2014 Accomplishments
Fall 2014 Scholarship by Teaching-Track Language Faculty
PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS
Heather Colburn, “Twenty-first Century Alienation and Decay: En la orilla by Rafael Chirbes” (Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Furman University, Oct.16-18)
Heather Colburn, Susan Pechter, Deborah Rosenberg, “Focus on Proficiency Outcomes for the Elementary Language Learner” (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages [ACTFL] National Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21-23)
Uri Horesh, “A sociohistorical analysis of a unique genitive exponent in Palestinian Arabic” (Annual meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain [LAGB], University of Oxford, Oxford, England, Sept. 1-5); “Quantitative analysis of language contact as a predictor of change in Palestinian Arabic” (NWAV 43, Chicago, IL, Oct. 23-26)
Ihnhee Kim, “A Curriculum Reflecting National Standards and Students’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Second Language Education,” Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Forum, Northwestern University, Nov. 18); “Effectiveness of Blogs on Writing Fluency and Promoting Autonomy in Second Language,” ACTFL National Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21-23); “Incorporating National Standards and Implementing Effective Language Teaching,” K-12 Teachers Workshop, Korean Consulate General, Oct. 6)
Denise Meuser, Katrin Voelkner (with Franziska Lys [lead presenter; Department of German] and Matthew Taylor [MMLC]), “Ipadagogy: Benefits and Challenges of Using iPads in the Language Classroom (ACTFL National Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21-23)
Penny Nichols, Katrin Voelkner, “Engage the World: Northwestern’s Campus-Wide Global Languages Initiative” (ACTFL National Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21-23)
John Paluch, “Changes in the Landscape: Study Abroad Programs in the 21st Century” (ACTFL National Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21-23)
Susan Pechter, Heather Colburn, Deborah Rosenberg, “Focus on Proficiency Outcomes for the Elementary Language Learner” (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages [ACTFL] National Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21-23)
Christiane Rey, “Consciousness-Raising Skills in an Advanced Composition French Course” (The 13th Symposium on Second Language Writing, Tempe, AZ, Nov. 15)
Deborah Rosenberg, Heather Colburn, Susan Pechter, “Focus on Proficiency Outcomes for the Elementary Language Learner” (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages [ACTFL] National Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21-23)
Katrin Voelkner, Denise Meuser (with Franziska Lys [lead presenter; Department of German] and Matthew Taylor [MMLC]), “Ipadagogy: Benefits and Challenges of Using iPads in the Language Classroom (ACTFL National Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21-23)
Qiuyu Wang, ”Practical Application and Analysis of Chinese Teaching Methods From Harvard University” (Keynote) (Chinese World Language Program, Chicago Public Schools, Oct.); “A Novice Teacher’s Guide to Question Design in Class Preparation” (The First CLTA International Symposium on Chinese Language Teaching and Learning, Bloomington, IN); “Essentials for a Successful Classroom Teaching” (Keynote) (Teacher Training Workshop, Beijing Foreign Language University, Sept.)
Ana Thomé Williams, “An Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Approach to Education Today” (International School “Preparando Gerações”Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil, Oct. 31); “Narratividade em Curso Avançado de Português Língua Estrangeira sob uma Perspectiva Intercultural: da Leitura à Criação de Vídeos e à Autoavaliação(Narrativity in an Advanced Course of Portuguese as a Foreign Language in an Intercultural Perspective: from Reading to the Creation of Videos and Self Evaluation)” (Symposium of the International Society of Portuguese as a Foreign Language, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, Nov. 7)
Ingrid Zeller, “Es lebe die Freiheit! Voices of Courage in Times of Conflict”; ”Stories through Songs – German through Musical Journeys in History and Culture” (ACTFL National Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov, 21-23)
POSTERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
Uri Horesh, Language variation and performance in the Middle East and North Africa (Research Workshop sponsored by the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities throughout AY 2014-15, convened by Katherine Hoffman and Uri Horesh)
Richard Lepine, Topic: Challenges of Teaching Less-Commonly-Taught-Languages (Learning, Teaching and Assessment Forum, Northwestern University, Nov. 18)
WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED
Uri Horesh, Language variation and performance in the Middle East and North Africa (Research Workshop sponsored by the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities throughout AY 2014-15, convened by Katherine Hoffman and Uri Horesh)
BOOK CONTRACTS ACCEPTED
Uri Horesh, Al-Wer, Enam and Uri Horesh (eds.). Forthcoming. The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Sociolinguistics. — contract signed in September 2014.
GRANT PROPOSALS ACCEPTED
Richard Lepine, Contribution to accepted application by the NU Program of African Studies and that of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to the federal government to become a joint Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) center, Oct. 2014.