QUEENS CONSORTIUM ON LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
SECOND CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
Co-Sponsored by the
INSTITUTE FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN TRANSCULTURAL CONTEXT
Teaching Language, Teaching Literature:
State of a Union
The Graduate Center (CUNY),
Monday, May 6th, 2013,
9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Conference Program
9:30 Welcome Breakfast. Location: C201
Teaching Language, Teaching Literature:
an Interdisciplinary Approach
Presenter: Cathy Leung, Fashion Institute of Technology and Colombia University
Introducing the Notion of Manuscripts and Textual Scholarship at the Community College Level
Presenter: Mabel González, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
10:00-11:00, Location: C202
Impact of Textbook on Chinese Heritage Language Learners’ Identity Formation
Presenter: Xiaohui Wu, University of South Carolina
Rethinking L2 Vocabulary Teaching: A Cognitive Linguistics Pedagogical Model
Presenter: Elsa Ubeda, Columbia University
11:00-12:00, Location: C201
Le français mode d’emploi: Adapting what we teach to our students’ needs
Presenter: Priya Wadhera, Adelphi University
Instructional Technology: Enhancing Performance in Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language and Culture
Presenter: Elda Buonanno, Iona College
11:00-12:00, Location: C202
"Somos muchos más que dos": The Use of Literature in the Advanced Language Classroom
Presenter: Margherita Tortora, Yale University
12:10-12:50, Location: C202
1:00-2:00 Lunch. Location: C202
Teaching Language, Teaching Literature: State of a Union:
A Conversation among Colleagues
Panel Chair and Moderator: David Cruz de Jesús, Baruch College, CUNY
Participants: Cathy Leung, Fashion Institute of Technology and Colombia University, Priya Wadhera, Adelphi University, Heidi Holst-Knudsen, Columbia University, Mary Anne Cartelli, Hunter College, CUNY, Habiba Boumlik, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, Margherita Tortora, Yale University
2:00-4:00, Location: C202
Keynote Address: On Towers, Turrets, and Walls: Reimagining Language Programs for a New Era
Rosemary G. Feal, Executive Director of the Modern Language Association
4:00-5:00, Location: C202
Keynote Address:
Dan E. Davidson, President of American Councils for International Education and Professor of Russian and Second Language Acquisition at Bryn Mawr College
5:00-6:00, Location: C202
