8th Annual conference 2021

FROM INPUT TO OUTPUT: STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIoN ONLINE AND BEYOND

Sat Feb 20 & Sunday Feb 21

Day 1: Session 1

Arabic Early Reading
Skills

Guest Speaker: DR. HANADA TAHA

Early reading skills are a learner's entrypoint into the world of literacy and language learning. These skills are not solely wrapped around knowing letters of the alphabet and their corresponding sounds, but rather include a whole menu of other skills such as fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, continuous assessment and early intervention techniques. This session will address many of those skills in addition to a brief mention of the various reading types, text leveling services and sight words. The session will update participants on a new research that targeted oral reading fluency in Arabic.

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Recorded session

Day 1: Session 2

LEVERAGING LITERACY-BASED ACTIVITIES

Guest Speaker: ADAM SHEPHERD

Literacy is essential to student success and a main component of any language proficiency course. Literacy skills further impact how well a student will do in other content areas. Despite the importance of reading as a critical skill, there remains a shortage of programs that effectively train foreign language teachers in literacy-based pedagogy. Dr. Kate Paesani of Wayne State University developed an effective and proven method for teaching reading skills in the world language classroom in a matter that is novel, engaging, and meaningful for students.

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Recorded session

Day 1: Session 3

Changing the PACE of Grammar Instruction in the Foreign Language
Classroom

Guest Speaker: Randa Taftaf

During this presentation, the presenter will briefly discuss the dialogical approach to grammar instruction, and then present a sample dialogical lesson using Donato & Adair-Haucks’ PACE Model. PACE, an acronym for each stage of the process: Presentation-Attention-Co-Construction-Extension, is a model for contextualizing grammar lessons in the form of a cultural story or other authentic text. After the sample PACE lesson, the audience will collaborate to identify the different elements of the presented PACE sample. Finally, the groups will discuss the effectiveness of the dialogical approach and prepare their own sample PACE lessons. A ‘PACE Model Kit’ will also be provided.

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Recorded session

Day 2: Session 1 & 2

GET THEM TALKING (AND MORE): INTERPERSONAL AND PRESENTATIONAL COMMUNICATION

Guest Speaker: Nicole Naditz

Join Nicole Naditz in an exploration of strategies that support learners to engage in true communication, starting at the Novice range of proficiency. This session will focus on the interpersonal and presentational modes and offer strategies you can use and adapt right away, including specific suggestions for facilitating these modes in distance learning.

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recorded session 1

RECORDED SESSION 2

Workshops and Webinars

Workshop 1

STRENGTHENING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

December 12, 2020

Guest Speaker: Dr. Valérie Sun

Increase student engagement even during distance learning while promoting student agency and creativity. Learn to implement three lesson frames that place students at the center of learning while scaffolding vocabulary development. Lastly, gather tips, tricks, and templates to create dynamic lessons that can be helpful in any learning environment.

Workshop 2

ENGAGING ALL LEARNERS IN BLENDED LANGUAGE LEARNING

March 27, 2021

Guest Speaker: Leslie Grahn

During this virtual workshop, participants will explore key strategies to engage all language learners in blended learning environments. The interactive session will include a variety of instructional choices, templates, and examples educators can use to increase student participation and keep both remote and face-to-face students engaged in the blended classroom.

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Recorded session

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Recorded session