Learn Languages, Explore Cultures, Transform Lives

282 Pages·2015·10.1 MB·English

Learn Languages, Explore Cultures,
Transform Lives
Editor
Aleidine J. Moeller
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Articles by:
Sharon Wilkinson
Patricia Calkins
Tracy Dinesen
Teresa R. Bell
Diane Ceo-Francesco
J. S. Orozco-Domoe
Rebecca L. Chism
Leah McKeeman
Blanca Oviedo
Katya Koubek
John C. Bedward
Heidy Cuervo Carruthers
Jason R. Jolley
Lucianne Maimone
Colleen Neary-Sundquist
Clara Burgo
Elizabeth Harsma
2015 Report of the
Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
2015 Learn Languages, Explore Cultures, Transform Lives Moeller, Editor
Learn Languages,
Explore Cultures,
Transform Lives
Selected Papers from the 2015
Central States Conference on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages
Aleidine J. Moeller, Editor
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2015 Report of the
Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
iv Learn Languages, Explore Cultures, Transform Lives
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Review and Acceptance Procedures
Central States Conference Report
Te Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Report is a
refereed volume of selected papers based on the theme and program of the Central
States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Abstracts for sessions
are frst submitted to the Program Chair, who then selects sessions that will be
presented at the annual conference. Once the sessions have been selected, presenters
are contacted by the editor of the Report and invited to submit a manuscript for
possible publication in that volume. Copies of the publication guidelines are sent
to conference presenters. All submissions are read and evaluated by the editor and
three other members of the Editorial Board. Reviewers are asked to recommend
that the article (1) be published in its current form, (2) be published afer specifc
revisions have been made, or (3) not be published. When all of the reviewers’
ratings are received, the editor makes all fnal publishing decisions.
2015 Central States Conference on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages Report Editorial Board
Editor
Aleidine Moeller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Te editor would like to thank the following professionals for their contributions
to the review of the articles in this volume:
Editorial Board
Alan Lytle
Anne Marie Gunter
Brigid Burke
Carolina Bustamante
Cecilia Kennedy
Charles James
David Jahner
Emily Spinelli
Helene Zimmer-Loew
Isabel Espinoza
Janine Teiler
Laura Durnin
Laura Terrell
Martha Castaneda
Melanie Bloom
Paul Garcia
Sarah Percival
Teresa Bell
Teresa Catalano
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2014 – 2015 CSCTFL Offcers and Directors
(followed by year term ends on June 30)
Chair .....................................................................................................Vickie Scow (FY16)
Vice Chair ..................................................................................Mary Goodwin (FY16)
Executive Director ........................................................................Patrick T. Raven (FY17)
Recording Secretary ................................................................... Sarah Percival (FY16)
Immediate Past Chair ..................................................................... Lori Winne (FY14)
2015 Program Chair ..................................................................Kerisa Baedke (FY15)
2015 Assistant Program Chair
and 2016 Program Chair & Director ....................... Sarah Shackelford (FY18)
2016 Assistant Program Chair and
2017 Program Chair & Director .........................Martha Pero Halemba (FY17)
Director ......................................................................................... Phyllis Farrar (FY 15)
Director ...............................................................................................Lisa Lilley (FY 15)
Director .............................................................................................. Julie Jezuit (FY 16)
Director .......................................................................................... Brigid Burke (FY16)
Director ..............................................................................................Alan Lytle (FY 17)
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Contents
Review and Acceptance Procedures ....................................................................... v
Central States Conference Board of Directors 2014-2015 .................................. vi
Preface ....................................................................................................................... ix
Introduction ............................................................................................................. xi

Transforming Lives by Transforming Classrooms: Alternatives to
Traditional Learning Environments
1. Creating a Culture-driven Classroom One Activity
at a Time ............................................................... 1
Sharon Wilkinson, Patricia Calkins, & Tracy Dinesen
2. The Flipped German Classroom .........................................17
Teresa R. Bell
3. Engaging Learners in Culturally Authentic Virtual
Interactions ...............................................................39
Diane Ceo-Francesco
Transforming Lives by Transforming Perspectives: Developing
Intercultural Communicative Competence
4. Jouney to Global Competence: Learning Languages,
Exploring Cultures, Transforming Lives .................................59
J. S. Orozco-Domoe
5. Strangers in a Strange Land: Perceptions of Culture
in a First-year French Class ..............................................89
Rebecca L. Chism
st
6. 21 Century World Language Classrooms:
Technology to Support Cultural Competence ....................... 105
Leah McKeeman & Blanca Oviedo
Transforming Lives by Transforming Access: Using Technology
to Explore Language and Culture
7. Efective Cloud-based Technologies to Maximize
Language Learning .................................................... 133
Katya Koubek & John C. Bedward
8. An Alternative to the Language Laboratory: Online and
Face-to-face Conversation Groups ...................................................................................155
Heidy Cuervo Carruthers
9. Free Online Machine Translation: Use and Perceptions by Spanish
Students and Instructors ......................................................................................................181
Jason R. Jolley & Luciane Maimone
Transforming Lives by Transforming Approaches: Exploring New
Solutions to Foreign Language Challenges
10. A Corpus-based Pedagogy for German Vocabulary ................................................. 201
Colleen Neary-Sundquist
11. Grammar Teaching Approaches for Heritage Learners of
Spanish ...................................................................................................................................... 217
Clara Burgo
12. Going Online: Research-based Course Design ........................................................... 235
Elizabeth Harsma
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Preface
Learn Languages, Explore Cultures,Transform Lives
Te 2015 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages was held in
Minneapolis, Minnesota together with the Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages
and Cultures, who served as local host. Tis year’s theme underscores the transformative nature
of learning a foreign language. As language teachers we have a great responsibility to provide
our students with opportunities to learn and explore languages and cultures in ways that foster
intercultural communicative competence. Te 2015 conference highlighted strategies, practices,
and approaches that world language educators can use to help students develop the attitudes,
skills, and knowledge necessary to interact with others in our global community.
Te 2015 Keynote speaker was Dr. Tove I. Dahl, a Professor in the Department of Psychology
at UiT, the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway. She also serves as the dean of
Skogforden, the Concordia Language Villages’ Norwegian language program. In Dr. Dahl’s
address “Why Foreign Languages?  It’s Personal” she shared how her work has shaped her own
answers to the question “Why foreign languages?” Dr. Dahl also presented two sessions entitled
“Composing Compelling Answers to Simple Questions About Why Foreign Languages Matter,”
and “Find It, Sing It, Pass It On: Mindful Music Instruction.”
Te CSCTFL 2015 conference featured 35 workshops and more than 200 sessions. Nine
of the 16 Central States were represented by “Best of” sessions. 21 sessions from the 2014
conference were presented again at the 2015 conference as “All-Stars.” Te session and workshop
topics represented at the 2015 conference included technology in the classroom, intercultural
competence, assessment, advocacy, best practices, and the use of literature, art, and music in
language classes.
Te authors whose articles are included in the 2015 CSCTFL Report addressed the 2015
conference theme, “Learn Languages Explore Cultures Transform Lives” by focusing on those
elements that transform foreign language teaching and learning. Te articles in the 2015 Report
are divided into four sections:
• Transforming Lives by Transforming Classrooms: Alternatives to Traditional Learning
Environments
• Transforming Lives by Transforming Perspectives: Developing Intercultural
Communicative Competence,
• Transforming Lives by Transforming Access: Using Technology to Explore Language and
Culture
• Transforming Lives by Transforming Approaches; Exploring New Solutions to Foreign
Language Challenges.
Tese articles provide the reader with innovative ideas and approaches for world language
st
instruction that will assist teachers in transforming their classrooms to meet the needs of the 21
century learners.
Kerisa Baedke
2015 CSCTFL Program Chair