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CUNY Council on World Language Study

The purpose of the Council is to promote CUNY-wide articulation among foreign language departments and programs through the dissemination and exchange of information; to discuss issues of interest to the CUNY language instructional community; to further and enhance the study of modern and classical languages and literatures at CUNY and make recommendations for the improvement of same; to encourage faculty development; and to act as the spokesperson for foreign languages at CUNY vis-a-vis the Central Administration and other organizations and institutions.

Council Office:
Box B6-280
Baruch College
55 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 646-312-4217
Fax: 646-312-4211

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Announcement by Beatriz Carolina Peña on 4/25/13

  • 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

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