Program*

Breakout Sessions:

Session Strands:
A = Assessment
C = Curriculum & Instruction
F = Policy and Funding
G = Global Partnerships
K = K-16 Articulation
O = Local Connections and Outreach
P = Program Quality
R = Research
T = Teacher Development
X = Technology and Materials

(A1) Creating Performance Assessment Tasks: What, When, and How to Assess
(A2) The AP Chinese Language and Culture Course and Exam
(A3) Student Learning Outcomes: How to Benchmark Student Progress
(A4) Student Generated Evidence

(C1) Look First to the Standards: The Natural Starting Point for a Great Curriculum and Program!
(C2) Issues in Chinese Language Instruction
(C3) Observing Chinese Classrooms: What Does Quality Chinese Instruction Look Like?
(C4) Teaching Culture across the Curriculum
(C5) Sharing Curriculum Models
(C6) Building Communication Skills through Content-based instruction
(C7) Active Approaches to Positive Results - Engaging Learning in Chinese Classrooms

(F1) Policy 101: How to Get It Done
(F2) Foreign Language Skills in the 21st Century: What’s Next
(F3) Writing and Winning a Grant: Examples and How-To’s
(F4) Language Education around the World

(G1) Immersion for Teachers & Administrators: Opportunities for Study Abroad and Exchanges
(G2) Summer Study in China Programs: Two Different Roadmaps for Success
(G3) Strengthening Chinese Language Learning Through Educational Exchange
(G4) States Going Global: Partnerships, Exchanges, and Study Missions
(G5) Chinese Schools Going Global
(G6) Chinese Programs From Abroad

(K1) Strengthening K-16 Articulation through Assessment and Placement
(K2) STARTALK Student Programs
(K3) Producing Global Professionals: Flagship Connections
(K4)The Best of FLAP and How to Win a Grant

(O2) Making Connections with Heritage Language Communities
(O3) Confucius Institutes as Resources
(O4) Working With Business Communities
(O5) Chinese in Afterschool
(O6) Schools Going Global: Chinese as a Method for Internationalizing Your School
(O7) Attitudes Toward Learning Chinese: Students, Parents, and Teachers

(P1) Elementary School Program Models: Defining the Essentials
(P2) Middle Schools: Program Models and Essential Qualities
(P3) High Schools: Program Models and Essential Qualities
(P4) Chinese Language Learning Online: Yes, it can work!
(P5) Immersion Forum: Dialogue and Connections

(R1) The Challenge of First and Second-Language Literacy Development in Chinese
(R2) Sticky Messages on the Benefits of Language Learning
(R2) What Does Research Tell Us: Benefits of Language Learning
(R3) Setting the research agenda for teaching and learning Chinese

(T1) Designing an Effective STARTALK Teacher Program: Successful Models
(T2) Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn: Recruitment, Retention and Professional Development for Chinese Language Teachers
(T3) Supporting, Engaging and Supervising Chinese Guest Teachers
(T4) International Dialogue on Teacher Prep
(T5) Teacher Standards and Evaluation
(T6) Confronting the World Language Teacher Shortage: An Agenda for Change
(T7) Chinese Language Teacher Preparation Programs: Experiences Gained and Lessons Learned

(X1) Choosing Instructional Materials: Challenge and Opportunity
(X2) Using Film and Multimedia in the Classroom
(X3) Language Learning Through Technology: Tools for Chinese Language Learning
(X4) Let's Not Reinvent the Wheel: A Presentation of Free Online Materials for Chinese Language Educators

* Schedule is tentative and subject to change.

** Exhibition hall closed during plenary sessions.