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International Education Washington
World Languages Summit:
Pathways to PK-20 Language Learning
Isn't it time to put world languages into world-class education?
Presentations, handouts, and video from the World
Languages Summit are available at
Mapping & Enhancing Language Learning > Events:
http://depts.washington.edu/mellwa/Events.php.
Learn more about
World Languages Workshop November 5 | Summit
November 6
Thursday, November 6, 2008
7:30 am - 5:30 pm
University of Washington HUB
Ballroom
Seattle, WA
Join us for an informative and inspiring
day exploring the current status of world language teaching and learning
in Washington state. This event is the culmination of two years of work
by the Mapping and
Enhancing Language Learning project at the University of Washington,
which is surveying languages taught in our schools and colleges,
analyzing, mapping, and reporting that information, then working with
K-12, higher education institutions, and national language leaders to
identify ways to enhance the experience and the results.
Download the
Press Release
(PDF) or
Summit Flyer (PDF).
Who Should Attend?
Students, teachers, administrators,
faculty, community members, business and community leaders, policy
makers, and parents – anyone who cares about preparing our students for
today’s interconnected world
Summit Sponsors
- University of
Washington Jackson School of International Studies and Title VI
Outreach Centers:
- Center for
Global Studies
- Center for West European Studies
- East Asia Center
- Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian
Studies
- UW Language Learning Center
- UW College of Education
- Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Washington State Coalition for International Education
- Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT)
- Global State of Washington
www.globalwa.org
Funding provided by
U.S. Department of Education Title VI grants to the University of
Washington and the
State Innovations Grant to
the Washington State Coalition for International Education.
Parking Information
On-campus parking costs $12/day. For parking information, see
UW Parking.
Summit Agenda for November 6, 2008
Download the
Summit
Program (PDF)
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Activity |
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7:30-8:00 am |
Registration in the University of Washington HUB Ballroom |
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8:00-8:30 |
Business Panel Breakfast
Join us for a continental breakfast and a chance to hear from local
business leaders why they value multilingual employees. |
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8:30-9:20 |
Welcome by Anand Yang,
Director of the Jackson School of International Studies
National Context for a Vision of World Language Pathways PK-20
Featured keynote speaker will be Paul Sandrock, former World
Languages Consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction and past president of the American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages. Paul is also co-author with Janis
Jensen and John Franklin of The Essentials Of World Languages
K-12: Effective Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (Priorities
in Practice).
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9:20-9:30 |
Break |
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9:30-10:20 |
What Languages are Taught in Washington Schools?
Presentation of Mapping & Enhancing Language Learning project policy
briefs based on surveys of high schools in 2007. Preview reports at:
http://depts.washington.edu/mellwa/.
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10:20-10:30 |
Break |
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10:30-11:45 |
Bridging the Gap for World Languages from High School to College
What are the challenges we face? How can high schools provide more
world language classes so that more students can apply to 4-year
colleges? How can we make “credits” mean something in terms of
proficiency? How can we get high school language programs in sync
with college programs (and avoid remediation)? How can we get beyond
the minimum and expand options like AP, IB, and college in the high
school? Where does online learning fit in? |
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11:45-1:30 |
Lunch
(on your own) |
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1:30-2:20 |
Where are the Teachers?
Where can we find and how can we develop a cadre of
excellent world language teachers to address the growing demand for
world languages in elementary, middle, and high schools? |
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2:20-2:30 |
Break |
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2:30-3:30 |
Citizens of the World
Highlights from Dr. Pat Kuhl's research on babies and language
learning and implications for K-12 language programs.
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and don't miss... |
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4:00-5:30
pm |
"Models of Success
for World Languages and Global Education" Resource Fair
& Pecha Kucha Stage
Come learn and be inspired. On hand will be organizations from
around Washington state exhibiting their successful models,
examples, and ideas for engaging students and teachers with world
languages and global learning. (Attendance at the summit is not
necessary to join us at the Resource Fair.)
View
Resource Fair Participants.
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Making
Sense of World Language Standards and Options for Assessing Language
Proficiency
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 5:00-8:00
pm Registration is now closed
John Stanford International School, Seattle
3 free clock hours, light buffet refreshments
Special workshop with Paul Sandrock,
former World Languages Consultant with the Wisconsin Department of
Public Instruction and past President of the American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages and co-author of "The Essentials Of
World Languages K-12: Effective Curriculum, Instruction, and
Assessment (Priorities in Practice)." Besides helping us make sense
of Content, Performance, Proficiency, and Program Standards, Paul
will share some of the latest work on Integrated Performance
Assessments for World Languages.
The workshop will also feature breakout sessions by local language
teachers on a variety of proficiency assessment instruments, such as
ELLOPA, SOPA, COPE, ACTFL OPI, STAMP, AP, and IB in Spanish,
Japanese, and Chinese and other languages.
Recommended Reading:
State Standards: Connecting a National Vision to Local
Implementation (PDF) by Paul Sandrock, ACTFL (7 pages)
http://www.actfl.org/files/public/Winter1997STstan.pdf
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