training in language teaching Workshop wrap-up |
Facilitated by Matuku Ngame, Senior Lector, and Ruth Koizim, Senior Lector, French Department, with Maria Clara, Kenise Lyons, Carol Chiodo, and Michael Meadows from the Italian Department | CLS, Room 100 |
| Reading resources and handouts are posted on the Classes*V2 site and will be available beyond the workshop
*Please sign up for the GTC Workshop Series “Fundamentals in Teaching Language” |
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