ACTFL special interest group: Spanish for native speakers
The ACTFL 2009 meeting in San Diego, CA, will offer several sessions of interest to heritage language educators.
Presentations sponsored by the SNS SIG:
Title: Spanish for Heritage Learners Research: Language Maintenance and Language Anxiety
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 1:15pm-2:15pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 24A
Session participants:
Mantenimiento del español en el West Side de St. Paul, MN
– Presenter: Angela Pinilla-Herrera (University of Minnesota)
The Effects of Computer-Mediated Communication on Foreign Language Anxiety
– Presenter: Michael Tallon
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Title: Spanish for Heritage Learners Pedagogy: Storytelling and Puppetry and Media Resources
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 5:00pm-6:00pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 24B
Session participants:
Improving Spanish Heritage Speakers’ Oral Proficiency through Storytelling and Puppetry
– Presenter: Kent Leslie Dickson (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)
Incorporating Media Resources in the Spanish for Heritage Speakers Classroom
– Presenter: Isabel Bustamante Lopez
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Title: SNS SIG Business Meeting and SHL Academic and Cultural Literacy
Time: Fri, Nov 20 - 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 24B
Business meeting and presentations focused on the development of academic and
cultural literacy in teaching Spanish to heritage speakers: “Developing
Advanced Literacy: A Case Study of Latino Students in California” by Cecilia
Colombi; and “Teaching Strategies for Cultural Literacy and Personal
Empowerment of Heritage Speakers of Spanish” by Francisco X. Alarcón.
General list of heritage language related sessions
Title: Being Prepared for Heritage Learners: What Teachers Should Know
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 11:00am-12:00pm
Location: Marriott Hotel / Torrey 1
Session participants:
– Chair: Theresa Y. Austin
– Presenter: Ekaterina Ites
– Presenter: Joan Kelly Hall (Penn State University)
– Presenter: Karen E Johnson (Penn State University)
– Presenter: Hye-sun Cho (University of Hawaii)
Abstract:
As the diversity in student demographics continues to grow, all language teachers should become familiar with the needs of this population. This panel outlines current practices in heritage language teacher education and discusses what policy and research agenda may address emerging needs.
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Title: Heritage Language Education Research and Practice: pre-K-16
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 2:30pm-3:30pm
Location: Marriott Hotel / Torrey 1
Session participants:
– Presenter: Olga E. Kagan (UCLA)
– Presenter: Renate Ludanvi (Western Connecticut State University)
– Presenter: Kathleen Dillon (UC Davis)
Abstract:
This is a business meeting of the Heritage Language SIG.
The discussion will include:
• The survey of heritage language learners (Olga Kagan, UCLA);
• The contributions and challenges of heritage language community schools to the
maintenance of heritage languages in the US (Renate Ludanyi, German Language
Schools Conference);
• Outcomes of the Heritage Research Summer Institutes (Kathleen Dillon, UC
Davis)
• All presentations will call for audience participation.
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Title: How a Community Service-Learning Approach Supports Heritage Language Learners
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 2:30pm-3:30pm
Location: Marriott Hotel / Torrey 1
Session participants:
– Presenter: Marjorie O. Tussing (California State University, Fullerton)
– Presenter: Jack Liu (California State University at Fullerton)
– Presenter: Meijuan Dong (CalState Fullerton)
This presentation reports on ACTFL advanced heritage learners in an
upper-division Chinese culture course who participated in a community
service-learning project. Each of the presenters will describe an aspect of how
service learning supports the students’ cultural heritage as it expands their
own ethnical identity.
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Title: Gateway to Heritage – Tapping into Hidden Treasures
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 6:15pm-9:15pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 11A
Session participants:
– Chair: Jion Liou Yen (NCACLS)
This session will include a demonstration of the application of useful tools for
classroom teaching, teaching innovations, best practices, assessment methods and
successful case studies of teaching Chinese language and culture.
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Title: Critical Components of Heritage Language Programs
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 1:15pm-2:15pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 24A
Session participants:
– Chair: Joy Peyton (Center for Applied Linguistics)
– Presenter: Joseph LoBianco (University of Melbourne)
– Presenter: Kim Potowski (University of Illinois at Chicago)
– Presenter: Surendra Gambhir (University of Pennsylvania)
– Presenter: Erin Haynes (University of California Berkeley)
Three areas are critical for the success of heritage language programs and U.S.
language policy: Capacity Development, Opportunity Creation, and Attitude
Improvement. Panelists discuss the theoretical and research base for these
areas in program and policy development and their implementation in three
program types – Spanish, Hindi/Urdu, and Native American.
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Title: High School Heritage Arabic Speakers – Meeting Their Needs
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 1:15pm-2:15pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 27B
Session participants:
– Presenter: Kathleen McBroom (ASC)
– Presenter: Nawf Abou-Dib (Dearborn High School)
– Nabila Hammami
How do you meet the needs of Arabic heritage students - especially those who
have existing language skills? The Dearborn Public Schools, in partnership with
Michigan State University and The Language Flagship, has developed two
independent electives designed to engage students, enhance interest and
ability, and support learning across the curriculum.
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Title: Chinese Language Programs for Heritage Learners
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 5:00pm-6:00pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 29C
Session participants:
Learning Strategy Use by Heritage and Non-Heritage Learners of Chinese
– Presenter: Yunzhen Liu (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Chinese Culture in Chinese Heritage Language Teaching and Learning
– Presenter: Guofang Yuan (Northwestern University)
Correlations Among Standardized Chinese Proficiency Tests
– Presenter and Chair: Dana Scott Bourgerie (Brigham Young University)
– Presenter: Dan P. Dewey (Brigham Young University)
The Language-learning Experiences of Dialect-speaking CHL Students in U.S.
Colleges
– Presenter: Ching-hui Hsiao
This panel discusses issues related to curriculum design, classroom activities,
and assessment of Chinese language program for heritage students.
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Title: French Heritage Language Program
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 3:45pm-4:45pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 3
Session participants:
– Presenter: Catherin Petillon (French Embassy)
– Presenter: David Lasserre (French Heritage Language Program)
Pedagogical methods and a set of authentic resources used in the French Heritage
Language Program will be presented. This program created in 2005 is offered two
to three hours per week to French-speaking students enrolled in five public
international high schools and one public school in New York City.
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Title: Developing Proficiency through Culture and Civilization Courses for Heritage Speakers
Time: Fri, Nov 20 – 3:45pm-4:45pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 5B
Session participants:
– Presenter: Amalia V. Garzon (Northern Arizona University – Yuma)
To advance their proficiency, Spanish heritage speakers must engage in
activities that allow them to communicate in both formal and informal settings
while giving opinions, establishing hypotheses, and controlling grammar and
vocabulary. Culture and Civilization courses provide the ideal environment for
advancing their proficiency level without losing their unique culture.
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Title: Heritages Francophones: Enquetes Interculturelles
Time: Sat, Nov 21 – 2:00pm-2:50pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Exhibit Hall C Workshop Room 3
Session participants:
– Presenter: Jean-claude Redonnet
– Presenter: Julianna Nielsen (Sloane Intercultural)
The authors present an innovative program of cultural readings, Heritages
francophones, which focuses on Francophone communities in the U.S. and expands
to explore the entire Francophone world. Students are encouraged to view French
as an international language, whith relevance to their own world.
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Title: Curricular Implications of Testing for Heritage Speakers
Schedule information:
Time: Sat, Nov 21 – 1:00pm-2:00pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 1B
Session participants:
– Presenter: Brandon Zaslow (Occidental College)
– Presenter: Marjorie O. Tussing (California State University, Fullerton)
– Presenter: Araceli Espinosa (Foshay High School)
– Presenter: Elizabeth Pestian (Bravo Medical Magnet High School
Proficiency testing provides insights into needs of receptive bilinguals,
heritage and native speakers. Presenters will share specifications and data
from Spanish reading and writing exams. Participants will rate texts, analyze
questions, prompts and samples. Together, we will explore implications for
enhancing curriculum and delivering it by means of standards-based practices.
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Title: Promoting and Supporting Among Students’ Heritage Language: Credit by
Assessment
Time: Sat, Nov 21 – 3:00pm-4:00pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 27A
Session participants:
– Presenter: Gaelle H. Berg
– Presenter: Ursula Lentz (CARLA – University of Minnesota)
– Chair: Janice H. Kittok
Heritage languages of English language learners are a valuable resource for the
students and their communities. Credit by examination is evidence of value
placed on students’ heritage languages. This session presents development of a
Hmong proficiency assessment for students to earn credit and earn the Minnesota
world language proficiency certificate.
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Title: Heritage – Language – Identity (Herkunft – Sprache – Identität)
Time: Sat, Nov 21 – 5:30pm-6:30pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 28A
Session participants:
– Presenter: Ana Djukic-Cocks (SUNY Oswego)
– Presenter: Karina Von Tippelskirch (Syracuse University)
The panel will present lessons on texts by Marica Bodrozic, a German writer of
Croatian heritage. Objectives include: combining reading skill development with
cultural competency, providing students with historic and cultural background
information to understand the multicultural nature of modern Germany and one of
the largest migrant groups within Europe.
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Title: Chinese Heritage Language Acquisition and Socialization
Time: Sat, Nov 21 – 4:15pm-5:15pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center / Room 29D
Session participants:
– Chair: Hsiu-huei Lin Domizio (San Francisco State University)
– Presenter: Jinhuei Enva Dai (Monterey Institute of International Studies)
– Presenter: Lihua Zhang (University of California, Berkeley)
– Presenter: Yuwen Yao (UCLA)
– Presenter: Hsiu-huei Lin Domizio (San Francisco State University)
Would the degree of intimacy and desire toward their mother-tongue maintenance
affect learning outcome of Chinese heritage language learners? What are their
perceptions of self and others and what motivates them to code-switch among
their peers? This panel discusses hindrance and improvement of Chinese heritage
language acquisition and socialization.
