Quarterly Workshops
2024 Fall workshop
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Wednesday, 4 December 2024 | 08:30 am - 12:00 pm | in person and virtual, via Zoom
Schedule:
8:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am Generative AI Workshop, hosted by LRC (Language Resource Center)
10:15 am -11:30 am Fadia Antabli: Exploring curricular enhancement through a poetry discussion project
Mark Presnell: Insights from the Executive Director of the Center for Career Advancement at Northwestern University
Q & A
Closing remarks and announcements by Ingrid Zeller
11:30 am- 12:00 pm Lunch
2024 WINTER workshop
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Thursday, 7 March 2024 | 9:00 - 11:00am | Virtual, via Zoom
Schedule:
9:00 am - 9:10 am Opening remarks by Ingrid Zeller
9:10 am - 9:30 am Maria Barros, Elisa Baena, Denise Bouras, and Heather Colburn, “Assessing the Impact of Curricular Renovations on Student Proficiency in the Spanish Language Program.”
9:30 am -9:50 am Chin-Hung Chang “Enhancing Proficiency: Exploring the Efficacy of Talk Abroad in Practicing Speaking Skills in Chinese.”
9:50 am -10:10 am Q & A10:10 am- 11:30 am The Language Faculty Development Committee “Service Opportunities for Language Faculty Members at Northwestern.”
Daniela Pozzi Pavan, The Undergraduate Language Grant Committee
Patricia Scarampi, Presenting at Teach X
Ana Williams, Residential Colleges
Elisa Baena, Fulbright
10:30 am – 10:45 am Q & A
10:45 am -10:55 am Other resources available to faculty - open discussion
10:55 am -11:00 am Closing remarks and announcements
2023 FALL workshop
Wednesday, 29 November 2023 | 9:30 - 11:30am | Virtual, via Zoom
Schedule:
9:30 am - 9:35 am Opening remarks by Ingrid Zeller
9:35 am - 9:55 am Raquel Amorese, "Using Social Media Videos to Engage Language Learners"
9:55 am -10:15 am Fadia Antabli, "The Effects of Educational Games in Language Classes"
10:15 am -10:30 am Q & A10:30 am -10:50 am Shannon Millikin and Stefania Arias Cifuentes, “Global Connections for All: How to Create International eTandem Collaboration”
10:50 am- 11:10 am Wen-pin Hsieh, “Language, Culture, and Engineering: Leading a Global Engineering Trek (and What Can the Experience Tell Us)”
11:10 am – 11:25 am Q & A
11:25 am -11:30 am Closing remarks and announcements
2023 winter workshop
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Wednesday, 8 March 2023 | 9:30 - 11:30am | Virtual, via Zoom
Schedule:
9:30- 9:35 Opening remarks from Oya Topcuoglu
9:35- 9:55 Wen-pin Hsieh, "International Collaboration on L2 Virtual Exchange: The Northwestern–Taiwan Partnership for the Chinese Language Program"
9:55-10:15 Shannon Millikin, "A Seat at the Table for Marginalized Voices: Representation in the Language Classroom"
10:15-10:30 Q&A
10:30-10:50 Maria Teresa Villanueva, “Adding/Correcting Video Subtitles to Use in the Language Class”
10:50- 11:10 Ihnhee Kim, “Incorporating Career Readiness into the Language Courses”
11:10-11:25 Q&A
11:25-11:30 Closing Remarks and announcements
2022 FALL WORKSHOP
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Wednesday, 30 November 2022 | 9:00 - 11:00am | Virtual, via Zoom
Schedule:
9:00- 9:10 Opening remarks
9:10- 9:30 Elisa Baena, Chair of the Language Proficiency committee, and Jill Sieben-Schneider, Director of AccessibleNU
9:30 -10:10 Jami Fisher, Senior Lecturer, ASL Program Director, Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania - “Building Broad Linguistic and Cultural Competencies with American Sign Language”
10:10-10:45 Q&A
10:45-11:00 Closing Remarks and announcements
2022 WINTER WORKSHOP
Wednesday, 9 March 2022 | 9:30 - 11:30am | Virtual, via Zoom
Schedule:
9:30-9:45 Introduction, MOC Co-chairs
Sarah Klaper, JD, University Ombudsperson
9:45-10:30 Asha Nagaraj, What Can a Diversity Committee Do in a Department? -Experience of the Spanish and Portuguese Department
10:30–10:40 Break
10:40–11:00 Hong Jiang, Designing Student Assessments, from ACTFL 2021 Summer Learning Series
11:00–11:20 Yanting Li, Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action in Language Classrooms- Examples of Activities from ACTFL 2021 Spring Series
11:20–11:30 Final Remarks
2021 WINTER WORKSHOP
Friday, 19 March 2021 | 9:30 - 11:30am | Virtual, via Zoom
Schedule:
9:30-9:40 Introduction, Oya Topcuoglu
9:40 - 9:55 Chin-Hung Chang, ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test Rater Certification in Chinese
9:55 – 10:05 Fatima Khan, Remote Professional Development in Arabic Dialects, CLI Summer Funding 2020 (7:40 minutes)
10:05 – 10:20 Fadia Antabli, International Partnering Project for the Arabic Language classroom of Northwestern University, La Sorbonne-Nouvelle and l’Université Paris 3, AY 20-21
10:20-10:45 Patricia Scarampi, An Innovative Flipped Grammar Learning Experience- 2019 CLI Teaching Award Presentation. (20 minutes + time for questions)
10:45-11:00+ Matt Taylor and Cecile Anne Sison, Tech hang out time. Drop-in space to talk informally about ideas and apps for Spring Quarter teaching.
2020 FALL WORKSHOP follow up practice session
Ramp-Up to Winter Quarter 2021 Tech Workshop
Tuesday, 5 January 2021 | 9:30 - 11am | Virtual, via Zoom
Schedule:
9:30-9:40am Meet in Zoom room above for introduction and assigning breakout rooms
9:40-10:15am Session I Zoom room breakout
10:15-10:25am Break and Reconvening in Main Zoom Room above
10:25-11:00am Session II Zoom room breakout
2020 FALL WORKSHOP
- Fatima Khan “Panopto: Making Videos and More” - All Levels
- Noriko Taira Yasohama, “Increasing efficiency and sense of community: Ideas with 'Hypothes.is' and Breakout Rooms” – Beginning Level
- John Paluch, “Culture, Grammar and Vocabulary with Zoom Backgrounds” - All Levels
- Jingjing Ji, "All-in-one! Multi-ways on One Platform to Facilitate Online Language Learning: Nearpod”- Beginning Level
- Yanting Li, “Google Jamboard and Google Slides for Breakout Room Activities” – Intermediate Level
Workshop Recording
A recording of the workshop is available via Panopto. A Northwestern NetID and password are required.