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2016 STARTALK/NHLRC Teacher Workshop

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Schedule and Presentations

Royce Hall 314. Printed schedule

Sunday, June 26

8:30 - 9:00 Registration and coffee
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome and introduction to the week
9:30 - 10:30 Review of online module
10:30 - 12:30 Maria Carreira:
A Model of Project-based Learning for Heritage Language Teaching: Adapting materials, designing tasks, and teaching grammar in a project-based framework.
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch (not provided)
1:45 - 3:45 Maria Carreira & Claire Chik
Group work: Working in language-specific groups, participants will identify grammar/language topics of particular relevance to HL learners for each of the STARTALK languages. Working in level-specific groups (e.g. community schools, and elementary, secondary, post-secondary institutions), participants will brainstorm possible project topics and tasks and consider adaptations to address the needs of learners at different levels of proficiency. After that, participants will start working on their projects.

Guidelines  |  Presentation 1  |  Presentation 2
4:00 Cheese and wine reception: getting to know each other icebreaker activities led by Alegría Ribadeneira

Monday, June 27

8:30 - 9:00 Coffee
9:00 - 9:15 Exit Cards Review
9:15 - 9:30 Olga Kagan: An Introduction to Authentic Materials
9:30 - 10:00 Majorie Faulstich Orellana: Leveraging everyday language experiences in immigrant communities for heritage language maintenance
10:00 - 12:30 Olga Kagan: Macro Approaches to Project Design: How to use authentic materials/From-to principles and macro-micro instructional approaches
12:30- 1:45 Lunch (not provided)
1:45- 3:30 Grammar and Vocabulary Instruction for HLLS:
What, How, Why
Presentation
3:30 - 5:00 Time to work on daily project; reflections and exchange of ideas
5:00 - 5:30 Wrap up of day’s topics
  Alegría Ribadeneira Presentations

Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3

Tuesday, June 28

8:30 - 9:00 Coffee
9:00 - 9:30 Exit Card Reviews
9:30 - 12:30
 Maria Carreira: Best Practices for Mixed Classes
Presentation
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch (not provided)
1:45 - 3:30
 Group work: Participants will discuss how they will address issues of access and engagement that are likely to come up with their project in a mixed class. They will also create activities for teaching grammar in HLL/L2 and HLL-only classes in keeping with a macro approach and within a project-based framework.
3:30 - 5:00 Time to work on daily project; reflections and exchange of ideas
5:00 - 5:30 Wrap up of day’s topics

Wednesday, June 29

8:30 - 9:00 Coffee
9:00 - 9:30 Exit Cards Review
9:30 - 12:30
 Maria Carreira and Claire Chik
Differentiated teaching, formative assessment, and backward design
Presentation
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch (not provided)
1:45 - 3:30 Group work: Design two differentiated activities for each of your materials/Design two formative assessment tools that can inform materials selection/Design two formative assessment tool that can help learners become autonomous learners
3:30 - 5:00 Time to work on daily project; reflections and exchange of ideas
5:00 - 5:30 Wrap up of day’s topics

Thursday, June 30

8:30 - 9:00 Coffee
9:00 - 12:00 Reflections and presentations
12:00 - 2:00 Closing remarks and farewell lunch (provided)