FRIDAY
Room Title of Presentation Presenter
10/12 (presider)
Main Lobby
7:00 Registration open
(in front of
Grand Apple
Ballrooms)
Orchard
8:00 Exhibits Area open
Exhibit Hall
Grand Apple
8:45 – 10:10 Welcome/Keynote Dennis Meredith
Ballroom
North “Beyond Baguettes and
Tacos: A Mandate to
Teach Culture”
Orchard
10:10 – 10:40 Break/Visit Exhibits
Exhibit Hall
10:40 – 11:30 Session #1
Gala 3 & 4 “La Generación del 27 en su Tiempo”
SPANISH Paloma Martínez-Carbajo
(Carol Froelich)
Fuji 1 & 2 “iPods, Second Life, Gaming, Wikis
GENERAL Bridget Yaden
and More: What’s New with (Brenda Gaver)
Technologies for Language
Teaching”
Gala 1 & 2 “Getting off the Tourist Track,
GENERAL Heidi Steele
Exchange Programs that Build (Amy Gilchrist)
Strong Student-to-Student
Connections”
Fuji 3 “Word Comprehension Skills in
SPANISH Elizabeth Siler
Reading in Spanish” (Kristin Percy Calaff)
Golden “Mariachi Music and Culture – a
SPANISH/ESL Ramón Rivera
Delicious Way of Reaching to your Native (Tina Fernández)
Speakers”
Fuji 4 “Sätze der Woche – Vocabulary
GERMAN Rick Beck
Building Through Student Sayings” (Irene Heurkens)
Red Delicious Chinese Idea Share
CHINESE
West
Red Delicious
JAPANESE “Easy Games for Busy Teachers” Chikako Misener
East
11:40 – 12:30 Session #2
Gala 3 & 4 Continuación de “La Generación 27”
SPANISH Josefa Báez-Ramos
(Carol Froelich)
Fuji 1 & 2 “Emphasizing Speaking in the
SPANISH Michelle Hammons (Vendor)
Language Classroom” (Janae Hodge)
Gala 1 & 2 “Making Language Real; Oral
GENERAL Susanne Kanning
Proficiency Strategies” (Irene Heurkens)
Fuji 3 “Magical Moments in the Spanish I
SPANISH Norma Petersen
Classroom” (Deirdre O'Neill)
Fuji 4 “National Board Certification”
GENERAL Krista Swenson
(Bridget Yaden)
Red Delicious “How to Create Technology-
JAPANESE/ Yoshi Inoue and Ryosuke
East Integrated Listening Activities”
GENERAL Suzuki
(Doug Wohlers)
12:30 – 2:00 Grand Lunch/Networking/Visit
Apple Exhibits
2:10 – 3:00 Session #3
Gala 3 & 4 “AATSP Book Club: La Casa de
SPANISH Paloma Martínez-Carbajo and
Bernarda Alba de Federíco García
Bridget Yaden
Lorca”
Fuji 1 & 2 “Projects for the Language
GENERAL Mary Jane Neill
Classroom” (Ellen Bonnard)
Red Delicious “Using Power Point for Adventures
JAPANESE Yayoi Brown
East in Japanese” (Chikako Misener)
Gala 1 & 2 “Using the Power of Music to Teach
SPANISH Gisela Galván
Spanish”
(Vendor)
Fuji 3 Grant Writing 101
GENERAL Betty Lau
(Brenda Gaver)
Golden “Have Fun While You Learn”
GENERAL Deirdre O’Neill and Janae
Delicious
Hodge
Fuji 4 French Idea Share
FRENCH Misa Bourdoiseau and Melanie
Solonsky
Red Delicious “American Sign Language as a World
GENERAL Lance Forshay
West Language Course for High School
and College” (100 min session)
3:10 – 4:00 Session #4
Gala 3 & 4 Teaching Culture in the Spanish
SPANISH Michelle Hammons (Vendor)
Classroom” (Tina Fernández)
Fuji 1 & 2 “L’Apprentissage Efficace du
FRENCH Anne Hélène Miller (Vendor)
Francais par les Tâches”
Fuji 3 Grant Writing 101 (#2)
CHINESE Betty Lau
(Amy Gilchrist)
Golden “Findings of a Project Partially
SPANISH María Gillman
Delicious Sponsored by one of the 2007 (Bridget Yaden)
WAFLT Mini grants”
Fuji 4 “Der Conceptest: Was
GERMAN Rachel Halverson
Deutschlehrerinnen Von Den (Susanne Kanning)
Physikern Lernen Können”
Gala 1 & 2 “Developing Content-Based
CHINESE Yea-Jea Pollyanna Wang and
Curriculum for Chinese Language
Kristin Percy Calaff
Programs”
(Michele Anciaux Aoki)
Red Delicious “American Sign Language as a World
GENERAL Lance Forshay
West Language Course for High School
and College” (continuation - 100 min
session)
4:10 – 5:00 Session #5
Gala 3 & 4 “Generación 27 en Latinoamérica”
SPANISH María Gillman
(Paloma Martínez-Carbajo)
Red Delicious “Teaching Japanese with Music”
JAPANESE Ikuyo Suzuki
West (Doug Wohlers)
Fuji 1 & 2 “Movement Increases Oxygen
GENERAL Lynn Johnston
Circulation to the Brain” (Krista Swenson)
Gala 1 & 2 “Bailando por el Mundo Hispano”
SPANISH Kristin Percy Calaff
(Bridget Yaden)
Golden “Games and Projects”
SPAINSH Gisela Galván and Ana Ríos
Delicious
Luna
Fuji 4 “Outreach Update/World Language
GENERAL Lauren Kiolet or Outreach
Supervisor”
Committee member
Gala 3 & 4
5:00 – 5:30 WAFLT General
Membership Meeting
5:30 – 6:00 AAT Meetings
Gala 3 & 4 AATSP Annual Meeting
Fuji 4 WATJ Annual meeting
Fuji 1 & 2 AATF Annual Meeting
Fuji 3 AATG Annual Meeting
Blossom Chinese Language Teachers
SATURDAY Room Title of Presentation Presenter
(presider)
10/13
Main Lobby (in
7:00 a.m. Registration Open
front of Grand
Apple Ballrooms)
Orchard Exhibit
8:00 a.m. Exhibits Area open
Hall
Grand Apple
7:45 – 9:30 a.m. Breakfast/Keynote Tom Welch
Ballroom North
“Crystal Ball or Window? A
view of 21st Century
Language Learning”
Orchard Exhibit
9:30 – 10:00 Break/Visit Exhibits
Hall
10:00 – 10:50 Session # 6
Fuji 4 German Idea Share
GERMAN Rachel Halverson
Fuji 3 French Idea Share – Part Deux
FRENCH Susan Redd and Judy
Davis
Red Delicious West Japanese Idea Share
JAPANESE Kurt Thompson
(Doug Wohlers)
Fuji 1 & 2 Spanish Idea Share
SPANISH Bridget Yaden
Blossom Room “Myth, History and Music in Brilliant
GENERAL Alison Miller
Living Color” (100 min)
Golden Delicious “Redacción Libre Dirigida para
SPANISH María Gillman
East Heritage Learners” (Tina Fernández)
Golden Delicious K – 8 Idea Share
FLES Jenny Ferries
West
11:00 – 11:50 Session #7
Fuji 4 “Sudeten German Memoirs: A Silenced
GERMAN Julie Winter
Generation Finds its Voice” (Rachel Halverson)
Blossom Room “Myth, History and Music in Brilliant
GENERAL Alison Miller
Living Color” (continuation - 100 min. (Amy Gilchrist)
session)
Fuji 3 “Bilingualism and Biliteracy: Linguistic
GENERAL Bridget Yaden
Minorities in Oaxaca, Mexico” (Jenny Ferries)
Red Delicious West “Programas de Colaboración entre
SPANISH Josefa Báez-Ramos
España y Washington”
Fuji 1 & 2 “Tips and Tech Tools for Teaching all
SPANISH Cynthia Coleman
Spanish Students”
(Vendor)
(Kristin Percy Calaff)
Golden Delicious “What to do With What You’ve Got:
CHINESE Heidi Steele
East Teaching to the Standards with Your (Michele Anciaux Aoki)
Existing Textbooks”
Golden Delicious ”La Langue, La Culture et la Sociéte
FRENCH Karen Boschker
West Québécoise”
Orchard
12:00 Exhibit Area Closed
Exhibit Hall
12:30 – 1:40 AAT Luncheons
Grand Apple American Association of Teachers of
Ballroom South Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Juan
de Fuca Chapter
Grand Apple American Association of Teachers of Sharon Hager
Ballroom North French "Paris a travers des dessins
et des diapos."
Harvest American Association of Teachers of
German
Gala Room 1 Chinese teachers luncheon
Gala Room 2 Washington Association of Teachers
of Japanese
1:40 – 2:00 Break
2:00 – 4:00 Post Conference Fee
Workshops
Gala 3 & 4 "Opening a Culture Toolbox" Dennis Meredith
Golden Delicious “Tools for Teachers and Students – Tom Welch
East & West Changing Tools for Changing Learning”
Fuji 1 & 2 “Creating a Chinese Language
2:00 – 5:00 Michelle Anciaux-Aoki,
Program”
Chunman Gissing, Heidi
Steele