Overview*
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8:30-9:00 am: Check-in; Coffee and breakfast (Science Center West Arcade, 1st floor)
9:00-9:15 am: Opening Remarks: Mary DiSalvo, Associate Director, Harvard Language Center (Lecture Hall A)
9:15-10:00 am: Keynote Address: Doris Sommer, Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, African and African American Studies, Harvard University (Lecture Hall A)
10:00-10:15 am: Break
10:15 am-11:45 am: Session 1A (Lecture Hall A) and Session 1B (Lecture Hall E)
11:45 am -12:45 pm: Lunch (Science Center West Arcade, 1st floor)
12:45-2:00 pm: Session 2A (Lecture Hall A) and Session 2B (Lecture Hall E)
2:00-2:15 pm: Break
2:15-3:30 pm: Session 3A (Lecture Hall A) and Session 3B (Lecture Hall E)
3:30-4:00 pm: Refreshments and networking
4:00-4:45 pm: Closing Remarks: Américo Mendoza-Mori, Visiting Lecturer in Spanish, World Languages and Cultures, Northeastern University
Session 1A (Lecture Hall A):
Moderator: Lady Aileen Orsal, Preceptor in Filipino Tagalog, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
“L’Expérience Culturelle: Engaging with Francophone Communities in Boston”; Karen Turman, Preceptor in French, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Harvard University
“North American Francophone Identity Building Through Experiential Learning in the French Language Classroom”; Claire-Marie Brisson, Preceptor in French, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Harvard University
“Pathways to Project-Based Learning with the Harvard ASL Program”; Frances Conlin, Senior Preceptor; Nozomi Tomita, Preceptor in American Sign Language, Department of Linguistics, Harvard University
Session 1B (Lecture Hall E):
Moderator: Francis Akutey-Baffoe, Preceptor of African Languages, Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
“Proactive Pedagogy: Sparking Organic Engagement through Community-Based Teaching and Learning”; Lisa Parkes, Senior Lecturer, Director of German Language Program and Undergraduate Studies, and Pascale LaFountain, Associate Professor of French and German, Montclair State University
“From Elementary to Advanced: Creating Comprehensive Uyghur Language Learning Resources”; Gulnisa Nazarova, John D. Soper Professor Teaching Professor of Uyghur, Director of the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region, Indiana University
“Narratives of Connection: Bridging Language and Inclusivity through the Human Library”; Naomi Asakura and Chikako Takehara, Preceptors; Maiko Nakatani and Asako Higurashi, Language Instructors in Japanese, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Session 2A (Lecture Hall A):
Moderator: Juan Arias, Preceptor in Spanish, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
“Community Importance for Teaching and Learning in Troubled Times”; Meryem Demir, Preceptor in Modern Turkish, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
“Language Learning as Gesture of Remembering”; Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed, Preceptor in Ukrainian, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, Harvard University
“Communities in Contact: Exploring Language and Identity in an Advanced French Language Course”; Kirby Chazal, Master Lecturer in French, Department of Romance Studies, Boston University
Session 2B (Lecture Hall E):
Moderator: Yuxiao Du, Preceptor in Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
“University Students and Community Members as Conversation Partners for Less Commonly Taught Languages”; Anca Luca Holden, Language Pedagogy Specialist, Five College Center for World Languages
“Fostering Community Through Collaborative Conversations: Rethinking ‘Authenticity’ in Classroom Language Teaching”; Richard Cozzens, Preceptor in Arabic, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
“Rethinking Language Learner Identity(s) for Language Center Plurilingual Redesign”; Nicholas Santavicca, Director, Multilingual Services Center, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Session 3A (Lecture Hall A):
Moderator: Nader Uthman, Senior Preceptor in Arabic, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
“Fostering Language Growth and Cultural Empathy: Synchronous Virtual Exchanges for Beginning-Level Korean Learners”; Jee Hyun Lee, Lecturer of Korean, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
“Sari-Sari Stories: Embracing Languages and Identities through Narratives of Filipino Multicultural Communities”; Lady Aileen Orsal, Preceptor in Filipino Tagalog, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
“Language Learning and Art: a Collaborative Poetry Illustration Project”; Hoa Le, Preceptor in Vietnamese, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Iryna Kovalchuk, Preceptor in Polish, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, Harvard University
Session 3B (Lecture Hall E):
Moderator: Sara Feldman, Preceptor in Yiddish, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
“Deepening Their Roots and Spreading Their Wings: Latino Students Engage with Their Communities”; Maria Luisa Parra, Senior Preceptor in Spanish and Co-Director of Language Programs, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Harvard University
“Heritage Learners: a Gateway to Cultural Preservation”; Gulnar Eziz Yulghun, Preceptor in Uyghur and Chaghatay, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
“Fostering Community and Cultural Identity in Heritage Language Classrooms”; Azlin Perdomo, Lecturer, and Viktoria Hackbarth, Master Lecturer in Spanish, Department of Romance Studies, Boston University