FLAG ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Program-At-A-Glance (Tentative)
| Please note: this is tentative and subject to change! The final program will be available in your FLAG bag at the conference. * Updated: February 11 |
Workshops & PLU Classes are Listed Here! |
Friday
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Registration
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - PLU Class (will meet again
on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.)
4:15 p.m. - 5:05 p.m. - Interest Session A
| Global Simulations: A Concrete Way to Blend Writing, Speaking and Culture | |
| Presenter(s): | Dr. Luc D. Guglielmi, Kennesaw State University |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Tell Me a Story: How to Help your Students Love Speaking | |
| Presenter(s): | Lisa Robinson-Lazaro and Sandi Stacy, South Forsyth High School and Lumpkin County High School |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| Minimizing the Teacher Bottleneck: Using the NCLRC Guidelines to Promote Contextual, Student-Centered, Interactive Content | |
| Presenter(s): | Greg Sanchez, North Springs High School |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Make and Take for ESFL Teachers | |
| Presenter(s): | Margita Haberlen & Azusa Uchihara, Austin Elementary School |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | Elementary and Middle Grades |
| The Problem of Presentation and Scope in Language Teaching: The Case of Essay Writing Assignments | |
| Presenter(s): | William McJunkin, Kennesaw State University |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | Secondary and Post Secondary |
| Reaching New Shores: Crossing the Borders of Immigration | |
| Presenter(s): | Laura S. Droms |
| Focus: | Spanish |
| Audience: | Secondary |
5:15 p.m. - 6:05 p.m. - Interest Session B
| The Games Discipuli Play | |
| Presenter(s): | Nena Greene, Pope High School, & Rebecca HwangBo, Wheeler High School |
| Focus: | Latin |
| Audience: | All levels |
| Cross-Cultural Communication Activities in Language Learning | |
| Presenter(s): | Dr. Lynne B. Bryan, Macon State College and University |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | High School and Adult Learners |
| Techniques that Motivate Students to Learn Vocabulary Words | |
| Presenter(s): | Cynthia Alby, Julia Camardo, Claudia Schwabe, Jamila Radford, Brian Mumma, Georgia College and State University |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Effective Education: Best Practices for At Risk Language Learners | |
| Presenter(s): | Carol Johnson & Dr. Gregory Ewing, Cobb County School District Administrators for ESOL and FL Programs |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Using Blogs for Extensive Reading and Writing | |
| Presenter(s): | Zachary Jones, Georgia State University |
| Focus: | Spanish |
| Audience: | Post Secondary |
| La Vinification et savoir Boire | |
| Presenter(s): | Dr. Elizabeth Combier, North Georgia College & State University |
| Focus: | French |
| Audience: | Post Secondary |
| Landeskunde: Thema "Wirtschaft" | |
| Presenter(s): | Dr. Horst Kurz, Georgia Southern University |
| Focus: | German |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| Language of Presentation: | German |
Saturday
7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Registration continues
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Exhibits
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - PLU Class (continued)
8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. - Interest Session C
| FLAG + NNELL = Lively Networking for P-8 Teachers: a 2-hour Breakfast Session | |
| Presenter(s): | Vicki Alvis, NNELL GA Representative & Elena Valdez, FLAG Member-at-Large: FLES |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | All Levels, P-8 |
| Why the Cambridge Latin Course is so Successful in the State of Georgia | |
| Presenter(s): | Ken Kingery, Cambridge University Press |
| Focus: | Latin |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Fairy Tales in the Spanish Class | |
| Presenter(s): | Jose H. Pino, Mercer University |
| Focus: | Spanish |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Clash of Cultures | |
| Presenter(s): | Jürgen Weigmann, Goethe Institut |
| Focus: | German |
| Audience: | Middle Grades, Secondary, Post-Secondary |
| Student Attitudes Toward Online Workbooks: Evidence for Adopting a Hybrid | |
| Presenter(s): | Neysa Figueroa and Francesco Scordato, Kennesaw State University |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Donald Trump Meets Emily Post in Beijing (Again) | |
| Presenter(s): | Sheila McCoy, Georgia Highlands |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. - Academic Alliances
| Academic Alliances - Building Successful Teaching Communities | |
| Presenter(s): | Jacqueline Konan, Columbus State University |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. - Exhibit Break / Refreshment Break
10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Interest Session D
| Improving Reading Scores Through Latin | |
| Presenter(s): | Aurelia Ogles, Leesburg High School |
| Focus: | Latin |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Neue Filme aus Deutschland im Unterricht | |
| Presenter(s): | Jennifer Schultz |
| Focus: | German |
| Audience: | Secondary and Post Secondary |
| Internalizing Spanish: Study it. Do it. Teach it. | |
| Presenter(s): | Lourdes Zachry, Coffee High School |
| Focus: | Spanish |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Increasing Enrollment in Upper Level Foreign Language Courses | |
| Presenter(s): | Lisa Robinson-Lazaro & Joyce Miller Bearden, South Forsyth High School |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| Connecting Images with French Grammar | |
| Presenter(s): | Lucie Viakinnou-Brinson & Domenica Newell-Amato, Emory University |
| Focus: | French |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| MORE Fun Activities for Learning in the FLES Classroom! | |
| Presenter(s): | Jamie Patterson, Findley Oaks ES |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | Elementary |
| Technology in the Toolbox | |
| Presenter(s): | Marie Bruner, Harrison High School |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | Secondary |
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Exhibits Break
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. - Affiliate Meetings (AATSP, AATF, AATG, GCA, GATJ)
11:35 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. - Interest Session E
| The Teacher as "Facilitator" of Reading in the Spanish Classroom | |
| Presenter(s): | Yvonne Cadiz, Pearson/Prentice Hall |
| Focus: | Spanish |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| ESFL Teachers go to ACTFL | |
| Presenter(s): | Susan Crooks, Georgia Department of Education |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | Elementary |
| Latin Classroom Methodology: A Thirty Year Update | |
| Presenter(s): | Dr. Richard Beaton, Griffin High School |
| Focus: | Latin |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Bourrée, rondeau, scottish: Venez danser avec nous! | |
| Presenter(s): | Jean-Paul Carton, Georgia Southern University and Dominique Carton |
| Focus: | French |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| How (Not) to Mentor a Teacher Intern | |
| Presenter(s): | Denise Overfield, University of West Georgia, Sara Leikin-Wilson, Alexander High School, & Shamelia Davis, Stewart Middle School, Douglas County |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| If you Build, They will Come | |
| Presenter(s): | Jim Sheppard, Screven County High School |
| Focus: | German |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| Ways with Words | |
| Presenter(s): | Marcia Wilbur, The College Board |
| Focus: | All Languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. -
FLAG Luncheon/Business Meeting/Awards Reception
FLAG is pleased to have Dr. Marion Leathers-Kuntz as Keynote Speaker |
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Exhibits
2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. - Interest Session F
| Foreign Language Instruction in Elementary Schools and NCLB: Help FLES Programs | |
| Presenter(s): | Christina Amezquita, Wright Group/McGraw-Hill |
| Focus: | Spanish |
| Audience: | Elementary and Middle Grades |
| Useful Tips for the High School Foreign Language Teacher | |
| Presenter(s): | Patrick Wallace, Griffin High School |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| Libelli and Other Graphic Organizers for the Latin Classroom | |
| Presenter(s): | Liz Bouis, Wheeler High School |
| Focus: | Latin |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Teaching Culture through Cooking (2 hours - This session will continue during session G) |
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| Presenter(s): | Stephane Allagnon, Sandy Creek High School |
| Focus: | French |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Student Success and Interest: How To Make It Happen | |
| Presenter(s): | Corinne Barnes, Douglas County School System |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| Learning Foreign Languages in the Virtual Classroom | |
| Presenter(s): | Maura Burke, Georgia Virtual School/GA DOE, Barbara Abell, and Mary Ellen Krueck |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| Hip Hop Have Fun and Learn | |
| Presenter(s): | Isadora Arzu |
| Focus: | Spanish |
| Audience: | All Levels |
3:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. - Interest Session G
| Elements of Spanish Grammar Students Fail to Pack When They Go to College | |
| Presenter(s): | Joseph W. Lavalle, Gainesville College / Jefferson City Schools |
| Focus: | Spanish |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| Teaching Culture through Cooking (2 hours - This session is a continuation from session F) |
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| Presenter(s): | Stephane Allagnon, Sandy Creek High School |
| Focus: | French |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Facite et Capite IV | |
| Presenter(s): | Randy Fields, Harrison High School |
| Focus: | Latin |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Addressing the Foreign Language standards in theatrical Performances | |
| Presenter(s): | Nieves Corrales, Lia Mallini, Pyrrha Rivers, Angelica Trujillo, Centennial Place Elementary School |
| Focus: | Spanish |
| Audience: | All Levels |
| Digital Native: Do you speak Technology? | |
| Presenter(s): | Anna Aigner-Muehler & Crystal Corn, Forsyth Central High School |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | Secondary |
| The Story of the Story: A Critical Look at Interviews as Interpreters of History | |
| Presenter(s): | Viola G. Westbrook, Emory University |
| Focus: | Secondary, Post-Secondary |
| Audience: | German |
| Symtalk: Memory and Language Acquisition | |
| Presenter(s): | Tim Hughes, EMC Publishing |
| Focus: | All languages |
| Audience: | All Levels |
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