Category: Events

Fall 2017 ILETC Events

Here’s what we have on the ILETC calendar for Fall 2017:

Workshops

ACTFL Integrating Skills and Modes for Curriculum Design
(Click for complete details and registration form)
October 6, 2017
Room TBA
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016

This workshop focuses on how to build a curriculum that is designed to keep students making steady progress in terms of overall proficiency.

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

PBL Workshop with Dr. Julio Rodriguez

ILETC is pleased to announce that it will host a Workshop on Project-Based Learning (PBL), led by Dr. Julio Rodriguez, Director of the Center for Language & Technology and National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Dr. Rodriguez will give a presentation of approximately two hours, after which participants will develop their own ideas for lessons and activities using the PBL methodology in consultation with him. Participants are expected to bring a laptop (or other device to use in activities), as well as an idea for a lesson, project, or activity to be developed during the workshop.

We invite you to secure your registration using this form. Since space is limited, registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please email us if you have any questions about the workshop. 

We hope that you will take advantage of this valuable opportunity to learn more about PBL pedagogy!

Developing the Writing Skills of Spanish Heritage Learners

Who? Instructors of Spanish heritage learners who have completed the ACTFL Writing Guidelines Familiarization Workshop

When? Half-day: 6/2

What? This workshop delineates recommendations for the teaching of writing to Spanish heritage writers who fall within two ranges of proficiency: Intermediate and Advanced. It combines (i) discussion of the results of a study of the writing of 77 heritage writers of Spanish, conducted by the Center for Integrated Language Communities (CILC)* in collaboration with ACTFL, and (ii) guided, hands-on work by participants.

Space is limited. Registration is first-come, first-served!​

Click here to register:  https://goo.gl/forms/Lflz85TPKF497M3p2

*CILC is funded by a Title VI Grant from the US DOE.

ACTFL OPI Familiarization

Who? All language instructors

When? Two days: 5/30-5/31

What? This two-day workshop familiarizes language instructors with the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview, including an overview of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, and the ACTFL Rating Scale. Participants observe and rate live interviews conducted by the trainer. They discuss the implications of proficiency for academic and professional purposes. The workshop emphasizes implications and applications for instruction and assessment.

Space is limited. Registration is first-come, first-served!​

Click here to register:  https://goo.gl/forms/Lflz85TPKF497M3p2

Lorena Llosa to Talk in GC’s Skylight Room

Join us as NYU Professor of Education Lorena Llosa comes to the GC to talk about Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom on Friday, February 26 at 2 PM. Her talk will be held in the Skylight Room of the Graduate Center, room 9206. The full title of her talk is Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom: Basic Principles and Exciting Possibilities. ILETC, CILC, and The Department of World Languages at CSI (CUNY) are co-sponsoring this event.

Lorena Llosa is Associate Professor of Education in the Steinhardt School’s Department of Teaching and Learning at New York University. Trained as an applied linguist specializing in language assessment, she conducts most of her research in the context of K-16 education.

Her scholarship in assessment addresses validity issues related to the uses of assessments to evaluate English learners’ language and academic skills. Prior to joining New York University, she worked as a research analyst for the Los Angeles Unified School District where she directed a large-scale evaluation of a computer-based literacy program. She also served as a research analyst at the Center for the Study of Evaluation/CRESST at UCLA, where she worked on the development of performance assessments in English and Spanish.

For more information, please see our flyer below or contact us at ILETC@gc.cuny.edu.

Spring 2017 ILETC Events

Welcome to Spring 2017! ILETC is looking forward to a semester filled with stimulating and illuminating public events. Here’s what we have on the calendar so far:

Lectures

Analyzing the Role of Ideology in Arabic Language Accommodation
April 6, 2017, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Room C203
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 10016

ILETC and its partner organization CILC are excited to announce a talk on “Analyzing the Role of Ideology in Arabic Language Accommodation” by Dr. Brahim Chakrani, Associate Professor of Arabic at Michigan State University.

Workshops

Registration required, click through to each workshop for details and registration link!

Space is limited. Registration is first-come, first-served!​

ACTFL OPI Familiarization
May 30-31, 2017 (Two full days)
Room TBA

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

This two-day workshop familiarizes language instructors with the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview, including an overview of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, and the ACTFL Rating Scale.
Click link above for more details and registration link.

ACTFL Writing Guidelines Familiarization
June 1, 2017 (All day)
Room TBA
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 10016

Intended as an introduction to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 – Writing, this workshop introduces participants to the major and minor level descriptors and the criteria for assigning a global writing proficiency rating.
Click link above for more details and registration link.

Developing the Writing Skills of Spanish Heritage Learners
June 2, 2017 (Half day)
Room TBA
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 10016

This workshop delineates recommendations for the teaching of writing to Spanish heritage writers who fall within two ranges of proficiency: Intermediate and Advanced.
Click link above for more details and registration link.

Download workshop flyer.

Fall 2015 ILETC Events

We are pleased to announce the following public event for Fall 2015:

Telecollaboration and Intercultural Learning in the Language Class: The Cultura Project
November 12, 2015, 6:15 PM
Segal Theater, The Graduate Center (CUNY)
Introduction to principles that guide the Cultura project, a COIL pedagogical model for language education.

For more information or to reserve a place at any ILETC event, email ILETC@gc.cuny.edu or call 212-817-2083.

Spring 2015 ILETC Events

Join us for the following events this Spring 2015 semester:

RISLUS/ILETC Research Forum
May 8, 2015, 9AM–5PM
Skylight Room (Rm. 9100), The Graduate Center (CUNY)
A forum co-organized with the Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society to showcase research conducted under both research centers into language acquisition and education. Please see the program here.

For more information or to reserve a place at any ILETC event, email ILETC@gc.cuny.edu or call 212-817-2083.

Fall 2014 ILETC Events

ILETC anticipates a vibrant semester of dialogue and progress this coming Fall 2014. On the docket so far, with details forthcoming, are:

  • ACTFL OPI training workshops for language faculty, to be held on August 18-21;
  • The Inaugural Roundtable on Heritage Language Education, scheduled for October 17 at LaGuardia Community College and organized by ILETC and LaGuardia Community College, which will feature a guest lecture by Kim Potowski followed by a panel of CUNY faculty specialized in the teaching of heritage languages.

Summer 2014 ILETC Events

Start sharpening your pencils! Prepare for the Fall 2014 semester by attending the following workshop:

ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Workshop
August 18-21, 2013
Training on the use of ACTFL proficiency guidelines in the assessment of oral proficiency, with the option to become a certified ACTFL rater!

For more information or to reserve a place at any ILETC event, email ILETC@gc.cuny.edu or call 212-817-2083.