Slavic and East European Languages:
Acquisition Techniques and Technologies
A Summer Institute for Instructors
and
Российская сертификационная система тестирования граждан зарубежных стран по русскому языку
August 1-10, 2005
On the campuses of
DukeUniversity
and
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Welcome to the sixth annual Summer Institute sponsored by the Slavic and EastEuropeanLanguageResourceCenter!We hope that this multi-faceted program will be interesting and fun and that you will meet make many new and wonderful acquaintances while you are here.
SEELRC is hosting for the first time a group of proficiency testing specialists from St. PetersburgStateUniversity and the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science. Concurrent with the Summer Institute sessions, they will conduct training witha small group of faculty who will become certified in Russian language proficiency testing (reading, speaking, listening comprehension, writing and grammar/lexicon).
Your home away from home will be:
July 31, 2005
6:00pm– Welcome Dinner
August 1, 2005
Location: R. David Thomas Center
Bell South Classroom
8:30Shuttle leaves Extended Stay America
8:45-9:00 Continental breakfast at ThomasCenter
9:00-9:30 Welcome and self-introductions
9:30-9:45Overview of SEELRC (Edna Andrews, Laura Janda, Meredith Clason)
9:45-10:45Brian Joseph (OhioStateUniversity) – Language in context (linguistic vs. cultural context)
10:45-11:45Victor Friedman (University of Chicago) - Language contact and language learning: Areal features and the LCTLsof Southeastern Europe
11:45-12:45Lunch at ThomasCenter
12:45-1:45Charles Townsend (PrincetonUniversity) - Some
Persian Comparisons to Slavic
1:45-2:45Ronald Feldstein (IndianaUniversity) - On the Structure of Russian Stress
2:45-3:45Edna Andrews(DukeUniversity) – The Multilingual Brain: Perspectives on Language, Brain and Culture
3:45-4:45Bogdan Sagatov (Department of Defense) – SEELRC Webliographies
4:45 Shuttle back to Extended Stay America
August 2, 2005
Location: R. David Thomas Center
Bellsouth Classroom
8:15Shuttle leaves Extended Stay America
8:30-8:45Continental breakfast at ThomasCenter
8:45-10:15Laura Janda (UNC-Chapel Hill) – The Frontiers of Space & Time: Multimedia Materials to Promote Proficiency in Slavic Case and Aspect
10:15-11:00Giorgos Tserdanelis (OhioStateUniversity) – On
the value of phonetic knowledge in language teaching
11:00-11:50Dick House (University of New Hampshire) – Landscape of Pedagogical Uses for Audio and Video
11:50-12:50Lunch at ThomasCenter
12:50-2:00Dragana McFadden (Independent Scholar) – Culture, Movies and Language
2:00-3:00Grace Fielder(University of Arizona) – Relevance Theory and Communicative Competence
3:00-4:00Bogdan Sagatov (Department of Defense)–Tour of Russian Cyberspace with the Russian Language Mentor
4:00-4:30Samantha Earp and Nan Wang (Duke University)– Operating digital videocameras
4:30-5:00Dick House (University of New Hampshire) – Tips on successfully shooting video
5:00Shuttle back to Extended Stay America
August 3, 2005
Location: R. David Thomas Center
Bellsouth Classroom
8:15Shuttle leaves Extended Stay America
8:30-9:00Continental breakfast at ThomasCenter
9:00-10:00Grace Fielder (University of Arizona) – User Accessible Web Design
10:00-11:45Edna Andrews (DukeUniversity)– Contemporary Standard Russian (from phonology to discourse): Innovations and Controversies
11:45-12:30Lunch at ThomasCenter
12:30-1:30Elena Maksimova (DukeUniversity) – Advanced specialized language instruction in the sciences and the arts
Immediately after Dr. Maksimova’s talk, there will be a shuttle to Chapel Circle for your afternoon session in the language lab.
1:30-5:00Patrick Murphy and Nan Wang (DukeUniversity) - Designing and creating webpages using Dreamweaver
Location: LanguagesBuilding, room 114
5:00Shuttle back to Extended Stay America (from Chapel Circle)
August 4, 2005
Location: R. David Thomas Center
Bellsouth Classroom
8:15Shuttle from Extended Stay America
8:30-9:00Continental breakfast at ThomasCenter
9:00-10:00Jamie Bishop (Virginia Tech) – Capturing, Transferring, and Evaluating Student Voice: The PALs Project
10:00-11:00Michael Newcity (DukeUniversity) - Copyright Law Issues that Arise from Creating SEEL Teaching Materials
11:00-11:45Kathleen Ahern (UNC-Greensboro) – Interdisciplinary Applications for (Digitized) Interview Material
11:45-12:45Lunch at ThomasCenter
Immediately after lunch, there will be a shuttle to Chapel Circle for your afternoon session in the language lab.
1:00-5:00Samantha Earp and Nan Wang (DukeUniversity) - Free web-based resources for language teaching and learning
Location: LanguagesBuilding, room 114
5:00Shuttle back to Extended Stay America(from Chapel Circle)
August 5, 2005
Location: Toy Lounge, 4th floor Dey Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
8:15Shuttle from Extended Stay America
8:45-9:15Continental breakfast in Toy Lounge
9:30-10:00Tour of FLRC with Theander Brannon
10-10:45 Laura Janda (UNC-Chapel Hill) – Multiculturalism in our own Slavic Backyard: Sociolinguistics at UNC-CH
10:45-12:15Walt Wolfram(NCSU) – Language awareness and public education
12:15-1:30Lunch in Toy Lounge catered by Mediterranean Deli
1:30-3:00Skip Bollenbacher and Caroline Seay (UNC- Chapel Hill) - Imagining the Future of Learning in a Technology-Driven Society
3:00-5:00Dick House (University of New Hampshire)–An Introduction to iMovie on the Apple Computer: Working with your own Video Clips
Note location: Training Room in Undergraduate Library, room 034
5:00Shuttle back to Extended Stay America
6:30Cookout at Laura Janda’s house (108 Morningside Drive, Carrboro, NC27510 [919- 968-6848])
Note: Please browse the book table provided by The Bull’s Head Bookshop on campus. The materials on the table are available for purchase.
August 6, 2005
Optional excursion to Old Salem
8:00amShuttle leaves Extended Stay America
5:00-6:00pmArrive back at Extended Stay America
August 7, 2005
FREE DAY. No activities planned.
August 8, 2005
Location: Toy Lounge, 4th floor Dey Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
8:15Shuttle from Extended Stay America
8:30-9:00Continental breakfast in Toy Lounge
9:00-10:00James Noblitt (UNC-Chapel Hill) - Multimedia & Listening Comprehension
Note location: 107A Dey Hall
10:00-11:00James Noblitt(UNC-Chapel Hill) – Professor Noblitt will facilitate a discussion identifying what online resources participants have been exposed to (commercial or homegrown) and let everyone think about pedagogical value, implementation issues, etc…
11:00-11:45Laura Janda (UNC-Chapel Hill) SEE more of the LRC: More Current Projects
11:45-12:00Gale Holdren (US Dept. of Education) – Research and Professional Development Opportunities offered by USED
12:00-1:00Lunch in Toy Lounge catered by Marcel’s Catering Cafe
1:00-3:00Tony Vanchu (TechTrans International, Inc.) – Workshop onSubtitling Digital Media Using Windows Movie Maker
Note location: Training Room in Undergraduate Library, room 034
3:00-5:00Lab Time to Edit Video Clips
Training Room, 034 Undergraduate Library
5:00Shuttle back to Extended Stay America
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Location: Toy Lounge, 4th floor Dey Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
8:15Shuttle from Extended Stay America
8:30-9:00Continental breakfast in Toy Lounge
9:00-10:00Dragana McFadden (Independent Scholar) and Meredith Clason (UNC-Chapel Hill) –Guide to Instructional Technology for Teachers of Foreign Languages
10:00-11:00Andy Brawn (UNC-Chapel Hill) – Videoconferencing 101
11:00-12:00Laura Janda (UNC-Chapel Hill) – Issues for Heritage Speakers in Slavic LCTL Classrooms
This session will have an introduction from Laura, after which the floor will be opened for discussion on participants’ experiences, successes, and frustrations in dealing with heritage learners.
12:00-1:00Lunch in Toy Loungecatered by Home on the Range
1:00-3:00 Jeff Bierly (Pinnacle Systems) – An Introduction to Pinnacle Studio Video Editing on the Windows Computer
3:00 –5:00Tony Vanchu (TechTrans International, Inc.) - Teaching Russian at NASA for the International SpaceStation or 'How I Came to Love the FGB'
5:00Shuttle back to Extended Stay America
7:00RECEPTION DINNER
Pop’s
810 W. Peabody Street
Durham, NC27701
919-956-7677
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Location: LanguagesBuilding, Room 320, DukeUniversity
9:45Shuttle from hotel to Duke (Chapel Circle)
NOTE: Participants must check out of hotel prior to boarding the shuttle.
Note: If those of you who drove to North Carolina or rented a car would like to drive to Duke on this day to escape as soon as the sessions are over, there is pay parking near the BryanCenter, accessible via Science Drive, which is a short walk to the LanguagesBuilding.
10:00 Discussion of what we have accomplished, what we will take away and how we will explore options at our institutions and completion of paper evaluations
11:30Lunch will be catered in
11:30-1:00Viewing short videos created by participants