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Table of Contents Welcome Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 KWLA Board Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Conference Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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General Conference Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Teachers of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Friday, September 27 Session Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Session Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Saturday, September 28 Language Affiliate Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Session Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Session Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Exhibitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 PD Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Conference Center Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3 Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Executive Board of Directors of the Kentucky World Language Association, I wish to welcome you to this year’s KWLA Conference. Continuous professional learning is at the core of being an educator and we send a heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for choosing to attend Kentucky’s largest annual gathering of world language educators and supporters! This year’s conference is going to be exciting. We have over 50 sessions and workshops supporting 14 conference strands. Our highlighted presenters include Jon Valentine from Gwinnett County Public Schools of Georgia, representatives from the National Security Agency and Creative Language Class creators Kara Parker and Megan Smith. And, what conference is complete without the exhibitors and vendors who support second language learning through their products and opportunities. To give direction for this year’s conference, we have chosen the theme of Putting Languages to Work: Career Readiness for the Commonwealth. The educational emphasis across the commonwealth is shifting and career-readiness is the beacon. We hope you will join us in embracing the opportunity to share with decision makers, parents, and students that being bilingual is the up and coming new norm and the absolute career advantage for our Kentucky learners! Let us use our advocacy skills to post and tweet over the next two days the impact of your learning and the power of bilingualism- @kwlaonline #kwla19. Finally, a thank you to all who have helped make this year’s conference a reality. To our dedicated Board and Committee members who have worked tirelessly to give meaning to this year’s conferencemerci! To our Conference Chair, Ben McMaine, the Conference Committee, and our Communications Director, Jennifer Kennedy- your professionalism and follow through are legendary! To our Awards Chair, Ben Hawkins- thank you for giving our award nominees the spotlight they deserve. Lastly, to our Sponsors, thank you for valuing and supporting world language education! In the spirit of bilingualism for all,
President of KWLA
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KWLA Board Members Jacque Van Houten
Laura Roché Youngworth
Past-President Jefferson County Public Schools jacque.vanhouten@jefferson.kyschools.us
President Fayette County Public Schools laura.roche@fayette.kyschools.us
Ben McMaine
Jennifer Hoban
President-Elect Fayette County Public Schools ben.mcmaine@fayette.kyschools.us
Treasurer Louisville Collegiate School jhoban@louisvillecollegiate.org
Lydia Kohler
Jennifer Kennedy
Secretary George Rogers Clark High School lydia.kohler@clark.kyschools.us
Communications Director Southern Elementary - FCPS jennifer.kennedy@fayette.kyschools.us
Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby
Tracy Rucker
Post-Secondary Liaison University of Kentucky j.rouhier@uky.edu
Matthäus Huelse AATG-KY President Cooper High School matthaeus.h@gmail.com
Yanhong Zheng KACLT President Winburn Middle School yanhong.zheng@fayette.kyschools.us
Brandi Larkey KCA President Lexington Catholic High School blarkey@LEXINGTONCATHOLIC.COM
Jill Susini Regional Representative Co-Liaison Trinity Christian Academy jsusini@trinitylex.org
Regional Representatives: WKEC – Sarah Loveless GRREC – James Walker OVEC/JCPS – Pilar Gómez CKEC/FCPS – Jessica Warner SESC – Jennifer Marsh NKCES & KEDC – Addison Welp KVEC – Tamara Kunkel
AATF-KY President Louisville Collegiate School trucker@louisvillecollegiate.org
Maria Consuelo (Chelo) Diaz Martin AATSP-KY President Ryle High School mariaconsuelo.diazmartin@boone.kyschools.us
Spencer Zimmerman KAJLT President Ballard High School spencer.zimmerman@jefferson.kyschools .us
Madeline Griffitt NNELL-KY Representative Eisenhower Elementary School madeline.griffitt@jefferson,kyschools.us
Sarah Loveless Regional Representative Co-Liaison Calloway County High School sarah.loveless@calloway.kyschools.us Private co-rep – Jill Susini Private co-rep – Christine Hutchins
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Thursday, September 26 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Registration Desk Open – A-D Foyer
04:00 PM – 08:00 PM
Teacher of the Year Interviews – Calumet
06:00 PM – 09:00 PM
Language Immersion Dinners – various restaurants
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Friday, September 27 08:00 AM – 06:00 PM
Registration Desk Open Exhibits Open
A-D Foyer
08:00 AM – 09:00 AM
Coffee with the Exhibitors, Sponsored by Yabla
A-D Foyer
09:00 AM – 09:50 AM
Opening Session, Sponsored by Avant Assessment
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Sessions (Round 1)
Various Rooms
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Sessions (Round 2)
Various Rooms
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Language Luncheon
01:00 PM – 02:50 PM
Workshops
Various Rooms
01:00 PM – 01:50 PM
Sessions (Round 3)
Various Rooms
02:00 PM – 02:50 PM
Sessions (Round 4)
Various Rooms
03:30 PM – 04:20 PM
Sessions (Round 5)
Various Rooms
Salons C & D
Bluegrass Pavilion
05:00 PM – 07:00 PM Terrace Ballroom
Trivia Night and Pizza
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Saturday, September 28 08:00 AM – 03:00 PM
Registration Desk Open Exhibits Open
A-D Foyer
08:00 AM – 09:00 AM
Coffee with the Exhibitors, Sponsored by Yabla
A-D Foyer
08:00 AM – 08:50 AM
Language Affiliate Meetings
Various Rooms
09:00 AM – 09:50 AM
Sessions (Round 6)
Various Rooms
10:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Workshops
Various Rooms
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Sessions (Round 7)
Various Rooms
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Sessions (Round 8)
Various Rooms
REGISTRATION DESK closes at 12:00pm
12:00 PM – 01:30 PM
Awards Luncheon, sponsored by UK MCLLC *Ticket Required
Various Rooms
01:40 PM – 02:30 PM
Sessions (Round 9)
Various Rooms
02:30 PM – 03:00 PM
Break with the Exhibitors
A-D Foyer
03:00 PM – 03:50 PM
Sessions (Round 10)
Various Rooms
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General Information Welcome to the 45th Annual Fall Conference of the Kentucky World Language Association. The Executive Board hopes that these two days provide you with plenty of opportunities for informative, educational, and entertaining professional learning. The following are some frequently asked questions and issues.
Awards Luncheon Be sure to join your colleagues from across the state, as we present the Outstanding Teachers Awards, New Teacher of the Year Award, Outstanding Administrator Award, and Amici Linguarum. The luncheon will be held on Saturday at 12:00 PM in the Bluegrass Pavilion. This is a ticketed event. This event is sponsored by the University of Kentucky Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, offering a Master’s in Teaching World Languages and a Master’s in Teaching English as a Second Language.
Elections This year is an election year for the following positions: Regional Representatives for WKEC, OVEC/JCPS, SESC, KVEC, KEDC, Private JCPS, and Private FCPS. Elections are by electronic vote. Please use the emailed link (http://shorturl.at/afvwJ) to access the ballot. Voting runs through 11:59 pm Friday, September 27 and elected positions will be announced at the Awards Luncheon on Saturday.
Opening Session Join your colleagues during the Opening session, Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. in the Bluegrass Pavilion as we focus our attention on our conference theme of Putting Languages to Work: Career Readiness for the Commonwealth. Learn about KWLA’s initiative to support Seal of Biliteracy efforts across the state as well as the Global Seal of Biliteracy. Meet representatives from the National Security Agency and be inspired by Gwinnett County Public Schools’ (GA) Director of Foreign Languages and Dual Language Immersion, Jon Valentine. This session is sponsored by Avant Assessment.
Language Affiliate Meetings Join your language colleagues on Saturday morning (08:00 AM – 08:50 AM) and find out how you can get involved with a language affiliate organization. Information about past, current and future events will be discussed. Nonmembers are welcome! Grab a cup of coffee with the exhibitors, then head to your affiliate meeting! Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (KWLAonline)
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Parking Parking is free for hotel guests and conference attendees at the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa.
Professional Development Professional Development certificates are available on page 50 of this program to fill out with your name and hours you attended the KWLA conference. If you need a verifying signature, please seek out President Laura Youngworth, Past-President Jacque Van Houten, or President-Elect Ben McMaine.
Sessions Sessions are identified by the letter F for Friday Sessions and S for Saturday Sessions and a number indicating the session round, room number and session number. For example: F103 indicates that the session is on Friday, Round 1, and is in Salon D (or room 3). Sessions are all 50 minutes. General conference registration provides access to all sessions.
Strands In keeping with the ACTFL 6 Core Practices, as well as new initiatives and needs across Kentucky, this year’s conference sessions and workshops are aligned to the following strands: Standards and Can-Do Statements, Language Proficiency, 90%+ Target Language for Learning, Authentic Cultural Resources, Instructional/Communicative Activities, Backward Design, Grammar as a Concept, Feedback and Assessment, Student Engagement, Teachers in Early Career, Leadership and Advocacy, Technology, Seal of Biliteracy, Current Research. When possible, the session layout has been designed to allow a conference attendee to attend multiple consecutive sessions of the same strand.
Thinking Outside the Lunchbox Join us for an informative lunch on Friday brought to you by KWLA members who are experts on a variety of hot topics for world language teachers. Look for signs on each table indicating the topics of conversation. Join a table for relaxed discussion about a topic of interest to you. Tables without topicspecific conversation will be available also. Laura RochĂŠ Youngworth: Language Proficiency Jacque Van Houten: Career Integration Madeline Griffitt: Elementary Language Learning Brandi Larkey: Learning Disabilities and Language Learning Jennifer Kennedy: 90% Target Language in the Classroom James Walker: Seal of Biliteracy Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (@kyworldlanguage)
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Trivia Night and Pizza Join us in the Terrace Ballroom for an exciting round of Trivia on Friday evening (05:00 PM – 07:00 PM). Connect with colleagues, form a team, and win in this world language “battle of wits.” Pizza will be served with a cashbar. This is a ticketed event.
Workshops This year we have workshops on Friday and Saturday. Workshops will run from 1:00-2:50 on Friday and 10:00-11:50 on Saturday. Workshops are identified by W and the number of the workshop. There is no charge for the workshops and pre-registration is not required.
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Teachers of the Year The Kentucky World Language Association would like to congratulate the following Teachers of the Year and candidates for KWLA Teacher of the Year: Outstanding Spanish: Francisco Castillo Outstanding NNELL: Yan Wang Outstanding Chinese: Lisa Podbilski Outstanding German: Sandra Forster-Terrell Outstanding Japanese: Elena Kamenetsky Outstanding French: Linda Froelich Outstanding Latin: Cynthia Shiroma
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Friday, September 27, 2019 Session Overview Room Name
Salon C
Salons AB
Salon D
Dixiana
Darby Dan
Lanes End
Calumet
Friday ROUND 1 10:00 AM10:50 AM
Friday ROUND 2 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
F101 The Role of Language in National Security NSA
F201 Oh, NOW You Love Us! J. Valentine
W001 Heigh-Ho! It’s Off to Work We Go! M. Smith
F 501World Languages: Essential and Interdisciplinary C. Ahearn
F202 Using the Escape Room to Put ProblemSolving Skills into Practice Through World Languages A. De Torres Núñez, C. Del Valle
W002 Hop on the Literacy Train L. Roché Youngworth
F502 Sister City Student Exchanges: International Experiences A. Brewsaugh
F102 Stations That Engage All Students for Every Level and Topic M. Consuelo (Chelo) Díaz Martín
F103 Combining Student Philanthropy and Virtual Reality in the Foreign Language Classroom A. Fieler
F203 Collaborative Learning through Technology J. Human, G.Zannoun, I. Larco
F104 KWLA Showcase 2020 L. Kohler
F204 Language Exposure Strategies for Early Language Learners (K-8) M. Griffitt, J. Hoban
F105 Embodied Cognition: A Positive Learning Strategy For SLA E. Bricker
F205 Growing Language Proficiency Using the Question Formulation Technique F. CastilloDieguez,
F106 What is “Interleaving”, and Can It Be an Effective Tool in the World Language Classroom? J. Marsh
F206 Brain Breaks! K. Goodpastor
Friday ROUND 3 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Friday ROUND 4 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
W003 Teachers of the Year: A Long Way to Success C. Del Valle & M. Mato
Friday ROUND 5 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM
F503 Defeating Distraction: Balancing Target Language Communication with Technology in a 1:1 or BYOD Classroom M. Sexton
F504 Paperless, W004 A Walk in Your Learners’ Shoes: Engaging, and Remembering the Why and How of Interactive Cultural Comprehensible Input Activities with D. Tatum-Johns, E. Ibrahim Google Forms A. Ferral
F305 Edutainment in the Second Language Classroom G. Cake F306 Motivating Success – SelfGenerated (German) Language Learning and Testing H. Hoebusch
F405 Genius Hour in a World Language Classroom A. Welp
F406 Let's "Get It" Together: Targeting Executive Functions in the L2 Classroom M. Massey
F505 The Business of Global Citizenship and Intercultural Competence L. Markley
F 506 National Spanish Assessments and Examinations K. CessnaBuscemi
University Chairs Meeting 2:00 to 5:00 PM
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Friday, September 27, 2019
Sessions ROUND 1 Friday 10:00 AM-10:50 AM Salon C F101 The Role of Language in National Security Description: Language plays an important role in many aspects of today’s international society, yet few students (or parents) understand how valuable language skills are to a wide variety of career fields. This session will help you increase your students’ awareness of the importance of language from a national security perspective. Hear about career opportunities in language, student programs at the National Security Agency (NSA), and get a glimpse into the career paths and daily lives of two NSA language professionals. I Can Statements: - I can identify the importance of language in our national security. - I can list career opportunities in language and student programs at the National Security Agency (NSA). Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: All Languages Strand(s): Student Engagement Friday 10:00 AM-10:50 AM Salons AB F102 Stations That Engage All Students for Every Level and Topic! Maria Consuelo (Chelo) Díaz Martin - mariaconsuelo.diazmartin@boone.kyschools.us Description: We all want to have all our students engaged and motivated in the learning process. With great stations, students can get engaged with a variety of authentic, meaningful and interesting resources and activities while practicing all modes of communication in the target language. Teachers will leave the Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (@kyworldlanguage)
14 room with a wide variety of resources and ideas to implement the following day in class. I Can Statements: - I can understand, speak and write in the target language using authentic resources. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Spanish Strand(s): 90%+ Target Language for Learning, Student Engagement
Friday 10:00 AM-10:50 AM Salon D F103 Combining Student Philanthropy and Virtual Reality in the Foreign Language Classroom Andrea Fieler - fielera1@nku.edu Description: The presentation discusses how the topic of immigration to the United States and Germany can unite student philanthropy and virtual reality in the foreign language classroom. While learning about German immigration to the United States, students identified local nonprofits addressing the topic of German immigration. After conducting an on-site visit of their organization, students reflected and presented on their chosen nonprofit. Through a voting process, the course determined which organization should be awarded $2,000. This hands-on learning approach was additionally paired with virtual reality engagements with a particular focus on 360° videos. These videos showed how ships in the Mediterranean rescue refugees, for example, and how immigrants live in Germany. I Can Statements: - I can design a class including student philanthropy - I can design a class including VR engagements, 360 videos in particular - I can combine student philanthropy and VR engagements in a meaningful way Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English, German Applicable/Useful for: English, German Strand(s): Authentic Cultural Resources, Instructional/Communicative Activities
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15 Friday 10:00 AM-10:50 AM Dixiana F104 KWLA Showcase 2020 Lydia Kohler - showcase@kwla.org Description: Come and find out how your students can be a part of the 2020 World Language Showcase on the University of Kentucky campus! We will talk about the AAPPL exam that will be administered as a part of the event. We will also talk about the Interculturality Projects that students are expected to submit. 65 awards were given in 2019 and we hope to match or surpass that number in 2020! I Can Statements: - I can describe to my students what the KWLA Showcase Interculturality Project should look like. - I can tell my students about the opportunities to show what you can do with language that are available at the KWLA Showcase. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Any Language Strand(s): Standards and Can-Do Statements
Friday 10:00 AM-10:50 AM Darby Dan F105 Embodied Cognition: A Positive Learning Strategy For SLA Emma Bricker - runningprofe@gmail.com Description: Students who play while learning are more engaged, therefore more likely to remember content. Empirical experience illustrates that combining positive affect; being happy, amused, or helping another, with physical manifestations, aids in SLA, with the most outstanding outcome being the complete engagement of students. The obvious enjoyment of acquiring language, with the ability to put it to use, is a benefit of the mind-body connection impossible to ignore. Immediate feedback of conversation underscores the effectiveness, reinforcing the contribution of each learner to the environment. Come learn and practice techniques that maximize the mind-body connection while expanding learners’ proficiency levels!
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16 I Can Statements: - I can change structures and presentation style in class to maximize student engagement. - I can combine different formats to help keep students in the TL. - I can incorporate authentic content that is highly relevant to students. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Other Strand(s): 90%+ Target Language for Learning, Student Engagement
Friday 10:00 AM-10:50 AM Lanes End F106 What Is “Interleaving”, and Can It Be an Effective Tool in the World Language Classroom? Jennifer Marsh - jennifer.marsh@ucumberlands.edu Description: This session will present strategies using “interleaving”, the process of mixing, or interleaving, multiple topics while studying or teaching. Interleaving has been shown to be more effective than studying one topic very thoroughly before moving on to another topic. Do these strategies work with world languages? Come learn about recent research in this field and how best to implement interleaving strategies in your world language classroom. I Can Statements: - I can understand what “interleaving” is. - I can understand the research behind “interleaving”. - I can understand ways to implement “interleaving” strategies in my world language classroom.
Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Spanish Strand(s): Instructional/Communicative Activities, Current Research
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ROUND 2 Friday 11:00 AM-11:50 AM Salons AB F202 Using the Escape Room to Put Problem-Solving Skills into Practice through World Languages Alfonso De Torres Núùez - alfonso.detorresnunez@jefferson.kyschools.us Catherine Del Valle - catherine.delvalle@russellind.kyschools.us Description: Do your students have the problem-solving skills to navigate through a series of unexpected events and circumstances that may occur as a result of interacting with a native speaker? Come and join this session to find out if you could even survive this experience (if you dare!). I Can Statements: - I can use both language and intercultural skills to navigate through a series of unexpected events and circumstances that may occur as a result of interacting with a native speaker. - I can identify instructional practices that will allow students to work effectively on their language and intercultural skills. - I can apply knowledge from this session to assist and support students in demonstrating problem-solving skills in their pursuit of Career Pathways. Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, Secondary Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: English, Spanish Strand(s): Authentic Cultural Resources, Instructional/Communicative Activities Friday 11:00 AM-11:50 AM Salon D F203 Collaborative Learning through Technology Julie Human - julie.human@uky.edu Ghadir Zannoun - ghadir.zannoun@uky.edu Iona Larco - ioana.larco@uky.edu Description: Presenters who teach French, Arabic, and Italian at the University of Kentucky will discuss collaborative learning projects for use with novice, intermediate, and advanced students. We will discuss the use of Google Docs to facilitate learning and sharing of French and francophone cultural information, Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (@kyworldlanguage)
18 Arabic multi-media video group projects across language levels, and an Italian movie project that students create from script to screen. I Can Statements: - I can name 2-3 forms of technology that aid in collaborative learning. - I can discuss the ways in which technology and collaborative learning help students increase their language and cultural proficiency. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Arabic, French, Other Strand(s): Student Engagement, Technology
Friday 11:00 AM-11:50 AM Dixiana F204 Language Exposure Strategies for Early Language Learners (K-8) Madeline Griffitt - madeline.griffitt@jefferson.kyschools.us Jennifer Hoban - jhoban@louisvillecollegiate.org Description: Do you teach World Language in a K-5 or 6-8 setting? Do you struggle with how to keep students in the Target Language and build proficiency with limited time or resources? In this session you will learn tools and tricks that work in an ELL classroom to make your life easier and to keep students engaged and climbing the proficiency scale. From how to incorporate TPR, TPRS/Comprehensible Input, to using authentic resources, games, tech tools and classroom management tricks, this session will share proven methods from elementary and middle school world languages teachers. I Can Statements: - I can create and environment that fosters 90% Target Language in an ELL classroom - I can provide age and level appropriate Comprehensible Input. - I can ensure student success with output from day one. - I can incorporate authentic resources into an ELL classroom. Target Audience: Elementary, Middle Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: French Strand(s): 90%+ Target Language for Learning, Instructional/Communicative Activities
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19 Friday 11:00 AM-11:50 AM Darby Dan F205 Growing Language Proficiency using the Question Formulation Technique Francisco Castillo-Dieguez - francisco.castillo@fayette.kyschools.us Description: Many language teachers are familiar with the ACTFL proficiency levels yet, how do we find a strategy that can show us immediate student's progress and engagement? The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a simple, but rigorous, step-by-step process designed to help students formulate, work with, and use their own questions. In the World Language and Immersion classes, QFT is a great technique for growth language proficiency. In this session, you will have the opportunity to learn and practice how to implement the QFT in either, World Languages or Immersion classes. From the steps to follow to the example of how it works, you will experience a new technique to incorporate into your classes. I Can Statements: - I can identify the steps in the Question Formulation Technique process - I can use the QFT to increase engagement in the WL and Immersion classes - I can experience how the QTF is implemented in the session Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English, Spanish Applicable/Useful for: Spanish Strand(s): Language Proficiency, Instructional/Communicative Activities
Friday 11:00 AM-11:50 AM Lanes End F206 Brain Breaks! Kayla Goodpastor - kayla.goodpastor@boone.kyschools.us Description: This strategy has completely changed the dynamic of my classroom. While trying to stay in the target language, sometimes our students need a quick brain break to get them up and moving and reset their brain. Incorporating these frequently has helped increase engagement and improved my overall classroom environment. Be prepared to get up and move at this session as we practice some of these brain breaks and learn the benefits firsthand! I Can Statements: Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (@kyworldlanguage)
20 - I can increase student engagement by implementing brain breaks throughout my lessons. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Spanish Strand(s): Student Engagement
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Friday, September 27, 2019
Workshops Friday 1:00 PM-2:50 PM Salon C W001 Heigh-Ho! It’s Off to Work We Go! Megan Smith - creativelanguageclass@gmail.com Description: You don’t need a “career” unit to highlight people doing inspiring work around the world. You can promote career connections and 21st Century skills in any unit. Hear real stories about innovators and underdogs from the target cultures who are making waves in the work world. See easy-to-replicate lessons that get novice and intermediate learners investigating, comparing, and sharing back in the target language. Walk out with ideas to inspire them to turn their passions into professions! I Can Statements: - I can identify people and professions from the target culture to include in my curriculum. - I can design target-language lessons that highlight people and professions. - I can plan work-related tasks for students to use the target language. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: All languages Strand(s): Standards and Can-Do Statements, Authentic Cultural Resources, Lesson Planning Friday 1:00 PM-2:50 PM Salon AB W002 Hop on the Literacy Train! Laura Roché Youngworth - laura.roche@fayette.kyschools.us Description: As language educators, we teach literacy! Yet, how familiar are we with the core components of literacy and in what ways are we intentionally integrating literacy within our instruction? Participants will explore and participate in multiple literacy-focused activities aligned to the modes of communication and leave ready to talk the language of literacy. Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (@kyworldlanguage)
22 I Can Statements: - I can identify components of literacy. - I can connect literacy strategies to the modes of communication. - I can scaffold and adjust activities to meet the range of language proficiency levels within my classes. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: All languages Strand(s): Standards and Can-Do Statements, Authentic Cultural Resources, Lesson Planning Friday 1:00 PM-2:50 PM Salon D W003 Teacher of the Year Workshop: A Long Way to Success Catherine Del Valle - catherine.delvalle@russellind.kyschools.us Maria Mato-Fresan - maria.mato-fresan2@fayette.kyschools.us Description: Join 2018 KWLA Teacher of the Year Catherine Del Valle and 2018 KWLA New Teacher of the Year MarĂa Mato FresĂĄn in exploring the multifacted road to success in the classroom. Discover how the varied experiences of a high school Spanish teacher, a heritage speaker of Puerto Rican parents born in New York, and an elementary school Dual Language Immersion teacher from Spain can help your classroom become a place to celebrate student success. Learn together how their "long way to success" continues, thanks to collaborative colleagues both inside their school walls and outside the school walls. Whether you are the only language teacher in your school or whether you have a supportive team, this workshop is for you. Experience the power of advocacy and the thrill of supporting students in their path to proficiency. I Can Statements: - I can evaluate practical methods to increase my students' language proficiency. - I can apply strategies used in both immersion and traditional language classrooms to various scenarios. - I can apply mindfulness techniques to manage the stress associated with teaching. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: All Languages
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23 Strand(s): 90%+ Target Language for Learning, Authentic Cultural Resources, Instructional/Communicative Activities, Backward Design, Grammar as a Concept, Feedback and Assessment Friday 1:00 PM-2:50 PM Dixiana W004 A Walk in Your Learners’ Shoes: Remembering the Why and How of Comprehensible Input Donna Tatum-Johns - donna.tatumjohns@gmail.com Emily Ibrahim - maestraibrahim@gmail.com Description: Curious what it feels like to be a novice-language learner in a comprehensible-input (CI) classroom? Do you struggle to maintain the target language from day one? Come experience the power of a CI-driven lesson with a variety of tried and true strategies that are bound to get you interacting in the language right away. See and feel what it looks like to meet or even exceed the 90% mark from the very beginning. In this highly interactive session, you will not only learn Arabic, but also examine in detail the foundational skills necessary to take CI back to your own classroom, no matter what age or level you teach. I Can Statements: - I can understand basic Arabic tied to objectives in a CI lesson plan. - I can feel what it is like to be novice-level language learner. - I can identify the foundational skills of a CI lesson. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: All Languages Strand(s): 90%+ Target Language for Learning
ROUND 3 Friday 1:00 PM-1:50 PM Darby Dan F305 Edutainment in the Second Language Classroom Glenn Cake - glenncake@nlesd.ca Description: Historically, our second language students have been learning via traditional teaching and learning practices, such as classical classroom lecturing Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (@kyworldlanguage)
24 followed by extensive drills. Such teaching techniques are facing serious challenges (Huang & Huang, 2015). Sousa (2017) claims “that many teachers are entering the profession with a kitbag of strategies from the 1980s to work with students who have 21st century brains”. Education through entertainment (“Edutainment”) involves learners participating in digital activities such as games under the supervision of their teachers. Edutainment is being extensively researched in an effort to develop effective student-centered pedagogies using emerging technologies. Empirical studies have demonstrated that digital games effectively promote language learning (Hui Zhang, 2018). Researchers have argued that through language learners can benefit significantly from gameplaying as it can promote constructive, situated, and experiential learning (Squire 2008; Woo, 2014). However, significant work is still required to provide clear answers with respect to innovative and effective learning practices for digital games. I Can Statements: - I can create a mbile learning assisted game. - I can conduct a game/activity with their staff/school/class. - I can appreciate the value of formative assessment via mobile based games. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English, French Applicable/Useful for: English, French, Spanish Strand(s): Student Engagement, Technology
Friday 1:00 PM-1:50 PM Lanes End F306 Motivating Success – Self-Generated (German) Language Learning and Testing Harald Hoebusch - hhoebu@uky.edu Description: This session will introduce successful strategies for producing intrinsically motivated language learners on the intermediate level of German. Specifically, it will explore strategies to get students to willingly and even enthusiastically engage with the target language and culture, share their linguistic and cultural findings with their peers, analyze each other's products of learning, and generate their own assessment tools. Participants will have the opportunity to actively practice these strategies by engaging in select activities used by the instructor in his third-year German classroom in the context of a virtual journey through various regions of Germany.
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25 I Can Statements: - I can produce intrinsic motivation on the part of my students to engage with (German) language and culture. - I can turn my students into experts on self-selected aspects of (German) culture. - I can assess my students' level of mastery of specific aspects of (German) grammar. Target Audience: Secondary, Post-Secondary Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: German Strand(s): Feedback and Assessment, Student Engagement
ROUND 4 Friday 2:00 PM-2:50 PM Darby Dan F405 Genius Hour in a World Language Classroom Addison Welp - addison.welp@kenton.kyschools.us Description: Genius Hour is an engaging approach to project-based, studentoriented research, and can be a great way for students to increase intercultural competence. This year I implemented my own version of Genius Hour in all of my French classes, with varying degrees of success. I will share some ideas about project design, student motivation, research opportunities, and presentation suggestions, along with the successes and issues I faced throughout this year-long process. I Can Statements: - I can understand more about the concept of Genius Hour - I can identify ways to effectively implement Genius Hour into my classroom Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: English, French Strand(s): Instructional/Communicative Activities, Student Engagement
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26 Friday 2:00 PM-2:50 PM Lanes End F406 Let's "Get It" Together: Targeting Executive Functions in the L2 Classrom Malinda (Lindy) Massey - mvma223@l.uky.edu Description: Students learning a language are often frustrated when there isn't just one way to translate a word or one right answer to a problem. Being comfortable with ambiguity and grey areas is part of what researchers call "executive functions" - and these executive functions can be taught! This session will explore different problem areas in the classroom (i.e. “my students are struggling to focus themselves in my classroom” or “they want to search for everything I’m saying in the internet”), and we will identify the executive functions needed to combat these problems. We will then discuss ways of teaching executive functions without disrupting the content/curricular goals of the classroom. When we aim to not only teach the L2 content of our lessons, but also to teach to the executive functions that our learners need support in, our students are better able to “roll with” our L2 classrooms and gain skills that will serve them beyond their experiences with us. I Can Statements: - I can identify one executive function my students need support in in my L2 classroom. - I can brainstorm and create one way I could teach to communicate and support this EF to my students. Target Audience: Middle, Secondary, Post-Secondary Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: German Strand(s): Instructional/Communicative Activities, Student Engagement
ROUND 5 Friday 3:30 PM-4:20 PM Salon C F501 World Languages: Essential and Interdisciplinary! Christopher Ahearn - chris@reachtheworld.org Colin Teague - colin@reachtheworld.org Description: Let's bring the "world" back into World Language! Today’s learners need to become collaborators, critical thinkers, and creative problem Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (KWLAonline)
27 solvers but today’s educational system places too much emphasis on specific “hard” skills instead of focusing on the whole child. To adequately prepare today’s students for tomorrow, world language education can and should should be at the center of every child’s learning. As the doorway to the world, it is the hub through which every other subject should flow. Through this session, teachers will participate in interactive activities with Reach the World, a New York City-based global education organization, showing the interdisciplinary benefits of world language education and they will examine sample lessons and materials that can be used to connect world language with other disciplines. Finally, teachers will put their learning into practice, by scaffolding common core standards-based lessons from other subject areas, to be used in a world language classes. I Can Statements: - I can understand and therefore advocate for World Language education as an essential lens for whole-student learning for immersive, interdisciplinary lessons. - I can demonstrate the importance of foreign language proficiency for career readiness to my students and colleagues - I can create lessons and find resources that connect World Language standards with high-quality standards (e.g. NGSS, NCSS, etc) in other subjects Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: French, German, Russian, Spanish, Other Strand(s): Student Engagement, Leadership and Advocacy Friday 3:30 PM-4:20 PM Salons AB F502 Sister City Student Exchanges: International Experiences Alexandra Brewsaugh - abrewsaugh@lexingtonky.gov Description: Insight into Sister City Student Exchanges in Lexington and Louisville. This is an opportunity for high school students to practice their language skills acquired in the classroom and experience their target language's culture by going to France, Japan or other countries available through the Sister City Exchange programs. I Can Statements: - I can learn about opportunities for my students to experience the target language in the target language country. Target Audience: Secondary Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (@kyworldlanguage)
28 Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: English Strand(s): Leadership and Advocacy
Friday 3:30 PM-4:20 PM Salon D F503 Defeating Distraction: Balancing Target Language Communication with Technology in a 1:1 or BYOD Classroom Madeleine Sexton - madeleine.sexton@jefferson.kyschools.us Description: As language teachers, we are often paying a tug-of-war between keeping students focused on target language acquisition and the devices that they come to school equipped with--especially if we work in an environment that encourages frequent technology use through one-to-one technology or bring your own device programs. In this session, we will survey a variety of tech tools that can be utilized to keep our devices aligned with communicative learning goals. Sites and apps to be discussed include Nearpod, Jamboard, FlipGrid, InsertLearning, Actively Learn, EdPuzzle, GimKit, and more! I Can Statements: - I can identify several tech tools that can facilitate communicative learning. - I can evaluate the communicative abilities of tech tools that I already employ. Target Audience: Secondary, Post-Secondary Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: English, Spanish Strand(s): Instructional/Communicative Activities. Student Engagement, Technology
Friday 3:30 PM-4:20 PM Dixiana F504 Paperless, Engaging, and Interactive Cultural Activities with Google Forms Aaron Ferral - aaron.ferral@fayette.kyschools.us Description: You can ditch the paper copies when assigning student-driven lesson activities in your classroom. Plus, you can add in all the color pictures of realia and authentic video that you want! All you need is a class set of devices (Chromebooks, Ipads, or personal devices). In this session, you will learn how to use Google Forms, Slides, Docs, and potentially other Google Apps for
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29 Education to create an essentially “interactive worksheet” for your students as they explore the target culture content. I Can Statements: - I can effectively use the tools in the Google Forms App to create studentcentered cultural learning activities. - I can incorporate online and digital media into student-centered cultural lessons. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: French Strand(s): Instructional/Communicative Activities Technology
Friday 3:30 PM-4:20 PM Darby Dan F505 The Business of Global Citizenship and Intercultural Competence Linda Markley - lmarkley@vistahigherlearning.com Description: We want our students to be able to use their language skills outside of the classroom for real world purposes. We want them to be “global citizens” and to develop “intercultural competence”. How do we do this? Come find out how to identify, select, create and use the necessary resources, strategies and best practices that will help your students develop these critical 21st Century skills. I Can Statements: - I can identify and provide activities for my students that develop language skills needed for business purposes. - I can understand and apply best practices of SLA to create effective communicative activities. - I can identify and use strategies that best promote and support building language proficiency and intercultural competence. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: English, French, Spanish Strand(s): Instructional/Communicative Activities, Backward Design
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30 Friday 3:30 PM-4:20 PM Lanes End F506 National Spanish Assessments and Examinations Kevin Cessna-Buscemi - kcessna@nationalspanishexam.org Description: This session will introduce innovative ways to use the National Spanish Examinations (NSE) and the National Spanish Assessments (NSA) as well as how to use disaggregated data to inform instruction in building proficiency. Come and find out how your students can earn awards, scholarships, and study abroad opportunities through this program. I Can Statements: - I can identify and evaluate strengths and weaknesses in my curriculum. - I can use data from standardized exams to inform and individualize instruction. - I can motivate my students to improve proficiency. Target Audience: Middle, Secondary, Post-Secondary Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Spanish Strand(s): Language Proficiency, Feedback and Assessment
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Saturday, September 28, 2019 Language Affiliate Meetings 08:00 AM – 08:50 AM
Salon C
American Association of Teachers of French All teachers of French and those interested in the profession are invited to attend. Information about past, current and future events will be discussed. Non-members are welcome!
08:00 AM – 08:50 AM
Salon D
American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese All teachers of Spanish and Portuguese and those interested in the profession are invited to attend. Information about past, current and future events will be discussed. Non-members are welcome!
08:00 AM – 08:50 AM
Dixiana
Kentucky Association of Chinese Language Teachers All teachers of Chinese and those interested in the profession are invited to attend. Information about past, current and future events will be discussed. Non-members are welcome!
08:00 AM – 08:50 AM
Darby Dan
Kentucky Association of Japanese Language Teachers All teachers of Japanese and those interested in the profession are invited to attend. Information about past, current and future events will be discussed. Non-members are welcome!
08:00 AM – 08:50 AM
Lanes End
Kentucky Classical Association All teachers of Latin and those interested in the profession are invited to attend. Information about past, current and future events will be discussed. Non- members are welcome!
08:00 AM – 08:50 AM
Salons AB
American Association of Teachers of German All teachers of German and those interested in the profession are invited to attend. Information about past, current and future events will be discussed. Non-members are welcome!
09:00 AM – 09:50 AM
Salon D
National Network for Early Language Learning All teachers of elementary and middle school and those interested in the profession are invited to attend. Information about past, current and future events will be discussed. Non-members are welcome.
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Saturday, September 28, 2019 Session Overview Room Name
Salon C
Salons AB
Saturday ROUND 6 09:00 AM – 09:50 AM
S601 The Role of Language in National Security NSA
S602 College and Career Ready in World Languages L. McGee
Saturday ROUND 7 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Saturday ROUND 8 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
W005 ¡A Bailar! Building Classroom Community through Rueda de Casino J. Kennedy
W006 Celebrate! Calibrate! Assess in the Classroom! D. McCorkle
Salon D
S603 What’s Trending? Real Life Inspired Communication. K. Parker
Dixiana
NNELL Affiliate Meeting
Darby Dan
S605 Developing and Supporting a SisterSchool Relationship M. Kluemper
S705 Bring Literacy to Life in the Target Language J. Hathaway Rubé
S805 Building Advanced Speaking Skills D. DiMeo
S606 Great Strategies to Score a 5 on the AP test. M. Consuelo (Chelo) Díaz Martín
S706 Graduation Requirements...or Something More? Preparing Your Students to Study Spanish in College R. Brown, C. Arranz, H. Campbell-Speltz, A. Poffenberger
S806 Scaffolding Strategies toward Communicative Goals for Younger Learners Y. Wang
Lanes End
W007 Cultural Immersion to the Spanish Classroom L. Hawkins
W008 Fabula Latina T. Tunberg
Saturday ROUND 9 1:40 PM – 2:30 PM
Saturday ROUND 10 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM
S901 Level Up! Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals to Bring Relevance, Rigor, and AP Alignment from Level 1 M. Sexton, L. PonteCruz
S1001 Interpretive... and Then What? S. Cottrell
S1002 Kentucky S902 Independent International Reading in Your Economics: World Language Connecting World Class: Why and How Languages to Careers A. Stevens in Kentucky A. De Torres Núñez S903 KWLA PD Series Session 1: S1003 Connecting Technology and the Students Culturally Three Modes Outside the S. Loveless & Classroom Language J. Susini Representatives S904 CI for the S1004 From Input to Little Guy: Output: Ensuring Comprehensible Student Success with Input for Young Language Production Language Learners J. Hoban E. Ibrahim S905 Putting S1005 Special Chinese to Work Education and the Strengthening the World Language Core of Language Classroom: Research, Learning! Ideas and L. Podbilski, Y. Implementation Zheng, W. Jiang R. Colagreco S906 Incorporating Critical Thinking Exercises in Japanese Language Classrooms N. Okura
S1006 Linguistic Reflection on Games, Music & Cultural Activities in the Spanish Classroom V. Walker
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Sessions ROUND 6 Saturday 9:00 AM-9:50 AM Salons C S601 The Role of Language in National Security MSgt John Busby- National Security Agency Mona Postlewaite- National Security Agency Description: Language plays an important role in many aspects of today’s international society, yet few students (or parents) understand how valuable language skills are to a wide variety of career fields. This session will help you increase your students’ awareness of the importance of language from a national security perspective. Hear about career opportunities in language, student programs at the National Security Agency (NSA), and get a glimpse into the career paths and daily lives of two NSA language professionals. I Can Statements: - I can identify the importance of language in our national security. - I can list career opportunities in language and student programs at the National Security Agency (NSA). Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: All Languages Strand(s): Student Engagement Saturday 9:00 AM-9:50 AM Salons AB S602 College and Career Ready in World Languages Laura McGee - laura.mcgee@wku.edu Description: What does it mean to be college ready in world languages? And career ready? This session will explore beliefs and practices, and provide information that helps teachers motivate students to continue their language study beyond the basic levels. The session further has the goal of creating a Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (@kyworldlanguage)
34 platform for identifying actionable ways K-12 and post secondary teachers can connect and support each other in producing career ready graduates. I Can Statements: - I can guide students on self and peer assessment of proficiency. - I can bring applied uses of language skills into my classroom. - I can help students connect their language learning with their career goals. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Any Language Strand(s): Language Proficiency, Student Engagement
Saturday 9:00 AM-9:50 AM Salon D S603 What’s trending? Real-life inspired communication Kara Parker - creativelanguageclass@gmail.com Description (less than 130 words): Want to get them talking? Follow the trends! What types of resources do our learners listen to and read? How do they respond? When our activities become more authentic, communication becomes more natural. This session will share tried-and-true resource and task combos that spark communication in the classroom. I Can statements: - I can plan communicative lessons using authentic resources. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Any Language Strand(s): Instructional/Communicative Activities, Standards and Can-Do Statements, Language Proficiency, 90%+ Target Language for Learning, Authentic Cultural Resources
Saturday 9:00 AM-9:50 AM Darby Dan S605 Developing and supporting a sister-school relationship Michael Kluemper - michael.kluemper@jefferson.kyschools.us
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35 Description: This session will focus on ways to organize and sustain a sisterschool relationship that adds excitement and energy to your program. I Can Statements: - I can know more about processes to set up a sister school. - I can work with teachers in another country to engage learners in a fun exchange. - I can extend my classroom beyond my four walls into a country where my target language is spoken. Target Audience: Secondary Advanced Placement Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: English Strand(s): Authentic Cultural Resources, Instructional/Communicative Activities, Student Engagement
Saturday 9:00 AM-9:50 AM Lanes End S606 Great Strategies to Score a 5 on the AP test. Maria Consuelo (Chelo) DĂaz Martin - mariaconsuelo.diazmartin@boone.kyschools.us Description: After my experience as an AP Spanish language and culture teacher for over 15 years, an AP reader, a Table Leader, I would like to share some of the best strategies for your students to score a 5 on the AP Spanish test! For few years in a row, all of our students have passed the AP test at our school! I have excellent strategies and resources to share for better results on the writing section. I Can Statements: - I can respond to an email and write a good persuasive essay in Spanish. Target Audience: Advanced Placement Language of Session: Spanish Applicable/Useful for: Spanish Strand(s): Language Proficiency
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Workshops Saturday 10:00 AM-11:50 AM Salon C W005 ¡A Bailar! Building Classroom Community through Rueda de Casino Jennifer Kennedy - jennifer.kennedy@fayette.kyschools.us Description: You will learn how to introduce the topic of dance in your classroom, how to make intercultural comparisons regarding different dances, and a few basic steps. You will come away with a list of resources to get you and your students talking and then up and dancing on Monday...or maybe wait until Friday. I Can Statements: - In my own and other cultures I can identify different styles of dance used in social settings. - I can participate in a rueda, understanding a few basic calls. - I can identify resources for myself and students to learn more about Rueda de Casino. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English, Spanish Applicable/Useful for: Spanish Strand(s): Authentic Cultural Resources, Student Engagemetn Saturday 10:00 AM-11:50 AM Salons AB W006 Celebrate! Calibrate! Assess in the Classroom! Debbie McCorkle - dmccorkle@gotanks.org Description: Our students have demonstrated what they can do with the language. Now what? One of ACTFL’s Core Practices is to provide appropriate feedback. How do we do that? Let’s practice assessing with authentic written and spoken student work. What should language look like across the proficiency levels? Let’s calibrate! Let’s establish a feedback loop. Let’s determine scores or proficiency levels. Let’s celebrate our students!
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37 I Can Statements: - I can recognize what kind of language students can produce in writing or in speaking. - I can assign a proficiency level or score to student work samples. - I can establish a feedback loop to help students increase their proficiency level. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: French Applicable/Useful for: French Strand(s): Feedback and Assessment Saturday 10:00 AM-11:50 AM Salon D W007 Cultural Immersion to the Spanish Classroom Lyndsee Hawkins - lhawkins@caschools.us Description: Have you ever wondered why your Spanish students are not comprehending the culture of the Spanish language in class? Is their pronunciation and rhythm of the language stagnant? Do they have a hard time with vocabulary memory and grammatical structures regarding the textbook activities? This session will help you discover the problem that is happening inside of your classroom and give you the tools and resources to finally adapt your students to the Hispanic culture. Simply teaching the second language will not bring the results and inspiration you are hoping for or expecting. However, throwing out the textbook might just help bridge the gap between content and context. Join this session to be inspired and to find out how to revamp your classroom because it's time to take your students abroad! I Can Statements: - I can inspire my students to love the Hispanic culture and language. - I can discover other ways to conduct class activities besides textbook examples. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: All Languages Strand(s): Authentic Cultural Resources, Student Engagement
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38 Saturday 10:00 AM-11:50 AM Dixiana W008 Fabula Latina Dr. Terence Tunberg - terence.tunberg@gmail.com Description: Would you like to improve your ability to understand Latin writings more directly and easily, without being compelled so often to translate and to think in another language? Bring your personal study of Latin and your classes to life. Starting from pictures taken from the everyday world, participants will use the Latin language to tell stories. This workshop will help participants develop their ability to speak Latin and to understand others speaking Latin. I Can Statements: - I can tell a story in Latin. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: Latin Applicable/Useful for: Latin Strand(s): 90%+ Target Language for Learning, Instructional/Communicative Activities
ROUND 7 Saturday 10:00 AM-10:50 AM Darby Dan S705 Bring Literacy to Life in the Target Language Jaclyn Hathaway RubĂŠ - jaclyn@organicworldlanguage.com Description: What does literacy look like in a proficiency-based classroom? How can literacy be incorporated in a kinesthetic classroom? Literacy is a cornerstone of second language acquisition and can be presented in an interactive, relevant and personalized way. Bringing literacy to life is interactively pairing it with speaking and providing high-interest and relevant prompts and tasks. The tasks are adapted for different levels, allowing differentiation in the classroom.The session will model a lesson on how to embed literacy fluidly on a daily basis. Through an interactive debrief, participants will discuss the application to their own classroom as well as adaptations for differentiation. This session will provide six specific tips, as well Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (KWLAonline)
39 as other ideas, on how to integrate authentic resources and literacy into the daily framework of the classroom. I Can Statements: - I can incorporate new, interactive activities based on student interest to make writing exciting and fun. - I can differentiate lessons to accommodate multiple ACTFL levels. - I can incorporate the six techniques in my current classroom structure to integrate authentic resources and literacy into the daily framework of the classroom. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Other Strand(s): Language Proficiency, Instructional/Communicative Activities
Saturday 10:00 AM-10:50 AM Lanes End S706 Graduation Requirements...or Something More? Preparing Your Students to Study Spanish in College Ruth Brown - ruth.brown@uky.edu Carmen Arranz - carranz@campbellsville.edu Abbey Poffenberger - heather.campbellspeltz@uky.edu Description: This panel will bring together professors from a variety of Kentucky colleges and universities to talk about what it is like to study Spanish at the post-secondary level. We’ll start by discussing dual-credit programs, Spanish course placement and world language coursework requirements at our institutions, giving you concrete information that you can use to convince students and administrators of the value of your courses. Then we will move beyond credit hours and graduation requirements to talk about the skills, experiences, and previous coursework that help students succeed as majors or minors in Spanish. We’ll finish by asking teachers how we can strengthen the relationships between their schools and our programs. I Can Statements: - I can explain to my students how their Spanish studies in middle and high school will impact what courses they need to take at a variety of Kentucky colleges and universities. - I can prepare my students to major and minor in Spanish in college.
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40 - I can advocate for Spanish studies in my school by explaining to administrators how my classes fit with world language course requirements at a variety of Kentucky colleges and universities. Target Audience: Middle, Secondary, Post-Secondary, Dual Language Immersion, Advanced Placement Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: English, Spanish Strand(s): Student Engagement, Leadership and Advocacy
ROUND 8 Saturday 11:00 AM-11:50 AM Darby Dan S805 Building Advanced Speaking Skills David DiMeo - david.dimeo@wku.edu Description: Do your students struggle to get beyond sentence level exchanges? Are they frustrated when trying to go beyond the classroom and talk to native speakers? Reaching the advanced level in speaking involves much more than vocabulary and grammar structures, but anxiety and the ambiguity of unstructured conversation can overwhelm the most dedicated of learners. This session will discuss building engaging activities to help learners overcome that anxiety and flourish at in conversation. We will look at specific activities, games and challenges that can be used in any class beyond the absolute beginner level, and talk about how to incorporate these into your program. I Can Statements: - I can identify affective barriers to optimal speaking performance and ways to counter them - I can design simple classroom speaking activities to engage students - I can incorporate speaking activities into a comprehensive language program Target Audience: Secondary, Post-Secondary, Dual Language Immersion, Advanced Placement Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Any Language, Arabic Strand(s): Language Proficiency, Student Engagement
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41 Saturday 11:00 AM-11:50 AM Lanes End S806 Scaffolding Strategies toward Communicative Goals for Younger Learners Yan Wang - yan.wang@fayette.kyschools.us Description: Once the communicative goals are set up, the performance tasks are designed, how to guide students to reach the goals and accomplish the tasks? Scaffolding the lesson systematically is the key. In this session, the participants will learn three strategies for scaffolding a lesson/unit such as utilize studentcentered activities to review vocabulary, maximize the use of flash cards to develop three modes of communication, and use organizers to foster speaking and writing skills. The procedures of the activities will be demonstrated stepby-step. The activities are mainly for young learners, but they are also can be adopted to middle and high school world language classroom. I Can Statements: - I can be aware of that all scaffolding strategies are designed for students to accomplish communicative tasks. - I can implements the strategies shared in this session in my own teaching. Target Audience: Any/All Levels, Dual Language Immersion Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Chinese Strand(s): Language Proficiency, 90%+ Target Language for Learning, Instructional/Communicative Activities, Student Engagement, Teachers in Early Career
ROUND 9 Saturday 1:40 PM-2:30 PM Salon C S901 Level Up! Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals to Bring Relevance, Rigor, and AP Alignment from Level 1 Madeleine Sexton - madeleine.sexton@jefferson.kyschools.us Leydis Ponte-Cruz - leydis.ponte-cruz@jefferson.kyschools.us Description: One of the most compelling authentic resources to be released in the past several years has been the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. Ranging from Zero Hunger and Quality Education to Responsible Production and Consumption, the SDGs target global issues that are appropriate Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (@kyworldlanguage)
42 for every language level. What's more, the SDGs have already been influential to curricula worldwide, so there are a plethora of multi-linguistic resources already available, as well as new initiatives aiming to connect classrooms in order to demonstrate how a variety of cultures approach the goals. Join us exploring what these goals are, how they can fit into every level (and provide a strong pathway toward AP Langauge), and what resources are available to make integrating them into your practice simple. I Can Statements: - I can identify the Sustainable Development Goals. - I can link the SDGs to topics or themes that I already teach. - I can locate language class resources related to the SDGs. Target Audience: Secondary Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: English, Spanish Strand(s): Authentic Cultural Resources, Backward Design
Saturday 1:40 PM-2:30 PM Salons AB S902 Independent Reading in Your World Language Class: Why and How Ann Marie Stevens - ann.stevens@scott.kyschools.us Description: Integrate independent reading, or Free Voluntary Reading, in your classes to promote second language acquisition. I will discuss the benefits of reading, what an FVR program might look like in your world language class, assessment strategies (or not!), how to build a library, and how to integrate the program with your current curriculum. I will use anecdotes and personal experience from teaching levels 2-4/AP of Spanish to explain strategies, and we will conclude with your comments and questions about how to integrate independent reading into your classes. I Can Statements: - I can explain how independent reading promotes second language acquisition - I can describe what independent reading (FVR) might look like in a world language classroom - I can outline strategies for starting an independent reading program Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Spanish
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Saturday 1:40 PM-2:30 PM Salon D S903 KWLA PD Series Session 1: Technology and the Three Modes Sarah Loveless - sarah.loveless@calloway.kyschools.us (Lead Presenter) James Walker - james.walker@clinton.kyschools.us (Spanish rep) Addison Welp – addison.welp@kenton.kyschools.us (French rep) Pam Caudill – pam.caudill@kenton.kyschools.us (German rep) Mariko Barnes – mariko.barnes@fayette.kyschools.us (Japanese rep) Christine Hutchins - chutchins@stfrancisschool.org (Chinese rep) Brandi Larkey- blarkey@lexingtoncatholic.com (Latin rep) David DiMeo- david.dimeo@wku.edu (Arabic rep) Lhousseine Guerwane- lhousseine.guerwane@wku.edu (Arabic rep) Description: Join us for the first in a series of PD sessions brought to you by KWLA on how to incorporate technology into the classroom. This session will be about incorporating technology with a focus on the interpretive mode. The first part of this session will incorporate usable technology for any language. The second part of the session will break into language-specific groups to focus on the interpretive mode of the language you teach. Part 2 of this PD session in this series will occur in your region and will be facilitated by your regional representative. I Can Statements: - I can incorporate technology into my classroom to help students comprehend the target language. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: All Languages Strand(s): Technology
Saturday 1:40 PM-2:30 PM Dixiana S904 CI for the Little Guy: Comprehensible Input for Young Language Learners Emily Ibrahim - maestraibrahim@gmail.com
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44 Description: Learners young and old alike acquire language through compelling comprehensible input. Yet elementary language teachers often face unique challenges in providing age and level appropriate comprehensible input. Learn fun and engaging strategies for comprehensible input which lead to joyful language acquisition for young learners. I Can Statements: - I can use 4 classroom management techniques to maximize use of the target language and to keep children alert and engaged. - I can understand the basics of Total Physical Response as a segue into literacy and TPRS. - I can understand how to adapt 3 CI strategies to promote acquisition in the K-5 classroom. Target Audience: Elementary Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: All Languages Strand(s): 90%+ Target Language for Learning, Student Engagement
Saturday 1:40 PM-2:30 PM Darby Dan S905 Putting Chinese to work - Strengthening the Core of Language Learning! Lisa Podbilski – oulisha@hotmail.com Wei Jiang - jiang.wei@uky.edu Yanhong Zheng - yanhong.zheng@fayette.kyschools.us Description: Each of these teachers will share experiences and tools to help your Chinese language students really get to those higher levels that eventually lead to using Chinese in a future career! The Core Practices are high-leverage teaching practices. Join experienced Chinese teachers as they guide you to * Use Chinese as the vehicle and content of instruction at least 90% of the time. * Design and carry out Interpersonal Communication Tasks in Chinese for pairs, small groups, and whole class instruction. * Design activities with Chinese Authentic Texts for all levels of learners Core Practices are powerful in advancing student learning. They are not transparent and learnable by modeling alone. They are based on the notion that teaching is improvisational, intricate, and context dependent.
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45 I Can Statements: - I can use the Target Language as the vehicle and content of instruction at least 90% of the time. - I can design and carry out Interpersonal Communication Tasks for pairs, small groups, and whole class instruction. - I can design activities with Authentic Texts for all levels of learners Target Audience: Middle, Secondary, Post-Secondary Language of Session: Chinese, English Applicable/Useful for: Chinese Strand(s): Authentic Cultural Resources, Grammar as a Concept
Saturday 1:40 PM-2:30 PM Lanes End S906 Incorporating Critical Thinking Exercises in Japanese Language Classrooms Noriko Okura - okuran@wfu.edu Description: Foreign language teachers are faced with many challenges. How can a class be taught when the students have varying language backgrounds? What if there is no suitable textbook for the class? Is a textbook even necessary for teaching a foreign language? Certain activities can be used to overcome these challenges and motivate students to learn. Knowledge about how to manage these issues empowers teachers to structure their classes more effectively. This presentation includes tips for instructors and introduces powerful activities which increase students’ critical thinking and analytic skills. These activities can be beneficial to all levels of learners. Learning outcomes from these activities and the opinions of both teachers and students will be shared. I Can Statements: - I can design effective lesson plans which improve students’ language proficiency. - I can create activities to develop critical thinking and analytic skills for all levels of learners. - I can design activities that create strong bonds with students. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: Japanese Applicable/Useful for: Japanese Strand(s): Language Proficiency, Feedback and Assessment, Teachers in Early Career Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (@kyworldlanguage)
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ROUND 10 Saturday 3:00 PM-3:50 PM Salon C S1001 Interpretive... and then What? Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell - secottrell@musicuentos.com Description: Reading or listening to a quality interpretive resources and then moving on from it presents two problems: the learners don’t get the deep exploration that boosts language acquisition, and the teacher is working too hard to find more and more resources. Instead, develop a set of strategies that keep learners want to keep working with the same interpretive material over and over and over. This hands-on session will have you engaged in these strategies based on a short English-language story. I Can Statements: - I can milk an interpretive resource for all it's worth by engaging learners in the same resource over and over in fun and varied proficiency-building activities. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: English, Spanish Strand(s): Language Proficiency, Instructional/Communicative Activities
Saturday 3:00 PM-3:50 PM Salons AB S1002 Kentucky International Economics: Connecting World Languages to Careers in Kentucky Alfonso De Torres Núñez - alfonso.detorresnunez@jefferson.kyschools.us Description: Which careers are World Languages-skilled people more likely to be employed? Where are those careers in Kentucky? How can I connect my students to those career pathways? What role can international business play in this situation? Join this session and learn how you can effectively put to work the languages that you are cultivating in your classroom, including your own! I Can Statements: - I can describe briefly the current international economics environment in the state of Kentucky. Share your conference experience! Twitter (@KWLAonline #KWLA19), Facebook (KWLAonline), Instagram (KWLAonline)
47 - I can identify ideas to connect World Languages to Career Pathways. - I can apply knowledge from this session to advocate for World Languages in my school/district/state/country. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Any Language Strand(s): Leadership and Advocacy, Seal of Biliteracy
Saturday 3:00 PM-3:50 PM S1003 Salon D Connecting Students Culturally Outside the Classroom Jill Susini - jsusini@trinitylex.org Description: This workshop will look at how we can give our students cultural experiences outside the classroom. We will look at how we can get our students connected with organizations in the community to gain cultural insight while making a difference. I Can Statements: - I can connect culturally with organizations outside the classroom. Target Audience: Middle, Secondary, Post-Secondary Language of Session: English, French Applicable/Useful for: French Strand(s): Student Engagement, Leadership and Advocacy
Saturday 3:00 PM-3:50 PM Dixiana S1004 From Input to Output: Ensuring Student Success with Language Production Jennifer Hoban - jhoban@loucol.com Description: Struggling to find compelling input in your classroom? Want to encourage your students to produce meaningful language from day 1? This session will build on research and best practices in second language acquisition to provide easy to use techniques that will get your students engaged and producing language from day 1. Regardless of your teaching methodology or curriculum, tools presented in this session are low or no prep techniques that will allow your class to be more vibrant and more effective as you and the
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48 students use the target language to learn more about yourselves and the world around you. I Can Statements: - I can create compelling comprehensible input for my students. - I can give students the tools to produce language from day 1. - I can foster a class that values 90% target language use. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Any Language Strand(s): 90%+ Target Language for Learning, Student Engagement
Saturday 3:00 PM-3:50 PM Darby Dan S1005 Special Education and the World Language Classroom: Research, Ideas and Implementation Rebecca Colagreco - colagreco835@msn.com Description: This session will include research, collaboration, strategies and techniques on how to best support students who are in a World Language Classroom that are on a 504 Plan or an IEP. Ideas and strategies will be discussed and broken down that can help to involve all students to maximize success in the World Language classroom. I Can Statements: - I can better describe one disability for a student enrolled in my World Language Classroom. - I can better implement one strategy in my World Language Classroom that will benefit a student with a learning disability. - I can better describe one point of research to help my co teachers and I understand the background of World Language Learning and Disabilities. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: English, Spanish Applicable/Useful for: English, Spanish Strand(s): Instructional/Communicative Activities, Student Engagement
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49 Saturday 3:00 PM-3:50 PM Lanes End S1006 Linguistic Reflection on Games, Music & Cultural Activities in the Spanish Classroom Victoria Walker - victoria_walker@georgetowncollege.edu Description: Join me in this informal, reflective session where I will share with you what I learned this summer after attending classes at Colegio Delibes in Salamanca, Spain, where Spanish educators shared tips and tricks on incorporating games, music, and cultural activities into the Spanish curriculum and classroom. I Can Statements: -I can deepen my understanding of the Spanish language and culture and how to weave these elements into my classroom. -I can design motivating, targeted activities centered around the needs and interests of my students. -I can introduce various activities using music and play in the classroom. -I can utilize various online resources related to teaching the language and culture of Spain and Latin America. Target Audience: Any/All Levels Language of Session: Spanish Applicable/Useful for: English Strand(s): Language Proficiency, Authentic Cultural Resources, Instructional/Communicative Activities, Student Engagement, Technology
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