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Schedule Overview
Keynote Speaker
Check-in & Registration
7:00-8:00 am McCone Atrium
Monterey Bay
Foreign Language Education Symposium
Saturday, April 18
www.montereybayfleds.org
Culture and Content in the Classroom
Panel
8:00-8:50 am Irvine Auditorium
Presentations Session 1
9:00-9:50 am
Break
9:50-10:10 am
Refreshments in the McCone Atrium
Presentations Session 2
10:10-11:00 am
Presentations Session 3
11:10-12:00 pm
Lunch Break
12:00-1:30 pm
Please enjoy Monterey’s local food scene!
Presentations Session 4
1:30-2:20 pm
Presentations Session 5
2:30-3:20 pm
Poster Session and Refreshments
3:30-4:20 pm McCone Atrium
Keynote Speaker
4:30-5:30 pm Irvine Auditorium
Reception*
5:30-7:00 pm Sampson Patio
*Please be sure to keep track of your name tag:
this will be your entry ticket. To be served alcohol
at the reception, you must have a valid ID.
Eve Zyzik
University of California, Santa Cruz
Eve Zyzik completed her undergraduate
degrees in Spanish and French at Indiana
University, Bloomington and later earned a
PhD in Spanish Linguistics from the University
of California, Davis. She is currently an
Associate Professor and Chair of the
Department of Languages and Applied
Linguistics at UC Santa Cruz. She has
published on a variety of topics related to
Spanish as a second language, Spanish as a
heritage language, and also more general
issues such as language-focused instruction in
content courses. She is particularly interested
in usage-based and functional theories of
language acquisition. Her latest project is an
advanced-level textbook entitled El español y
la lingüística aplicada with co-author Robert
Blake (forthcoming with Georgetown
University Press).
Hosted by the
Many thanks to the sponsors of this year’s event:
Plumes Coffee and Tea
Room for Dessert
Jamba Juice
Paris Bakery
Full Moon Mandarin Cuisine
Troia’s Market
Presentations
Presenter(s) name(s)
Title of Presentation
Presenter(s) name(s)
Title of Presentation
Poster Session
Location
Time
Dr. Patricia Szasz
Intercultural Competence:
Strategies for Teachers &
Students
MG100
11:10-12:00 PM
Jenny Nadaner
Collaborative Spanish L2
Learning Through TopicDriven Content-Based
Instruction
V499
Dr. Bigi Brunella
Teaching Language and
Culture in the Age of
Globalization
CF434
Yuwei Xie
Using Mobile Apps to
Enhance Cultural and
Speaking Confidence
CF452
Dr. Kimberly Helmer
“It’s Not Real, It’s Just A
Story to Just Learn
Spanish”: Understanding
Heritage Language
Learner Resistance in a
Southwest Charter High
School
MG100
Mica Hall
Writing and Culture: A
Sociolinguistic Approach
to Embracing the "We"
CF434
1:30-2:20 PM
Sura Fadhel
Language: A Reflection of
Culture and Society
CF452
1:30-2:20 PM
Dr. Maida Dzakula
Pragmatic Competence in
Intercultural Negotiations
Resulting from Explicit
Training
V499
1:30-2:20 PM
V499
2:30-3:20 PM
Presenter name
Title of Presentation
10:10-11:00 AM
Dr. Jinhuei Enya Dai
Whose ‘Culture’ is it
Anyway? Voices in an
Advanced Chinese
Content-based Classroom
MG100
2:30-3:20 PM
10:10-11:00 AM
Rana Issa, Dr. Jason
Martel & Sabino Morera
Using Lesson Study for
Exploring CBI
Dr. Eve Zyzik
What is it like to be a
heritage speaker?
Moving beyond
definitions towards a
prototype model
Lisa Leopold
Authenticity in Business
English
CF434
2:30-3:20 PM
Location
Time
Dr. Netta Avineri
Dr. Lisa Donohoe
Dr. James Broz
Dr. Thor Sawin
Moderator: Brandon Lambert
Culture and Content in the
Classroom Panel
Irvine
8:00-8:50 AM
Dr. Rafael Gómez
Motivational Factors: Creating
Space to Reflect on Learning in
the Spanish for Heritage
Students Class
MG100
Dr. Lynn Goldstein
Moving from Communicative
Competence to Intercultural
Communicative Competence
V499
Gamal Kalini & Hala Rofael
Culture Resistance and Tips for
Presenting Culture at FL
Classroom
CF452
9:00-9:50 AM
Fransiska Oktoprimasakti
Utilizing Sitcom Clips and RolePlays in Integrating
Discussions on Politeness
Strategies into Language
Contexts
CF434
9:00-9:50 AM
Dr. Lama Nassif
To Integrate or Not to Integrate
Spoken Varieties in the Arabic
L2 Curriculum: Voices from
Arabic L2 Learner Speech
MG100
Naoko Matsuo,
Dr. Mahmoud Abdalla,
Dr. Jinhuei Enya Dai,
Dr. Michel Gueldry &
Dr. Pablo Oliva
Careers and Language:
Professional Language
Curriculum through CBI and
ICC
CF434
Brandon Lambert
Online Job Postings: Authentic
and Relevant Content for the
Classroom
CF452
Sisi Wu
Implementing Simulated New
Year Market in the Spring
Festival Curriculum
V499
9:00-9:50 AM
9:00-9:50 AM
10:10-11:00 AM
10:10-11:00 AM
Presenter(s) name(s)
Title of Presentation
Location
Time
Vera Dumancic & Masako
Boureston
Cultural Context in
Authentic Materials
McCone Atrium
3:30-4:20 PM
McCone Atrium
3:30-4:20 PM
11:10-12:00 PM
Rose Lopez
Switching on:
Transforming Authentic
Materials Online
McCone Atrium
3:30-4:20 PM
11:10-12:00 PM
Kara Mac Donald
Digital Learning Strategies
to Foster Learner
Autonomy
Trina Montano, Masha
Ortenberg & Sarita
Chavez Silverman
Teaching Beyond the Text:
Raising Cultural
Awareness in GLOSS
Lessons
McCone Atrium
3:30-4:20 PM
Lucy Crouppen
Global Water Link
McCone Atrium
3:30-4:20 PM
Hao-che Wu
Developmental Patterns
of Interlanguage
Pragmatics in Taiwanese
EFL Learners:
Compliments and
Compliment Responses
McCone Atrium
3:30-4:20 PM
11:10-12:00 PM
1:30-2:20 PM
Keynote
Location
Time
Irvine
Auditorium
4:30-5:30 PM
Full abstracts for all presentations are available
online at montereybayfleds.org