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Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education Symposium

The CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Avenue
New York
Room 9204/9205

May 2, 2019
9.00 am—6.00pm

The symposium is an opportunity for scholars, practitioners, administrators, and students to engage in conversations about the ways in which multilingualism shapes access to higher education and to start collaborative projects such as scholarly publications, teaching materials, and educational programs. Students are particularly welcome.

The symposium is free, however registration is required for lunch. The deadline for registration is April 26th. We will not be able to provide lunch for those who do not register or those who register after April 26th.

Please register at the bottom of this page.

Schedule

9.00-9.15 | Coffee

9.15-10.45 | Session 1: Language Learning and Identity 

The expansion of dual language bilingual education programs: The case of Hebrew in New York City 
Sharon Avni, Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY); Kate Menken, Queens College (CUNY)

Ideologies, identity, and investment in a diverse and multilingual Spanish classroom
Beatriz Lado, Lehman College & The Graduate Center (CUNY); Carmín Quijano, The Graduate Center (CUNY)

10.45-11.00 | Coffee Break

11.00-12.30 | Session 2: Policies for Linguistic Equality in a Globalized World 

The use of the minority language at the university level: Between revitalization and internationalization at the University of the Basque Country
Jasone Cenoz, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Spain

Status planning for language equality: The case of African languages in teacher education
Christa van der Walt, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

12.30-1.00 | Lunch*

*Registration is required for lunch. Participants must register by April 26th. We will not be able to provide lunch to those who do not register or those who register after April 26th. Please  register here

1.00-2.30 | Session 3: Pedagogical Solutions: Questioning Assumptions

Linguistic diversity and language ownership in Nigeria: Implications for access to higher education.
Kingsley Ugwuanyi, Northumbria University, Newcastle, U.K.

Addressing linguistic diversity in South Africa through defamiliarization, critical language awareness, community-building and bilingual practices in teacher training
Liesel Hibbert, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

2.30-2.45 | Coffee Break

2.45- 4.15 | Session 4: Pedagogical Solutions: Learning from Our Students

Reciprocal learning – teaching and epistemic access
Rosemary Wildsmith, North West University, South Africa

What happens when we try to learn our students’ language?
Andrea Parmegiani, Bronx Community College (CUNY)

4.15-4.30 | Coffee Break

4.30-4.45 | Concluding Remarks

4.45-6.00 | Exploration of Collaborative Projects in Special Interest Groups

Again, register here.

Educating Toward Advanced Performance Levels

April 29, 2019
Room TBA
The Graduate Center
10:00am – 1:00pm
Registration required: http://tiny.cc/1eiu3y

Presenter: Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University

Workshop description:

In this workshop, we will consider how to enhance L2 instructed learners’ ability to attain advanced levels of ability through educational action. We will follow a three-step approach: First, we will lay out broad characteristics of ‘advancedness’ that differentiate that performance level from  intermediate levels of ability; second, using a functional, meaning-oriented approach, we will further specify advancedness in terms of register and genre in order to arrive at broad principles for curriculum construction and pedagogical action; finally, we will locate advancedness within the long-term development process of instructed learners and how programs might conceptualize and facilitate that extended movement. While the workshop will focus on writing, discussion will include all modalities of language use.

Heidi Byrnes is George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German Emerita at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on adult L2 literacy acquisition, particularly at the advanced level. She has edited and co-edited books and special journal issues on the development of advanced literacy and the link between languaging and thinking, particularly in writing. She is a past president of AAAL, past editor of The Modern Language Journal, and is the recipient of numerous professional association awards, including the Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award of AAAL.

Spring 2019 ILETC Events

We are pleased to offer the following events in Spring 2019:

Lectures

Podcast Projects for Heritage Language Learners
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April 12, 2019
Room 9204
The Graduate Center
11:00am – 1:00pm

This presentation explains how podcasting can be used in heritage language classes as a pedagogical tool for developing creativity and socially-engaged writing, interviewing, and listening skills.

When Heritage and Second Language Learners Come Together
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February 15, 2019
Room 9206
The Graduate Center
10:30am – 12:30pm

Maria Carreira of California State University, Long Beach, presents some foundational principles behind teaching language classes with both second language learners (L2 learners) and HL learners in the same classroom. Applies to all languages.

Workshops

Educating toward Advanced Performance Levels: Theoretical, Curricular, and Developmental Considerations
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April 29, 2019
Room TBA
The Graduate Center
10:00am – 1:00pm

Registration required: http://tiny.cc/1eiu3y

In this workshop, we will consider how to enhance L2 instructed learners’ ability to attain advanced levels of ability through educational action.

Symposia

Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education Symposium
(Click for more details)
May 2, 2019
Room 9204/9205
The Graduate Center

9:00am – 6:00pm

The symposium is free, however registration is required for lunch. The deadline for registration is April 26th. We will not be able to provide lunch for those who do not register or those who register after April 26thPlease visit the event page to register.

The symposium is an opportunity for scholars, practitioners, administrators, and students to engage in conversations about the ways in which multilingualism shapes access to higher education and to start collaborative projects such as scholarly publications, teaching materials, and educational programs. Students are particularly welcome.

For more information on any ILETC event, email ILETC@gc.cuny.edu or call 212-817-2083.

Photo by Mikes Photos from Pexels.

Podcast Projects for Heritage Language Learners

April 12, 2019
Room 9204
The Graduate Center
11:00am – 1:00pm

Presenter: Elena Foulis, The Ohio State University

Lecture Description:

Podcasts are an increasingly popular way to learn about an issue or a community through an intimate form of storytelling, and they present an innovative avenue for language pedagogy.
The university-based podcast Ohio Habla is produced with students in Advanced Spanish Heritage Language and Latina/o/x Studies courses. Each student does all the necessary planning and researching, secures a podcast guest, and carries out an interview. In the process of producing an entire 30-45-minute episode from start to finish, students develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. This presentation explains the podcast’s background as a project that is born out of an oral history collection that emphasizes storytelling as a venue to learn and inform those who listen, and outlines how it works as a pedagogical tool for developing creativity and socially-engaged writing, interviewing, and listening skills.

Elena Foulis is a Senior Lecturer of Spanish, Service-Learning and Heritage Language at Ohio State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies. Her research and publications explore U.S. Latina/o literature, Latin@ voices in oral history, and oral history as participatory pedagogy in service-learning classrooms. She currently teaches courses in service-learning and Spanish for Heritage Speakers. She is also working on a digital oral history project about Latin@s in Ohio, which is being archived at the Center for Folkore Studies’ internet collection.

Spring 2018 ILETC Events

Here’s what we have on the ILETC calendar for Spring 2018:

Workshops

Applying Microlearning to Mandarin Instruction and Assessment
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February 23, 2018
Room 8301
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016
10:30-11:30am

This workshop will share ongoing mobile app development for Chinese language teaching and learning.
Click link above for complete details. There is no prior registration required for this event.

For more information on any ILETC event, email ILETC@gc.cuny.edu or call 212-817-2083.

Applying Microlearning to Mandarin Instruction and Assessment

February 23, 2018
10:30-11:30am

Room 8301
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016

Presenters: Ling Luo and Hao Tang

Workshop description:

This workshop will share ongoing mobile app development for Chinese language teaching and learning. The mobile app, Applying Microlearning Concept, can be used as a supplemental learning tool. In the app, students can play the game-based exercises at any time in any location. Instructors can easily assign exercises according to textbooks and trace students’ performance. This workshop is geared towards CUNY language instructors.

In the workshop, presenters will:

  1. Introduce Microlearning as a technique in language teaching and learning
  2. Share the experience using the app for Chinese teaching and learning
  3. Demonstrate the features of the app and collect feedback

In the workshop, participants will:

  1. Learn to apply Microlearning as a technique in language teaching
  2. Explore a supplemental learning tool in Mandarin using crowd sourcing approach

When Heritage and Second Language Learners Come Together

February 15, 2019
Room 9206
The Graduate Center
10:30am – 12:30pm

Presenter: Maria Carreira

Lecture description:

Research by the National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC) shows that more often than not, HL learners study their home language in the context of mixed classes, that is, classes with second language learners (L2 learners) and HL learners. Yet, most of the work on HL teaching has focused on specialized HL classes, to the neglect of mixed classes. Addressing this gap, this lecture by Maria Carreira presents some foundational principles behind teaching mixed classes.

Maria Carreira is professor of Spanish at California State University, Long Beach. Her research focuses on heritage languages, with a concentration in Spanish in the US as well as the less commonly taught languages. Her recent work focuses on identity, resilience, and heritage language development and maintenance. She is also co-director of the National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA, Chair of the SAT Spanish Committee, and Associate Editor of Hispania.

Error Correction in Language Classrooms: Balancing Research and Realities

October 29, 2018
Room 9207
The Graduate Center
4:30 – 5:30pm

Presenter: Lourdes Ortega

Workshop description:

Correcting grammar errors in speaking or writing is thought to be part of every language teacher’s job, a professional duty that many language teachers excel in and that most language students expect. There are however many complexities that teachers wonder about, encompassing affective concerns (Will it demotivate some of my students?), time management (How can it become less time consuming?), doubts about effectiveness (How do I know that it is making a difference in my students’ accuracy?), proficiency differences (Should I correct errors in the same ways regardless of my students’ language level?), and educational goals and philosophies of teaching (How should I reconcile correcting for accuracy with teaching for communication? How do I manage language accuracy efforts like error correction in the context of teaching other important dimensions of a foreign language, like culture, literature, or writing?). I discuss some best practices for correcting language students’ errors; balancing research findings with the realities of foreign language education.

Lourdes Ortega is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University and a Visiting Fellow at the Advanced Research Collaborative, CUNY Graduate Center. Her main area of expertise is in second language acquisition, and she is committed to investigating what it means to become a bilingual or multilingual language user later in life in ways that can encourage connections between research and teaching and promote social justice. Before moving to the USA in 1993, she taught Spanish as a foreign language at the Cervantes Institute in Athens, Greece, and English as a second language in Hawaii and Georgia. She has published widely and her books include Understanding Second Language Acquisition (2009, translated into Mandarin in 2016), and Technology-mediated TBLT (with Marta González-Lloret, John Benjamins, 2014). She just finished The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingualism (co-edited with Annick De Houwer, 2019, Cambridge University Press).

Fall 2018 ILETC Events

We are pleased to offer the following workshops in Fall 2018:

Workshops

Error Correction in Language Classrooms: Balancing Research and Realities
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October 29, 2018
Room 9207
The Graduate Center, CUNY
4:30 – 5:30pm

Lourdes Ortega, a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University and a Visiting Fellow at the Advanced Research Collaborative, CUNY Graduate Center, discusses best practices for correcting language students’ errors, balancing research findings with the realities of foreign language education.

Crossing Major Borders: ACTFL Workshop
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November 9, 2018
Room TBD
LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
9:30am – 5:30pm

This workshop provides an overview of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Rating Scale and a description of the functions, contexts/content areas, discourse type and accuracy features appropriate to each level. Participants discuss the curricular implications of the proficiency scale and explore strategies and activities that enable students to cross proficiency level borders (i.e., Intermediate to Advanced, Advanced to Superior).

Registration for this event is required. Click here to register.

For more information on any ILETC event, email ILETC@gc.cuny.edu or call 212-817-2083.

CILC at ACTFL 2017

CILC was honored and excited to present several of our projects at the Annual Convention and World Languages Exposition of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in Nashville, Tennessee.

For those of you who could not attend, we are sharing our presentations on this page. Please let us know if you have any comments or questions!

Presentations are organized by project.

Language at the Community College Nexus

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Heritage Arabic eBook

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Heritage Telecollaboration

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Writing Proficiency of Heritage Learners

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