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TFLA 2015 Annual Conference

TFLA 2015 Annual Fall Conference

5:00pm CDT

Registration & Presenter Check in Foyer

6:00pm CDT

W-03: Twitter 101LIMITED Briarpark 1/2 W-01: Building Artificial Realities: Context for CommunicationLIMITED Richmond 1/2 W-02: New Teacher Academy: Facilitate Global Competency Through Fun, Challenge and an Environment of BelongingLIMITED Westchase 2/3

7:00am CDT

Registration & Presenter Check in Foyer

8:00am CDT

S-13: Japanese Teachers Association of Texas (JTAT) Annual MeetingLIMITED Rose Garden S-03: Learner-Centered Fun Activities in the World Language ClassroomLIMITED Grand Ballroom B S-04: How Do You Know They Know It? Digital Formative Assessments!LIMITED Grand Ballroom C S-11A: Reaching Global Competence by Making Connections in a Beginning Literature ClassLIMITED Grand Pavilion Foyer S-09: TALS Annual Business MeetingLIMITED Briarpark 1/2 S-01: Tick Tock… Don’t Waste Your Target Language TimeLIMITED Richmond 1/2 S-02: Discoveries in the Deli: Products and PerspectivesLIMITED Grand Ballroom A S-05: Thinking Outside the BookLIMITED Grand Ballroom F S-06: Beyond the Twilight Zone: Games & Activities to Encourage Active LearningLIMITED Grand Ballroom G S-07: Catch’em Young: Tips and Tricks for the K-5 World Language ClassroomLIMITED Grand Ballroom H S-08: Teaching Grammar Through Exploration & DiscoveryLIMITED Westchase 1 S-10: The Matrix Reloaded: Activities to Engage Reluctant Learners at Any Age and in Any CultureLIMITED Richmond 3 S-11: Rotating Stations in the LOTE Classroom--How to Keep Students Engaged and in the Target LanguagLIMITED Westchase 2/3 S-12: The French Experience: Rock Your Students with SymposiumLIMITED Briarpark 3 Exhibit Hall Open Grand Ballroom

9:15am CDT

Coffee Break Grand Ballroom

10:15am CDT

Opening Plenary Session Grand Pavilion

11:30am CDT

Lunch on your own Your choice

1:00pm CDT

S-20: The Wide World of Infographics!LIMITED Grand Ballroom G S-14: Put Your Students in Presentational Mode with Technology ToolsLIMITED Richmond 1/2 S-17: Learner-Centered Fun Activities in the World Language ClassroomLIMITED Grand Ballroom B S-23: Leveraging Translation Websites and Apps as Tools for Learning LanguagesLIMITED Briarpark 3 S-40: I Am the Master of My LearningLIMITED Grand Ballroom F S-16: Planning for ProficiencyLIMITED Richmond 3 S-18: Students that Understand, Speak: Empowering the Students through Comprehensible InputLIMITED Grand Ballroom H S-15: Goldilocks and the 3 Authentic ResourcesLIMITED Briarpark 1/2 S-19: Progressing the Novice Learner Up the Proficiency ScaleLIMITED Westchase 1 S-21: Building 21st Century Skills Through Student Collaboration: Examining Sample Projects in JapanesLIMITED Rose Garden S-22: Building Literacy Skills in the Spanish Classroom: It Can Be Done!LIMITED Grand Ballroom A S-24: The Matrix Reloaded: Activities to Engage Reluctant Learners at Any Age and in Any CultureLIMITED Grand Ballroom C W-05: Textbook as an AID: Adapt, Incorporate, DitchLIMITED Westchase 2/3 W-06: Changing Our Focus: Introduction to the New TEKSLIMITED Westchase 4 W-04: Inspire – Engage – Innovate: Lexicology Beyond the Dictionary and Vocabulary ListsLIMITED Grand Pavilion Foyer

2:30pm CDT

S-30: How to Create a Stress-Free Classroom Environment for Optimum LearningLIMITED Briarpark 3 S-26: Amp Up Communication with Google ToolsLIMITED Richmond 1/2 S-29: Using Reading, While Listening, Program in Elementary Japanese Classrooms to Increase ReadLIMITED Rose Garden S-31: Building Language and Culture Proficiency in the 21st Century ClassroomLIMITED Grand Ballroom A S-35: Integration of Technology into the AP Literature and Culture CourseLIMITED Grand Ballroom F S-36: Project Based Learning for Student EngagementLIMITED Grand Ballroom G S-32: Assessment Literacy: Turning Principles into PracticeLIMITED Briarpark 1/2 S-34: Feedback Strategies for the 1:1 ClassroomLIMITED Grand Ballroom C S-27: Student Proficiency 101LIMITED Richmond 3 S-28: Understanding Our Proficiency Based Standard: The AP Spanish Language & Culture ExamLIMITED Westchase 1 S-33: From Traditional to Performance-Based: Tips from Along My JourneyLIMITED Grand Ballroom B S-37: Meaningful Instruction: What Does It Look Like?LIMITED Grand Ballroom H

3:45pm CDT

Coffee Break Grand Ballroom

4:15pm CDT

S-39: Technology or Not Technology? That is the QuestionLIMITED Briarpark 3 S-41: Integrating the Internet: Using Technology with a PurposeLIMITED Grand Ballroom C S-42: Introducing New Vocabulary in the Target LanguageLIMITED Grand Ballroom H S-43: Enhancing Oral Skill and Maghrebian Culture Through Fiction and FilmsLIMITED Westchase 2/3 S-48: Incorporating Authentic Japanese Drama and Movie Clips to Cultural Thematic Units for Enhancing Students’ Critical/Higher Order Thinking Skills and Cultural CompetenceLIMITED Rose Garden S-25: Où allez-vous? or ¿Adónde vas?LIMITED Richmond 3 S-38: Adjust the Unit Focus: Zoom in on CultureLIMITED Richmond 1/2 S-44: Vamos a Jugar: A New Way to Practice and Learn SpanishLIMITED Grand Ballroom G S-45: No Skill Is an Island: Integrating Skills for ProficiencyLIMITED Briarpark 1/2 S-46: Keeping it Real and Making it PersonalLIMITED Westchase 1 S-47: Planning Back to Their FutureLIMITED Grand Ballroom B S-49: Speak Your Language! Creating and Maintaining the Full-Immersion ClassroomLIMITED Grand Ballroom F

5:30pm CDT

Wine & Cheese ReceptionLIMITED Grand Ballroom

7:00am CDT

Registration & Presenter Check in Foyer

7:15am CDT

TFLA Business Meeting and Continental BreakfastLIMITED Grand Pavilion

8:00am CDT

Exhibit Hall Open Grand Ballroom

8:30am CDT

S-54: Engaging Students in a Blended Learning Environment Through CanvasLIMITED Briarpark 3 S-55: Learn Language by MusicLIMITED Grand Ballroom A S-59: Building Europe: How the Romans Left Their Stamp Across the ContinentLIMITED Grand Ballroom F S-61: About that Teacher Leader Idea…LIMITED Diplomat S-50: Tick Tock… Don’t Waste Your Target Language Time!LIMITED Richmond 1/2 S-51: Mejor comunicación con el Cuento Muy CoolLIMITED Briarpark 1/2 S-52: Proficiency Bound: Serious Interpersonal Communicative Activities That Are Seriously FunLIMITED Richmond 3 S-53: The Guided Discovery Approach to Grammar InstructionLIMITED Westchase 1 S-56: Upper levels in the 1:1 ClassroomLIMITED Grand Ballroom B S-57: Introducing New Vocabulary in the Target LanguageLIMITED Grand Ballroom H S-58: Global Learning Experience Starts from HomeLIMITED Rose Garden S-60: The French Experience: Rock Your Students with SymposiumLIMITED Grand Ballroom G W-07: Teaching Thematic Units: Using AP Themes to Enhance CurriculumLIMITED Westchase 2/3 W-09: Frameworks for Adapting Instruction for College and Career in a Cross-Cultural, Proficiency-Centered ClassroomLIMITED Grand Pavilion Foyer W-08: Reading and Writing for ResultsLIMITED Westchase 4

9:45am CDT

Coffee Break Grand Ballroom

10:15am CDT

S-62: Goldilocks and the 3 Authentic ResourcesLIMITED Briarpark 1/2 S-67: Leveraging Translation Websites and Apps as Tools for Learning LanguagesLIMITED Grand Ballroom A S-68: A Suitcase Full of SurprisesLIMITED Grand Ballroom B S-69: Integrating the Internet: Using Technology with a PurposeLIMITED Grand Ballroom C S-71: Blended Learning for the Serious Learner with Measurable OutcomesLIMITED Grand Ballroom G S-65: Do We Need to Know This? Creating an Authentic and Relevant CurriculumLIMITED Westchase 1 S-63: Listen Like a Local: Student-Created Authentic Listening ActivitiesLIMITED Briarpark 3 S-64: Proficiency Bound: Serious Interpretive and Presentational Communicative Activities That Are SerLIMITED Richmond 3 S-66: Teaching Culture in Target Language: Useful Tools & TechniquesLIMITED Richmond 1/2 S-70: Meaningful Instruction: What does it look like?LIMITED Grand Ballroom H

11:45am CDT

2015 TFLA Awards LuncheonLIMITED Grand Pavilion 2015 TFLA Awards Luncheon - VegetarianLIMITED Grand Pavilion

2:15pm CDT

S-73: How to Let Authentic Resources Take the LeadLIMITED Richmond 1/2 S-78: Learning Tools for Lower Levels in the 1:1 ClassroomLIMITED Grand Ballroom B S-76: The World Expo: A Whole New Approach to the Class PresentationLIMITED Briarpark 1/2 S-75: Balancing the ModesLIMITED Briarpark 3 S-82: Maximizing Student Achievement Through Thematic UnitsLIMITED Grand Ballroom H S-72: Où allez-vous? or ¿Adónde vas?LIMITED Grand Ballroom G S-74: No Skill Is an Island: Integrating Skills for ProficiencyLIMITED Richmond 3 S-77: The Matrix Reloaded: Activities to Engage Reluctant Learners at Any Age and in Any CultureLIMITED Grand Ballroom A S-79: From Traditional to Performance-Based: Tips from Along My JourneyLIMITED Grand Ballroom F S-80: Thinking Outside the BookLIMITED Grand Ballroom C S-81: Keeping it Real and Making it PersonalLIMITED Westchase 1 S-81: Keeping it Real and Making it PersonalLIMITED Westchase 1 S-83: Rotating Stations in the LOTE Classroom--How to Keep Students Engaged and in the Target LanguageLIMITED Rose Garden W-10: Legends of Latin American Animals and the Subjunctive MoodLIMITED Westchase 2/3 W-11: Enhancing Communication in the Classroom Through Cooperative Grouping FamiliesLIMITED Grand Pavilion Foyer

3:30pm CDT

Refreshment Break Grand Ballroom

3:45pm CDT

S-85: What Can PBAs Do For You?LIMITED Briarpark 3 S-86: Active Learning through Internships/Externships in FrenchLIMITED Grand Ballroom A S-87: E-Portfolios as an Alternative Form of Learning and AssessmentLIMITED Grand Ballroom B S-93: Project Based Learning for Student EngagementLIMITED Richmond 3 S-91: Oral Proficiency: How to identify your Novice High and Intermediate Low Learners and Why That isLIMITED Rose Garden S-92: Students that Understand, Speak: Empowering the Students through Comprehensible InputLIMITED Briarpark 1/2 S-84: HATFL Annual Meeting and Firecracker SessionsLIMITED Richmond 1/2 S-90: About that Teacher Leader Idea...LIMITED Grand Ballroom H S-88: Living the Language: Maximizing the Student Immersion Experience AbroadLIMITED Grand Ballroom C S-89: Vamos a Jugar: A New Way to Practice and Learn SpanishLIMITED Grand Ballroom G