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4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016-8030 United States2023 Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference Reflecting on the Past and Moving into the Future
Conference Program | October 13 & 14, 2023
Conference Presentations [PDF]
Conference Presentation Recording Playlist
Bios of plenary speakers can be found here.
Conference program with session descriptions can be found here.
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Friday, October 13 – 1:00 to 6:15 p.m. Eastern time
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| Conference Opening - 1:00-1:30 p.m. | |
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Workshops - 1:45-2:45 p.m.
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Using Technology in Instruction Adam Lee, PhD, Professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland (participating in-person)
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Administering a Heritage Language School: Successfully Leading a Team of Professionals and Volunteers
Angela Hasheva, MBA, Executive Director, Association of Bulgarian Schools in America (ABSA); Director, Bulgarian School of Seattle Renate Ludanyi, PhD, Founder, Board Member, German School of Connecticut; Co-Founder, President, German Language School Conference; Director, German Studies Center, Western Connecticut State University (participating in-person) Marta McCabe, PhD, Instructor, English for International Students, Duke University Graduate School; Founder and President, Czech and Slovak School of North Carolina; Board Member, Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools (participating in-person) |
| Workshops – 3:15-4:15 p.m. | |
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Early Childhood Education and Language Learning Sigrid Belluz, Vice President, German Heritage Language Schools in the United States; Principal, German School of Charlotte, NC (participating in-person) Antonella Cortese, PhD, Director/Teacher, Comitato Promotore della Lingua Italiana-Scuola Italiana and Past President, International and Heritage Languages Association, Edmonton, Alberta Canada (participating in-person) |
Engaging Teachers of Community-based Schools in Professional Development and Growth Opportunities Masako Douglas, PhD, Professor Emerita, California State University Long Beach Eva Prionas, PhD, Lecturer, Stanford University (Ret); American Association of Teachers of Modern Greek, Founder and President; Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language |
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Plenary Speaker – 4:45-5:30 p.m.
Shuhan Wang, 王周淑涵博士, PhD, President, ELE Consulting International; Senior Advisor, Chinese Language Education, Asia Society; Director, Chinese Early Language and Immersion Network (CELIN) (participating in-person)
Through sharing her personal, academic, and professional journeys, Dr. Wang illustrates how individuals, communities, and the profession can compose their own stories about their efforts in the intergenerational transmission of heritage languages and cultures in the United States. Drawing on a conceptual framework that she has developed over the years from academic studies and best practices domestically and internationally, she reflects on lessons learned from stories told in numerous community-based schools. Using the tools for story analysis, such as who the narrator and characters are and the context, setting, and plot, she teases out key elements that must be present in a good story. She concludes with significant themes she has learned from her own stories and those of many others, and offers suggestions to participants in community-based heritage language schools on how to compose, tell, and continue their stories.
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Plenary Speaker – 5:45-6:30 p.m.
Supporting Sustainable Less Commonly Taught Community-Based Language Programs This presentation provides an overview of several initiatives that support Less Commonly Taught Language (LCTL) educators and community-based LCTL programs. The initiatives are developed by the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) and the National Less Commonly Taught Languages Resource Center (National LCTL Resource Center, NLRC) at Michigan State University. They include the Teach-A-LCTL resource guides, LCTL Doors (downloadable Online Open Resources) and other Open Educational Resources for LCTLs, the NLRC/CeLTA consulting for community-based education project, expansion of LCTL instruction in CeLTA’s Community Language School (CLS), asymmetrical strategic sharing of LCTLs, and physical learning space design for community-based language education. In addition to demonstrations of the available (and forthcoming!) resources and engagement opportunities, there will be ample time for questions and discussion with the audience.
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| Saturday, October 14 – 10:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m. Eastern time | |
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Opening and Review of the Day – 10:00-10:15 a.m.
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Plenary Speaker – 10:15-11:00a.m.
Motivating Students to Continue Language Development with the Seal of Biliteracy
Kristin J. Davin, PhD, Program Director and Associate Professor of World Language Education, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
This presentation provides an overview of the Seal of Biliteracy and its implementation across the United States. Awarded to individuals proficient in two or more languages, the Seal of Biliteracy serves as an indicator of an individual’s bilingualism and biliteracy. As one of the first language education policies to promote the learning of languages other than English in the United States, the Seal has the potential to bolster multilingualism across the country. In this talk, I describe how some community-based heritage language schools have begun to leverage the Seal of Biliteracy initiative to motivate their students to continue studying their heritage language. I describe how these schools design courses aligned to proficiency guidelines, manage the Seal of Biliteracy assessment process, and, in some cases, provide college scholarships to recipients. I conclude with the voices of students, sharing their perspectives on what the Seal of Biliteracy means to them.
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| Workshops – 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | |
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Building Extensive Reading Practices in the Classroom
Jim Anderson, PhD, Visiting Research Fellow, Goldsmiths, University of London; Co-Director of Critical Connections: Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project; Member, Home Heritage Language Group in the UK; Association for Language Learning Paul S. Frank, PhD, Bloom Program Director, SIL International, Explore Bloom > > > (google.com)(participating in-person) Renata Emilsson Peskova, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Iceland; President, Móðurmál, the Association on Bilingualism, Iceland Huy Phung, Lecturer of Vietnamese, Heritage Language Program, Department of Linguistics, University of California, San Diego |
Empowerment Through Collaboration: Motivating and Supporting HL Teachers Melissa Bowles, PhD, Director, National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC), UCLA, California Meagan Driver, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance and Classical Studies, Second Language Studies PhD program, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan Sara Roca-Ramirez, Student, Spanish Linguistics; Assistant Director, Spanish Language Program, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Georgetown University, Washington, DC |
| Lunch – 12:15-1:15 p.m. | |
| Workshops – 1:15-2:15 p.m. | |
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Features of High-Quality Instruction An Chung Cheng, PhD, Chair and Professor of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, the University of Toledo Susana Benites, ISLA Program Director of Educational Programs, ISLA Board of Directors Education Committee; and Aerin Benavides, ISLA Board of Directors Education Committee; Adjunct Assistant Research Professor, School of Education, University of North Carolina (participating in-person) |
Creating Outreach Materials to Raise Awareness Gisi Cannizzaro, PhD, Managing Director, HLE Network, Netherlands Amanda Seewald, Executive Director, JNCL/NCLIS (participating in-person)
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Embassy and Foundation Leaders - 2:30-3:15p.m In this panel, leaders of Embassies and the Japan Foundation describe how they support the heritage language speakers and community-based schools in the U.S. that speak and are teaching their language.
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U.S. Department of Education and Student Panel – 3:30-4:30 p.m. In this panel, Melissa Castillo describes the focus and work of OELA and outlines ways in which OELA can connect with the mission and activities of community-based heritage language schools. The students then describe the schools they have attended, the awards they have earned, and what use of and proficiency in the language means to them.
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| 10th Anniversary Celebration – 4:30-4:50 p.m. | |
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Networking Workshops - 5:00-5:30 p.m.
What Schools Are Doing to Engage Students in Learning the Language They Teach: Art and Songs
Shahid Iqbal, President, Indus Arts Council (Urdu)
Afaf Ali, Research Fellow, National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC) (Arabic)
Melissa Bowles, PhD, Director, National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC), UCLA, California
Masako Douglas, PhD, Professor Emerita, California State University Long Beach
Ashok Ojha, President, Yuva Hindi Sansthan; Hindi Sangam Foundation; Program Director, YHS, Sangam-Franklin STARTALK Hindi Language and Culture Program 2017
Rajiv Ranjan, PhD, Professor, Michigan State University
What International Organizations Are Doing With Community-Based Schools
Renata Emilsson Peskova, PhD, Assistant Professor at the School of Education, University of Iceland
Gisi Cannizzaro, PhD, Managing Director, Heritage Language Education Network (HLE Network), Netherlands
Antonella Cortese, PhD, Director/Teacher, Comitato Promotore della Lingua Italiana-Scuola Italiana and Past President, International and Heritage Languages Association, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Susana Benites, ISLA Program Director of Educational Programs, ISLA Board of Directors Education Committee; and Aerin Benavides, ISLA Board of Directors Education Committee; Adjunct Assistant Research Professor, School of Education, University of North Carolina
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| Conference Closing – 5:30-5:45 p.m. | |
| Reception – 5:45- 6:30 p.m. | |