Teaching Idea Roundtable

This CARLA roundtable featured University of Minnesota language instructors who received a scholarship to participate in a 2020 CARLA Summer Institute from the Language Center or CARLA. They each share information about the project they developed during their institute in a "swap shop" format.

The session began with a short introduction by Kate Paesani, CARLA Director. Each presenter gave a short, informal presentation in separate sessions. Attendees had the opportunity to hear up to three different presentations by moving to different breakout rooms at designated times.

Approximate video locations (min:sec) are listed with each presentation below, so you can jump to a specific presentation.

Presenters and Topics:

• Exploring Identities with Spanish Heritage Learners: A Unit Plan (starts at 6:11)
  • Presenter: Celia Bravo Díaz, Spanish Graduate Instructor and PhD candidate
  • Summer Institute Attended: Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education
• IPA Unit: How Do Im/migrants Create a Sense of Home and Belonging in a New Place? (16:50)
  • Presenter: Vivian Hirlandy Franco Díaz, Spanish Graduate Instructor and PhD student
  • Summer Institute Attended: Assessing Language Learners ' Communication Skills via Authentic Communicative Performance Tasks
• A Multiliteracies Approach to Teaching French Comics with Intermediate-Level Language Learners (22:21)
  • Presenter: Chloe Mais Hagen, French Graduate Instructor and PhD candidate
  • Summer Institute Attended: Foreign Language Literacies: Using Target Language Texts to Improve Communication
• Implementing Process Portfolios in Beginning Language Learners (29:43)
  • Presenter: Sally Kessler, French Graduate Instructor and PhD student
  • Summer Institute Attended: Meaningful Portfolio Implementation
• What Can Advanced Chinese Learners Do with a Short Poem from the Tang Dynasty (726 AD)? (38:08)
  • Presenter: Hai Liu, Chinese Lecturer
  • Summer Institute Attended: Foreign Language Literacies: Using Target Language Texts to Improve Communication
• A Multiliteracies Approach to Language Variation and Change (47:30)
  • Presenter: James Ramsburg, Spanish Graduate Fellow and PhD student
  • Summer Institute Attended: Foreign Language Literacies: Using Target Language Texts to Improve Communication
• Teaching Arabic for Social Justice: Reimagining the Curriculum (52:58)
  • Presenter: Katrien Vanpee, Director of Arabic Language Programs
  • Summer Institute Attended: Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice

This roundtable was cosponsored by the Language Center.