I attended the ACTFL-CLTA 2011 Annual Conference in Denver, CO, November 18-20. I joined the panel “Controversial, Self-selected, Localized: Teaching Materials for Communicative Competence Development” as a discussant and led a discussion after the presentations on November 19. The panel…
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Angela Lee-Smith Attends 2011 Heritage Language Research Institute
I participated in the Fifth Heritage Language Research Institute, directed by Professor Maria Polinsky (Harvard), from June 26 to July 1, 2011 at the University of California, Los Angeles. The theme was “(Re)Learning the Heritage Language: Integrating Linguistics and Pedagogy,”…
Jianhua Shen Presents at ACTFL
I presented as part of a panel on Friday, November 18, 2011, reporting studies on what modern written Chinese really is and how instructions on Chinese writing may be conducted to help students to improve their Chinese language proficiency. My…
Ling Mu Reports from ACTFL in Denver
2011 ACTFL Conference Report Nov. 17-21 Ling Mu East Asian Languages and Literatures The 2011 Chinese Conference at ACTFL was the largest in scale, attracting over 300 attendees from all over the world. Five parallel sessions had to be arranged…
Etem Erol Attends AATT Meeting in Washington, D.C.
I attended the December 1-2 meeting of AATT (American Association of Turkish Teachers) in Washington D.C. as one of the elected board members. We discussed the possibilities about a future host university of the AATT, since the present president is…
CLS Fall 2011 Calendar of Events
Date and Time Event Thurs, 22-Sep 12:30-1:30 p.m. Technology Workshop: Digitizing film / Media Gallery (Room B21) Mon. 26-Sep 12:30-2:00 p.m. Professional Development Workshop (Library Room 106) Thurs, 06-Oct 12:30-1:30 p.m. Brown Bag: Using Facebook Groups in the Language Classroom…