CCSU Department of Modern Languages CCC- Chinese Culture Center Confucius Institute CT Council for Language Teachers – CT COLT Italian Resource Center – IRC Santillana USA Publishing Summer Institutes for Language Teachers – SITS, SITI, SITCh, SIT-LANG

Rocío Fuentes Paloma Lapuerta María Passaro Carmela Pesca- Chair of the Dept. of Modern Languages at CCSU Samuel Zadi – Chair of Conference Committee

11thCCSUConferenceforLanguageTeachers

Intercultural Competence in the World Language Classroom April22nd,2017,8:00am-3:00pm

CENTRALCONNECTICUTSTATEUNIVERSITYINCONSTITUTIONROOM(MemorialHall)&

STUDENTCENTER,EllaGrassoBlvd.,NEWBRITAIN,CT06050

8:00-8:30

CONSTITUTION ROOM (MEMORIAL HALL) Registration

Exhibit Opening Breakfast

8:30-8:45

Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Carmela Pesca, Chair, Modern Languages Department, Central Connecticut State University Dr. Glynis Fitzgerald, Dean of Graduate Studies, Central Connecticut State University

8:45-9:45

Plenary Workshop

Dr. Manuela Wagner, University of Connecticut: “Collaborating for Intercultural Citizenship”

9:45-10:15

Coffee Break Exhibit Time

10:15-11:15

Session 1

Clock Tower Room

Spanish

Blue and White Room

General Topics in World Languages

1849 Room Chinese/ ESL

Philbrick Room General Topics in World Languages

Camp Room Italian

Sprague-Carlton Room French

Karen E. Murano, CT COLT / World Language Teacher: “Alignment and Coherency of Technology in the Digital World Language Classroom” Workshop

Dorie Conlon Perugini & Sarah Lindstrom, Glastonbury Public Schools: “How to Go Beyond Teaching Culture and Promote Intercultural Competence” Workshop

Chunjuan Zhao, Confucius Institute at CCSU: “A Case Study of Second Language Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese Tones by Tonal and Non-tonal Language Speakers”

Presentation =============== Brendon Albertson: “Exploring the potential of beatboxing in raising phonemic

Maureen Lamb, Westminster School: “Creating Effective, Engaging, and Efficient Homework Assignments for Language Classes” Workshop

Rosy Maria Pitruzzello, CCSU: “The Flipped Classroom - advantages and disadvantages at the middle school level”

Presentation =============== Carlo Davoli, Director of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy in NY: “Prospettive per l´italiano” Presentation

Georgina W. Duff, Rumsey Hall School: “FLE Texts: Pedagogical resources for intercultural competence” Presentation ================== Constance Sherak, Yale University: “Language in Context: Bridging the Language-Content Divide in the Intermediate and

awareness among young Chinese/ Vietnamese ESL learners” Presentation

Advanced French Classroom” Presentation

11:25-12:25

Session 2

Clock Tower

Room Spanish

Blue and White Room

General Topics in World Languages

1849 Room Chinese

Philbrick Room General Topics in World Languages

Camp Room Italian/Latin

Sprague-Carlton Room

Arabic/ General Topics in World

Languages Spanish

Lisa Berliner, Avon High School: “Teaching in a Visual World: Using infographics in the secondary Spanish classroom” Workshop

Sarah Lindstrom, Glastonbury Public Schools: “ICC in Practice: A Research Study” Presentation ========== Sarah Lindstrom & Andrea Bohling, Glastonbury Public Schools: “Using Essential Questions to Guide Intercultural Learning” Presentation

Wenching Chiang, East Hartford Public Schools: “Yes, we can read Chinese! TPRS Chinese Experience” Presentation

Rafael Castro, St. Luke's School: “Creating Language Games with Basic HTML” Workshop

Carmela Pesca, CCSU: “Storytelling Techniques for the Italian Classroom” Presentation ========== James Pezzulo, Classical Magnet School: “Classical Languages and Literature and Minority Students” Presentation

Hazza Abu Rabia & Ahmad Magdi, CCSU: “Using the Behaviorist Model for Teaching Cultural Phrases in the language Classroom”

Presentation

12:30-1:30

Lunch

CONSTITUTION ROOM (Memorial Hall)

Dr. Samuel Zadi, Chair of Conference Organizing Committee Prof. Carlo Davoli, Director of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy in NY

Beth Lapman, President, CT COLT

CT COLT Honorary Society of Future Language Teachers

Inductees:

María Martínez Serafina Sicignano

Kristen Mule Doris Maldonado

1:30-2:00

Exhibit Time (Alumni Hall)

Information Sessions: CCSU Summer Institutes for Language Teachers; CCSU Programs; CT Council of Language Teachers; Organizations.

2:00-3:00

Session 3

Clock Tower Room Spanish

Blue and White Room

General Topics in World Languages

1849 Room General Topics in World Languages

Philbrick Room General Topics in World Languages

Camp Room Spanish

Sprague-Carlton Room

Silvia Bettega, Farmington High School: “Enfasis en la comunicación oral” Presentation

”Raquel Hernandez Bonessi, Academy of Information Technology & Engineering, Stamford, CT:

Jonathan Briggs, Kingswood Oxford School: "The Only Rubric You Will Ever Need"

Veronica Foster Gary Foster Sadie Foster Sydney Foster: “Interdisciplinary approaches to language teaching”

Covadonga Arango-Martín, Fairfield University, & María Lourdes Casas, CCSU: “Estrategias para hacer que el trabajo

========== Aileen Dever, Quinnipiac University: “Ana María Matute’s Microfiction in the Classroom” Presentation

“The Power of Visualization!” Presentation Jerome Manning, Portland Middle School: “Measuring Proficiency Using Integrated Performance Assessments” Presentation

Presentation Workshop

colaborativo on-line alcance la máxima productividad a través de algunos ejemplos prácticos” Workshop

3:00-3:30

Conference Evaluation Coffee and Dessert

(Constitution Room) -

Language Time and Venue

Description

Spanish 10:15-11:15

Clock Tower Room

Karen E. Murano, CT COLT / World Language Teacher: “Alignment and Coherency of Technology in the Digital World Language Classroom” – WORKSHOP Description: The workshop is heavily research-based and will explore all aspects of the 21st century digital classroom; from digital citizenship, building a digital culture in the classroom, defining a belief system of shared values, beliefs and goals in a digital classroom, the K-12 CCSS Standards for technology, identifying priority standards, alignment of technology with the 5 C’s for World Languages.

General Topics

10:15-11:15

Blue and

White Room

Dorie Conlon Perugini & Sarah Lindstrom, Glastonbury Public Schools: “How to Go Beyond Teaching Culture and Promote Intercultural Competence” – WORKSHOP Description: In this workshop, presenters will discuss how they use the theories of intercultural competence to inform their teaching practices in grades 1-12. They will share their research, practices, and outcomes with participants and work with them to examine their own instructional practices related to the teaching of culture. Participants will leave with tools for implementing ICC in their classrooms.

Chinese/ ESL

10:15-11:15

1849 Room

Chunjuan Zhao, Confucius Institute at CCSU: “A Case Study of Second Language Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese Tones by Tonal and Non-tonal Language Speakers”. - PRESENTATION Description: A case study that has been conducted to examine: 1. whether second language learners from tonal L1 and non-tonal L1 backgrounds differ in perception and production of L2 tones; 2. the possible causes of their difficulty in perceiving or producing L2 tones. The presentation will present the findings and propose strategies for teaching Chinese tones to learners with non-tonal language background. ================================================================================ Brendon Albertson: “Exploring the potential of beatboxing in raising phonemic awareness among young Chinese/ Vietnamese ESL learners”. - PRESENTATION Description: Chinese and Vietnamese learners of English often have difficulty pronouncing English codas. The musical style of beatboxing has received sparse attention in phonology research, yet has potential in raising both motivation and phonological awareness of English codas among young learners of these two L1s. A summary of the literature and a case for the use of beatboxing in TESOL will be presented.

General Topics in

World Languages

10:15-11:15

Philbrick

Room

Maureen Lamb, Westminster School: “Creating Effective, Engaging, and Efficient Homework Assignments for Language Classes” - WORKSHOP Description: Drawing upon action research through input from my students, colleagues, and research about second language acquisition and about homework in the language classroom, we will review examples of a range of homework assignments will be presented that are more effective at guiding student learning, engaging for better student attention, and efficient for students’ limited time for homework.

Italian 10:15-11:15

Camp Room

Rosy Maria Pitruzzello, CCSU: “The Flipped Classroom - advantages and disadvantages at the middle school level” -PRESENTATION Description: The presentation is a share of work and plans created to improve and diversify instruction of grammatical and language features in and out of the classroom environment. The presentation will involve showing the material created and sharing positive and negative outcomes about the tool and its impact on teaching and students. ================================================================================== Prof. Carlo Davoli. Director of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy in NY: “Prospettivi per l’italiano” - PRESENTATION

French 10:15-11:15

Sprague-Carlton Room

Georgina W. Duff, Rumsey Hall School: “FLE Texts: Pedagogical resources for intercultural competence” - - PRESENTATION Description: Français langue étrangère (FLE) textbooks are effective and efficient resources for guiding intercultural competence. Their organization facilitates the day-to-day activities of a communicative classroom. Additionally, units combine elements from other core subject areas to create interdisciplinary approaches to language teaching. Participants will learn the benefits of FLE textbooks as effective tools. ================================================================================= Constance Sherak, Yale University: “Language in Context: Bridging the Language-Content Divide in the Intermediate and Advanced French Classroom” - PRESENTATION Description: Designing a successful intermediate- or advanced-level grammar review course depends not only on the textbook but also on the choice of passages that illustrate the grammar being studied. This presentation investigates the uses of excerpted works of fiction and non-fiction that contextualize specific French grammar and stylistic problems.

Spanish 11:25-12:25

Clock Tower Room

Lisa Berliner, Avon High School: “Teaching in a Visual World: Using infographics in the secondary Spanish classroom” - PRESENTATION In this digital world, our students are more connected to visuals and graphics that ever before, and research indicates that 65% of people are visual learners. Being able to interpret infographics is a key component of literacy in the 21st century. In this workshop, participants will learn different ways to incorporate infographics into daily instruction and how to embed them into both interpretative mode and integrated performance assessments. Participants will have the opportunity to start to work on integrating infographics into their current curriculum. This workshop will be presented in Spanish. Please bring a device with internet access.

General Topics

11:25-12:25

Blue and

White Room

Sarah Lindstrom, Glastonbury Public Schools: “ICC in Practice: A Research Study” -PRESENTATION Description: In this presentation, the speaker will present the findings of a research study conducted in diverse schools in the U.S. After examining the instructional practices of Spanish teachers of varying grade levels who aim to promote ICC in their classrooms, the data suggest there are specific strategies related to the development of ICC in students. Sarah Lindstrom & Andrea Bohling, Glastonbury Public Schools: “Using Essential Questions to Guide Intercultural Learning” -PRESENTATION Description: This presentation will discuss how teachers use essential questions at the course, unit, and activity levels to continuously provide students with opportunities to examine the products, practices, and perspectives of the cultures being studied. The presenters will share their process for developing essential questions as well as examples of how they are used in their K-12 classrooms.

Chinese 11:25-12:25

1849 Room

Wenching Chiang, East Hartford Public Schools: “Yes, we can read Chinese! TPRS Chinese Experience” -PRESENTATION Description: What does a first year TPRS Chinese classroom looks like? How students demonstrate their proficiency in reading? The presentation will show my experience how a TPRS Chinese classroom set up and students' performance.

General Topics in

World Languages

11:25-12:25

Philbrick

Room

Rafael Castro, St. Luke's School: “Creating Language Games with Basic HTML” - WORKSHOP Description: Are you tired of Kahoot and Quizlet Live? In this workshop you will learn how to make and use other games and activities that incorporate the interactive and competitive components.

Italian/ Latin

11:25-12:25

Camp Room

Carmela Pesca, CCSU: “Title: Storytelling Techniques for the Italian Classroom” Description: The goal of this presentation is to discuss purposes, strategies and forms of storytelling, while proposing approaches that require student creative use of linguistic functions and cultural content. Examples include application of descriptive and narrative models, as well as planning of storytelling activities based on art topics, such as the self-portrait and... the selfie. =================================================================================== James Pezzulo, Classical Magnet School: “Classical Languages and Literature and Minority Students” – PRESENTATION Description: The relevancy of Classical language and literature has been questioned frequently. This is especially so in regard to minority students. However, the study of Classical Literature is not the domain of any one racial or ethnic group. It has value for all students.

Arabic

11:25-12:25

Sprague Carlton Room

Hazza Abu Rabia & Ahmad Magdi, CCSU: “Using the Behaviorist Model for Teaching Cultural Phrases in the language Classroom” - PRESENTATION Description: This quantitative study examines the hypothesis of applying the 4-term contingency model in order to find out whether such a model can help students acquire 20 Arabic cultural phrases in the classroom. Participants were 60 undergraduates, mix genders, English speaking students who were enrolled in the Elementary Arabic language class in 4 different universities in the Northeast.

Spanish 2:00-3:00

Clock Tower Room

Silvia Bettega, Farmington High School: “Enfasis en la comunicación oral” ” - PRESENTATION Description: En esta presentación vamos a demostrar cómo utilizar el programa Letsrecap como instrumento de evaluación de la competencia oral de los alumnos. =================================================================================== Aileen Dever, Quinnipiac University: “Ana María Matute’s Microfiction in the Classroom” - PRESENTATION Description: In this presentation I will model how teachers can approach literary criticism and broaden intercultural competency in the classroom through Matute’s microfiction. Attendees will be given a packet of Matute’s stories for their own use.

General Topics in

World Languages

2:00-3:00

Blue and White Room

Raquel Hernandez & Bonessi, Academy of Information Technology & Engineering, Stamford, CT: “The Power of Visualization!” - PRESENTATION Description: Learn how to turn a power point slides into a powerful communicative tool so that students can analyze and create meaning through visualization. This strategy is useful across the content areas of Art, Social Studies, English/LA, ELL and World Languages. =================================================================================== Jerome Manning, Portland Middle School: “Measuring Proficiency Using Integrated Performance Assessments”. -PRESENTATION Description: I will share various examples of Integrated Performance assessments. I will include examples of and tips for finding authentic resources suitable for novice language learners. I will give examples of how to use these "texts" as a basis for an associated interpersonal or presentational performance task. I will share rubrics that I use to evaluate student progress on these tasks.

General Topics in

World Languages

2:00-3:00

1849 Room

Dr. Jonathan T. Briggs, Kingswood Oxford School: "The Only Rubric You Will Ever Need" -PRESENTATION Description: This presentation will share with university/college and secondary school modern language teachers how to modify the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) rubric, and it will demonstrate how the modified rubric serves to assess language proficiency through vertical integration.

General Topics in

World Languages

2:00-3:00

Clock Tower Room

Veronica Foster; Gary Foster; Sadie Foster and Sydney Foster : “Interdisciplinary approaches to language teaching” -WORKSHOP Description: Techniques for students to retell classic tales by illustrating stories, storytelling, acting, creating cooperative learning materials, using Bitmap, PowerPoint, Word and PDF.

Spanish 2:00-3:00

Camp Room

Covadonga Arango-Martín, Fairfield University & María Lourdes Casas, CCSU:“Estrategias para hacer que el trabajo colaborativo on-line alcance la máxima productividad a través de algunos ejemplos prácticos.” -WORKSHOP Descrption: La finalidad principal de este workshop es enfatizar la idea de que el trabajo colaborativo efectivo lleva consigo un aprendizaje también más efectivo, constructivo y sólido. Tomando como referencia la distinción entre “cooperación” y “colaboración” propuesta por Laal & Laal, se discutirán ejemplos prácticos, algunas estrategias que hay que tener en cuenta a la hora de diseñar actividades y/o proyectos verdaderamente colaborativos. En la segunda parte del workshop los participantes tendrán la oportunidad de trabajar en grupos la elaboración de una actividad/proyecto colaborativo.