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2019 CLTA Conference San Jose

Welcome to the 2019 CLTA Conference!

We are excited to have you with us in San Jose for four days of learning, fun and collegiality!

Gala Brunch (Meal Ticket Required) from 10:30-12:30

Let’s Innovate with Languages!

8:00am PST

Registration City Foyer

9:00am PST

B1: Authentic Resources: How can I use them to develop proficiency? San CarlosNancy Salsig B2: Afrolatinidad: The forgotten diaspora of traditions and values in Latin America. San JuanMonica Garcia • Celina Padilla B3: Proficiency-based Grading and Assessment San MartinScott Benedict A1: Got PBLL? Project-Based Language Learning for all Languages San SimeonDon Doehla A2: California Language Leadership Initiative (CALLI) - Cohorts 1 and 2 Suite #954Tonja Byrom • Svetlana Lazarova

12:00pm PST

Registration City Foyer

1:00pm PST

C1: Writing to develop Proficiency San CarlosNancy Salsig C2: I Can Do Intercultural Communication San MartinYolie Diego • Sally Mearns

3:30pm PST

Registration City Foyer

4:30pm PST

D1: Curricular Ideas for the Spanish for Heritage Learners Classroom San JuanMichael Silva

6:00pm PST

CWLP Site Directors' Meeting Silicon Valley

7:00am PST

Registration Bayshore Foyer

8:00am PST

F1: La competencia global una aula PBLL CarmelAnna Rosa Chavez • Luz Griselda Ramirez F2: Transform Your Instruction with Feature Film at All Levels of French! San MartinKevin Elstob F3: Effective Strategies & Activities in Developing Chinese Character Skills for Students 1st Year to AP MontereyBaocai Jia F4: Student Placement: Coming to a “Can-Do” Consensus San CarlosNancy Salsig • Alfredo Varela F5: Three hours, Three Modes: Innovative Strategies for Interpersonal, Interpretive and Presentational Communication in Intermediate and Advanced Levels PineElizabeth (Liz) Matchett F6: Rethinking Ways to Measure Students' Progress: Alternative Assessment with Rubrics San JoseNatalia Barley • Tatiana Mccaw F7: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Language Teaching San JuanStefanie Fan • Ying Jin • Zoey Liu F8: The INTO, THROUGH, and BEYOND of FLES lessons Santa ClaraEsther Gonzalez E1: Creating a 100% Student-Centered Classroom - Interactive Workstations CedarJoseph Pearson E2: Immediate Immersion - 21st Century Language Instruction San SimeonScott Benedict E3: California Language Leadership Initiative (CALLI) - Cohorts 1 and 3 Suite #954Tonja Byrom • Svetlana Lazarova

11:00am PST

Exhibit Hall Open Bayshore Ballroom

12:00pm PST

G1: Innovate With technology to enhance your AP Spanish Literature class. CarmelDavid Campbell G2: Empowering World Language Teachers with ACTFL Six Core Practices San JuanStefanie Fan • Ying Jin • Zoey Liu G3: The Duality of Being and Narrative Writing: Our Stories of Living In-Between MontereyAnne Cappiello • Daniella Quiñones G4: Back to Basics: Foundations of Contemporary Language Teaching PineBill VanPatten G6: Enseigner le thème de l'immigration en utilisant des stratégies innovantes San JoseAnne Jensen G7: I Have Some Authentic Resources--Now What? San MartinJeanna Hill

3:00pm PST

Gala Exhibit Opening Bayshore BallroomBeth Schaffer

4:30pm PST

H2: Lost in Translation: Breaking Down Interpretive Mode CedarGreta Lundgaard H3: Injecting Culturally Relevant Material into the Spanish Classroom MontereySilvia Salazar H4: Tools and Techniques for Gamifying the World Language Classroom San CarlosJon McFarland H5: Instagram in French Class: how to use Instagram with teenagers in language learning? San JoseBaptiste Genestin H6: Keeping it Authentic: Teaching Grammar in Context San JuanCristin Bleess H7: Picture Talk Your Way to Movie Talk San MartinR Clarice Swaney H8: Strategies for designing content-based foreign language units and lessons San SimeonClaire Eagle • Gabriel Guillen • Jason Martel H9: Approches pédagogiques aux publicités Santa ClaraFrancine Shirvani

7:30pm PST

Salsa Soirée Oak/FirVista Higher Learning and Santillana • Vista Higher Learning and Santillana

6:45am PST

Continental Breakfast (Meal Ticket Required) Bayshore Foyer

7:00am PST

Registration Bayshore Foyer

8:00am PST

Heave-Ho, ENOUGH of the Heavy Lifting: Engage and Motivate Heritage Learners in Monolingual Classes San MartinBeth Fayyad Making Reading Fun: Flash Fiction and Bridge Literature for L2 Spanish and Heritage Learners FirBill VanPatten • David Wiseman Meeting the The Can-Do Statements for Intercultural Communication with ¡Qué chévere and Passport! San JuanLiz Sacco See It, Say It, Know It - Maybe Not: A Better Way to Vocabulary Acquisition San SimeonCristin Bleess The Three Keys to Unlocking a Novel OakCraig Sheehy Using Cultural Elements to Develop Language Proficiency San CarlosCarmen De Jesus Dictation in the modern language classroom San JoseJoshua Cohen F is for Fun and Formative: Increasing Engagement with Quizlet Live PineLaura Oppenheimer French Language and Culture Through Comics: A Fun and Innovative Program CarmelDaniele Archambault • Anne Dumontier Indigenous America in the Spanish Classroom CedarAnne Fountain Innovative Ideas to Build a Proficiency-Based Classroom MontereyYing Jin Migration and "Integration" - important topics in the German language classroom Board RoomVera Dindoyal The NNELL Networking Session Silicon ValleyBetsy Basom • Jackie Skelton Transforming to Content-Driven Curriculum to Increase Students’ Performance Santa ClaraMio Nishimura • Yoshiko Saito-Abbott California Language Leadership Initiative (CALLI) - Cohorts 1 and 2 Suite #954Tonja Byrom • Svetlana Lazarova Exhibit Hall Open Bayshore Ballroom

9:10am PST

Plenary Session Oak/Fir

10:00am PST

Exhibit Break Bayshore BallroomEMC

11:00am PST

Comment va l'education en France? San CarlosMia Wolf FluentKey: Bring Your Language Class to Life With Interactive Videos CedarHollin Wakefield Innovate Language Learning with Multiple Response Strategies San SimeonRicky Adamson Punctuation Story: An innovative tale that transforms grammar and punctuation into an epic adventure San MartinPunctuation Story • Marise Warner Using the Power of Music to Teach Spanish San JuanGisela Galvan Rios All the Tools San JoseAlejandro Hernandez • Susie Watt Content-Driven Teaching in the Japanese Classroom Santa ClaraCameron Chien • Michelle Lupisan • Mio Nishimura • Hiroko Zeller Découvertes des Caraïbes en part: La Guadeloupe, La Martinique et Haïti. CarmelImene Aggoun • Mitchy Rene • Denise Schang Using Artificial Intelligence Technology to Create Dynamic Adaptive Curriculum MontereyYalan King Utilizing Centers in the World Language Classroom Silicon ValleyBetsy Basom What’s Trending in Language Learning?: Table Visits with the California TOYS PineDon Doehla • Ying Jin • Liz Matchett • Nancy Perez CLTA Advocacy Meeting Suite #954Tom Beeman

12:10pm PST

Luncheon (Meal Ticket Required) Oak/Fir

1:40pm PST

Build a Successful School Exchange Partnership in 5 Steps San SimeonForum Language Experience Building Cultural Competence: Supporting Study Abroad San JoseJamin Lynch • Liz Matchett • CIEE Fostering Metacognition in the World Languages Classroom San MartinConcordia Language Villages How Do I Award the Seal of Biliteracy? San CarlosKyle Ennis Keep them talking in the TL, the RLRA way! San JuanREAL LANGUAGE right away A Thematic Unit on Housing in the Francophone World: Engaging Students through Authentic Activities CarmelSarah Finck Creative Writing for German learners Board RoomTina Schrader Full STEAM Ahead in the WL Classroom! Silicon ValleyErica Poccia Incorporating Social Justice Objectives in the Spanish Classroom CedarAli Miano K-12 Articulating Culture into Cross Subjects Curriculum Activity Design MontereyWinnie Tung Student Work Sample Analysis: Another Form of Collaboration Santa ClaraJunko Hosoi • Ai Ikuma • Susan Watson The Process of Writing Cajas de cartón PineFrancisco Jiménez ASL Teacher Leader Meeting Suite #954Tanya Zaccone

2:40pm PST

Exhibit Break Bayshore Ballroom

3:10pm PST

360-perspective(s): from immersive digital tools to cultural awareness PineMarie Bertola • Christina JooYeon Ri • Irena Stefanova Bridging the Gap San CarlosTom Beeman Desmontando Narcos-Deconstructing Narcos: Reversing Criminality Images in the Heritage Spanish Class CedarEduardo Munoz-Munoz • Antonio Tunzi Embedding STEM into your world language classroom Silicon ValleyEsther Chau Fostering Global Perspectives from Novice Level Santa ClaraYukiko Hara • Kumi Kobayashi • Ruiko Nagai Globally Infuse Your Curriculum by Dissecting Identifying Teen & Pre-Teen Learning Characteristics San MartinGian Molero How to get from Learning to Doing San SimeonNancy Salsig • Alfredo Varela How to Innovate Culturally Relevant Teaching in Your Classroom MontereyLili Wong Lenguas, Dialectos, e Identidades A Sociolinguistic Unit for High School Students San JuanArienne Adamcikova Les îles de la Francophonie CarmelRose Marie Kuhn • Yevgen Zhernovey Making Authentic Documents Accessible to Novice Learners San JoseMeadow Pritchett News for German teachers: the language is alive and well. Come see for yourselves! Board RoomSusanne Doser • Christiane Frederickson Unpacking the new World Languages Content Standards for California Schools: Overview and Focus on the Communications Standard FirChristine Lanphere • Nicole Naditz Using Kahoot! Video Clips to Teach Authentic Listening Materials OakCong-Kai Jin • Chi-Ping Shih ASL Teacher Leader Meeting Suite #954Tanya Zaccone

4:20pm PST

Interactive Karaoke, Games and projects for effective language teaching San JoseGisela Galvan Rios California State Seal of Biliteracy San CarlosTom Beeman • Liliana Maldonado • Ronit Ron-Yerushalmi How do we use formative / summative assessments for giving feedback? Is our feedback really effective Santa ClaraTomokazu Morikawa Inspiring 21st Century Global Citizens beyond the Classroom San SimeonErica Hashiba • Minako Kamimura La Manie (ou Folie) Musicale de Mars: Une stratégie pour cultiver l’intérêt pour le français CarmelJulia Angeles Let's Trade in External Rewards For Mastery Through Differentiated Instruction San JuanValerie Aidan • Alice Lung Performance vs Proficiency Assessments and Why You Should Care San MartinScott Benedict Recursos para la enseñanza de español CedarMaria De Los Reyes Ferreras Menendez Second Language Acquisition through Thematic Mini-Immersions Silicon ValleyYuliya Basina • Polina Korchagina Students as Creators of Learning in the Spanish Classroom PineCatherine Sharer de Gocobachi Unpacking the new World Languages Content Standards for California Schools: Focus on the Cultures and Connections Standards FirChristine Lanphere • Nicole Naditz Using Flipped Classroom Methodology to Promote Autonomous Learning to Achieve Higher Language Proficiency OakKhoshaba • John Kaninya • Fawzi Khoshaba Using Technology Tools in Content-Based Chinese Class MontereyLing-Ling Chern Affiliate Leadership Roundtable Suite #954Suzanne Contreras • Joseph Pearson German Meeting Board RoomAngela Raines

5:30pm PST

Authentic Spanish Resources to Build Proficiency: Spanish 1 through AP San MartinRich Sayers Communication Will Flow in the Chinese Classroom with an Innovative Taichi Practice MontereyYanan Vrudny Digital Portfolios in the World Language Classroom PineJoy Keifer Echange d'idées sponsorisé par l'AATF CarmelSusie Hennessy • Anne Jensen Engage, Connect, and Innovate in Teaching Through Technology San JuanMajd Sarah Engaging Students in Authentic Reading By Putting Them In Charge San CarlosLaura Lizundia How to Engage Students into Writing from Day One While Using Online Available Tools OakMarisol Garcia Jimenez Implementing Practical Mindset Strategies to Overcome Learning Anxiety and Increase Proficiency San SimeonGorge Bebawi • Pascale Koayess Más allá del Textbook: Teaching Spanish with the Jiménez novel series CedarKayce Davis • Dayna Dibble • Ariel Schindewolf National Network for Early Language Learning Networking Session Silicon ValleyTeresa Kennedy • Jackie Skelton Practical Procedures for Productive Classrooms San JoseAlexis Frink Using Hyperdocs to Make Authentic Resources Engaging and Comprehensible FirVictor Ochoa • Brian Whitfield CAJLT Annual Meeting Santa ClaraMinako Kamimura • Atsuko Kiuchi • Susan Watson

8:00am PST

Activities Now & Forever: Creating an Activity Bank San CarlosGeorge Truscott Beyond the Potluck: Connecting Levels for an Authentic Task Based Experience San JoseLaura Flores • Natalie Montes • Charles Wagner Celebrate Japanese Learning & Culture Through Festivals Santa ClaraJulia Madsen • Mariko Okamura COIL(Collaborative Online International Learning) to Develop Students' Intercultural Competence San MartinMidori Ishida • Yasue Yanai Empower Language Teaching and Learning Using Technology MontereyYi Feng • Xiaochen Song La Littérature Enfantine Dans La Classe de Français Langue Etrangère CarmelHelene Chan Leveraging Student-Centered Technology in Language Classrooms CedarValerie Sun UC Scout: Resources for Closing Gaps and Raising Bars San JuanJosefina Cid • Angela Raines Use Google Slides and Speed Dating to Do What Students Love Most: Talk About Themselves! San SimeonKelly Fernandes What’s Trending in Language Learning?: Table Visits with the California TOYS PineChristine Lanphere • Jamin Lynch • Nicole Naditz

9:15am PST

An Innovative Approach for the Arabic Classroom San CarlosDima Almoamin • Amany Nasser Beyond Writing: Multimodal Language Learning PineSvetlana Davidek • Sonia Estima Chantons et écoutons la musique française! Using music to engage students and improve skills. CarmelVerna Verspieren Curriculum Design with Technology for Autonomous Learning in Chinese Instruction MontereyCong-Kai Jin • Chi-Ping Shih Digital Zombies to Global citizens Santa ClaraYukie Hikida Grading Smarter Not Harder in the WL Classroom San MartinBeth Reid Textbooks 360— Virtual Reality for Language Learning Cedar Yes…..and! Improvisation Activities for Interpersonal Communication at the NOVICE level San JuanPatricia Clavijo

10:30am PST

Gala Brunch (Meal Ticket Required) Oak/FirBeth Schaffer