TFLTA 2010 CONFERENCE

November 5-6, 2010

 

PROGRAM

 

(Click on the session title for a full description or to contact the speaker)

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5

 

WORKSHOPS: 9:00-12:00

 

French Immersion: “Venez explorer le monde du Petit Nicolas!”  — Betsy Taylor, Allison Nixon, and Meredith Peccolo

German: “Neues aus Deutschland: Was interessiert die Lerner? Wie profitieren die Lerner davon?” — Jeff Mellor

Latin: “Latine legere, Latine scribere, Latine loqui” — Milena Minkova and Terence Tunberg

Spanish: “Great Ideas and Lesson Plans for Teaching Across the Curriculum: Summer 2010 Teacher Trip to Merida” — Claire Gonzalez, Beckie Gibson, and Panel Presenters

General: “I’ve Identified Desired Results, Now What?  Moving Learners beyond the ‘Know’ to the ‘Do’ through Performance-Based Assessment” — Deborah Robinson, National Council of State Supervisors for Languages

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I. 1:30-2:30

 

French: “Very Short Short Stories and Other Micro-Texts for the French Classroom” — Will Thompson

German: “Sports and German for All Levels” — Ulla Carr

Latin: “Caesar on Trial” — Geoffrey Steadman

Spanish: “National Spanish Examinations: Standards-Based Assessments Using Online Technology” — Brandon Christy

General: “Flip Camera Your Students into Language Learning” — Susan Neas Hankins and Jason Horne

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II. 3:00-4:00

 

French/General: “Teaching Grammar Authentically:  Engaging Students Through Meaningful Activities” — Kelly L. Kidder

German: “German through Film I” — Stefanie Ohnesorg and Panel

Latin: “Vocabulary of the Ineffable” – Peggy Ross

Spanish: “Exploring the African Diaspora in the Spanish Classroom” — LaTricea Adams

General: “TFLTA’s Video Commercial Contest- Yes, you can do it and your students will love it!” — Suzanna Luttrell, Diane Goodson, and Jane Weaver

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III. 4:15-5:15

 

French/General: “Rediscovering the Huguenots: Their History, Descendants, and Legacy”  — Patt Webb

German: “German through Film II”— Stefanie Ohnesorg and Panel

Latin: “Teaching Culture in the Latin Classroom”  — Elizabeth Vickers

Spanish/General: “Teaching Spanish to Special Needs Children: Curriculum, Methods, Results” — Pattie Davis-Wiley and Laura Lavery

General: “Careers as Professional Interpreters and Translators:  What You and Your Students Need to Know” — Tennessee Association of Professional Interpreters and Translators Panel

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5:15-6:15

 

Meet and Greet for First-Time Attendees

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5:15-6:30

 

RECEPTION AND CASH BAR

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6:30

AWARDS DINNER

 

JOYCE WARD TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

 

JACQUELINE ELLIOTT AWARD

 

Banquet Speaker:

Patsy Lanigan

“The Top 10 Reasons to be a Foreign Language Teacher”

 

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6

 

 

7:30-8:30

 

Accolades Breakfast and Business Meeting

 

Introduction of Board Candidates

Recognition of Dale Sievers Fund for the Future Award Winners

Recognition of Outgoing Board Members

Recognition of Member Achievement

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IV. 8:45-9:45

 

French: “Proverbs: Why and How to use them in the WL Class” — Asmaa Alaoui-Ismaili

German: “Deutsche Mไrchen: Woher, Wozu, Wie?” — James C. Davidheiser

Latin: “C.S. Lewis and the Greco-Roman Gods” — David Sick

Spanish: "Free and Easy Technology Resources to Spice Up Your Class” — Valerie Silva and Bonnie Townsend

General: “Straight Talk about Double Talk: Designing a Language Use Contract for the FL Classroom” — Virginia Scott

Chinese [note: 8:00-10:00]“Student-Centered, Task-Based Classroom Teaching Methodology” — Julie Zhu, Michelle Tai, Lili Cai, Jennifer Chen

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10:00-11:00

KEYNOTE

Deborah Robinson

Immediate Past President, National Council of State Supervisors for Languages

 

RECOGNITION OF AWARD WINNERS

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V. 11:15-12:15

 

French: AATF Sponsored Session: “Putting Tennessee on the World Map: An Honorary consul in Nashville”

German: AATG Sponsored Session: “Fussball Spielend Landeskunde” — Horst Kurz

Latin: TCA Sponsored Session: “Teaching Latin in its Whole Continuity” — Milena Minkova and Terence Tundberg

NNELL: “Networking Session/Activities for the Elementary World Language Classroom” — Patricia Davis-Wiley and Christina Amzquita

Spanish: AATSP Sponsored Session: “Mis aventuras en el Per” — Anita Kay, recipient of the National AATSP Travel Scholarship

General: Fund for the Future Fair — Mediator/Presider: Julie Golden

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12:15-1:30

LUNCHEONS

 

American Association of Teachers of French

 

American Association of Teachers of German

 

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

 

Tennessee Classical Association

TCA Luncheon Speaker: Stephanie A. McCarter, University of the South

"Memmius, Lend Me Your Ears:  The Didactic Challenges of Lucretius' Strange Poem"

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VI. 1:45-2:45

 

French“LA RAFLE: ‘The Round-Up’” — Stephanie Clark, Saralee Peccolo-Taylor, Patt Webb

German: “Tapping into the Teenager: Motivating Language Learners” — Jonathan Barrett Sawyer, Emily Sherman, Jessica Riviere

Latin: “Latin and Football Revisited” — Ryan Sellers

Chinese: “Resources for Chinese Programs: Vertical Planning from Pre-AP to AP Chinese Curriculum and Syllabus” — Ping Shen Whittaker

General: “I’ve got Language Club Members… Now What?” — Kelly Scheetz, TN State Director of Sociedad Honoraria Hispnica, & Amber Dexter

General: “Foreign Language, the Legislature, and the Department of Education:  What we need to know” — Jeanette Crosswhite

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3:00-3:30

 

EXHIBITORS’ RAFFLE AND ELECTION RESULTS