ILR Showcase
Preliminary Schedule of Presentations
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome
to the ILR Showcase at the Foreign Service Institute
Kennan Ambassador Michael C. Lemmon
Auditorium Dean of the School of Language
Studies, Foreign Service Institute
Language
Use and Language Learning for the Department of State
Ambassador Catherine
Peterson
Director of the Foreign
Service Institute
10:00
– 11:00
Plenary Presentation
Kennan Fostering Advanced L2 Literacy in a
University Environment: A
Auditorium Genre-Based, Cognitive Approach
Heidi Byrnes (Georgetown University) and Katherine A.
Sprang (Foreign Service Institute)
11:00
– 1:00 Concurrent Sessions
Kennan Featured
Presentations
Auditorium Introducing the Language
Learning Continuum: Roadmap and Strategic Plan for Foreign Language Learning
Ambassador
Michael Lemmon
Dean of the
School of Language Studies, Foreign Service Institute
Using LangNet at
the Defense Language Institute: A Tool for Learners
Neil Granoien
Defense Language
Institute
C-3108 Curriculum
Development
Development
of the Consular Module in Arabic
Samira Haddad and
Mahmoud Elgibali
Foreign
Service Institute
Training Intermediate-level
Speakers of MSA in Iraqi Arabic
David Mehall, National Capitol Research Center
Caught
Between Iraq and a Hard Place, or How to Handle a Content Course on Short
Notice
Jamie Hester
Department of
Defense
A Content-Form
Approach to Russian-English Translation
Jim Cradler
Department of Defense
C-3109 Technology and
Language Learning I
Integration of the Internet in Classroom
Instruction
Stella
Herbert and Ada Kousoum
Intelligence Language
Institute
Broadband Intelligence Training
System
Pete
Shaver and Francis Feng
United States Army
Intelligence Center
LangNet Update
Pat Fischer
Department of Defense
C-3111 Institutional Advances
The
University-Affiliated Research Center for
the Advanced Study of Language
Richard D. Brecht, University of Maryland and
Mary Ellen Okurowski,
Department of Defense
FSI’s New Spanish Basic Course: Nuevas Rutas
Alfred Carter
Foreign Service
Institute
Language Training at the FBI
Catherine Maksymowicz
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
C-3112 Teaching
Methods and Approaches
Etymology and Culture in Language Teaching
Gabriella Sipos
Foreign Service Institute
Huh? Whaddja Say? Why We
Teach Transcription as a Learning Tool
Jamie Hester
Department of Defense
A German In-Country Immersion
Lisa Leiser and Natalie
Kimbrough
Foreign Service
Institute
Using Video Effectively at the Higher Levels
Joe Matukonis
Department of Defense
C-3116 Translation and Interpretation
Assessment of Translation Ability
Maria Brau
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
The Handwriting is on the Computer Screen or Best
Practices in Teaching Translation
Barb DeBoy and Jamie Hester
Department of Defense
National Virtual
Translation Center
Everette Jordan
Department of Defense
Evaluating the Abilities and Potential of Interpreters
and Translators
Brenda Sprague, Marcel Bouquet and Joseph Mazza
Department of State,
Office of Language Services
C-4108 Language Mini-Lessons
Dari Mini-Lesson
Hafiz Latify
Foreign Service Institute
Turkmen Mini-Lesson
Bakhar Tuzinovic
Foreign Service
Institute
Hungarian Mini-Lesson
Julia C. Zsombolyay
Foreign Service
Institute
Turkish Mini-Lesson
Sema Esener
Foreign Service
Institute
C-4112 Language Mini-Lessons
Vietnamese Mini-Lesson
Dung Luong
Foreign Service
Institute
Kurdish Mini-Lesson
Hasim Warmzyary
Foreign Service
Institute
Urdu: Teaching Script
Tasnim Razi and Farzana Farooqi
Foreign Service
Institute
Tagalog Mini-Lesson
Daisy Pee
Foreign Service
Institute
1:00-2:00 LUNCH
Field
House Poster Presentations
Ongoing during lunch. For the listing of poster
sessions see Poster Presentations section of this program.
C-2107 Multimedia Courseware Demonstrations
C-2109 Ongoing during lunch. For the listing of multimedia
demonstrations see Multimedia Courseware Demonstrations section of this
program.
2:00
– 3:00
Plenary Presentation
Kennan Innovative Ways to Enhance Language
Learning: An Update
Auditorium From the Field
Andrew D. Cohen
University of Minnesota
3:00
– 5:00 Concurrent Sessions
Kennan Featured
Presentations
Auditorium Self-Directed Language
Maintenance Toolkit
Lea
Christiansen
Intelligence
Language Institute
Distance
Learning Initiatives at the Foreign Service Institute
Christina
Hoffman, Robert Nielsen, Eleni Marinos, Andreas Ryschka, Anne-Marie Toure
Foreign
Service Institute
C-3108 Training
Program Issues
Georgian On My Mind: A Presentation on Curriculum
Development
Nana
Maraneli
Foreign Service
Institute
Multi-Media
Lab Based Activities
Akibou
Obaorin and Frederick Hegbe
Foreign Service
Institute
Russian
Community Outreach Program
Irina
Collins
Foreign Service
Institute
The
DLI-W Student: Learning Needs & Teaching Responses
Scott
McGinnis and Ivy Gibian
Defense
Language Institute
C-3109 Technology and Language
Learning II
Listening Comprehension
Using Authentic Online Resources
Dora Chanesman and Attila Lantos
Foreign Service
Institute
Using a Learning Object
Generator to Develop Instructional Activities
Neil Granoien
Defense Language
Institute
Less Commonly Taught
Languages on the World Wide Web
Ariann Stern
UCLA Language Materials
Project
Interactivity is the Name
of the Game
Dennie Hoopingarner
Center for Language
Education and Research
C-3111 Immersion and Area Studies
AREA1300 Series of Area Studies Courses
Barb DeBoy
Department of Defense
The Keys to a Successful
One-Week Local Immersion
Nahia Zorub and Isaac Abraham
Department of Defense
Savant in the Tibetan and Himalayan
Digital Library: Teaching Language with
Natural Speech and Cultural Contextualization within a Digital Library
David Germano
University of Virginia
Experiencing a Language and Culturally Rich In-Country
Safari Trip
Samia Skaff
Intelligence Language
Institute
C-3112 Some Issues and Resources in
Adult Language Teaching
The Role of Women in
Chinese Society and the Effects on Modern Chinese Idioms
Sue-meng Jeng
Department of Defense
Multimedia Activities in the Less Commonly Taught
Language Classroom: From Design to Delivery
Rama Sohonee and Pushpa Patel
Foreign Service
Institute
Resources from CARLA/LCTL Project
Louis Janus
CARLA, University of
Minnesota
The Polish Experience in
Distance Learning
Krystyna Stypulowska-Smith and Danuta Bagniuk-Libby
Foreign Service
Institute
C-3116 Learner Preferences and
Learning Strategies
Cognitive Styles in the
Service of Advanced Language Learning
Madeline Ehrman
Foreign Service
Institute
The Learning Consultation Service: Current Issues and
Trends
Madeline Ehrman, Eileen Kaht and Natasha Lord
Foreign Service
Institute
SLS Learning Consultants: Helping Students Manage
Their Language Learning
Lisa Leiser, Balla Sidibe, Mercedes
Centeno and Nuha Alsadek
Foreign Service
Institute
Language Learning Strategies for Less Commonly Taught
Languages
Catherine Keatley
National Capitol
Resource Center
C-4108 Language Mini-Lessons
Italian –Numbers through Tombola
Silvana De Luca and Maurizio Fontana
Foreign Service
Institute
Swahili Mini-Lesson
John Thiuri
Foreign Service
Institute
Latvian Mini-Lesson
Diana Brante-Bicevskis
Foreign Service
Institute
Armenian Mini-Lesson
Garegin Petrosian and Karine Sapondjian
Foreign Service
Institute
C-4112 Language Teaching
An Integrated Approach
to Increasing Oral Language Comprehension
Marie-Paule Lauterbach
Foreign Service
Institute
All You Ever Wanted to Know about BGN, but Were Afraid
to Ask
John Samaha
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Introduction to Writing
Chinese
Chinese staff
Foreign Service
Institute
11:00-4:30 Poster Presentations
The following poster
presentations will be on display at the Field House (the gym) continually.
Samples of Projects and Resources Available from the
14 Title VI National Language Resource Centers
Gale Holdren and Edward McDermott
Department of Education
Samples of New Course
Materials Developed at DLI
Defense Language Institute
Samples of New Course Materials Developed at FSI
Foreign Service Institute
Peace Corps Language Training
Amy Albright
Peace Corps
Materials for Language Teachers and Learners
Dennie Hoopingarner
Center for Language
Education and Research, Michigan State
University
Distance Language Learning at FSI
Joshua Saunders and Robert Nielsen
Foreign Service
Institute
Continuing Language Training at Overseas U.S. Missions
Ildiko Cossich
Foreign Service
Institute
Resources for Teachers and Learners from SCOLA
Dave Decker
SCOLA
French Immersions at FSI
Daniel Jdanowski
Foreign Service
Institute
In-Country Immersion Experiences in Spanish
Maria Elisabeth Iriarte, Maria Elena Guerra, Sofia
Estevez and Jamilette Cortes
Foreign Service
Institute
Some Arabic Marriage Rituals
Awatif Diab, Khadega Hocaoglu and Najat Cherradi
Foreign Service
Institute
Indian Culture and Festivals
Sudarshan Goel, Sunita
Narain and Hemali Vora
Foreign Service
Institute
Iraqi Familiarization Course
Haifa Al-Sharbati
Foreign Service
Institute
Afghanistan Familiarization Course
Rafi Alnoor and Hafiz Latify
Foreign Service
Institute
Operation Enduring Freedom Languages: Materials and
Modules
Tasnim Razi, Shabbir Gilani, Pushpa Patel and Sunita
Narain
Foreign Service
Institute
Coping with Terrorism in Indonesian and Thai
Viraphong Petcharatana and Ario Sunindyo
Foreign Service
Institute
Telling America’s Story:
Challenges and Solutions in the Training for Public Diplomacy in the School of
Language Studies
Sema Esener, Anna Fiore, Vera Gorokhov, Anna Hall,
Jana Huffman, Luda Kogan, Sarah Kuhnreich, Babur Malikov, Mark Parker, Krystyna
Sadlowska and Eva Szabo
Foreign Service
Institute
11:00-4:30 Multimedia Courseware Demonstrations
The following multimedia
courseware demonstrations will be
going on in rooms C-2107 and C-2109
continually.
C-2107 LingNet Courseware in Chinese
and Korean
Defense Language Institute
C-2107 “Express” Familiarization & Introductory
Courseware
Wabi Aboudou, Andreas Ryschka, Elina Karmokolias,
Heeja Paarlberg and Yeonmi Bae
Foreign Service
Institute
C-2107 “Out & About” Self-Study Programs
Eleni Marinos, Yelena Krichevskaya, Carl Cherepanya,
Tania Kolesnikova, Miyuki Fogel, Jisu Lee, Xu Huijuan and Rapeeporn Schaub
Foreign Service
Institute
C-2107 Reading Maintenance Courseware
Annabella Berrutti, Fatima Doyle, Katryn Nicolai,
Fernando Osorio, Viktor Ponomarev, Krystyna Sadlowska, Andrey Sorokun, Weidan
Swanson and Anne-Marie Toure
Foreign Service
Institute
C-2109 Courseware and Electronic Resources from the National
Language Resource Centers
Edward McDermott
Department of Education
C-2109 Language Maintenance Toolkit
Lea Christiansen
Intelligence Language
Institute
C-2109 The Language Material Project Database
Ariann Stern
UCLA Language Materials
Project
C-2109 Turkish Tutor
Jonathan Friedlander and Rahul Bhushan
UCLA, Center for
Near-Eastern Studies
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