SWCOLT 25th Annual Conference 2008
Salt Lake City, Utah     PROGRAM

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Although unanticipated, the details of this program are subject to change.

WORKSHOPS, February 28, 2008          
               
ROOM   8:30 - 11:30   1:30 - 4:30
Market Street A1 Assessment and More in the World Language Classroom
Granary A2 Content-Based Storytelling: Tell a Story Worth Retelling 
  A3 Using Web 2.0 Applications to Increase Proficiency in the Foreign Language Classroom
This workshop will be in a computer classroom at Weber State University. Transportation from the hotel will be provided (leaving at 8:30 AM and returning at 5:00 PM).
               
Executive A B1 Proficiency-based Grading in the World-language Classroom C1 Talking Up a Storm: Maximizing Speaking in the Foreign Language Classroom
Exectutive B B2 Let's speak Spanish now! C3 Let's take a look at the new formal and informal way of writing for the AP exam
Market West B3 Kaestner im Klassenzimmer C2 Teaching with the Standards in 2008: A Utah Perspective 
Autumn         C4 Connect with Kids in a Foreign Language
               
FRIDAY SESSIONS, February 29, 2008        
               
  8:30 - 9:45   10:30 - 11:45   1:45 - 3:00   3:45 - 5:00
Market Street 101 BEST OF NEW MEXICO Learning through games 201 BEST OF ARIZONA Fun and effective activities for the language learning classroom 301 NEW TEACHER STRAND Developing a suite of assessments: Products and evidences of proficiency 401 Correcting students' written grammatical errors
Granary 102 Effective techniques for teaching culture 202 NEW TEACHER STRAND Discover what works in the classroom of the ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year 302 Using music in class: Going beyond cloze activity 402 Layering: It's a piece of cake 
Wasatch 103 Using podcasting and providing audio materials to improve speaking skills  203 Integrating technology in the teaching of Spanish language, literature, and culture and civilization courses 303 BEST OF OKLAHOMA Integrating podcasts into the world language curriculum 403 The best of both worlds: a hybrid model for beginning Spanish
Executive A 104 NEW TEACHER STRAND Bloom's new taxonomy: A look at the future through the lens of the past 204 Internationalizing universities and curricula: Discussion of four models for restructuring higher education and foreign language programs 304 Foreign language fun and games 404 I want to be the AP teacher's best friend: Using AP-style assessments in Level I and beyond.
Executive B 105 Avoiding dialect shock: ¿Guai don mai estuden sandertang mi? 205 From silent to talkative: Transforming your students into confident speakers 305 National standards update: Your input needed 405 Once you've got them, how do you hold them?
Market West 106 Reading to learn: How to instill the love of reading in L2 in your students 206 Teaching vocabulary through a variety of learning styles 306 Reaching all students in the world language classroom    
Autumn 107 LCTLs: Thinking outside the box -- Arabic as a case study 207 Neural highways to second language learning: A brain-compatible classroom 307 Designing curriculum and assessment for the AP Spanish language course 407 Teaching literature and culture: Surprising approaches
Summer 108 Sehen (d) Lernen - Deutschvergnuegen with short films 208 Ostalgie im Deutschuntericht: wie kann or soll Ostalgie im Deutschunterricht einbezogen werden? 308 Student teachers' attitudes and beliefs about using the target language in the classroom 408 Using films in teaching language and culture
City Creek 411 World languages leadership discussion 209 Code-switching among bilingual college students in EFL and ESL settings 309 The persistent dilemma: Pedagogical implications of teachers' preparation on teaching Spanish and English writing in Mexican and American high schools 409 National Spanish Examinations: Standards-based assessments using online technology
Little Cottonwood     210 Everyone can be an advocate  710 Make your students enjoy speaking and understanding authentic language: Language lab technology can be the answer 410 NEW TEACHER STRAND Organizing for success in the foreign language classroom
Millcreek     211 Mastery of reading skills: A perspective from the Input Hypothesis 311 Factors affecting learners’ strategy use in a first-year Chinese language class 412 Cooperation programs run by the Education Office of the Embassy of Spain in the US
               
Big Cottonwood   C H A T   R O O M
 
               
SATURDAY SESSIONS, March 1, 2008        
               
  8:30 - 9:45   10:30 - 11:45   1:45 - 3:00   3:45 - 5:00
Market Street 501

 

 Student audio portfolios 601 Ten rules of Spanish: Don't leave home without them! 701 Art: A powerful tool for increasing proficiency in the four language skills, culture and history 801 Using colors to improve student reading and writing in a foreign language
Granary 502 Performance-based assessment and rubrics: The basics 602 Games and techniques for the world language classroom 702 Much ado about something: The use of authentic and performance activities 802 Chicano Literature in Spanish 101: A motivating factor in L2 learning? 
Wasatch 503 Save LCTL courses using computer assisted curriculum  603 The iTunes revoultion: Using podcasting to increase listening comprehension in the language classroom. 703 Blogging and the foreign language classroom: Bringing language learning into the 21st century    
Executive A 504 ¡Disfrutemos la literatura en la clase de español! 604 BEST OF CALIFORNIA Cruisin' through the centuries: Timeline and review 704 World Language Fair as a community cultural event: How to build a language program 804 FLEXing your linguistic muscles
Executive B 505 The AP German Exam: Content, grading and instructional techniques 605 Teaching grammar in today's communicative classroom: Tenets, techniques, and taboos     805 Backwards design, vertical alignment and Advanced Placement Spanish courses: Tailoring programs with the end goal in mind
Market West 310 Second language communicative competence and effective classroom management   606 Study abroad for teachers: Effects on language skills and cultural understanding 706 Le slogan publicitaire: Analyse et pistes pédagogiques 806 Developing oral language through literature in the FLES classroom
Autumn 507 Language, culture, and oral histories 607 French stories 101 707 Acquisition and retention of L2 phonology using a musical model: Observations of monolingual and bilingual speakers 807 Culture shock: The seed, the flower, the fruit
Summer 508 Middle school Arabic 608 STAMP Assessment: How to use data to improve your foreign language programs  708 Building a better standardized test: development of the CLEP Spanish Language Exam 808 Le plaisir d'enseigner: My favorite lessons from France
City Creek 509 Reading and speaking Latin: Combining two approaches for greater pedagogical effectiveness -- Part I 609