COUNCIL ON LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION

2015 - 2016 Yearly Overview

COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETINGS

WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS

Council on Language Instruction Fall Orientation Workshop
Friday, 18 September 2015 | 8:30 am – 12:00 pm (Breakfast will be served) | Annenberg Hall G15

Speaker: Dana Ferris, Professor in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis.

Dana Ferris is Professor in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis, where she directs the second language writing program. An applied linguist by training (University of California, Davis), she has focused extensively in her research on response to student writing and the specific application of corrective feedback to help students develop linguistic accuracy especially in their writing. Her books include Written Corrective Feedback in Second Language Acquisition and Writing (with John Bitchener, Routledge, 2012); Treatment of Error in Second Language Student Writing (2nd Ed. Michigan, 2011); Teaching L2 Composition: Purpose, Process, and Practice (with John Hedgcock, Routledge, 2014), and a student text, Language Power: Tutorials for Writers (Bedford St. Martin’s, 2014). She is also the founding editor-in-chief of the new Journal of Response to Writing (journalrw.org).

Council on Language Instruction Fall 2105 Breakfast Meeting
Wednesday, 2 December 2015 | 8:30 am – 12:00 pm (Breakfast will be served) | Ver Steeg Faculty Lounge (Library, 3rd Floor, South Tower)

Topic: Northwestern Language Faculty at Work: Advice from the Dean’s Office and the College Board

Speaker: Mónica Russel y Rodríguez, Associate Dean of Teaching-Track Faculty
Presentation: Workshop on CV Supplements, Promotion, and Reappointment.

Speaker: Dr. Cathy Brigham, Senior Director Academic Relations at the College Board
Presentation: “From High School to College: The College Board, AP Tests and Special Programming.“

Council on Language Instruction Winter 2016 Breakfast Meeting
Wednesday, 9 March 2016 |9:00 am – 12:00 pm (Breakfast will be served from 9:00am to 9:30am) | Location: Harris Hall 108

Topic: Inside Information for Language Instruction

Speaker: Ragy Ibrahim Mikhaeel | Assistant Professor of Instruction, Middle East & North African Studies
Recipient of the 2015 Council on Language Instruction Excellence in Language Teaching Award
Presentation: “Arabic Diglossia and the Dilemma of Teaching Arabic in the United States.“

Speaker: Richard Lepine | Senior Lecturer, Program of African Studies
Presentation: “Adapting the Beginner’s Swahili Program.“

Speaker: Fadia Antabli | Assistant Professor of Instruction, Middle East & North African Studies
Presentation: “Achieving Global Competency: Resources and Ideas for the Language Class.”

Speaker: Matt Taylor | Information Technology Director, Multimedia Learning Center
Presentation: “What’s Cooking for the Online Placement Test.“

Year-End Reception and Teaching Award Ceremony
Thursday, 2 June 2016 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Location: TBD
Topic: TBD

SYMPOSIUM

Chicago Language Symposium 2016
April 2016 | University of Illinois at Chicago

DEADLINES

If applying for department/program funds, applicants myst follow up with their department/program chair and make sure that their chair forwards the application along with their support before the CLI deadlines.