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PRESENTATIONS:
Over the course of the two-way immersion project, different presentations have been conducted at conferences, workshops, and teacher meetings. These presentations for 2007-08 are listed here.
Timeline of Presentations (2007-08 Academic Year)
Key:
ACTFL: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
NABE: National Association of Bilingual Education
NFLRC: National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University
Date |
Location |
Content |
July 31, 2007 |
Simpson College, IA |
Session conducted by TWI Project Coordinator Kaptain on effective strategies in frontloading vocabulary for doing a read-aloud in a Spanish Two-way Immersion classroom. |
August 1, 2007 |
Simpson College, IA |
All-day workshop conducted by Dr. Kathy Escamilla and organized by TWI Project Coordinator Kaptain. Focus of workshop was on teaching reading and writing in Spanish and effective second-language strategies.
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August 2, 2007 |
Simpson College, IA |
Half-day workshop conducted by TWI Project Coordinator Kaptain and Director Rosenbusch on using concept-mapping in the TWI classroom. |
November 18, 2007 |
ACTFL, San Antonio, TX |
TWI Project Coordinator Kaptain and Director Rosenbusch presented “Concept-based and Literacy-focused Curriculum Design for Two-way Immersion.” |
November 28, 2007 |
Iowa State University |
TWI Project Coordinator Kaptain presented a session on ELL needs in Iowa and two-way immersion programming at the Iowa Extension to Families Conference. “Dual Language Programs: Leveling the playing field for linguistically
diverse students” |
December 7, 2006 |
Iowa State University |
TWI Project Coordinator Kaptain organized an all-day workshop for TWI teachers around the state on “Learning Centers in a TWI Classroom” with Dr. Lori Norton Meier (ISU) as morning session presenter and Kaptain leading the afternoon session. |
February 7, 2008 |
NABE conference, Tampa, FL |
Director Rosenbusch, Graduate Research Assistant Navarro-Villarroel, and TWI Project Coordinator Kaptain presented the session “Longitudinal Research on Spanish Two-way Immersion Programs: The Challenges and Benefits of Real-world Research” |
February 19, 2008 |
Des Moines, Iowa Cultures and Languages Conference |
TWI Project Coordinator Kaptain, Director Rosenbusch, and Graduate Research Assistant Navarro- Villarroel presented the session “Iowa Two-way Immersion Project: Research Results” |
March 6-7, 2008 |
West Des Moines Community School District |
Student Oral Proficiency Assessment (SOPA) Training provided by the Center for Applied Linguistics in collaboration with the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center in West Des Moines, Iowa. Attended by FLES and TWI teachers for Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese from across the nation. |
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