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2013 Heritage Language Teacher Workshop

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Daily Schedule

Royce Hall 314. Download the schedule

Monday, 7/22

8:30a - 9:00	Registration and coffee
9 - 9:15	Olga Kagan Welcome
9:15 - 10:30 Presentation	Dara Ghahremani, researcher, the Center for Addictive Behaviors in UCLA's Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA A multilingual brain is a smarter brain: a review of recent findings in neuroscience and implications for education
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 12:30p Presentation	Maria Carreira Overview: Understanding HL learners and learner variation in the classroom
12:30 - 1:45	Lunch break
1:45 - 3:45 Presentation	Olga Kagan Authentic materials: Presentation + Hands-On Activity
3:45 - 4	Break
4:00 - 4:30	Maria Carreira The final project: requirements and ideas For ideas, see a sample project from 2010
4:30 - 5:30	Time to work on group projects: brainstorming, defining outcomes
5:30	Reception: getting to know each other

Tuesday, 7/23

8:30a - 9:00	Coffee and discussion of exit cards
9a - 12:30p (with breaks as needed) Presentation	Cynthia Martin, University of Maryland, College Park Diagnosing and addressing the linguistic needs of heritage speakers
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch break
2:00 - 4:00	Olga Kagan, Maria Carreira, Cynthia Martin A program for HLLs—a discussion
4:00 - 5:30	Time to work on group projects: Creating objectives and finding relevant authentic materials

Wednesday, 7/24

8:30a - 9:00	Coffee and discussion of exit cards
9a - 11:00 Presentation	Maria Carreira: Responding to HL learners' needs: Assessment
11 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 12:15p	Site visitors meeting with participants (tentative)
12:15 - 1:30	Lunch break
1:30 - 3:00	Teachers' Panel on teaching high school heritage speakers
3:00 - 5:30	Time to work on group projects: designing sample assessment activities

Thursday, 7/25

8:30a - 9:00	Coffee and discussion of exit cards
9a - 10:15 Presentation	Susie Bauckus: Demographic Tools
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 12:00p Tran Presentation Carreira Presentation	Teaching Strategies and Approaches in Mixed Classes Tri Tran, UCI (Heritage Vietnamese in First and Second Years—Two Case Studies) Maria Carreira, CSULB (Differentiated Teaching and Formative Assessment in HL teaching)
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch break
1:30 - 5:30	Time to work on group projects: creating differentiated activities, polishing presentation

Friday, 7/26

8:30a - 9:00	Coffee
9a-12p	Project presentations
12 - 1:30	Closing remarks and farewell luncheon

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