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MaFLA 2015 Fall Conference

Massachusetts Foreign Language Association 2015 Fall Conference, October 29-31, Sturbridge, MA.

9:00am EDT

Atelier pédagogique: Creating Thematic Units and Assessing for Proficiency Sturbridge Design Beyond the Modes: Performance to Proficiency with IPAs for Transfer Brookfield If Not Proficiency, What? Abbington Organizing and Supporting Your Students' Developing Proficiency: The New Teacher Guide Danforth Go Slow to Go far without Textbooks Executive 1

3:00pm EDT

Exhibit Hall Preview: Wine & Cheese Reception Exhibit Hall

4:30pm EDT

Create a Rich Learning Environment for Student Interaction: 90% Plus Abbington Solutions for Online Translators Brookfield

7:00am EDT

Volunteers' & Workshop Presenters' Breakfast Heritage Tavern Cash and Carry Breakfast Exhibit Hall Complimentary Coffee in the Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall

8:00am EDT

Becoming Comprehensible: Easy, Practical Ways to Use Second Language Acquisition Research Executive 1 Art as a Means to Cultural and Linguistic Learning Southbridge Bringing About an Awareness of Social Justice in the Foreign Language Classroom American Grille Restaurant Building Proficiency by Focusing on Learners: Styles- and Strategies-Based Instruction (SSBI) Danforth Bye-Bye to Teaching by the Book Sturbridge Interactive Visual Technology: Using 'Thinglink' in the Foreign Language Classroom Board 1 Productive Group Work Heritage Tavern Student-Generated Activities Seminar 1 Google Apps in the Foreign Language Classroom Dudley Integrate Engaging Activities to Advance Mandarin Chinese Proficiency Seminar 2 Activités engageantes à la québécoise Brimfield Fostering Critical Thinking Through Authentic Materials Oxford Contemporary Italy: What To Learn, How To Teach It Webster Let Your Students Sell Your Program: Latin Projects Beyond the Classroom Charlton Move up the Ladder with Confidence and Clear Goals Cheshire Using Proficiency Data for Program Improvement Abbington Integrating Global into World Language Instruction Brookfield

9:15am EDT

Exhibit Hall Grand Opening (Complimemtary Coffee) Exhibit Hall

10:00am EDT

Promoting French Through Films Sturbridge Carmina et sacra quibus melius Latinam docere possis Executive 1 Answers Will Vary Board 1 Assessing Performance: Moving from Chapter Tests to Authentic Assessments Seminar 1 Let's Get (Inter)personal! Heritage Tavern The WHYs, HOWs, and WHAT THENs of Flipping your Classroom Webster Flipping the Spanish Language Classroom American Grille Restaurant Hispanic Cinema: Creating Thematic Units with Films from the Spanish-Speaking World Danforth ¡A Compartir! Raising Proficiency in the AP Spanish Class Southbridge

11:00am EDT

Buffet Lunch Courtyard Cash and Carry Lunch Exhibit Hall

11:15am EDT

Exhibit Hall Break Exhibit Hall

12:00pm EDT

The Formula for Success: Learners at the Center Grand Ballroom

1:00pm EDT

Holding the Ladder: Guiding Teachers in Proficiency-Based Assessment Southbridge Developing Linguistic and Cultural Fluency in AP Courses Using Graded Texts and Authentic Genres Board 1 Fun Activities Based on Critical Thinking Skills Seminar 2 Reading Paintings, Reading Poems: Strategies to Build Proficiency in the French Classroom. Sturbridge Not So Grimm: Teaching Language and Culture Through Folklore Oxford La scrittura e gli errori: come e quanto correggere la produzione scritta degli studenti Webster Bringing Latin and its Vivacity into the 21st Century Executive 1 Characteristics and Practices of Highly Effective Language Teachers Brimfield Experience an Integrated Performance Assessment Charlton Language Proficiency + Cultural Intelligence (CQ) = Global Citizen Seminar 1 Google Classroom: On-the-Go Proficiency Heritage Tavern Learning About Culture and Current Events in the Target Language Abbington Digital Professional Development: Twitter, Google+, and More Brookfield “NEW” Introducing LIVE powered by SANSSpace: The web based Language Lab for Chromebook’s, iPad’s, Mac’s and PC’s and portable environments American Grille Restaurant Achieving Proficiency Goals for Global Competence Danforth Literacy and Proficiency: Making the Connection Dudley Unfolding Curriculum with Backward Design Cheshire

2:00pm EDT

Retirees' Reception Presidential Suite

2:30pm EDT

It's Elementary! Planning and Implementing World Languages in K-6 Charlton Learning by Doing: Engaging Students in Chinese Language Learning & Engaging Activities to Increase Student Interest in Chinese Language and Culture Seminar 2 Cartoons, Comics and Satire as Prompts for Conversations Sturbridge AP-Style Assesments at Any Level Oxford Creating Materials for AP Italian Language and Culture Webster Reading Strategies: Summarizing with a Purpose Executive 1 Adding Some Spice: Making Everyday Activities Interactive Brookfield AFS Presents: Weaving Intercultural Education into your Curriculum Board 1 America's Languages in the 21st Century: The National Commission and what MaFLA Can Do Seminar 1 Introducing ELAG - The European Languages Advocacy Group American Grille Restaurant Ten Steps to a Successful Career Abbington Common Core Standards in the Spanish Classroom Heritage Tavern Contextualizing U.S. Latino Literature for AP Spanish Literature and Culture Southbridge Technology Meets Hands-On Learning Brimfield

3:45pm EDT

Exhibit Hall Break Exhibit Hall

4:30pm EDT

Finding a Balance Between Paper and Pencil and the iPad Seminar 2 The Proficiency Cohort: Making Shift Happen, District-Wide Charlton Perform the Culture: Integration of Behavioral Culture into Instruction Seminar 2 Study Abroad: Choose France! Sturbridge Songs, Games and Activities for the French FLES Classroom Southbridge Creating and Incorporating Proficiency and Performance Speaking Assessments Throughout the Curriculum Seminar 1 My Kids Are Learning?!? Energetic Songs for Teaching German Oxford Mythology Role-Playing Games in the Latin Classroom Executive 1 Activities Your Students Will Love! Dudley Leading Student Trips to Europe Heritage Tavern ¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de realismo mágico? Brimfield Appy Hour + (75 mins of Appy Fun) Webster

5:30pm EDT

MaFLA Member Reception Grand Ballroom

7:30am EDT

Immersion Breakfast Buffet Courtyard

8:15am EDT

Connecting Practice to Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom Brookfield Curriculum Design with Culture at the Core Cheshire

8:30am EDT

Data Analysis Makeover: From 4-Letter Word to 4-Star Practice Dudley Skit as Proficiency-oriented Summative Assessment Seminar 2 Language and Identity: le français au Québec Sturbridge STEM in the German Classroom: Language Across the Curriculum Oxford Using Songs to Develop Cultural Awareness and Oral Proficiency Charlton Nunc Est Scribendum: Writing for Mastery Executive 1 Planting the Seeds of Proficiency in Elementary and Middle School Brimfield Students as Teachers: Using Teaching Assistants in Immersion Language Classes Danforth Preparing for the AP Cultural Comparison Task in Spanish III, IV and AP Seminar 1 Transform Your Level I into a 90% Target Language Class! Abbington

10:00am EDT

Fun Chinese Class with Paper-Folding Seminar 2 Alliance Française of Boston Award for Middle School Teachers of French Sturbridge Winning AP Tools and Techniques for Both French and Spanish Brimfield Multicultural Germany: Teaching with Afro-German Texts Oxford Misconceptions about the Importance of the Italian Language Heritage Tavern NUMMI ET HISTORIA Executive 1 Data-Driven Foreign Language Teaching, Assessment and Programming Charlton Replacing Traditional Assessments with Group Projects by Using Authentic Materials Abbington The Importance of Literature in Foreign Language Classes of All Levels Dudley Puerto Rico: Building Cultural Competence Through Different Genres Danforth Teaching Culture Southbridge The Use of Technology and Culture in the Spanish Classroom Seminar 1 World Languages: Full STEAM Ahead Webster

11:30am EDT

We Are All Foreign Language Teachers of Literacy Charlton Using Images and Topic-Specific Rhymes to Improve Chinese Teaching Seminar 2 AATF Presents: Advocacy, Activities and Action Sturbridge AATG Massachusetts Chapter Annual Meeting Oxford MITA Annual Meeting Webster Classical Association of Massachusetts (CAM) Fall Meeting Executive 1 If I Were You: Connecting Linguistic Proficiency and Intercultural Competency Danforth MathLA at MaFLA Dudley The Self-Driving Classroom or: How I Learned to Love Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Brimfield SWAP-SHOP/Anuncios de la Embajada de España/Recepción Cheshire Proficiency Guidelines Through a Task-Based Approach and Web Tools Seminar 1

1:00pm EDT

MaFLA Business and Awards Luncheon Grand Ballroom