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SWCOLT 2018

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Cambridge University Press 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp Dartmouth College Vail Centre - Workshop on Rassias Method 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp Language Testing International 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp The American Association of Teachers of French 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp

8:00am MST

Registration Opens Eldorado Lobby

9:00am MST

Putting InterPERSONALITY into the Interpersonal Mode of Communication: Let’s Get Them Speaking! (Ticket Required) Eldorado ARyan Smith Can-Do Learning: Developing Communication with Language and Culture (Ticket Required) Anasazi SouthJacque Van Houten • Paul Sandrock Watching Proficiency Take Flight with CI-based Instruction (Ticket Required) Anasazi NorthFluency Matters

9:30am MST

SWCOLT Board Meeting Piñon Board Room - 2nd floor

12:00pm MST

Exhibitor Set-up Exhibit Concourse

1:00pm MST

Lost in Translation: Breaking Down Interpretive Mode (Ticket Required) Eldorado BGreta Lundgaard

2:00pm MST

Regional Teacher of the Year Interviews Chaparral Board Room

TBA

Cambridge University Press 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp Dartmouth College Vail Centre - Workshop on Rassias Method 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp Language Testing International 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp The American Association of Teachers of French 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp

7:00am MST

Registration Open Eldorado Lobby

7:15am MST

State Leadership Meeting Zia ANatalie Figueroa • Paula Hirsch • Jocelyn Danielson Raught

8:30am MST

Roadrunner: Fun activities developing working memory for oral proficiency in language accelerated programs Zia AValerie Duval Roadrunner: Me? PD? For Free? Zia AKen Stewart Roadrunner: The Quest for Language Proficiency: Information Gap Tasks in the Communicative Classroom Zia AMariana Bahtchevanova Roadrunner:Language Proficiency Assessment in Distance Learning Zia ATsengtseng Chang Becoming a more knowledgeable global citizen using language, culture and social justice Eldorado BGeorges Stewart • Toni Theisen Best of Oklahoma: Using Brain Breaks to Maximize Language Acquisition in a CI Classroom Anasazi SouthDiane Portillo Language Learning for the Teenage Brain Zia BLaura Blancq Leveraging technology to improve oral proficiency ChapelHeather Pillman Promoting Student and Teacher Success through AATSP: Opportunities and Resources DeVargasAATSP Teaching about the World: Refugees in Germany Zia CDoug Philipp The Way to a Student's Heart: Using Food to Get Learners Talking Eldorado APaul Chandler • Sally J. Hood Using Free Digital Recording Software for Oral/Aural Proficiency Assessment Anasazi NorthPete Swanson

9:45am MST

Roadrunner: Please take out your cellphones! Using TopHat in a Spanish Phonetics course Zia AJane Berne Roadrunner: Scaffolding oral projects in online collaboration, leading to a telenovela Zia AJabier Elorrieta Roadrunner: Variación en la competencia lingüística de hablantes de herencia: cómo abordarla en el aula Zia AMaricruz Fimbres Roadrunner:Using Cornell notes to facilitate interpretive communication. Zia ALucia Rubio Best of California: Más que un enfoque (More than a Warm-Up Activity) Anasazi SouthNancy Perez Best of Nevada: Building Community in the Target Language: Avoiding English, Presenting Grammar in Context, and Increasing Student Engagement in the First-Year Language Class Anasazi NorthMelissa Bullard Faculty exchange: a guide to foster collaboration. Chaparral Board Room -3rd floorMaria Teresa Moinette Juggling classes: Combining proficiency & achievement when your students are at different levels Eldorado BMelanie Malan • Tom Mathews • Jared Nebeker Language Program Assessment: SLOs, Core, Rubrics, and Implementation Zia BCasilde Isabelli Leading with German: Ideas for your local community ChapelAATG No hay revolución sin canciones: The Pedagogy of Protest Music DeVargasMeg Hill Using Instagram as a digital portfolio for the development of L2 cultural awareness Zia CMargherita Berti What’s My Next Line? Moving our Learners to Independence Eldorado AGreta Lundgaard

10:45am MST

Exhibit Break Exhibit Concourse

11:30am MST

Roadrunner: Asynchronous computer-mediated interaction using VoiceThread Zia AInigo Yanguas Roadrunner: Standards Based Improvisation Games to Increase Proficiency in IC Zia APatty Clavijo Roadrunner: Why dictation matters – dictations as a learning tool in communicative foreign language classrooms Zia ABerit Jany Best of New Mexico: Presentational Mode in Class Projects Anasazi SouthKayla Scheer French for Humanitarian Help and Global Health Zia BCatherine Daniélou Küssen verboten:aktuelle Landeskunde mal ganz anders Chaparral Board Room -3rd floorChristiane Frederickson Musical Echoing - Using Music, Call and Response, Pictures, and Imagination ChapelVibrante Press On Your Mark, Get Set . . . Communicate! Anasazi NorthBillie Hulke Scaffolding Thematic Instruction: Beauty and Aesthetics from Novice to Advanced Eldorado AKen Stewart Welcome to a week in my life! Eldorado BDonna Tatum-Johns Yes I can! in Skittish. Backwards planning DeVargasMarina Peters-Newell “Lloviendo a gatos”: Techniques for Teaching Translation Zia CIsabel Asensio

12:30pm MST

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm MST

Roadrunner: Golden Age Theater ¡es de Lope! (It's cool!) Zia ASheila Barton Roadrunner: My First Million (Words) Zia ADouglas Bowman Roadrunner: Scaffolding in the Second Language Classroom: Theory, Pedagogy & Techniques Zia AKathryn Lee Odom Roadrunner: Using a Lesson Planning Library: Store all your resources in one place and tap them into lessons Zia ABrooke Stephens Activating and Connecting Classroom Discourse with Storytelling Anasazi NorthMira Canion Adventure in Germany - Information about study, scholarships, internships and jobs in Germany Chaparral Board Room -3rd floorZentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen Best of Texas: Ready? Set . . . Speak! Anasazi SouthStephanie Escobar • Susan Kohlmaier High Leverage Teaching Practices for Powerful Language Learning Eldorado BAli Moeller • Paul Sandrock How to Develop Proficiency and World Readiness with Effective Elementary Spanish Curriculum DeVargasBrooks Lindner Planning for a multileveled classroom Zia CJulie Trappett That’s SLIFE: Teaching Students in a Language Classroom with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education ChapelLindsay Glover The Role of Advocacy in Achieving the World Readiness Standards for Foreign Language Learning Zia BKathleen Stein Smith The Whys and the Hows: Incorporating Culture through a Project-based, Interdisciplinary Approach Eldorado ASarah Dunn • Grace Perez

3:30pm MST

Exhibit Break Exhibit Concourse

4:15pm MST

SWCOLT General Session - Keynote Address - Announcement of Regional Teacher of the Year Eldorado A

5:30pm MST

SWCOLT Membership Reception Exhibit Concourse

TBA

Cambridge University Press 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp Dartmouth College Vail Centre - Workshop on Rassias Method 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp Language Testing International 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp The American Association of Teachers of French 2018 SWCOLT AdvertisementJody Klopp

7:30am MST

Registration Open Eldorado Lobby

8:30am MST

Best of Utah: Cultural Awareness: A Springboard to Language Proficiency Anasazi SouthJorge Vasquez Bridging the Gap Between Secondary and Post-Secondary Spanish Education Zia ATom Beeman Chicken Soup for the Language Learning Soul: Authentic Resources and Audiences ChapelNoah Geisel Comprehensible, Communicative, and Collaborative through Core Practices Eldorado BLynn Johnston Exploratory Language Spaces For Indigenous Youth Chaparral Board Room -3rd floorDaniel Piper How to Eliminate Interruptions in the WL classroom DeVargasDana Goodier Inspiring and Acquiring through Music Eldorado AFluency Matters Preserving Your Organization's History: A Work in Progress at CCFLT Anasazi NorthConnie Navarro • Lyanne Terada Snapchat and Social Media to teach culture Zia CBen Cogdall Using Open Educational Resources for content-based language instruction Zia BKaren Barto • Linda Chu • Julianne Hammink

9:45am MST

24K Magic: Making Every Minute Count in the Elementary Classroom ChapelKaren Carmean Best of Hawaii: Using Smartphones to Improve Japanese Pronunciation Anasazi SouthSatoru Shinagawa Caminando al compas de gerundios y progresivos Zia BDouglas Bowman Creating Comprehensible Cultural Input Eldorado AMira Canion Guide on the Side: Developing a Student Centered Classroom Anasazi NorthJason Slanga Have fun teaching Spanish! Chaparral Board Room -3rd floorRosa Zapatero Promoting vertical articulation through proficiency targets and AP tasks Zia AFernando Rubio • Johanna Watzinger-Tharp Revising Standards: The Process is the Power of the Product Eldorado BJanine Erickson • Kelley Parkhurst • Lyanne Terada • Toni Theisen Sprinkle in a Bit of Tech: Lots of Ideas from the Internet DeVargasDoug Philipp

10:45am MST

Exhibit Break Exhibit Concourse

11:30am MST

A productive Spanish vocabulary levels test Zia CPaul Chandler Best of Colorado: Technology in the WL classroom : How to Build Listening and Speaking Skills Anasazi SouthAnita Gandhi Creating Deep Readers in WL ChapelAl Martino Focus Learning with Can-Do Statements Anasazi NorthAli Moeller • Paul Sandrock Keeping the World Languages Classroom moving From Takeoff to Landing Zia BConnie Herz Quilting a Culture Blanket in the Language Classroom Chaparral Board Room -3rd floorMara Sukholutskya Service Learning in the Modern Language Classroom Zia APamela Cort Testing for Communicative Proficiency based on Guided Projects Promoting Autonomy DeVargasBenjamin Brown • Shannon Scirghio

12:30pm MST

SWCOLT / NMOLE Awards Luncheon Eldorado A

1:45pm MST

Best of Arizona: Using Music to Achieve the 5 Language Learning Goals of ACTFL Anasazi SouthKatie Schwartz Culture Driven Curriculum Zia AMelissa Carson • Rachel Tillotson Multicultural Understandings: Fitting in Zia CCheryl Hansen Teaching Intercultural Learning: Getting the Most out of Study Abroad DeVargasTeresa Bell The Content or the Vehicle: A Course of Spanish for Heritage Spanish Speakers Zia BLydia Garcia Wait, They Want to Read in the TL?: Reading Strategies that Lead to Success Anasazi NorthBryce Hedstrom

3:00pm MST

ACTFL's Six Core Practices - Building Proficiency ChapelPete Swanson Enhancing the Experience for Heritage and Native Speakers Zia BRyan Smith • T J Troche Focus on Intercultural Communication Can Dos Zia AJacque Van Houten Learn with the National Language Teacher of the Year Anasazi SouthYing Jin New Mexican Spanish Through History and Music Anasazi NorthRob Martinez

8:00am MST

SWCOLT Board Meeting Piñon Board Room - 2nd floor