2012 ACTFL Pre-Convention Workshop: Increasing Language Proficiency at the Postsecondary Level Using Flagship Principles (Please Forward)

[Dianna Murphy]

Dear SEELANGers,

Please share the following notice with colleagues who may be interested 
in exploring models to promote high-level language learning at the 
postsecondary level.

Best regards,
Dianna Murphy


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*2012 ACTFL Pre-Convention Workshop: /Increasing Language Proficiency at 
the Postsecondary Level Using Flagship Principles/*

1:00-4:00 pm, Thursday, November 15, 2012
Fee: $80 (advance registration rate if paid by October 24)

/Presenters:/Dana Bourgerie, Brigham Young University; Dan Davidson, 
American Councils for International Education; Carl Falsgraf, University 
of Oregon; Sandra Freels, Portland State University; Maria Lekic, 
American Councils for International Education; Dianna Murphy, University 
of Wisconsin-Madison.

This workshop will provide a hands-on approach to creating language 
programs that teach foreign language proficiency to the ACTFL Superior 
level for students of all majors. It will explore interventions that can 
be used on your campus to improve language outcomes and increase foreign 
language enrollments from a wide variety of students.  Participants will 
create a plan for their own program that incorporates replicable 
practices from Language Flagship programs.

Workshop topics and presenters are:
/
Domestic programs/
·/Infusing Content into the Language Curriculum, /Carl Falsgraf, 
University of Oregon
·/Language Across the Curriculum: Adding Breadth to the Undergraduate 
Language Program/, Sandra Freels, Portland State University
·/Customizing and Individualizing Domestic Training at the Advanced 
Level//, /Dana Bourgerie, Brigham Young University
·/Designing Environments to Promote and Support L2 Use and Culture 
Learning Outside of the Classroom/, Dianna Murphy, University of 
Wisconsin-Madison
/Overseas programs/
·/Maximizing Results of the Overseas Study Environment/, Maria Lekic, 
Maria Lekic, American Councils for International Education
·/Integrating Assessment into Overseas Language Study/, Dan Davidson, 
American Councils for International Education

Information about ACTFL Pre- and Post-Convention workshops is online at: 
/www.actfl.org/convention-expo/program-of-events/pre-and-post-convention-workshops 
<http://www.actfl.org/convention-expo/program-of-events/pre-and-post-convention-workshops>

Information about registration is at: 
www.actfl.org/convention-expo/registration 
<http://www.actfl.org/convention-expo/registration>

/In order to attend a pre-convention workshop, participants must be 
registered for at least one day of the ACTFL Convention (Friday, 
Saturday or Sunday) and pay the workshop fees. Please contact ACTFL 
directly regarding registration./

For more information about the workshop: Dianna Murphy, University of 
Wisconsin-Madison, diannamurphy at wisc.edu <mailto:diannamurphy at wisc.edu>.

For information about The Language Flagship: www.thelanguageflagship.org

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Dianna L. Murphy, PhD
Associate Director, Language Institute
Associate Director, Russian Flagship Center
1322 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
diannamurphy at wisc.edu
(608) 262-1575

www.languageinstitute.wisc.edu
www.sla.wisc.edu
www.russianflagship.wisc.edu


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