New Hampshire Association of World Language Teachers
Fall Conference
Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH
Oct. 23-24, 2009
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
~ FRIDAY ~
7:45 – 8:30 Registration,
All-in-One Breakfast & Visit Exhibitors
8:30 – 11:30 Friday Session
A 3 hour workshops with break
ASL Language Festival: It's
An ASL World, Reed Cotton &
Mike Wallace, Manchester Memorial HS
Participants will immerse
themselves in an ASL mini-community by exposing themselves to life in an ASL
environment. Come visit your ASL National Bank, ASL Cafe, Dr.'s office, &
Info Center. Your Info center will provide you the tools required to access
your ASL world. Prizes awarded.
(All levels) HANDOUTS
2. Employing Readings as a
Base and a Model for Communication and Learning in the
Spanish Language Classroom, John Chaston, University of New Hampshire This
workshop details and demonstrates a 6 step methodology to use Spanish language
readings as a model and a springboard for student communication and classroom
interactive activities which foster competence and confidence in listening,
reading, speaking, writing, vocabulary expansion, grammar analysis and
understanding. Examples and presentation in Spanish. HANDOUTS
3. QTalk: Memory & Language Acquisition, A Visual
Approach to Speaking – Exhibitor’s workshop, Andy Buckley, QTalk Discover a unique approach to teaching a
language using symbols (Q-Cards) to accelerate
encoding, storage, and
retrieval of information. Noted author Maurice Hazan’s new visual memory
language teaching system: complete with symbol cards, SMART Board technology
lessons & games, online activities, & more! Pre-K to adult! (All
languages and levels) HANDOUTS
4. Secrets of a Seasoned
Language Teacher, Rebecca (Shoup)
Rush, Northwood School
Games, activities, logistical
tips, assessment techniques and projects that have been technically tweaked and
carefully crafted throughout 15 years of teaching. Interactive showcase
featuring some of my best professional successes. Expect to participate
actively and share ideas
enthusiastically. English with
examples mostly in Spanish, a few in French (All levels) HANDOUTS
11:30 – 11:45 Break &
Visit Exhibitors
11:45 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:15 Break & Visit
Exhibitors
1:15 – 2:30 Friday Session B
1 ¼ hour workshops
5. Art Alive in the
Classroom, Stephen Lord , Oyster River HS & Claudette Moran,
Newmarket HS
If you have not integrated art or
an art unit into your curriculum, this session will detail several ways in
which you can accomplish it. The presenters will show you what they have done
on an
introductory scale as well as
in-depth activities for a unit study. HANDOUTS
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6. Alt 4 & 5 – Simple
and User-friendly, Jan Hennessey,
Dover HS Alt 4 candidate? Mentor?
Thinking about becoming a mentor? This is your workshop. We will
decode what you need to satisfy
the requirements for Alt 4. Guarantee: You will leave this
workshop smiling because you
now “get it” and you know you can “do it”! (All languages &
All levels) HANDOUTS
7. Gentil' Alouette:
CHANTONS POUR APPRENDRE - Exhibitor’s
workshop Lucie Therrien, French American Music Enterprises “Gentil’
Alouette” CHANTONS POUR APPRENDRE! Words to a few songs. Ideas to teach
language essentials, French
ethnic particularities, geographic areas, and cultural or historical
aspects. Ideas for making songs
a learning experience, fun project and catalyst for further
explorations. Some songs sung
at the session. Variety of levels and ages.
HANDOUTS
8. Spanish Networking! Sarah Elliott, Windham HS
NEW! Your opportunity to speak Spanish with old friends and
meet new colleagues. There is no format for this self-motivated and
self-directed “workshop.” Enjoy speaking the language! Give this new idea a try
and let NHAWLT know what you think. (Yes, staff development hours for having a
good time in Spanish.) 2:30 – 2:45 Snack Break (cookies, brownies, blondies,
drinks) & Visit Exhibitors
2:45 – 4:00 Friday Session C
1 ¼ hour workshops
9. ASL in the French &
Spanish WL Classroom, Cheryl
Berman, Newington Public Schools American Sign Language-a motivating asset
to French & Spanish WL classrooms. Keep students fully engaged using ASL,
singing their favorite French & Spanish songs. 5 of 8 Multiple
Intelligences present themselves in this highly interactive "best
practice" strategy for effective language learning. 8 easy to learn songs
in each language. HANDOUTS
10. Bingo in Chinese -
Exhibitor’s workshop, Ying Xia
Peterson
This is a fun-filled and
hands-on workshop to demonstrate a few word games and activities.
Attendees will participate in
the games and gain first-hand experience in learning the basic words of the
Chinese language. HANDOUTS
11. French Networking!, Svetlana Stewart, Alvirne HS
NEW! Your opportunity to speak French with old friends and
meet new colleagues. There is no
format for this self-motivated
and self-directed “workshop.” Enjoy speaking the language! Give this new idea a
try and let NHAWLT know what you think. (Yes, staff development hours for
having a good time in French.) HANDOUTS
12. From Pen Nib to Twitter, Paul Lanciaux, Former WL Dept. Chair, retired;
Educational
Consultant This session will provide, from a former WL teacher
and Department Chair, a brief look at
technology and its impact on
communication and the WL student. A handout, listing several
websites will be available.
(All languages, all levels) HANDOUTS
4:00 – 4:30 Visit Exhibitors
& Get NHAWLT Staff Development Verification Stamp
4:15 – 5:15 American
Association of Teachers of French Meeting
~ SATURDAY ~
7:45 – 8:30 Registration,
Continental Breakfast & Visit Exhibitors
8:30 – 9:45 Saturday Session
A 1 ¼ hour workshops
13. Bingo in Chinese -
Exhibitor’s workshop, Ying Xia Peterson
This is a fun-filled and
hands-on workshop to demonstrate a few word games and activities.
Attendees will participate in
the games and gain first-hand experience in learning the basic words of the
Chinese language. HANDOUTS
14. Bookmaking as a Gateway
to World Cultures, Patricia
Savage, Coe-Brown Academy One
challenging goal is how to make the interior of the classroom reflect the outside
world. You are already making books but are they as textured as the outside
world? With movable parts, pop-outs, found objects, student-made tools? After
this workshop, go into your classroom Monday and see
everything differently. HANDOUTS
15. Traveling with Students
– tour or homestay, Mary
Chamberlain, St. Thomas Aquinas HS & Carole Smart, Newmarket HS
What are the benefits for
students to take a tour of the country they are studying and what are the
benefits for students to live with a host family in that country? We will
discuss the why’s and the
how-to-do’s of each kind of
trip. HANDOUTS
16. Global Literacy – the
newest “curriculum” kid on the block, Jan Hennessey, Dover HS
When we review, rewrite, omit
curriculum, explain the importance of what we are teaching: Global Literacy
leads us in the best direction. Use this concept which is guiding World
Language curriculum across the country. Discuss and put your hands on Global
Literacy. Become Global Literacy experts. (All levels, All languages) HANDOUTS
9:45 – 10:00 Break &
Visit Exhibitors
10:00 – 11:15 Saturday Session
B 1 ¼ hour workshops
17. Le Québec à grand traits - Une présence francophone unique en Amérique
du Nord –
Exhibitor’s workshop, Marc-Antoine Bédard, Quebec Government Office in
Boston Quebec is the birth place of French in North America and its people
still live French. Supported by a thriving economy and unique culture, many
foreign organizations see opportunities to develop links with Quebec; being
able to communicate in French is, more and more, a competitive advantage.
Presented in French. HANDOUTS
18. Really Interactive Spanish Language Classes: How
to Keep Students Coming Back for More – Exhibitor’s workshop, Heidi
Olson, Pearson Maximize class time and student participation with strategies
and activities that keep students
engaged and help them become
successful in the target language. In this interactive workshop, we'll share
high-interest grammar, vocabulary, pair, and technology activities. Handouts
will feature
activities in Spanish easily
adaptable to other languages. HANDOUTS
19. Teaching a la Carte -
the Guide for the Travelin' Teacher and Those Who House the
Nomadic Language Teacher, Susan Dromey Heeter, Saint Mary Academy, Dover,
NH This session will offer hands on ideas and tangible organizational
solutions both for the traveling teacher as well as for the teacher who houses
the nomadic language teacher. Simple solutions will be provided through
discussion, experiences and real ideas that work! HANDOUTS
20. That’s so cool! Jocelyn Judge, Kennett HS
A laundry list of cool
technology tools and how they can be used: kick your tube, make a mini radio
station use Google street views, and more! HANDOUTS
11:15-11:45 Break (Mediterranean hors d’oeuvres & veg. crudité
w/ dip ) & Exhibitors
11:45 – 12:45 Saturday
Session C 1 hour workshops
21. Eight Counts to Culture, Stacey Weeks, Dover HS Bring a little bit of
Latin culture to your students. Learn the basics of Salsa, Bachata, Merengue
and Cha Cha, and then share it with YOUR students! Don't think you can dance?
Can you count to 8? Then you CAN DANCE!!! HANDOUTS
22. A Month's worth of
warm-ups, Faith (Day) Garnett,
Dover HS What happens in that five to
ten minutes at the beginning of class when you take attendance and deal with those
students who have make-up work? The presenter will provide you with a generic
collection of twenty warm-up
activities to get your students “in the mood” right off the bat. HANDOUTS
23. QTalk: Memory &
Language Acquisition, A Visual Approach to Speaking – Exhibitor’s workshop, Andy Buckley, QTalk Unique approach to
teaching a language using symbols (Q-Cards) to accelerate encoding, storage,
and retrieval of information. Learn about noted author Maurice Hazan’s new
visual memory
language teaching system:
complete with symbol cards, SMART Board technology lessons & games, online
activities, & more! Pre-K to adult! (All languages and levels) HANDOUTS
24. Rubrics are Fun! (No,
really, they are.), Sarah Elliott –
Windham HS I know you might be thinking, "Rubrics, ugh. What else
is available during this time slot?" Let me prove differently! Rubrics are
fast, easy to defend and work well with proficiency & standards-based
learning. Come learn how to EASILY make & incorporate rubrics into your
classroom experience! HANDOUTS
12:45 – 1:15 Visit Exhibitors & Get NHAWLT Staff Development Verification Stamp