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SWCOLT 2018

7:15am MST

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

8:30am MST

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

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

11:30am MST

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

2:15pm MST

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

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

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

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